IPSI is a three-year training program which provides instruction expressly designed for public service professionals. The course is divided into three one-week sessions (one week each year) focusing on training in public service, personal growth and professional development.

The Illinois Section of the American Water Works Association is a sponsor IPSI. If you would like to be considered for a scholarship, please fill out the form below and you will be contacted for further information and advised what scholarships are available.

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ISAWWA members at 2024 Spring IPSI Institiute

IPSI - Class of 2019 - October 2019

IPSI - Class of 2017 - October 2017

Focus on Leadership Skills --

Topics included:  Challenges & Solutions for Leadership in Public Service; Leadership Styles; Your Rights as a Supervisor and Their Rights as Employees; Managing Generational Differences in the Workplace; Communication - Loyalty - Motivation - Followership

2017 Graduating class - including ISAWWA graduates Jim Cates & Darryl King

One our graduates, Darrell King was invited to speak to the class about the ISAWWA Operator-in-Training program. Congratulations, Darrell.

IPSI - Class of 2016

We are pleased to share this photo of our 2016 ISAWWA Scholarship Recipients.

Doug Strempek, Joe Spain, John Preucil, Jim Cates, Jim Tonias, Tracy Miller, Darrell King

IPSI - Class of 2015 - October 2015
Focus on Service Excellence --
Topics Included:  Defining Excellence in Public Works; Supervisory Roles in Service Excellence; Serving Internal and External Customers; Business Communication; Etiquette, Maximizing Social Media, Performance Appraisal Techniques, Legal Update - FOIA, Drug & Alcohol policies; Creating an Action Plan.

We are pleased to share this photo of our 2015 ISAWWA Scholarship Recipients.

Joe Spain, Kevin Wilson, James Cates, John Preucil, Casey Botterman,
Douglass Strempek, Mark Kilarski

SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATION LINK

For more detailed information on the training institute, visit http://www.ilpsi.org/