Bill Text: IL HR0184 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Congratulates Dr. Mark R. Friedman, superintendent of Libertyville Elementary District 70, on being named the 2009 Illinois Superintendent of the Year.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2009-03-17 - Resolution Adopted [HR0184 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2009-HR0184-Introduced.html

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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

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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

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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.