<div dir="ltr"><font face="georgia, serif">Good Morning, </font><div><font face="georgia, serif"><br></font></div><div><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">Thanks to several grants from the Illinois State Board of Education, there are three leadership development opportunities, free of charge, for interested schools/individuals. These opportunities are available to educators in Regional Offices of Education #3, #40, #41, #45, and #50. The explanation below is very brief; more information will be provided upon request. </span><font face="georgia, serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="georgia, serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="georgia, serif">Kindly share this important information with your schools so we are able to collect the names of interested participants. </font></div><div><font face="georgia, serif">ROE 50 is the HUB for these programs and since they are grant programs, participation across the region is critical. </font></div><div><font face="georgia, serif"><br></font></div><div><u style="font-family:georgia,serif"><b><font size="4" color="#0000ff">ASPIRING PRINCIPALS</font></b></u><br></div><div><font face="georgia, serif"><b style="">Do you anticipate having a principal opening in your school in the next year AND have a person(s) in house, serving in the capacity of a teacher who holds a Type 75/principal endorsement, that you think may be your next principal?</b></font></div><div><font face="georgia, serif"><b>OR</b></font></div><div><font face="georgia, serif"><b style="">Do you have a teacher who desires to be a principal in the next year and holds a Type 75/principal endorsement? If so, check this out:</b></font></div><div><div><ul><li style="margin-left:15px"><font face="georgia, serif">The aspiring principal is paired with a coach and has weekly coaching sessions</font></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><font face="georgia, serif">Participates in 3 hours of training per month, after contractual time</font></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><font face="georgia, serif">Aspiring principal identifies an instructional challenge and works with an in-house team of fellow educators to develop a systems approach to address the challenge.</font></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><font face="georgia, serif">If interested, please reach out to Martha Weld at <a href="mailto:mweld@sccroe50.org" target="_blank">mweld@sccroe50.org</a> OR 618.825.3900 x1026</font></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><font face="georgia, serif">Informational sessions can be coordinated. </font></li></ul></div><div><font face="georgia, serif"><br></font></div><div><div><font face="georgia, serif" size="4" color="#0000ff"><b><u>FIRST YEAR PRINCIPAL</u></b></font></div><div><font face="georgia, serif"><b>Do you have a first or second year principal in your district that needs to meet the ISBE requirement of participating in the sponsored New Principal Mentoring Program? </b></font><b style="font-family:georgia,serif">If so, check this out:</b></div></div><div><ul><li style="margin-left:15px"><font face="georgia, serif">Required of all first year principals</font></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><font face="georgia, serif">The new principal is paired with a coach for one on one mentorship with a previous or current principal (first and second year principal)</font></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><font face="georgia, serif">Eight 3-hour training sessions focused on challenges unique to the principalship (first year principal)</font></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><font face="georgia, serif">Additional information shared with interested schools/individuals. If interested, please reach out to Martha Weld at <a href="mailto:mweld@sccroe50.org" target="_blank">mweld@sccroe50.org</a> OR 618.825.3900 x1026</font></li></ul></div><div><div><font face="georgia, serif" color="#0000ff" size="4"><b><u>SECOND YEAR OR MORE PRINCIPAL</u></b></font></div><div><font face="georgia, serif"><b>Do you have a school that has a principal with more than one year of principalship experience and who would benefit from the opportunity to develop skill sets focused on school improvement? If yes, check this out:</b></font></div></div><div><ul><li style="margin-left:15px"><font face="georgia, serif">Coaching/mentoring a minimum of 2 hours per month</font></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><font face="georgia, serif">6 sessions of professional development focused on creating a distributive leadership approach and using data to drive changes in instructional practices, during the first year of support. </font></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><font face="georgia, serif">If interested, please reach out to Martha Weld at <a href="mailto:mweld@sccroe50.org" target="_blank">mweld@sccroe50.org</a> OR 618.825.3900 x1026.<br></font></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><font face="georgia, serif">Informational sessions will be offered August 9 and 10th. Please reach out for details.</font></li></ul></div></div><div>Please help us recruit educators.</div><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><img width="96" height="78" src="https://ci3.googleusercontent.com/mail-sig/AIorK4zmsRyKKkrhVSwwG0NLlSXnBkA3V4TUb1Ncw_664AGc2hUXCzybWKlRw41G0mUmnAXt2W7gkKQ"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Dr. Mark Eichenlaub</span><br><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Regional Superintendent<br> St. Clair County Regional Office of Education #50<br> 1000 South Illinois Street<br> Belleville, IL 62220<br> 618-825-3935 <br> <a href="mailto:meichenlaub@sccroe50.org" target="_blank">meichenlaub@sccroe50.org</a><br> </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="http://www.stclair.k12.il.us/" target="_blank">www.</a><a href="http://sccroe50.org" target="_blank">sccroe50.org</a></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Follow us on Twitter! @StClairROE</span></p><div><div><span style="font-size:10.0pt"></span></div></div></div></div></div>