Associate Members

ACT, Inc.
George Schlott
300 Knightsbridge Parkway, Suite 300
Lincolnshire, IL 60069
(847) 634-2560
george.schlott@act.org
www.act.org
Provides assessment and research to educational and workforce communities. Our guiding purpose: helping people achieve education and workplace success.

Aidex Corporation
Ron Williams
1802 N. Division St., Ste. 701
Morris, IL 60450
(815) 942-4299
rwilliams0920@sbcglobal.net
www.aidex.com
Providing information technology and pre-engineering labs, along with internet learning components.

AIG Retirement
Bill King
411 N. Hamilton Blvd., Suite 1514
Peoria, IL 61602
(309) 636-3480
bill_king@aigretirement.com
www.aigretirement.com
AIG Retirement provides 403b plans to public school teachers and a variety of other financial services.

Balfour Company
Stacey Sisk
PO Box 3294
Carbondale, IL 62902
(618) 457-4342
www.taylorpub.com
Yearbooks, classrings, senior graduation productions, caps and gowns.

Budgetext
Ed Burton
1936 North Shiloh Drive
Fayetteville, AR 72703
(815) 842-2380
sales@budgetext.com
www.budgetext.com
Budgetext has served the K-12 community since 1967. Quality pre-owned textbooks and new reference and literature.

Bushue Human Resources, Inc.
Travis Bushue
104 N. Second St., Ste. B, Box 89
Effingham, IL 62401
(217) 342-3042
travis@bushuehr.com

DeMoulin Brothers & Company
Steve Trull
1025 South Fourth Street
Greenville, IL 62246
(800) 228-8134
strull@demoulin.com
A leader in the manufacture of all types of apparel for musical performing groups and ensembles.

Designs & Signs by Anderson
Doug Beckman
104 West Madison
Ottawa, IL 61350
(815) 434-7340
de_sign@sbcglobal.net
Signage.

ECRA Group, Inc.
Arthur T. Newbrough
5600 North River Road, Suite 750
Rosemont, IL 60018
(269) 251-1066
atnewbro@comcast.net
www.ecragroup.com
ECRA Group provides research, assessment, and reporting services to empower leaders with accurate information they need to make informed decisions.

Educators Publishing Services
Trudy VanDeusen
625 Mt. Auburn Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
(800) 435-7728
tvandeusen@epsbooks.com
Supplemental workbooks for the classroom in vocabulary, reading, reading comprehension, phonics, handwriting and writing skills for grades K-12.

Fry & Associates, Inc.
Margie Fry
101 East 15th Avenue
North Kansas City, MO 64116
(800) 444-9787
frysales@fryinc.com
www.fryinc.com
Provide and install playground equipment. Provide site amenities: benches, trash receptacles, tables, outdoor fitness equipment, basketball and soccer equipment.

Fun Fundraising
Sharon Doyle
40123 North Circle Avenue
Antioch, IL 60002
(847) 445-5933
sharon@funfundraisingllc.com
www.funfundraisingllc.com
We provide a turnkey approach to fundraising by producing world class entertainment for evening shows and the schools selling tickets.

Grace Educational Resources
Jim Burnette
1808 West Diversey, Suite C
Chicago, IL 60614
(847) 682-2822
bertcrossland@yahoo.com

Graphtech Systems
Steve Feldman
750 Estate Drive, Suite 104
Deerfield, IL 60015
(847) 374-1600
jvella@graphtechsys.com
www.graphtechsys.com
We have provided technology for K-12 education clients for over 21 years. We engineer solutions to lower overall cost of support while increasing the impact of technology on instruction. Additionally we promote instructional technologies and tools which encourage collaboration, support instructional delivery and enhance the instructional process.

Herff Jones Photography Division
Mike Sylvester
135 Rice Street
Lewistown, MN 55952
(800) 533-8030
mfsylvester@herffjones.com
www.herffjones.com
Provides professional school photography, seniors, sports, dances, and memorybook services for private and public schools and organizations nationwide.

Horace Mann, Springfield
Becky Clegg
2309 West White Oaks Drive
Springfield, IL 62704
(217) 787-0607
www.horacemann.com
Provides financial solutions to educators. We provide personal products to assist you with financial and retirement planning.

HR Imaging Partners, Inc.
Mark Heizler
4105 Progress Drive
Ottawa, IL 61350-9697
(815) 433-1869
wrandall@hrimaging.com
www.haltermanphoto.com
School photography including student portraits, sports, student Ids, dances, yearbooks and senior portraits.

Illini Supply
John Young
111 Illini Drive
Forsyth, IL 62535-1068
(217) 877-6551
john.young@illinisupply.com
www.illinisupply.com
School/office furniture including laboratory casework, lockers, library furnishings, stage curtains, window coverings, marker/chalkboards and computer tables.

Illinois Troops to Teachers
Justin Savage
100 West Randolph, Suite S-570
Chicago, IL 60601
(312) 814-1272
justin.savage@illinois.gov
Highly qualified talent pool of K-12 teachers. Several male/minority committed candidates with life experience and unparalled values. Support troops!

