Evanston/Skokie
School District 65
Our Team
District 65 Superintendent
In March 2024, Evanston/Skokie School District 65 named Dr. Angel L. Turner as its Superintendent.
Department Roles & Responsibilities
Our district team works hard each and every day in support of our students and schools. They serve in important roles to help make sure staff members are paid, students are registered, technology is working, meals are served and many more important activities. Review our Roles & Responsibilities to help better understand the functions across departments.
Admin Roles & Responsibilities
- Financial Services
- Human Relations
- Instructional Leadership
- Safety, Climate, and Athletics
- Strategic Communications and Project Management
- Student Specialized Services and Supports
- Performance Management and Accountability
Financial Services
Key Staff
- Chief Financial Officer/CSBO
- Director of Financial Services
- Executive Assistant
- Grants Manager
- Purchasing Agent
- Accounts Payable Specialist (2)
- Accounting Specialist
- Financial Services Collections and Claims Lead
- Payroll Supervisor
- Payroll Assistant (2)
- ERP Support Specialist
Department Responsibilities
- Accounting and Payroll Operations
- ADA Reports and Auditing
- Annual Budget
- Annual Financial Audit
- Annual W-2 and 1099 preparation
- Billing and bill payment
- Board Finance Committee Liaison
- Board meeting planning assistance
- Board of Education Treasurer's Reports
- Bonds and refinancing
- Budget Transparency
- Budgeting
- Cash/investment reporting
- Central Treasury
- Commercial Liability Insurance Committee (CLIC)
- Comprehensive Annual Financial Report (CAFR)
- Daily/monthly/annual accounting tasks
- Deferred Compensation
- External/internal auditing
- Grant Management and Reporting
- Joint City-Schools Committee
- Joint District 65 and 202
Park School Financial Meeting - Joint Insurance Committee
- Legislative/government liaison work
- Long Term Financial Planning
- Manage contracts and agreements
with external partners/vendors - Manage investments
- Optional retirement planning (403b and 457b)
- Property/Casualty Insurance
- Property tax levy
- Purchasing and P-card program
- Reduced-fare CTA bus service
- Rev-trak (online credit card payments)
- Risk Management
- SELF (Workers Compensatation Cooperative)
- State Compliance Audit
- State/Federal financial reporting
- Student activity funds
- Student fees (General and Childcare)
- Regular/Summer Building Use
- Tax Deposits
- TRS/IMRF (Employee Retirement Funds) Reporting
- Tuition estimating and billing
Human Relations
Key Staff
- Executive Chief of Human Relations
- Executive Assistant
- Director of Human Relations
- Director of Training and Development
- Senior Manager of Operations
- HR Data Analyst
- HR Partner
- HR Specialist
- HR Operations Analyst
- Leave and Benefits Specialist
- Transaction Specialist
Department Responsibilities
- Additional Assignment Forms
- Annual Employee Survey
- AskHR Support System
- Aspiring Leaders Program
- Board meeting planning assistance
- Complaint Manager (discrimination/harassment)
- Contract Negotiations
- Disability
- Educator Licensure
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Employee Benefit Days (allocations and audits)
- Employee Change of Information
- Employee Evaluation Tools/Records
- Employee Insurance Portal
- Employee Job Descriptions
- Employee Policy and Procedure Development
- Employee Records
- Employee Report of Injury
- Employee Work Calendars
- Employee Investigations
- Employment Verifications
- Frontline Recruiting and Hiring
- Health/Dental/Life Insurance
- Joint Evaluation Committee
- Joint Insurance Committee
- Joint RIF Committee
- Joint Track Committee
- Joint Training Committee for Paraprofessionals
- Kronos - Accounts and Supervisor Support
- Labor Relations
- Lead on Negotiations
- Leaves of Absences
- Mandated Employee Training
- MyLearningPlan (account set-up)
- New Hire Onboarding
- Non-Mandated Tuition Reimbursement
- Professional Development
- Request Forms
- Reconciliations Recruitment
- Responds to a Variety of Employee Inquiries
- Retirement
- Staffing/Assignments/RIF Process
- State and Federal Reporting
- Student Loan Forgiveness
- Student Teacher/Practicum Placements
- Subpoenas
- Support Principals/Hiring Managers
- Supports District Priorities & Initiatives
- TalentEd Perform
- Track Movement Forms and Approval
