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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, Dr. Mark R. Friedman, superintendent of
3 Libertyville Elementary District 70, has been named the 2009
4 Illinois Superintendent of the Year; and
 
5     WHEREAS, The award, sponsored by the Illinois Association
6 of School Administrators, was presented on November 23, 2008,
7 during the Third General Session of the Illinois Association of
8 School Boards (IASB), Illinois Association of School
9 Administrators (IASA) and Illinois Association of School
10 Business Officials (IASBO) 76th Joint Annual Conference in
11 Chicago; and
 
12     WHEREAS, Dr. Friedman was selected from among more than 865
13 Illinois superintendents and represented Illinois in the
14 National Superintendent of the Year Recognition during the
15 American Association of School Administrators (AASA) National
16 Conference in February of this year; and
 
17     WHEREAS, The National Superintendent of the Year Award is
18 co-sponsored by the AASA and ARAMARK; a $10,000 college
19 scholarship will be presented in the name of the National
20 Superintendent of the Year to a student in the high school from
21 which the superintendent graduated; and
 

 

 

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1     WHEREAS, Before coming to Libertyville, Dr. Friedman was
2 assistant superintendent of curriculum, instruction, and
3 personnel for Lincolnwood School District 74, director of
4 instruction for Itasca District 10, and principal of Washington
5 Elementary School in Itasca; he began his career in education
6 as a Chicago teacher, moving on to become a reading laboratory
7 director in Chicago; and
 
8     WHEREAS, He is a partner with BWP Associates, which
9 conducts education management consulting and executive
10 searches; Dr. Friedman currently serves on the board of the
11 Illinois Association for Supervision and Curriculum
12 Development (23 years, including two terms as treasurer) and
13 the Lake County United Way (two terms); he has served as
14 president of the Lake County Superintendents Association
15 (2007-08) and the Northern Illinois Reading Recovery
16 Consortium (10 years); and
 
17     WHEREAS, He is a founding member of the IASA School for
18 Advanced Leadership and has been an adjunct faculty member at
19 National-Louis University and North Park University; he is a
20 trainer and presenter for the Illinois Administrators Academy,
21 and a member of the National-Louis University Reading Advisory;
22 and
 
23     WHEREAS, In 2008, he gave the welcome address for the Phi

 

 

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1 Delta Kappa International Conference, presented at the AASA
2 National Conference on "Searching for the Superintendency,"
3 and presented an Illinois Administrators Academy on
4 "Transformational Leadership;" Dr. Friedman received a
5 doctorate in Educational Administration from Peabody College
6 of Vanderbilt University, a master’s in Public Administration
7 from Roosevelt University, and a bachelor of arts degree in
8 Political Science from Arizona State University; and
 
9     WHEREAS, Dr. Friedman was appointed superintendent of
10 District 70 in 1992; Libertyville District 70 is a high
11 achieving system of five schools, kindergarten through eighth
12 grade, with 2,650 students and 320 employees; the Libertyville
13 community provides strong parental support and students
14 perform in the 95th percentile of the Illinois Standards
15 Achievement Test (ISAT) due in part to a cutting edge
16 curriculum; therefore, be it
 
17     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
18 NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
19 congratulate Dr. Mark Friedman on this honor and wish him all
20 the best in his future endeavors; and be it further
 
21     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
22 presented to Dr. Mark Friedman as a symbol of our respect and
23 esteem.