Value Added Programs

The Illinois Principals Association is fortunate to partner with a variety of organizations who share in our common mission of advancing learning through effective educational leadership. Don’t hesitate to tap into these outstanding resources that will add value to you both personally and professionally.

Auto Insurance
Horace Mann's Educator Advantage auto insurance program provides value-added features and benefits at no extra charge for educators. Plus, IPA members earn an additional 11% discount in addition to Horace Mann's special rates for educators. Find out more about The Horace Mann Companies at www.horacemann.com.

Financial Planning
KB Elliot provides personal financial planning to IPA members. A $1000 value! Find the KB Elliot representative nearest to you at www.kbelliot.com.

Graduate Followup
Are you curious as to what your graduates are doing after they leave your school?  LifeTrack Services, Inc. offers professional gradaute follow-up surveys of graduates. LifeTrack's comprehensive program allows you the ability to customize three surveys (prior to graduation, 6-18 months after graduation, and five years after graduation) for you to gain feedback from your former students regarding perceptions about the education they received at your school.  Once you develop the surveys, LifeTrack takes over by administering the surveys, collecting data, and providing you the results in a user-friendly format.  Learn more about LifeTrack at www.lifetrack-services.com/program.cfm.

IASCD
IPA members receive membership with the Illinois Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (IASCD) at a reduced rate of $39. You can sign up when re-enrolling your membership with IPA or when you enroll with IPA for the first time. Click www.illinoisascd.org/ to learn more about IASCD.

Illinois Retired Teachers Association
Beginning January 1, 2010, the IPA will begin paying retired members’ dues for IRTA during the duration of the retired individuals’ membership with IPA.  According to IPA Executive Director Jason Leahy, “The IPA is pleased to have the opportunity to provide this additional benefit to our retired members.  The IPA has always viewed IRTA as a close partner.  The joint membership offers both organizations the opportunity to strengthen our relationship particularly where pension related matters are concerned.”  Please contact Jason at jason@ilprincipals.org with questions.  Visit http://www.irtaonline.org/ to learn more about the Illinois Retired Teachers Association.

ISDA
Deans who become members of IPA will have their Illinois State Dean Association (ISDA) dues paid by IPA. Information about ISDA can be found at www.isda.us/.

Maximize Medicaid Reimbursements
The Illinois Statwide School Management Alliance is partnering with Accelify to provide school districts the opportunity to maximize Medicaid claims. In any economy, school districts cannot afford to leave available dollars left unclaimed in order to provide needed student services. Go to http://il.acceliserv.com to learn more about how your school district can benefit.

Model Student Handbook Service
On January 1, 2010, the Illinois Principals Association unveiled its Model Student Handbook Service.  This online service features over 65 required student handbook procedures and accompanying documents.  The procedures are all attorney drafted and peer reviewed and are consistent with the Illinois Association of School Board’s school district policy service, or PRESS.  All documents are in Word format and are easily downloadable for school use.  IPA members can subscribe to this service for $75.00 per year per school building ($150.00 per year for non-IPA members).  School districts that sign up all of their school buildings for the service will receive an additional 15% discount.  Click here for the individual subscription form or click here  for the district subscription form.

Pride Fundraising
Looking for a healthy fundraising option where your school gets to keep 90% plus of the fundraising profits?  If so, Pride Fundraising stands ready to help you with pre-packaged “Fun Runs,” “Walk-a-thons” and “Bike-a-thons”.   Pride Fundraising’s signature fundraising events give your school a healthy alternative to typical fundraisers as well as ensuring your school keeps a majority of the funds raised.

Visit www.PrideFundraising.com/illinois to learn how Pride Fundraising can streamline your next fundraising event and maximize your profits with online technology, event marketing materials and a step by step guide.   When registering your event, be sure to provide the Illinois Principals Association discount code, “IPA”, to receive a $100 discount on the event licensing fee.

Procurement Card
Use this tool to streamline purchasing processes to save time, money, and paperwork. Find out more by clicking here.

School Leadership 360 Appraisal
IPA has partnered with ECRA Group to provide IPA members access to ECRA's School Leadership 360 Appraisal.  The online feedback system allows principals to receive feedback from important stakeholder groups regarding leadership and school performance. This web-based survey program is easy to use, and is aligned to the latest research on effective school leadership. IPA members receive 50% off the registration cost!  Click here to learn more.

SchoolTube
The Illinois Principals Association is proud to partner with SchoolTube.com to offer IPA Members the ability to access SchoolTube’s web based video technology at a greatly reduced cost to give students unique learning experiences.  SchoolTube.com is the nation’s largest education video sharing site providing school’s a safe and moderated environment for students and adults to upload videos to share with their entire learning community.  Read further to learn how your IPA Membership can give your school a fun learning opportunity at a savings of almost $400! Click here for more information.