HR0184 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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HOUSE RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, Dr. Mark R. Friedman, superintendent of Libertyville Elementary District 70, has been named the 2009 Illinois Superintendent of the Year; and

WHEREAS, The award, sponsored by the Illinois Association of School Administrators, was presented on November 23, 2008, during the Third General Session of the Illinois Association of School Boards (IASB), Illinois Association of School Administrators (IASA) and Illinois Association of School Business Officials (IASBO) 76th Joint Annual Conference in Chicago; and

WHEREAS, Dr. Friedman was selected from among more than 865 Illinois superintendents and represented Illinois in the National Superintendent of the Year Recognition during the American Association of School Administrators (AASA) National Conference in February of this year; and

WHEREAS, The National Superintendent of the Year Award is co-sponsored by the AASA and ARAMARK; a $10,000 college scholarship will be presented in the name of the National Superintendent of the Year to a student in the high school from which the superintendent graduated; and

WHEREAS, Before coming to Libertyville, Dr. Friedman was assistant superintendent of curriculum, instruction, and personnel for Lincolnwood School District 74, director of instruction for Itasca District 10, and principal of Washington Elementary School in Itasca; he began his career in education as a Chicago teacher, moving on to become a reading laboratory director in Chicago; and

WHEREAS, He is a partner with BWP Associates, which conducts education management consulting and executive searches; Dr. Friedman currently serves on the board of the Illinois Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (23 years, including two terms as treasurer) and the Lake County United Way (two terms); he has served as president of the Lake County Superintendents Association (2007-08) and the Northern Illinois Reading Recovery Consortium (10 years); and

WHEREAS, He is a founding member of the IASA School for Advanced Leadership and has been an adjunct faculty member at National-Louis University and North Park University; he is a trainer and presenter for the Illinois Administrators Academy, and a member of the National-Louis University Reading Advisory; and

WHEREAS, In 2008, he gave the welcome address for the Phi Delta Kappa International Conference, presented at the AASA National Conference on "Searching for the Superintendency," and presented an Illinois Administrators Academy on "Transformational Leadership;" Dr. Friedman received a doctorate in Educational Administration from Peabody College of Vanderbilt University, a master’s in Public Administration from Roosevelt University, and a bachelor of arts degree in Political Science from Arizona State University; and

WHEREAS, Dr. Friedman was appointed superintendent of District 70 in 1992; Libertyville District 70 is a high achieving system of five schools, kindergarten through eighth grade, with 2,650 students and 320 employees; the Libertyville community provides strong parental support and students perform in the 95th percentile of the Illinois Standards Achievement Test (ISAT) due in part to a cutting edge curriculum; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we congratulate Dr. Mark Friedman on this honor and wish him all the best in his future endeavors; and be it further

RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be presented to Dr. Mark Friedman as a symbol of our respect and esteem.