Illinois Music Educators Association
Randy Kummer
18700 Wolf Road, Suite 208
Mokena, IL 60448
(708) 479-4000
ilmea@sbcglobal.net
www.ilmea.org
Professional association devoted to the advancement and support of a comprehensive, sequential program of music education for every child.

Irons Oaks Environmental Learning Center
Deb Stanfield
20000 Western Avenue
Olympia Fields, IL 60461
(708) 481-2330
dstanfield@hfparks.com
www.ironsoaks.com
Teacher workshops and trainings. Team building programs for students and teachers. Environmental programs Pre-K thru 12, EE Teacher Workshops.

Jostens, Inc.
Damon Milner
2152 Maplewood Drive
Onalaska, WI 54650
(608) 781-0350
damon.milner@jostens.com
www.jostens.com
Jostens comprises three mainlines of products - yearbooks, jewelry and graduation products, with common goal of helping people create and preserve memories.

Lifetouch Natl. School Studios, Inc.
David Hall
3920 Pintail Drive, Suite D
Springfield, IL 62707
(217) 793-0079
dhall@lifetouch.com
School portraits

LifeTrack Services, Inc.
Tom Frick
1271 Port Drive
Clarkston, WA 99403
(509) 758-6991
tom@lifetrack-services.com
www.lifetrack-services.com
The nation's premier source for graduate follow-up programs.

Lincoln Investment Planning, Inc.
Edward S. Noyes
2500 West Higgins Road
Hoffman Estates, IL 60169
(224) 234-8720
enoyes@lincolninvestment.com
www.lincolninvestmentplanning.com
403(b) investment and retirement services.

Management Information Group
Patrick Murdock
7975 North Hayden Road #D 365
Scottsdale, AZ 85258
(480) 951-0211
pmurdock@migsirs.com
www.migsirs.com
School administrative software for K-12 schools.

MasterGraphics, Inc.
Michael Dunham
20633 Watertown Court, Suite 100
Waukesha, WI 53186
(262) 717-2165
michael.dunham@materg.com
www.masterg.com

Neff Motivation Inc.
Bill McLaughlin
7008 Missionary Ridge Court
Edwardsville, IL 62025-3199
(618) 656-5666
neffcompany@gateway.net
www.neffco.com
Awards, school jackets, sportswear, banners, pins, medals, chenille letters, plaques and pins

Northwest Evaluation Association
James Emrich
9905 Fall Creek Road
Indianapolis, IN 46256
(317) 585-1914
jim.emrich@nwea.org

Paxton/Patterson, LLC
Brian DeSoto
7523 South Sayre Avenue
Chicago, IL 60638
(800) 323-8484
badesoto@comcast.net

Pearson
Sheryl Campbell
12044 South Indiana Avenue
Chicago, IL 60628
(773) 928-6181
sheryl_campbell@harcourt.com
Formative and summative online assessments (Stanford Learning First), Norm reference achievement test (Stanford Tenth Edition), Stanford Diagnostic Reading and Math Test, online testing.

Pearson School Systems
Thomas Siegel
2279 University Drive
Naperville, IL 60565
(630) 961-3941
thomassiegel@pearson.com

PITSCO Education
Dennis Kunka
22617 Marina Drive
Plainfield, IL 60544
(800) 446-1225
dkunka@pitsco.com
www.pitsco.com
A leading education solution provider for over 30 years, has revolutionized math, science, and technology classrooms in the United States.

Preferred Educational Software
Kevin Cotter
221 Rivers Edge Drive
Cherry Valley, IL 61016
(815) 332-1626
cotterk@pes-sports.com
www.pes-sports.com
The Administrative Observer is a software product that allows an administrator to create high quality staff evaluations, observation summaries, and performance appraisals for any job category. Work on your desktop or use a Palm or Pocket PC handheld com

QuikContact by Telserv Technologies
Terri Honeyball
10670 Gateway Boulevard
St. Louis, MO 63132
(314) 400-9404
terrih@telservtechnologies.com
www.quikcontact.com
Contacat all of your students' parents with a single call. Emergency notifications or routine reminders, get your messages out quickly!

R Book Partners
Rich Ullman
166 Hackberry Lane
Highland, IL 62249
(618) 654-6674
rbooks@charter.net
Text book re-utilization services

Regions Bank
Tom Klontz
1825 South Sixth Street
Springfield, IL 62703
(217) 492-3186
thomas.klontz@regions.com
Cash Management Deposit Services, Building Loans/Leases and Construction Financing and miscellaneous other financial services

Royal Publishing Company
7620 North Harker Drive
Peoria, IL 61615-1857
(309) 693-3171
www.royalpublishing.com
Providing Illinois schools with quality souvenir programs, posters, pocket schedules, and stadium cushions for over 25 years. Gold sponsor of the IADA and Official Licensed Vendor of the IHSA.

School Datebooks Inc.
Bob Pressler
28810 US Hwy 231 S. Ste. 200
Lafayette, IN 47904
(800) 705-7526
bob@schooldatebooks.com
www.schooldatebooks.com
Custom academic datebooks featuring polyfusion covers. Free handbook formatting, event placement and online homework. School Datebooks - at your service!

