Any licensee who holds a Professional Educator License (PEL) endorsed in an administrative field who is working in a position that requires this credential for 50% or more Full-Time Equivalency (FTE) is required to complete one Administrator Academy (AA) per fiscal year in addition to 100 hours of Professional Development (PD) per 5-year renewal cycle. If an AA has not been completed by June 30th of each fiscal year, an additional AA will be required for that fiscal year.
Your proposal will go through a series of revisions. Please be aware this process may be time consuming.
Once all necessary changes have been effected, your proposal will be submitted to ISBE where it will be reviewed at the State level.
Make any necessary revisions as dictated by the State and resubmit to ProfDev@s-cook.org;Â it will be resent to ISBE for final approval. Once it has been approved, you may begin scheduling your academy.
Explanation of in-district AA
Hosting an Off-site Administrator Academy
Step 1:
Contact us at ProfDev@s-cook.org at least 30 days prior to the course run date with the following information:
AA #
AA Name
Workshop Session Start Date
Presenter Name(s)
Approved courses may require a specific presenter. South Cook ISC will advise you if a specific presenter is needed for pre-approved academies. It is the offering entity’s responsibility to contract with the academy’s approved presenter or, if no specific presenter is necessary, to contract with a presenter who has relevant expertise in the field.
Location
Contact Name
Contact Email
Contact Phone Number
These details are required to add the course listing to the Illinois Administrator Academy Management System (IAAMS).
Step 2:
South Cook ISC will then create a contract with the guidelines and the cost to host the academy.
Once this contract has been returned to us, South Cook ISC will add the course to the Illinois Administrator Academy Management System (IAAMS).
Step 3:
Host the course.
You will be responsible for maintaining a master sign in/sign out sheet for your participants and for handing out and collecting any documents included with the contract.
Step 4:
After completion of the AA, return the following as promptly as possible so that the participants’ credits may be recorded:
A check for $300 plus $15 per participant
Copy of class sign in/sign out sheet
Individual sign in sheets
Application/Dissemination form
Step 5:
The data will be added to IAAMS. Once the credits are posted, your district will be notified via email.
submit your proposal t SCISC
Submit Administrator Academy Proposal
Fill out the following form, and a member of our staff will be in contact with you shortly:
