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Public Act 094-1039 |
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AN ACT concerning education.
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WHEREAS, The new principal mentoring program is intended to | ||||
exist as a statewide program in which different providers | ||||
around the State, including statewide organizations, regional | ||||
offices of education, higher education institutions, school | ||||
districts, and others, may be approved as providers by the | ||||
State Board of Education to offer mentoring programs if they | ||||
meet the standards and criteria of the new principal mentoring | ||||
program; and | ||||
WHEREAS, Mentors must complete mentoring training offered | ||||
by the different providers approved by the State Board and work | ||||
with the new principals to identify areas for professional | ||||
growth that will assist the principal when making | ||||
Administrators' Academy and professional development choices, | ||||
allowing the new principals, with the approval of their | ||||
mentors, to select any appropriate Administrators' Academy | ||||
courses even though it might be a duplication of an Illinois | ||||
Professional Standards for School Leaders standard; therefore | ||||
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | ||||
represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The School Code is amended by adding Sections | ||||
2-3.53a, 21-5e, 21-7.5, 21-7.10, 21-7.15, 24A-15, and 34-18.33 | ||||
and by changing Section 10-23.8a as follows: | ||||
(105 ILCS 5/2-3.53a new)
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Sec. 2-3.53a. New principal mentoring program. | ||||
(a) Beginning on July 1, 2007, and subject to an annual | ||||
appropriation by the General Assembly, to establish a new | ||||
principal mentoring program for new principals. Any individual | ||||
who is hired as a principal in the State of Illinois on or | ||||
after July 1, 2007 shall participate in a new principal |
mentoring program for the duration of his or her first year as | ||
a principal and must complete the program in accordance with | ||
the requirements established by the State Board of Education by | ||
rule or, for a school district created by Article 34 of this | ||
Code, in accordance with the provisions of Section 34-18.27 of | ||
this Code. School districts created by Article 34 are not | ||
subject to the requirements of subsection (b), (c), (d), (e), | ||
(f), or (g) of this Section. The new principal mentoring | ||
program shall match an experienced principal who meets the | ||
requirements of subsection (b) of this Section with each new | ||
principal in his or her first year in that position in order to | ||
assist the new principal in the development of his or her | ||
professional growth and to provide guidance during the new | ||
principal's first year of service. | ||
(b) Any individual who has been a principal in Illinois for | ||
3 or more years and who has demonstrated success as an | ||
instructional leader, as determined by the State Board by rule, | ||
is eligible to apply to be a mentor under a new principal | ||
mentoring program. Mentors shall complete mentoring training | ||
by entities approved by the State Board and meet any other | ||
requirements set forth by the State Board and by the school | ||
district employing the mentor. | ||
(c) The State Board shall certify an entity or entities | ||
approved to provide training of mentors. | ||
(d) A mentor shall be assigned to a new principal based on | ||
(i) similarity of grade level or type of school, (ii) learning | ||
needs of the new principal, and (iii) geographical proximity of | ||
the mentor to the new principal. The principal, in | ||
collaboration with the mentor, shall identify areas for | ||
improvement of the new principal's professional growth, | ||
including, but not limited to, each of the following: | ||
(1) Analyzing data and applying it to practice. | ||
(2) Aligning professional development and | ||
instructional programs. | ||
(3) Building a professional learning community. | ||
(4) Observing classroom practices and providing |
feedback. | ||
(5) Facilitating effective meetings. | ||
(6) Developing distributive leadership practices. | ||
(7) Facilitating organizational change. | ||
The mentor shall not be required to provide an evaluation of | ||
the new principal on the basis of the mentoring relationship. | ||
(e) On or after January 1, 2008 and on or after January 1 | ||
of each year thereafter, each mentor and each new principal | ||
shall complete a survey of progress on a form developed by | ||
their respective school districts. On or before July 1, 2008 | ||
and on or after July 1 of each year thereafter, the State Board | ||
shall facilitate a review and evaluate the mentoring training | ||
program in collaboration with the approved providers. Each new | ||
principal and his or her mentor must complete a verification | ||
form developed by the State Board in order to certify their | ||
completion of a new principal mentoring program. | ||
(f) The requirements of this Section do not apply to any | ||
individual who has previously served as an assistant principal | ||
in Illinois acting under an administrative certificate for 5 or | ||
more years and who is hired, on or after July 1, 2007, as a | ||
principal by the school district in which the individual last | ||
served as an assistant principal, although such an individual | ||
may choose to participate in this program or shall be required | ||
to participate by the school district. | ||
(g) The State Board may adopt any rules necessary for the | ||
implementation of this Section.
