This year’s summit will feature two types of breakout sessions:

Strand Sessions aligned to one of six leadership strands: Leadership & School Culture, Budget & Staffing, Equity & Inclusion, Instruction, Wellness, and Technology.

Job-alike Sessions designed for specific administrative roles (e.g., site leaders, C&I, HR, SpEd, Business, Superintendents, etc.). Proposals may highlight best practices for those currently serving in the role or provide guidance for educators aspiring to step into that leadership position.

Strand Session/Topics

1. Leadership & School Culture - Inclusive Leadership, Belonging & Student Voice.

• This strand focuses on how leaders build school cultures where every student, staff member, and family feels welcomed, valued, and connected. Sessions may explore inclusive leadership practices, strengthening school climate, and elevating student voice through leadership opportunities and structures that allow students to meaningfully shape their school communities.

2. Budget & Staffing - Strategic Leadership: Budget, Staffing & Retention

• Effective schools require thoughtful resource management and strong teams. This strand highlights leadership strategies for navigating budgets, staffing challenges, and educator retention, including building positive workplace cultures, creative staffing models, and aligning resources to support student success.

3. Equity & Inclusion - Equity, Access & Multilingual Success

• This strand centers on leadership practices that expand opportunity and remove barriers for all learners. Sessions may highlight equity-centered leadership, closing opportunity gaps, supporting multilingual learners, LGBTQ+ students, strengthening dual language immersion programs, and ensuring access to rigorous learning experiences.

4. Instruction - Instructional Leadership for Every Learner

• Instructional leadership plays a critical role in improving student outcomes. Sessions may explore leading data-informed instruction, supporting differentiation and inclusive practices, strengthening PLCs, and building systems such as MTSS that help every learner succeed.

5. Wellness - Thriving Together: Wellness for Students, Staff, Families, and Community

• This strand invites sessions focused on social-emotional learning systems, mental health and wellness, family engagement, trauma-informed leadership, and community partnerships that help students thrive. Proposals that address educator wellness, workplace stress, resilience, and strategies to support the mental health of school staff are especially encouraged.

6. Technology - Future Ready Leadership: Innovation, Technology & AI

• This strand explores how leaders can prepare schools and students for an evolving world. Topics may include artificial intelligence in education, responsible and ethical technology use, innovative school models, and leveraging technology to expand learning opportunities.

Job-alike Sessions

• Business Services
• Classified Management
• Curriculum & Instruction
• EdTech
• Equity
• Human Resources
• Pupil Services / Special Education
• Site Leadership
• Superintendent

Selected presenters will receive a discounted rate off registration