Upcoming Events
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Thursday
8:30 AM - 3:00 PM AA #1761: Communication Strategies for Superintendents
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Monday
8:30 AM - 3:30 PM AA #4050: Evaluator Academy for Initial Training and Retraining of Principals and Asst. Principals
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May 6, 2025
8:30 AM - 3:30 PM AA #4050: Evaluator Academy for Initial Training and Retraining of Principals and Asst. Principals
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May 8, 2025
8:30 AM - 11:30 AM AA 4144: Introduction to AI for District Leaders
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9:00 AM - 2:00 PM AA 3998: Superintendent and School Board Relationships
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May 29, 2025
8:30 AM - 3:30 PM AA #3700: Administrators Guide to the Fundamentals of Health, Life, Safety and Compliance
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June 2, 2025
8:30 AM - 3:30 PM Getting Your Nights and Weekends Back with AI
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June 3, 2025
8:30 AM - 3:00 PM AA# 1761: Communication Strategies for Superintendents
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June 4, 2025
8:30 AM - 3:30 PM AA #4050: Evaluator Academy for Initial Training and Retraining of Principals and Asst. Principals
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June 5, 2025
8:30 AM - 3:30 PM AA #4050: Evaluator Academy for Initial Training and Retraining of Principals and Asst. Principals
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8:30 AM - 3:30 PM Getting Your Nights and Weekends Back with AI
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June 9, 2025
8:30 AM - 4:00 PM AA 3858: Safety Site Assessment - Basic CPTED Principles
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8:30 AM - 3:30 PM Getting Your Nights and Weekends Back with AI
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June 13, 2025
8:30 AM - 3:30 PM AA #3000: Illinois Performance Evaluation Retraining - Student Growth
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June 18, 2025
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM AA #1445: Why Academy
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IASA Webinars
School Vendor Security Made Simple (Watch)
Safe School ID is a school vendor security system that adds an extra layer of protection to your existing security protocols, specifically by managing your third-party vendors.To learn more about this program, sponsored by IASA and IARSS, a webinar has been scheduled for Feb. 19. Click Here to watch.
CrisisGo: From Compliance to Confidence (Watch)
As an Illinois superintendent, you’re expected to do more than meet mandates—you’re expected to lead. With evolving safety threats, rising community expectations and the potential for new requirements such as Alyssa’s Law, the pressure is on to deliver a clear, effective safety strategy across your district. This session presented by CrisisGo helps Illinois school leaders stay ahead of state policy, strengthen districtwide readiness, and cut through the noise of fragmented safety tools. Click Here to watch.
For Students, There is No Finish Line (Watch)
In today's educational landscape, summer presents a critical opportunity to support student success. With declining NAEP scores and widening achievement gaps, we can't afford to let learning pause during summer months. This webinar featuring Dr. Gene Kerns, Chief Academic Officer, explored how summer can be transformed into a powerful season of learning for all students. Click Here to watch.
Munetrix + SchoolData Solutions Discover the Power of District Dashboards (Register)
IASA and IASB invite you and your team to attend a special webinar on May 13 designed to unlock the power of district dashboards. Presented by SchoolData.net, join this virtual session to learn how district dashboards can be used as an interactive and strategic tool to provide real-time data performance analytic insights and foresight. Click Here to register
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Recent IASA Podcasts
Pandemic to Progress: Lake Zurich CUSD #95
In this episode, we talk to Superintendent Dr. Kelly Gallt about how a focus on data and continuous school improvement helped the district not only recover, but accelerate students past pre-pandemic levels. Lake Zurich CUSD 95 was identified by researchers as one of the 100-plus districts nationwide performing above pre-pandemic levels in reading and math. This episode is part 2 of an 11-part series of Illinois school districts who made the list. Click Here to listen.
Nights and Weekends Back With AI: Breaking Down Upcoming Workshops
In this episode, we detail how IASA’s upcoming Super Region workshops series can help educators build AI capacity in their school districts, streamline operations and create efficiencies. Our guests are Dr. Dawn Bridges, Dr. Bill Daggett and Thomas Hawkins. Thomas is the Content and Innovation Manager for Successful Practices Network and will be co-presenting at the workshops with Dr. Bridges. Click Here to listen.
Pandemic to Progress: How Bourbonnais SD #53 Rebounded
In this episode, we talk to Superintendent Dr. Adam Ehrman about why Bourbonnais SD #53 came to be identified by researchers as one of the 100-plus districts nationwide performing above pre-pandemic levels in math and reading. This episode is Part 1 of an 11-part series of Illinois school districts who made the list. To listen, Click Here.
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News and Announcements
Registration Open for IASA New Superintendents Conference
The Illinois Association of School Administrators (IASA) is here to help you hit the ground running in your new role as superintendent. Register today for the IASA New Superintendents' Conference in Springfield at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, July 14-16.
10th Annual Partnership of Keep Illinois Learning With Renaissance
As summer approaches, IASA and Renaissance are excited to partner together for the 10th Annual Keep Illinois Learning campaign. As part of the initiative, participating districts/schools can give their students access to myON (reading) and Freckle (math) practice programs from May 1 to August 31 to support continued summer learning. Click Here to learn more.
AASA Leadership for Well-Being and Learning Summit
In today's educational landscape, creating healthy and thriving school environments for students and staff is fundamental to achieving district-wide excellence and sustainable academic success. Join us at Schaumburg School District 54 in Illinois, to explore strategies for nurturing talent, fostering collaboration and creating welcoming environments where students and educators reach their fullest potential! Click Here to learn more.
IASA Announces Expanded Partnership With ECRA to Help Districts Implement AI Solutions
As IASA launches its AI professional development programs, we have expanded our partnership with ECRA Group (ECRA) to help school leaders implement AI within their school district. Click Here to learn more.
Our Mission:
To support school leaders in the pursuit of educational excellence through continued school improvement.
Our Vision:
Maximum educational success for all students.