School Board Member Development and Training

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

Date Completed
(beginning in 2012 unless otherwise noted)

Joe LaChica

Open Meetings Act Training 

August, 2011 

Marigrace Sinnott-Snooks

Open Meetings Act Training 

February, 2014 

Marigrace Sinnott-Snooks

Freedom of Information Act Training

February, 2014

Marigrace Sinnott-Snooks

PERA/PDLT Training

February, 2014

Lori Ann Pierce

Open Meetings Act Training 

July, 2013 

Lori Ann Pierce

PERA/PDLT Training

March, 2014

Lori Ann Pierce

Freedom of Information ActTraining

March, 2014

Therese Zaker 

Open Meetings Act Training

October, 2013

Therese Zaker 

Freedom of Information Act Training 

September, 2013

Therese Zaker

PERA/PDLT Training 

May, 2013

Harry Tannehill  

Open Meetings Act Training

May, 2017

Harry Tannehill 

PERA/PDLT Training

January, 2018

Harry Tannehill MBM/LSA Conversion August, 2021
Muna Conley  Open Meetings Act April, 2023
Muna Conley PERA/PDLT Training  September, 2023
Jennifer Warrick Open Meetings Act June, 2023
Jennifer Warrick PERA/PDLT Training September, 2023
Jennifer Warrick Basics of Governance 2023-2025 September, 2023