The following is a list of ISBE Non-Regulatory Guidance documents. The documents are arranged by year in number/date order. All are in PDF format and require the latest version of Adobe Acrobat Reader to view.

Ongoing Guidance Documents

2018

Guidelines on Administration of Medications - Coming Soon!
Definition of an Instructional Day Memo (11-9-2018)

2016

2015

15-1: Recommendations for Supporting Evaluators of Teachers, Principals, and Assistant Principals
15-2: Self-Administration and Self-Carry of Medications for Asthma and Allergy (PA 98-0795)
15-3: The Performance Evaluation Reform Act (PERA) and Senate Bill 7 (SB 7)
15-4: Evaluating Teacher Practice and Understanding Summative Ratings
15-5: Irregular Days (Interrupted, Delayed Start, Act of God) Guidance
15-6: CPR/AED in Secondary Schools (P.A. 98-0632) Non-regulatory guidance on the requirement to provide training on CPR and AED in all secondary schools
15-7: Back-to-School Immunization Guidance and Best Practices, Fall 2015
15-8: Guidance on Needs Improvement Rating in Teacher Evaluation Systems in Illinois
15-9: IDEA Proportionate Share Services for Parentally Placed Nonpublic Students with Disabilities

2014

2013

13-1: Using Illinois 5Essentials Survey Data in Principal Evaluation
13-2: Collecting Evidence of Teacher Practice Not Observable During Classroom Observations in Teacher Evaluation Systems
13-3: District Decision Making
13-4: Guidebook on Student Learning Objectives for Type III Assessments
13-5: Student Learning Objectives in Teacher Evaluation: Fact Sheet (Under Revision)
13-6: Model Teacher Evaluation System - Measuring Student Growth Using Type III Assessments
13-7: Alignment of Three Factors in Principal Evaluation
13-8: Measuring Student Growth for First-Year Principals in Principal Evaluation Systems
13-9: Model Teacher Evaluation System - Creating a Summative Rating
13-10: Creating Operating Guidelines for Student Growth Models in Teacher Evaluation Systems
13-11: Creating a Summative Rating in Teacher Evaluation Systems
13-12: Diabetes Awareness Day (PA 97-0819)
13-13: Safety Education: Training in Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) and Automatic External Defibrillator (AED) for Students in Grades 6-8 (PA 97-714)
13-14: Service Animals: Miniature (PA 97-0956)
13-15: IDEA Proportionate Share Services for Parentally Placed Nonpublic Students with Disabilities - Replaced by Guidance 15-09
13-16: Documenting Common Core State Standards on the Individualized Education Program
13-17: Peer Evaluation in Teacher Evaluation Systems in Illinois
13-18: CACFP Electronic Direct Certification
13-19: Assessment Accommodations For English Learners Guidance for 2013-2014
13-20: Preparing Students for College and Careers by Incorporating the Illinois Social and Emotional Learning Standards into Educator Preparation Programs
- Appendix A: Addressing the SEL Standards in Educator Preparation Programs
- Appendix B: Promoting SEL through Existing Frameworks
- Appendix C: Bi-directional Relationship between the IL SEL Standards and the Common Core
13-21: Guidance on the Use of Code 15 in Student Assessments
13-22: Guidance on Teacher Evaluation Systems for Beginning (Novice) Teachers in Illinois

2012

2011

2010

10-01: Illinois Induction Program Continuum

2009

09-01: Public Acts 95-0844 and 95-0938 - District Funding Responsibility for Court and Public Agency Residential Placements

2006

06-01: School Restructuring
06-02: Public Act 94-1019 - School District Reorganization

2005

05-01: Local School Board Review and Approval

2000

00-01: Guidance: Recommended Guidelines for Medication Administration in Schools

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