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Program works in concert with and independently from the AASA
legal assistance program. The legal support to qualifying members, in
cases of employment contract/due process disputes with employers,
is in the form of direct access to IASA Associate Director/Legal Counsel
Sara Boucek and/or private counsel through a formula-driven financial
reimbursement of private attorney fees.
Further, IASA continues to provide the Return of Dues
Program to its members. This program is a self-funded
insurance program that reimburses the estate of
a deceased member, the regular and/or retired
dues paid to the Association for the most recent 10
consecutive years. The Return of Dues Program lapses
in the 11th year of retirement. Both programs (legal
support and return of dues) operate within the financial
parameters set many years ago, that of being funded
from interest earned by the fund accounts.
Job Bank
The Illinois Education Job Bank
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continues to expand
in use by both employers and job seekers, and is the
leading Internet educational job posting service in
Illinois. More than 750 Illinois school districts and 275
other educational institutions are utilizing the Job
Bank’s services. In cooperation with the Job Bank
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, the
IASA Interim Education Service Corps provides retired
members access to full-time, part-time and interim
education employment opportunities at no cost.
Professional Development
IASA offers a wide array of Administrator Academies,
workshops and seminars under the direction of
Associate Director for Professional Development
Dr. Richard Voltz. The professional development
opportunities include such topics as teacher and
principal evaluation, board-superintendent relations,
school law, school finance, leadership, curriculum,
technology, and communications.
Through mid-June of this fiscal year, 69 Administrator
Academies had been held involving 1,857 participants
and another 444 participants had attended one of four
workshops that had been presented.
Aspiring Superintendent Academy
The inaugural Aspiring Superintendent Academy (ASA) was held in
2017 with 40 attendees, including principals, assistant superintendents
and other school administrators. The week-long academy directed by
Dr. Michael Lubelfeld (Deerfield SD #109) and Dr. Nick Polyak (Leyden
CHSD #212) includes sessions dealing with such topics as School District
Leadership, Communication Strategies, School District Operations,
Community Engagement and Action Planning and Next Steps.
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