Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 12, March 22, 2024
Candidates admitted to a program for superintendent preparation
shall be selected through an interview process. Each candidate must meet the
following minimum requirements:
a)
Hold a valid and current Illinois professional educator license endorsed in
general administrative, principal, chief school business official, or director
of special education.
b) Have
experience in a public school district or nonpublic school recognized in
accordance with 23 Ill. Adm. Code 425 on one of the following endorsements to
the professional educator license or, for out-of-state candidates, the
requisite experience while holding a certificate or license that is comparable
to the respective Illinois credential:
1)
General Administrative;
2)
Principal;
3) Director of Special
Education; or
4) Chief School
Business Official.
c)
Submission of a portfolio that presents evidence of a candidate's achievements
during the candidate's administrative experience in each of the following
categories:
1) Support of all students in the
classroom to achieve high standards of learning;
2) Significant leadership roles in the school
(e.g., curriculum, assessment or instructional development, school management
or budgeting, evaluation of staff, mentoring);
3) Strong oral and written communication
skills;
4) Analytic abilities
needed to collect and analyze data for school and district
improvement;
5) Demonstrated
respect for family and community;
6) Strong interpersonal skills; and
7) Strong demonstrated leadership skills and
abilities.
d) For
purposes of subsection (c), "evidence" includes, but is not limited to:
1) Evaluations of the candidate's
administrative abilities from supervisors that attest to school and district
improvement;
2) Evidence of
leadership roles held and descriptions of the impact the candidate has had on
the classroom, school or district, or the constituents served;
3) An analysis of school or district data
(e.g., student scores) that describes how the data were used to inform
instructional planning and implementation, including an explanation of what
standards were addressed, the academic achievement or school improvement
outcomes, and steps taken when expected outcomes did not occur;
4) Information about the candidate's work
with families or community groups and a description of how this work affected
school or district operations, policies, and procedures;
5) Examples of the candidate's analytical
abilities as evidenced by a description of how the candidate used the results
from student assessments to improve student learning; and
6) Evidence of curriculum development,
student assessments, or other initiatives that resulted from the candidate's
involvement with school committees.
e) Each applicant shall interview with no
fewer than two of the program's full-time faculty members and shall, at a
minimum, discuss the contents of the applicant's portfolio and complete a
written response to a scenario presented by the interviewers.