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Unemployment claims
- Volunteer Background Checks
- Workers' Compensation
Instructional Leadership
Key Staff
- Assistant Superintendent of Instructional Leadership
- Chief of Academics and Schools Management (2)
- Elementary Principal (10)
- Middle School Principal (3)
- Magnet School Principal (2)
- Director of Early Childhood
- Park School Principal
- Rice Education Center Principal
- Administrative Assistant
- Director of Instructional Leadership
- Manager of Extended Care
- Manager of Extended Learning
- SACC Coordinator
- Director of Mathematics
- Director of Science
- Director of Social Studies
- Director of Literacy
- Content Facilitator (4)
- Science and Sustainability Education Coordinator
Department Responsibilities
- Academic Skills Center tutoring program
- Acceleration Testing for Illinois Acceleration Act
- Access to Innovate (A2I)
- African Centered Curriculum (ACC)
- Articulation with District 202
- Board meeting planning assistance
- Collaborate with community organizations re: instruction
- Culturally Relevant Pedagogy
- Curriculum Adoption Committee (CAC)
- Curriculum development, instructional improvement, program evaluation
- Curriculum Review and adoption
- D65/202 Joint Literacy Goal Committee
- Department Standing Committees
- Early Childhood Programs
- Eighth grade graduation coordination
- Extended Learning (before- and after-school programming)
- Fine Arts Magnet
- Instructional Coaching
- Literacy
- Mathematics
- Management of Park School
- Management of Rice Children's Center
- Operationalize student instruction & achievement goals
- Oversight and support of school leaders
- PE/Fine Arts/World Languages/Computer Science
- Professional Learning
- Quality Assurance (Head Start and Early Head Start)
- Right at School (RAS) and School Age Child Care (SACC)
- Science
- Social Sciences
- Summer curriculum projects
- Summer school
Safety, Climate, and Athletics
Key Staff
- Assistant Superintendent of Safety, Climate, and Athletics
- Administrative Assistant
- Manager of Prevention and Special Response
- Director of Culture and Climate
- Transportation Manager
- Culture and Climate Manager
- F.A.C.E. Liaisons
- Central Office Concierge/Training Specialist
- School Concierges
- Middle School Athletic Director (stipend)
Department Responsibilities
- Alternatives to Suspension
- Bell schedules
- Building security
- Bullying Prevention and Response
- Chronic Absenteeism and Truancy
- Crisis Drills (ALICE training)
- Elementary and Middle School Athletics (grades 4-8) (City of Evanston Parks and Recreation collaborative partnership)
- Emergency and Crisis Planning and Response
- Employee ID Badges
- Liaison to local first responders/ District 65 Incident Commander
- Navigate360
- Oversight of school and district crisis response plans
- Oversight/training of school concierges
- Planned student absences
- Policy Development and Refinement
- Restorative Practices
- School Climate Teams
- Special investigations
- Student attendance program/procedure
- Student behavior/discipline support
- Student/staff safety
- Support disciplinary review board and expulsion hearings
- Support for Family and Community Engagement (F.A.C.E.) liaisons
- Transportation
- Volunteer and Background Check Process
Strategic Communications and Project Management
Key Staff
- Executive Chief of Strategic Communications and Project Management
- Director of Strategic Project Management
- Communications Manager
- Multimedia Specialist
- District Translator
Department Responsibilities
- Blackboard Mass Notification System
- Development of District Marketing Materials
- District 65 Mobile App
- District 65 Social Media (Facebook, Instagram, YouTube)
- District 65 and School Websites
- District 65/202 Community Leaders Breakfast
- District 65/202 Realtors Breakfast
- District 65 Branding Guidelines
- Emergency and Crisis Communication
- Fast 5 e-newsletter
- High Five! Staff Recognition Program
- Language Access
- Media Relations (press inquiries)
- Oversight of Strategic Communication Efforts
- Photography and Video Production
- Project Management (e.g. SAP III)
- Remind Communication Platform
- School Board/District Communications Support
- School PTA Liaison
- School Year Calendar Development
- Smore Newsletter Platform
- Social Media Guidelines & Registry
- Special Event Planning
