School Board Member Training

School Board

Website Listing of Development and Training Completed by Board Members

All Illinois school board members must receive training in professional development leadership (P.A. 97-8) and the Open Meetings Act (P.A. 97-504). Mandatory

training will also be required after the new teacher evaluation requirements are implemented in each school district. For additional information,

see Board policy 2:120, Board Member Development. The following table contains mandatory and non-mandatory training and development activities

that were completed by each Board member. When the training was provided by the Illinois Association of School Boards, the acronym IASB follows the listed activity.

Name	Development and Training Activity and Provider	Mandatory	Non- Mandatory	Date Completed (beginning in 2011 unless otherwise noted)
Mike Aurelio Elected 4.5.11	Basic Training for Board Members - South Cook		x	May, 2011
	Basics of Governance-Part I - IASB		x	June 16, 2011
	Basics of Governance-Part II and the Basics of Law on Board Meetings and Practices - IASB		x	June 18, 2011
	Workshops for Board Presidents - IASB		x	June 18, 2011
	Open Meetings Act Training	x		August 16, 2012
Brian Bushnell Elected 4.9.13

Cindy Kelly Elected 4.5.11	Basic Training for Board Members - South Cook		x	May, 2011
	Basics of Governance-Part I - IASB		x	June 16, 2011
	Basics of Governance-Part II and the Basics of Law on Board Meetings and Practices - IASB		x	June 18, 2011
	Basics of School District Finance - IASB		x	June 18, 2011
	Making Meetings Matter - IASB		x	Nov. 18, 2011
	Open Meetings Act Training	x		August 6, 2012
	School Board Election Workshop		x	July 26, 2012
Al Malley Elected 4.5.11	Basic Training for Board Members - South Cook		x	May, 2011
	Basics of Governance-Part I - IASB		x	June 16, 2011
	Basics of Governance-Part II and the Basics of Law on Board Meetings and Practices - IASB		x	June 17, 2011
	Basics of School District Finance		x	June 18, 2011
	Open Meetings Act Training	x		August 15, 2012
David Deitemyer Elected 4.9.13

Patrick Kerrigan Elected 4.9.13

Dave Molitor Elected 4.5.11	Basic Training for Board Members - IASB		x	May, 2011
	Basics of Governance-Part I - IASB		x	June 16, 2011
	Basics of Governance-Part II and the Basics of Law on Board Meetings and Practices - IASB		x	June 18, 2011
	Basics of School District Finance - IASB		x	June 18, 2011
	Making Meetings Matter - IASB		x	Nov. 18, 2011
	Open Meetings Act Training	x		Sept. 18, 2012

The Illinois Association of School Boards (IASB) is a voluntary organization of local boards of education dedicated to strengthening the Illinois public schools through local citizen control. Although not a part of State government, IASB is organized by member school boards as a private not-for-profit corporation under authority granted by Article 23 of the School Code. The mission of the IASB is excellence in local school governance in support of quality public education.

For more information regarding IASB and its programs visit www.iasb.com.

Each Board member is responsible for his or her own compliance with the mandatory training laws that are described below:

Each Board member taking office after June 13, 2011 must complete at least 4 hours of professional development leadership training in education and labor law, financial oversight and accountability, and fiduciary responsibilities within the first year of his or her first term that begins after that date.
Each Board member who was in office on January 1, 2012 must complete training on the Open Meetings Act within one year of that date. Each Board member taking office after January 1, 2012 must complete this training no later than 90 days after taking the oath of office. After completing the training, each Board member must file a copy of his or her certificate of completion with his or her Board.
After the Districtâs implementation of the Performance Evaluation Reform Act (PERA) evaluations, each Board member must complete a training program on PERA evaluations before participating in a vote on a dismissal based on an optional alternative evaluative dismissal process.

The Superintendent or designee shall post on the District website the names of all Board members who have completed the professional development leadership training described in number 1, above.