Board Member Development & Training
All Illinois school Board members elected or appointed after June 13, 2011 must complete within the first year of their term a minimum of four hours of professional development leadership training covering topics in education and labor law, financial oversight and accountability, and fiduciary responsibilities of a board member (105 ILCS 5/1016a). The following list contains mandatory and non-mandatory training and development activities that were completed by each Board member.
| Board Member | Development & Training Activity | Date Completed |
| Mark Chao | PDLT | Feb 22, 2019 |
| Parliamentary Procedures | Jul 19, 2012 | |
| Media Relations | Jul 21, 2012 | |
| Labor Relations | Jul 24, 2012 | |
| Superintendent Evaluation | Aug 11, 2012 | |
| Open Meetings Act | Sep 25, 2012 | |
| School Board Accountability | Nov 16, 2012 | |
| Basics of Governance | Jun 01, 2013 | |
| PERA | Feb 22, 2019 | |
| Basics of Finance | Nov 16, 2013 | |
| Bullying Prevention | Nov 06, 2014 | |
| Media Interest or Media Circus | Nov 21, 2014 | |
| Closing the Gaps | Nov 20, 2015 | |
| Using Data | Nov 20, 2015 | |
| Steve Dembo | Open Meetings Act | May 10, 2013 |
| PDLT/PERA | May 10, 2013 | |
| Basics of Governance | May 11, 2013 | |
| Media Interest or Media Circus | Nov 21, 2014 | |
| Dan Freeman | Open Meetings Act | Aug 15, 2023 |
| PDLT/PERA | Aug 22, 2023 | |
| Basics of Governance | May 20, 2023 | |
| Kandice Cooley-Jones | Open Meetings Act | May 15, 2021 |
| PDLT/PERA | May 15, 2021 | |
| Basics of Governance | May 15, 2021 | |
| Joanne Marsden | PDLT/PERA | May 08, 2015 |
| Basics of Governance | May 09, 2015 | |
| Open Meetings Act | Jun 12, 2015 | |
| Fernanda Perez | Basics of Governance | Jun 10, 2017 |
| Open Meetings Act | Jun 10, 2017 | |
| PDLT/PERA | Jun 9, 2017 | |
| Lindley Wisnewski | Open Meetings Act | May 10, 2021 |
| PDLT/PERA | June 3, 2021 | |
| Basics of Governance | May 27, 2021 |