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Vision 20/20 subcommittee members met in
Springfield for their third Initiative Meeting on January
23
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. In addition to the original 42 subcommittee and
three advisory members, the Initiative welcomed
representatives from the Illinois Association of
School Business Officials (IASBO), the Illinois
Association of School Boards (IASB), the Illinois
Principals Association (IPA), the Illinois Association
of Regional School Superintendents (IARSS), and
the Superintendents Commission for the Study of
Demographics and Diversity (SCSDD). These new
members were assigned to workgroups to continue
the discussion on governance and finance, digital
learning and assessment and accountability, and
leadership and organizational transformation.
Subcommittee members were assigned the task
of refining and expanding upon their work thus far.
Information from the June and October generative
discussions -- as well as survey data collected from
the Illinois Association of School Administrators
(IASA), IASBO, IASB, and IPA -- was used to provide
an initial sketch for the Vision 20/20 platform. Given
the consistency of themes, topics, and priorities, the
original three workgroup topics were blended into
three main areas to provide a more focused
discussion. The workgroups were rebranded as
follows:
“Governance and Finance” is now “School
Funding and Governance”
“Leadership and Organizational
Transformation” is now “Highly Effective
Educators”
“Digital Learning and Assessment and
Accountability” is now “Student Learning and
Assessment”
Subcommittee members were asked to draft
policy positions aimed to achieve the Vision 20/20
Initiative
recommendations.
Additionally,
subcommittee members were tasked with identifying
specific and innovative methods to make these policy
positions realities. Workgroups will continue their
work to refine and develop these items before the
fourth Vision 20/20 meeting in April.
As these efforts continue, subcommittee
members are also requested to share the Vision
20/20 message in their communities. By increasing
Initiative visibility now, Vision 20/20 will have
significantly more traction when the final document is
released later this year. For more information on
Vision 20/20 and how districts, administrators, and
students can get involved, please visit
and follow the Initiative on
Twitter @ILVision2020.
Vision 20/20 initiative builds momentum
