Board of Education - Board Member Training
Website Listing of Development and Training Completed by Board Members
Open Meetings Act (P.A. 97-504)
All Illinois School Board Members must receive training in Professional Development Leadership (P.A. 97-8) and the Open Meetings Act (P.A. 97-504). Mandatory training will also be required after the new teacher evaluation requirements are implemented in each School District. For Additional information, see Board Policy 2:120, Board Member Development.
The following table contains mandatory and non-mandatory training and development activities that were completed by each Board Member. When the training was provided by the Illinois Association of School Boards, the acronym "IASB" follows the listed activity.
Board Self Evaluation (IASB)
A school board self-evaluation is a key step on the road to governance excellence. Every board wants to provide quality leadership for the district. A fundamental part of quality is regularly assessing how the board is doing – in both its work and processes. The board self-evaluation is a means by which a board, as a governance team, steps back and looks at itself, critically examines its strengths and weaknesses, and makes plans for continuous improvement. The Germantown Elementary School District #60 Board of Education participated in a Board Self Evaluation meeting facilitated by Larry Dirks, IASB Field Service Director, on May 17, 2012.
Name | Development and Training Activity and Provider | Date Completed |
Taylor Beckmann | Open Meetings Act Training for School Board Members | June 25, 2025 |
Basics of Governance 2025-2027 | March 2, 2026 | |
Professional Development Leadership Training (PDLT)and Performance Evaluation Reform Act (PERA) Training for School Board Members | March 2, 2026 | |
Kennedy Brauer | Open Meetings Act Training for School Board Members | May 7, 2025 |
Basics of Governance 2025-2027 | May 7, 2025 | |
Professional Development Leadership Training (PDLT)and Performance Evaluation Reform Act (PERA) Training for School Board Members | May 7, 2025 | |
Lee Deerhake | Professional Development Leadership Training (PDLT)and Performance Evaluation Reform Act (PERA) Training for School Board Members 2.2 | October 1, 2019 |
Open Meetings Act Training for School Board Members 2019-20 | June 13, 2019 | |
Jessica Hemker | Professional Development Leadership Training (PDLT)and Performance Evaluation Reform Act (PERA) Training for School Board Members | May 15, 2021 |
Open Meetings Act Training for School Board Members - 2020-21 | May 14, 2021 | |
Open Meetings Act/Office of the Attorney of Illinois | June 9, 2013 | |
The Basics of Governance | May 27, 2021 | |
Andrea Linders | Professional Development Leadership Training (PDLT)and Performance Evaluation Reform Act (PERA) Training for School Board Members | May 30, 2023 |
Open Meetings Act Training for School Board Members - 2022-23 | May 17, 2023 | |
The Basics of Governance | May 14, 2023 | |
Nicole Peters | Professional Development Leadership Training (PDLT)and Performance Evaluation Reform Act (PERA) Training for School Board Members | May 21, 2023 |
Open Meetings Act Training for School Board Members - 2022-23 | May 18, 2023 | |
The Basics of Governance | June 1, 2023 | |
Ashley Winter | Professional Development Leadership Training (PDLT)and Performance Evaluation Reform Act (PERA) Training for School Board Members | June 5, 2023 |
Open Meetings Act Training for School Board Members - 2022-23 | May 16, 2023 | |
The Basics of Governance | May 31, 2023 |
The Illinois Association of School Boards (IASB) is a voluntary organization of local boards of education.
For more information regarding IASB and its programs, visit www.iasb.com.