- Student and Staff Recognition
- Translation/Interpretation Requests
Student Specialized Services and Supports
Key Staff
- Assistant Superintendent of Student Specialized Services and Supports
- Executive Assistant
- Director of Multilingual Services
- Administrative Assistant (Multilingual Services)
- Multilingual Coordinator
- Multilingual Compliance Coordinator
- Coordinator of Individualized Education Services (8)
- Health Services Director
- Health Services Specialist
- Wellness Coordinator
- Director of Student Services and Supports
Department Responsibilities
- Agency Linkages
- Assistive Technology
- Bilingual/Dual Language Programming (TWI/ESL)
- Board meeting planning assistance
- Content-Area/Standing Committees
- Curriculum Adoption Committee
- CARES Team (crisis support and intervention)
- DCFS Referrals
- District 202 Special Education Liaison
- Home/hospital instruction
- Health services (including immunizations, medications, communicable disease response)
- Individualized Education Plans (IEPs)
(development, implementation, compliance) - Inclusion
- Language Assessment (ACCESS)
- Legal Liaison
- Mental health crises/hospitalizations
- McKinney-Vento Services
- Multi-Tiered System of Supports (MTSS)
- Park School Advisory Committee Member
- Private facility placements
- Professional development for special services staff and bilingual educational professionals
- Related services: social work, speech/language therapy, occupational therapy, physical therapy, orientation and mobility training, vision services, audiological evaluations, psychological services, transitional vocational services, assistive technology, and transportation
- School health services
- Section 504 Plans
- Social Emotional Learning
- Special education programs (resource and instructional)
- Special Education Summer School
- State Reporting/Reimbursements
- Student Transitions
- Support for Nurses, Health Clerks, Vision and Hearing Technicians
- Support for School Interventionists
- Support of Middle School Guidance Counselors
- Therapeutic Day
Performance Management and Accountability
Key Staff
- Assistant Superintendent of Performance Management and Accountability
- Director of Buildings and Grounds
- Administrative Assistant (Buildings and Grounds)
- Custodial Manager
- Manager of Student Assignment
- Student Assignment Clerk (2)
- Nutrition Services Coordinator
- Administrative Assistant (Nutrition Services)
- Nutrition Services Manager
- Executive Director of Research, Assessment, Accountability, and Data
- Performance Management and Assessment Analyst
- Data Management Specialist
- Sustainability Coordinator
- Executive Director of Technology
- Instructional Technology Supervisor
- Systems and Network Engineer
- Server Administrator
- Systems Engineer: Mobile Computing Specialist
- School Information System and Database Engineer
- Student Systems and Compliance Analyst
- Visual Security and Wiring Administrator
- Systems Engineer: MacOS/Unix Specialist
- Computer Repair Technician
- Building Technician (8)
Department Responsibilities
- City of Evanston CARP Committee
- Climate Action Team
- Buildings and Grounds
- Nutrition Services
- Facility Management
- Facility rental/room reservations
- Sustainability Initiatives
- Building Security Access and Monitoring
- Cybersecurity
- E-rate Technology Program
- Instructional Technology
- Information Technology
- Software Maintenance and Updates
- Technology HelpDesk
- Technology Infrastructure
- Technology Leasing
- Telecommunications
- Student Assessment (calendaring and data use)
- Student Assessment and Assessment Tool Selection
- Student Placement
- Student Registration
- Selective Enrollment Programs
- Recruitment and Incoming Kindergarten Outreach
- Permissive Transfers
- PowerSchool Student Information System
- Residency Oversight/Hearings
- Research, Assessment, Accountability, and Data
- Analytic Requests
- Applied Research on District Priorities
- Board Reporting
- Data Interpretation and Use in Decision-Making
- Data Systems Support
- Data Quality
- Program Evaluation for Continuous Improvement
- External Research Partnerships
- Student Records
- State Reporting, Federal Reporting, and Compliance
- Free and Reduced-Price Meal Applications
Cabinet Team
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Department Organizational Charts
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