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Superintendents are under constant pressure to elevate student achievement, manage finances, handle personnel, stay visible in the community, and still find time for a life outside the office. Instead of adding more to your plate, ISAL helps you better handle what’s already on it. IASA’s School for Advanced Leadership is an 18-month professional coaching program that integrates personal and professional growth with the cultivation of lifelong relationships. Since 2010, 175 Illinois superintendents have been named ISAL Fellows — a distinction recognized statewide as a mark of advanced leadership. WHAT MAKES ISAL DIFFERENT Each cohort accepts 25 superintendents, pairing every participant with a leadership coach — a current or retired superintendent and ISAL graduate — available anytime for professional or personal guidance. Over eight sessions in Springfield, participants engage in focused learning on student achievement and work/life balance, with nightly dinners that build the kind of relationships past participants have called life-changing.

APPLICATIONS FOR ISAL IX OPEN THIS SUMMER. QUESTIONS IN THE MEANTIME? CONTACT KRISTY PONSLER

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