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(105 ILCS 5/10-23.8a) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-23.8a)
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Sec. 10-23.8a. Principal and other administrator | ||
contracts. After the effective date of this amendatory Act of | ||
1997 and the expiration of
contracts in effect on the effective | ||
date of this amendatory Act, school
districts may only employ | ||
principals and other school administrators under either a
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contract for a period not to exceed one year or a | ||
performance-based contract for a period not to exceed 5
years , | ||
unless the provisions of Section 10-23.8b of this Code or |
subsection (e) of Section 24A-15 of this Code otherwise apply .
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Performance-based contracts shall be linked to student
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performance and academic improvement attributable to the | ||
responsibilities and
duties of the principal or administrator. | ||
No performance-based
contract shall be extended or rolled-over | ||
prior to its scheduled expiration
unless
all the performance | ||
and improvement goals contained in the contract have been
met.
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Each performance-based contract shall include the goals and
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indicators of student performance and academic improvement | ||
determined and used
by the local school board to measure the | ||
performance and effectiveness of the
principal or other | ||
administrator and such other information as the local school
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board may determine.
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By accepting the terms of a multi-year contract, the | ||
principal or
administrator waives
all rights granted him or her | ||
under Sections 24-11 through 24-16 of this
Act only for
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term of the multi-year contract. Upon acceptance of a | ||
multi-year
contract, the principal or administrator shall not | ||
lose any previously
acquired tenure credit with the district.
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(Source: P.A. 90-548, eff. 1-1-98; 91-314, eff. 1-1-00.)
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(105 ILCS 5/21-5e new)
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Sec. 21-5e. Alternative Route to Administrative | ||
Certification for National Board Certified Teachers. | ||
(a) It shall be the policy of the State of Illinois to | ||
improve the recruitment and preparation of instructional | ||
leaders. | ||
(b) On or before July 1, 2007, the State Board of | ||
Education, in consultation with the State Teacher | ||
Certification Board, shall establish and implement an | ||
alternative route to administrative certification for teacher | ||
leaders, to be known as the Alternative Route to an | ||
Administrative Certificate for National Board Certified | ||
Teachers. "Teacher leader" means a certified teacher who has | ||
already received National Board certification through the | ||
National Board for Professional Teaching Standards and who has |
a teacher leader endorsement under Section 21-7.5 of this Code. | ||
Persons who meet the requirements of and successfully complete | ||
the program established by this Section shall be issued a | ||
standard administrative certificate for serving in schools in | ||
this State. The State Board shall approve a course of study | ||
that persons must successfully complete in order to satisfy one | ||
criterion for issuance of the administrative certificate under | ||
this Section. The Alternative Route to an Administrative | ||
Certificate for National Board Certified Teachers must include | ||
the current content and skills contained in a college's or | ||
university's courses and the Illinois Professional School | ||
Leader Standards for State certification, with the exception of | ||
courses that contain the competency areas and the Illinois | ||
Professional School Leader Standards that a candidate has | ||
already met through National Board certification or through a | ||
teacher leadership master's degree program. | ||
(c) The Alternative Route to an Administrative Certificate | ||
for National Board Certified Teachers shall be comprised of the | ||
following 4 phases: | ||
(1) National Board certification and an endorsement in | ||
teacher leadership in accordance with Section 21-7.5 of | ||
this Code; | ||
(2) a master's degree in a teacher leader program; | ||
(3) 15 hours of coursework in which the candidate must | ||
show evidence of meeting competencies for organizational | ||
management and development, finance, supervision and | ||
evaluation, policy and legal issues, and leadership, as | ||
stated in the Illinois Professional School Leader | ||
Standards for principals; and | ||
(4) a passing score on the Illinois Administrator | ||
Assessment. | ||
(d) Successful completion of the Alternative Route to an | ||
Administrative Certificate for National Board Certified | ||
Teachers shall be deemed to satisfy all requirements to receive | ||
an administrative certificate established by law.
