Illinois gets serious on leadership.All new Illinois Illinois, river, United States Illinois, river, 273 mi (439 km) long, formed by the confluence of the Des Plaines and Kankakee rivers, NE Ill., and flowing SW to the Mississippi at Grafton, Ill. It is an important commercial and recreational waterway. principals will be paired with a mentor Mentor, in Greek mythology Mentor (mĕn`tər, –tôr'), in Greek mythology, friend of Odysseus and tutor of Telemachus. for a year as part of new law in the Prairie prairie Level or rolling grassland, especially that found in central North America. Decreasing amounts of rainfall, from 40 in. (100 cm) at the forested eastern edge to less than 12 in. state that will strengthen the state's system for licensing and supporting new and experienced principals. IL-SAELP, or Illinois State Action for Education Leadership Project, developed the legislation for an advanced certification system for all principals. Other states have mentoring programs, but if approved next spring, it would be the first to have state funding, says Erika Hunt, project director of the IL-SAELP initiative which was funded by the Wallace Wal·lace , Alfred Russel 1823-1913. British naturalist who developed a concept of evolution that paralleled the work of Charles Darwin. Foundation. It already has $800,000 in start-up costs, she notes. Key provisions are: * The state Board of Education must examine the state's professional development system to identify gaps and improve support for principals; * All principals will be evaluated once a contract period, which is mostly yearly, except Chicago Public Schools Chicago Public Schools, commonly abbreviated as CPS by local residents and politicians, is a school district that controls over 600 public elementary and high schools in Chicago, Illinois. , which already has top-notch evaluation of principals; * A statewide program, the third in the nation, will be created for principals to become master principals. It requires a rigorous, performance- and outcome-based professional development program. * And teacher leaders can acquire a Teacher Leader Endorsement recognition to support principals and their teaching peers. It's designed for teachers who want to work harder, get paid better, but don't necessarily want to be a principal. |
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