The goal of the Aspiring School Leader Network is to establish the mindset, leadership intelligences, and community of peers necessary for aspiring administrators to envision themselves as future learning leaders. This network is designed to serve pre-service leaders.
Applicants may qualify for a $500 scholarship (awarded on a first-come, first-served basis) reducing the final registration cost to $250.
The Application Fee includes:
Participant Outcomes
Network Leader
All members of the Network Team are experienced educators and school leaders. The Team Leaders will present the activities at all sessions which will be highly interactive and provide new learning, application strategies, pitfalls to avoid, reflection, and collegial sharing as well as resources and tools to support leadership development and actions. In addition, they will be available to individually support network members throughout the program.
Network Practitioners
Jeffrey Hoese
Principal, Fulton Elementary School
River Bend Community Unit School District 2
Kate Koch
Principal, River Valley School
Lemont-Bromberek Community School District 113A
Svetlana Popovic
Principal, Hodgkins Elementary School
LaGrange School District 105
Michael Rodrigo
Principal, Wayne Thomas Elementary School
North Shore School District 112
Joe Sweeney
Principal, Old Quarry Middle School
Lemont-Bromberek Community School District 113A
2023-2024 Remaining Dates
For call in reservations, guests may call (217) 544-8800, ask for Reservations and the group code is IPA. Guests will need the code to make a reservation.
Mentoring
New principals, assistant and associate principals, and administrators face new tasks, responsibilities, and decisions on a regular basis and need an “expert” to not only coach but to mentor and provide instructional mentoring. As part of the comprehensive leadership development offered by the Illinois Principals Association, highly trained and experienced mentors are available to IPA professional development program participants and districts. Find out more here.
Program Sponsors