The State | ||
Board shall adopt rules that are consistent with this Section |
and that the State Board deems necessary for the establishment | ||
and implementation of the program. | ||
(105 ILCS 5/21-7.5 new)
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Sec. 21-7.5. Teacher leader endorsement. It shall be the | ||
policy of the State of Illinois to improve the quality of | ||
instructional leaders by providing a career pathway for | ||
teachers interested in serving in leadership roles.
Beginning | ||
on July 1, 2007, the State Board, in consultation with the | ||
State Teacher Certification Board, shall establish and | ||
implement a teacher leader endorsement, to be known as a | ||
teacher leader endorsement. Persons who meet the requirements | ||
of and successfully complete the requirements of the | ||
endorsement established under this Section shall be issued a | ||
teacher leader endorsement for serving in schools in this | ||
State. The endorsement shall be a career path endorsement but | ||
not a restrictive endorsement available to: (i) teachers who | ||
are certified through the National Board for Professional | ||
Teaching Standards and complete a specially designed strand of | ||
teacher leadership courses; (ii) teachers who have completed a | ||
master's degree program in teacher leadership; and (iii) proven | ||
teacher leaders with a master's degree who complete a specially | ||
designed strand of teacher leadership courses. Colleges and | ||
universities shall have the authority to qualify the | ||
proficiency of proven teacher leaders under clause (iii) of | ||
this Section. A teacher who meets any of clauses (i) through | ||
(iii) of this Section shall be deemed to satisfy the | ||
requirements for the teacher leader endorsement.
The State | ||
Board may adopt rules that are consistent with this Section and | ||
that the State Board deems necessary to establish and implement | ||
this teacher leadership endorsement program. | ||
(105 ILCS 5/21-7.10 new)
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Sec. 21-7.10. Master principal designation program. | ||
(a) The General Assembly recognizes the important role a | ||
principal serves as a school's instructional leader and |
believes it is in the best interest of the State to establish a | ||
mechanism for training and recognizing master level | ||
principals. | ||
(b) The State Board of Education shall certify statewide | ||
organizations representing principals, institutions of higher | ||
education, and regional offices of education and one school | ||
district or organization representing principals in a school | ||
district organized under Article 34 of this Code to establish a | ||
master principal designation program if these entities meet the | ||
criteria established by the State Board. These entities shall | ||
work with a statewide design team made up of institutions of | ||
higher education, regional offices of education, statewide | ||
organizations, and other appropriate entities, as determined | ||
by the State Board, to conceptualize the master principal | ||
designation program. The State Board shall adopt rules, in | ||
consultation with the State Teacher Certification Board, for | ||
entities seeking to provide a program under this Section, | ||
including an approval process and other criteria.
A master | ||
principal designation program aligned with the Illinois | ||
Professional Leadership Standards shall include at least the | ||
following components: | ||
(1) Expansion of the principal's knowledge base and | ||
leadership. | ||
(2) Application of strategies and collection of | ||
evidence of student learning and school processes. | ||
(3) Demonstration of the ability and skills necessary | ||
to lead sustained academic improvement in a school or | ||
district. | ||
(c) An individual serving as a principal for at least 3 | ||
years is eligible for participation in a master principal | ||
designation program.
Each year, those entities approved to | ||
offer a master principal designation program must submit to the | ||
State Board a report indicating the number of individuals | ||
enrolled in the program, the progress of candidates, | ||
anticipated changes to the program, and any other relevant | ||
information requested by the State Board. All substantive |
changes to an entity's master principal designation program | ||
shall require prior written approval from the State Board.
