Leadership Matters November 2013

49th Annual IASA Conference through the camera lens

Top left photo on Page 11: Robert Wolfe, the chief financial officer for the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE), was part of a panel of top ISBE administrators who held a one-hour session during the conference. Among other items discussed, Wolfe told superintendents to plan for an 85 percent proration of General State Aid for the 2014-15 school year if the budget remains flat. GSA currently is being prorated at 89 percent for the second year in a row despite ISBE submitting a proposal for full funding of GSA.

Top right photo on Page 11: IASA Associate Executive Director for Professional Development Dr. Richard Voltz conducts a breakout session to provide an update on the Performance Evaluation Advisory Council (PEAC). Dr. Steve Isoye, superintendent of Oak Park/River Forest District 200 and also a member of PEAC, also was a presenter in the session that was moderated by Waterloo Community District 5 Superintendent James Helton.

Bottom photo on Page 11: The first two IASA School for Advanced Leadership (ISAL) classes got together for a reunion of sorts during the IASA Annual Conference. The inaugural ISAL class graduated in the summer of 2012, while the ISAL II class is a little more than halfway through its two-year cohort.

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