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IASA Webinars
3 Things Your District Should Know About the New Illinois Proficiency Benchmarks Before Reporting Results to Your Board and Community (Watch)IASA recorded a webinar on September 30, 2025 on Proficiency Benchmarks led by Dr. John Gatta, CEO of ECRA Group. In the webinar, Dr. Gatta covered state-wide data trends and how they are likely to impact your district's data. Guidance was also provided for how to best communicate the transition clearly and effectively to your board and community. 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.
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Recent IASA Podcasts
Pandemic to Progress: Massac UD #1
In this episode, we talk to Superintendent Jason Hayes about what strategies the rural school district in southern Illinois implemented to accelerate students past pre-pandemic levels. This episode is part 3 of an 11-part series.Click Here to listen.
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.
Pandemic to Progress: How Bourbonnais SD #53 ReboundedIn 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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