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entity that fails to meet the requirements of this Section or | ||
any other criteria established by the State Board by rule shall | ||
have its authority to offer a master principal designation | ||
program revoked pursuant to procedures established by rule by | ||
the State Board. | ||
(105 ILCS 5/21-7.15 new)
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Sec. 21-7.15. Illinois Administrators' Academy Review Task | ||
Force. The State Board of Education shall create a task force | ||
to review the Illinois Administrators' Academy and recommend | ||
revisions to the program. The goal of the task force shall be | ||
to revise the Illinois Administrators' Academy so that it | ||
offers professional development opportunities tailored to the | ||
individual and collective needs of principals and other | ||
administrators. The task force shall also examine the content | ||
and duration of teacher evaluation courses required under | ||
subparagraph (B) of paragraph (3) of subsection (c-10) of | ||
Section 21-7.1 of this Act and make recommendations for | ||
improvement. The task force shall consist of members appointed | ||
by the State Superintendent of Education. The task force shall | ||
include without limitation representatives from a statewide | ||
organization representing principals, a statewide organization | ||
representing school business officials, a statewide | ||
organization representing school administrators, a statewide | ||
organization representing education leadership, a statewide | ||
organization representing school boards, regional offices of | ||
education, and other appropriate stakeholders.
The task force | ||
shall file a report of its findings with the General Assembly, | ||
the Governor, and the State Board by July 1, 2007. A copy of | ||
the report shall also be delivered to the Executive Committee | ||
of the Illinois State Action for Education Leadership Project. | ||
This Section is repealed on July 2, 2007. | ||
(105 ILCS 5/24A-15 new)
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Sec. 24A-15. Development and submission of evaluation plan | ||
for principals. | ||
(a) Beginning with the 2006-2007 school year and each | ||
school year thereafter, each school district, except for a | ||
school district organized under Article 34 of this Code, shall | ||
establish a principal evaluation plan in accordance with this | ||
Section. The plan must ensure that each principal is evaluated | ||
as follows: | ||
(1) For a principal on a single-year contract, the | ||
evaluation must take place by February 1 of each year. | ||
(2) For a principal on a multi-year contract under | ||
Section 10-23.8a of this Code, the evaluation must take | ||
place by February 1 of the final year of the contract. | ||
Nothing in this Section prohibits a school district from | ||
conducting additional evaluations of principals.
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(b) The evaluation shall include a description of the | ||
principal's duties and responsibilities and the standards to | ||
which the principal is expected to conform. | ||
(c) The evaluation must be performed by the district | ||
superintendent, the superintendent's designee, or, in the | ||
absence of the superintendent or his or her designee, an | ||
individual appointed by the school board who holds a registered | ||
Type 75 State administrative certificate. The evaluation must | ||
be in writing and must at least do all of the following: | ||
(1) Consider the principal's specific duties, | ||
responsibilities, management, and competence as a | ||
principal. | ||
(2) Specify the principal's strengths and weaknesses, | ||
with supporting reasons. | ||
(3) Align with the Illinois Professional Standards for | ||
School Leaders or research-based district standards.
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(d) One copy of the evaluation must be included in the | ||
principal's personnel file and one copy of the evaluation must | ||
be provided to the principal. | ||
(e) Failure by a district to evaluate a principal and to | ||
provide the principal with a copy of the evaluation at least |
once during the term of the principal's contract, in accordance | ||
with this Section, is evidence that the principal is performing | ||
duties and responsibilities in at least a satisfactory manner | ||
and shall serve to automatically extend the principal's | ||
contract for a period of one year after the contract would | ||
otherwise expire, under the same terms and conditions as the | ||
prior year's contract. The requirements in this Section are in | ||
addition to the right of a school board to reclassify a | ||
principal pursuant to Section 10-23.8b of this Code. | ||
(f) Nothing in this Section prohibits a school board from | ||
ordering lateral transfers of principals to positions of | ||
similar rank and salary.
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(105 ILCS 5/34-18.33 new)
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Sec. 34-18.33. Principal mentoring program. Beginning on | ||
July 1, 2007, and subject to an annual appropriation by the | ||
General Assembly, the school district shall develop a principal | ||
mentoring program. The school district shall submit a copy of | ||
its principal mentoring program to the State Board of Education | ||
for its review and public comment. Whenever a substantive | ||
change has been made by the school district to its principal | ||
mentoring program, these changes must be submitted to the State | ||
Board of Education for review and comment.
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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||
becoming law.
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