School Information System
Jeff Warren
116 Cliff Cove Road
St. Louis, MO 63128
(314) 846-7977
jwarren@sisk12.com
A leader in comprehensive software solutions for administrative and learning effectiveness surrounding the Midwest K-12 educational market. By integrating and customizing our solutions with your district's processes and systems we will facilitate education.

Specialized Data Systems
John H. Litz
3333 Warrenville Road, Suite 140
Lisle, IL 60532
(800) 323-1605
john@schooloffice.com
www.schooloffice.com
Complete browser based student administrative system includes free browser based grade book. All SDS! All internet!

SportsGraphics
Patrick Conlon
1791 Page Avenue
Clarion, IA 50525
(800) 257-6405
conlon@iwon.com
www.sportsgraphicsinc.com
Banners, bleacher enclosures, scorers' table, and wall padding.

Stans Sportsworld, Inc.
Cameron Wallace
47 East Green Street
Champaign, IL 61820
(217) 359-8474

State Farm Insurance
Dave Oloffson
2702 Ireland Grove Road
Bloomington, IL 61709
(309) 622-6588
dave.oloffson.iayF@statefarm.com
www.statefarm.com
Information on our educational initiatives, such as Project Ignition, Common Cents, Seatbelt Convincer, Smoke Detectives, Youth Advisory Board, and more.

Stillwater Enterprises, Inc.
Mark Crozell
P.O. Box 652
Effingham, IL 62401
(217) 844-4444
stillwater4444@hotmail.com
www.stillwatermulch.com
Supplier of SAFETYGUARD Playground Surfacing Material, DYNACUSHION Safety Mats, plastic playground containment timbers, and also hardwood bark mulch for landscaping.

Study Island
Lucy Casimir
3400 Carlisle Street, Suite 345
Dallas, TX 75204
(800) 419-3191
lucy@studyisland.com
www.studyisland.com
Study Island online ISAT/PSAE preparation provides practice, instruction, and diagnostics for Illinois Learning Standards mastery. Call 800-419-3191, email info@studyisland.com or visit us online at www.studyisland.com

Team REIL
Mike Cedarlund
17421 Marengo Road
Union, IL 60180
(815) 923-2099
sales@getreil.com
Servicing all your playground needs. Park & Recreation equipment sales, playground construction, safety inspections and maintenance.

Test Prep Systems/ISAT Test Maker
Jonathan Smith
4445 SW 35th Terrace, Suite 460
Gainsville, FL 32608
(800) 930-8378
j.smith@testprepsystems.com
www.isatestmaker.com
Illinois #1 progress monitoring item bank and ISAT Test Maker Software.

The Markerboard People
Hal Spaeth
1611 North Grand River
Lansing, MI 48906
(800) 379-3727
bill@dryerase.com
www.dryerase.com
Student dry erase markerboards and slates in class sets of 30. Half price special! Lined and unlined available.

Visual Image Photography
Bruce F. Brunner
W63 N582 Hanover Avenue
Cedarburg, WI 53012
(800) 577-9570
bruce@vipis.com
www.vipis.com
Recognized as a leader in underclass and senior portrait photography services offering both digital capture and digital processing.

Wagner Portrait Group
Penny M. Wagner
10803 Olive Boulevard
St. Louis, MO 63141
(800) 444-7986
pwagner@wagnerportraitgroup.com
www.WagnerPortraitGroup.com
Specializing in designing custom photography programs to fit your schools needs. Services include: digital technology, yearbooks, sports, dances & more.

WTI Systems
Nathan Blauvelt
1025 Junction Circle
Springfield, IL 62704
(217) 726-0492
nblauvelt@perfectservice.com
www.perfectservice.com
Computer network service "Teachers Aid" custom software, security/access control solutions.

*Updated 11/21/08

Associate Member Benefits

Membership in the Illinois Principals Association costs only $350 per year and the value of the benefits more than covers the membership fee…

Benefits include:

• Access to over 4,400 school building administrators
• A pull out Associate Member insert in the IPA Newsletter two times per year that over 4,400 school administrators receive
• Link from IPA website to your website
• Opportunities to attend IPA Region meetings so you can get involved one on one at the local level
• Opportunity to purchase mailing labels two times per year with the approval of the IPA Executive Director.
• Two publications per month to keep you abreast of issues facing school administrators
• IPA Newsletter (11 times per year)
• Building Leadership Bulletin (9 times per year)
• Principals Professional Conference benefits include:
  • 33% discount on booth space ($214 savings on one booth)
  • First choice of booth space and sponsorships
  • Special IPA Member name badges
  • Special IPA Member booth signage
  • Special IPA Member demarcation on the listing in the Exhibit Program
  • Free business card size ad in the Exhibit Program ($338 est. value: $.41 postage x 825
    pieces)
  • Listing of IPA Associate Members on lunch and break table decorations
  • UPON REQUEST, a FREE set of conference registrant mailing labels ($75 value)
  • Invitation for one representative to attend the Past Presidents Reception ($28 est. value)
  • 200 pieces of your promotional material may be put out on the resource table Tuesday

Join now to start taking advantage
of your member benefits.