Empowering Leaders' Symposium 2026

Meaningful improvement starts with effective measurement. This session will dive deeper into the improvement science principle: “We cannot improve at scale what we cannot measure.” Participants will deepen their data literacy, understand the family of measures, and strengthen their progress monitoring skills to support school-wide improvement efforts.
Through an interactive, hands-on activity, participants will analyze their own school support plans, identify key measures of success, and develop a strategy to track progress over time.

This session equips elementary school leaders to use the ELA Learning Walk Tool to observe and support high-quality literacy instruction. Participants will explore key look-fors across reading and writing and learn how to use a new digital version of the tool to collect and analyze data in real time. The enhanced tool will help school teams to identify trends and next steps for instructional improvement.

PRESENTATION LINK
As the administrative designee in an IEP meeting, your role as the Local Education Agency (LEA) representative is critical to ensuring compliance, collaboration, and student-centered decision-making. In this session, led by the Director of Exceptional Education, elementary administrators will gain a deeper understanding of their responsibilities before, during, and after IEP meetings. Participants will explore real-world scenarios, review legal and procedural requirements, and discuss best practices for supporting families and teams. Whether you’re new to the role or seeking a refresher, this session will equip you with the knowledge and confidence to serve as an effective and informed LEA representative.

Meaningful improvement starts with effective measurement. This session will dive deeper into the improvement science principle: “We cannot improve at scale what we cannot measure.” Participants will deepen their data literacy, understand the family of measures, and strengthen their progress monitoring skills to support school-wide improvement efforts.
Through an interactive, hands-on activity, participants will analyze their own school support plans, identify key measures of success, and develop a strategy to track progress over time.

​PRESENTATION LINK​​​
As the administrative designee in an IEP meeting, your role as the Local Education Agency (LEA) representative is critical to ensuring compliance, collaboration, and student-centered decision-making. In this session, led by the Director of Exceptional Education, elementary administrators will gain a deeper understanding of their responsibilities before, during, and after IEP meetings. Participants will explore real-world scenarios, review legal and procedural requirements, and discuss best practices for supporting families and teams. Whether you’re new to the role or seeking a refresher, this session will equip you with the knowledge and confidence to serve as an effective and informed LEA representative.

This collaborative workshop, co-presented by the Teaching & Learning and School Quality departments, will support participants in using Unified Insights to better understand and interpret elementary ELA intervention data. Together, we will explore how the platform brings multiple data sources into focus—revealing patterns, highlighting student progress, and helping schools tell a cohesive story that drives instructional and strategic decisions.
Outcomes:
* Understand how to interpret intervention data within Unified Insights
* Learn how to identify and monitor student progress over time
* Strengthen collaboration between instructional and school quality efforts

​PRESENTATION LINK​​​
As the administrative designee in an IEP meeting, your role as the Local Education Agency (LEA) representative is critical to ensuring compliance, collaboration, and student-centered decision-making. In this session, led by the Director of Exceptional Education, elementary administrators will gain a deeper understanding of their responsibilities before, during, and after IEP meetings. Participants will explore real-world scenarios, review legal and procedural requirements, and discuss best practices for supporting families and teams. Whether you’re new to the role or seeking a refresher, this session will equip you with the knowledge and confidence to serve as an effective and informed LEA representative.

Please join the Department of Innovation for “Leading for LifeReady,” a session designed to support school leaders in identifying key innovation priorities for the year ahead. Through this session, participants will explore actionable strategies for integrating the Henrico Learner Profile's (HLP) durable skills into the heart of their school culture to empower students through voice, choice, and leadership opportunities. In addition, we will explore how durable skills equip students to thrive in a world shaped by artificial intelligence. Participants will learn to use an AI-powered tool to crosswalk their school's goals with the HLP, creating deeper connections between strategic planning and student success. 
Leave with actionable ideas and a toolkit of strategies to bring back to your building, and a clearer understanding of how to maximize the role of your Innovation Learning Coach (ILC) to drive meaningful change and support staff throughout the year.

​PRESENTATION LINK​​​
As the administrative designee in an IEP meeting, your role as the Local Education Agency (LEA) representative is critical to ensuring compliance, collaboration, and student-centered decision-making. In this session, led by the Director of Exceptional Education, elementary administrators will gain a deeper understanding of their responsibilities before, during, and after IEP meetings. Participants will explore real-world scenarios, review legal and procedural requirements, and discuss best practices for supporting families and teams. Whether you’re new to the role or seeking a refresher, this session will equip you with the knowledge and confidence to serve as an effective and informed LEA representative.