Empowering Leaders' Symposium 2026

Cornerstone Assessments for Middle Schools 10:15am - 11:30am

SECONDARY -Leading the Shift: Understanding the 2023 Social Studies Standards 12:30pm - 1:45pm

Behavior Support (Kickboard): Secondary Update 10:15am - 11:30am

Behavior Support (Kickboard): Elementary Update 12:30pm - 1:45pm

Behavior Support (Kickboard): Elementary Update 3:20pm - 4:35pm

Legal Requirements and Best Practices for Prior Written Notices 10:15am - 11:30am

Legal Requirements and Best Practices for Prior Written Notices 12:30pm - 1:45pm

School Quality 2025-2026 (Elementary)- REQUIRED 10:15am - 11:30am

School Quality 2025-2026 (Elementary Principal & ASP)- REQUIRED 12:30pm - 1:45pm

School Quality 2025-2026 (Secondary)- REQUIRED 1:55pm - 3:10pm

Rebranding: Student Support Interventionist (SSI)- REQUIRED FOR SCHOOLS WITH SSI 10:15am - 11:30am

Rebranding: Student Support Interventionist (SSI)- REQUIRED FOR SCHOOLS WITH SSI 1:55pm - 3:10pm

Leading with the Career Ladder 12:30pm - 1:45pm

Legal Requirements when disciplining SWD (including MDR and procedural safeguard... 1:55pm - 3:10pm

Legal Requirements when disciplining SWD (including MDR and procedural safeguard... 3:20pm - 4:35pm

Teacher Licensure Cohort Informational Meeting with Principals 10:15am - 11:30am

Ex Ed Admin Refresher: Beyond the Basics 1:55pm - 3:10pm

New Social Studies Standards (Elementary) 10:15am - 11:30am

New Social Studies Standards (Elementary) 12:30pm - 1:45pm

New Social Studies Standards (Elementary) 1:55pm - 3:10pm

New Social Studies Standards (Elementary) 3:20pm - 4:35pm

How to Work with Almost Anyone 10:15am - 11:30am

Unpacking the Elementary ELA Learning Walk Tool 12:30pm - 1:45pm

Unpacking the Elementary ELA Learning Walk Tool 1:55pm - 3:10pm

Unpacking the Elementary ELA Learning Walk Tool 3:20pm - 4:35pm

Crash Course in Exceptional Education for Brand New Administrators (REQUIRED SES... 1:55pm - 3:10pm

Crash Course in Exceptional Education for Brand New Administrators (REQUIRED SES... 3:20pm - 4:35pm

Safety Adminstrator Training (New REQUIRED) 10:15am - 11:30am

Digging into the Data: Focus on Variation in Performance 12:30pm - 1:45pm

Safety Adminstrator Training (Returning- REQUIRED) 1:55pm - 3:10pm

Safety Adminstrator Training (Returning- REQUIRED) 3:20pm - 4:30pm

Supporting our youngest students through the child find process: updates on ECSE... 12:30pm - 1:45pm

Supporting our youngest students through the child find process: updates on ECSE... 1:55pm - 3:10pm

Helping PLCs Get Off the Ground 10:15am - 11:30am

Unreasonable Hospitality: What the resturant industry can teach us about taking... 12:30pm - 1:45pm

Helping PLCs Get Off the Ground 1:55pm - 3:10pm

Unreasonable Hospitality: What the resturant industry can teach us about taking... 3:20pm - 4:35pm

See the system that produces the current outcomes 3:20pm - 4:35pm

Enhancing Math Instruction: Implementing t... 9:30am - 10:10am

ParentSquare: from basics to big ideas (New Leader- Required) 10:15am - 11:30am

ParentSquare: from basics to big ideas (New Leader- Required) 12:30pm - 1:45pm

Rooted to Remain: Cultivating Success in Early-Career Teachers 1:55pm - 3:10pm

How to Work with Almost Anyone 3:20pm - 4:35pm

MTSS Across the Tiers: Secondary 12:30pm - 1:45pm

Leading 504: Tools, Trends & Tactics 1:55pm - 3:10pm

Leading 504: Tools, Trends & Tactics 3:20pm - 4:35pm

Rooted to Remain: Cultivating Success in Early-Career Teachers 12:30pm - 1:45pm

Behavior Support (Kickboard): Secondary Update 1:55pm - 3:10pm

Rooted to Remain: Cultivating Success in Early-Career Teachers 3:20pm - 4:35pm

Finance 101- NEW Principals & NEW ASP - Required 10:15am - 11:30am

Finance 101- NEW Principals & NEW ASP - Required 12:30pm - 1:45pm

Advancing Rigorous Instruction with Depth and Complexity: A Framework for Elemen... 3:20pm - 4:35pm

What does it mean to be the Admin in an IEP? Understanding the role you play as... 10:15am - 11:30am

What does it mean to be the Admin in an IEP? Understanding the role you play as... 12:30pm - 1:45pm

What does it mean to be the Admin in an IEP? Understanding the role you play as... 1:55pm - 3:10pm

What does it mean to be the Admin in an IEP? Understanding the role you play as... 3:20pm - 4:35pm

Build, Bridge, Boost: Effective Strategies for Family and Community Engagement 12:30pm - 1:45pm

Build, Bridge, Boost: Effective Strategies for Family and Community Engagement 1:55pm - 3:10pm

Build, Bridge, Boost: Effective Strategies for Family and Community Engagement 3:20pm - 4:35pm

Talent Perform and Substitutes 3:20pm - 4:35pm

AI-Ready Leadership 12:30pm - 1:45pm

AI-Ready Schools 1:55pm - 3:10pm

Unpacking the Elementary ELA Learning Walk Tool 10:15am - 11:30am

Rebranding: Student Support Interventionist (SSI)- REQUIRED FOR SCHOOLS WITH SSI 1:55pm - 3:10pm

Rebranding: Student Support Interventionist (SSI)- REQUIRED FOR SCHOOLS WITH SSI 3:20pm - 4:35pm

Measuring What Matters: Using Improvement Science to Drive Scalable Change 10:15am - 11:30am

Measuring What Matters: Using Improvement Science to Drive Scalable Change 12:30pm - 1:45pm

Clinic Back up Training 10:15am - 11:30am

Clinic Back up Training 12:30pm - 1:45pm

AI-Ready Leadership 10:15am - 11:30am

Explicit Instruction 12:30pm - 1:45pm

From Data to Decisions: Uncovering Patterns & Tracking Progress with Unified Ins... 1:55pm - 3:10pm

Leading for LifeReady: Practical Strategies to Embed Durable Skills School-wide 3:20pm - 4:35pm

Delivering Effective Professional Learning 10:15am - 11:30am

Delivering Effective Professional Learning 1:55pm - 3:10pm

Delivering Effective Professional Learning 3:20pm - 4:35pm

Supporting Challenging Behaviors before an FBA 10:15am - 11:30am

Supporting Challenging Behaviors before an FBA 3:20pm - 4:35pm

Title IX & Protected Class harrassment/discrimination & Legal Re... 8:15am - 9:15am

Update for the 2025-2026: Code of Student Conduct, DRHO Procedur... 9:15am - 10:15am

Partnership in Practice: Strengthening the Relationship Between School Resource... 10:15am - 11:30am

Partnership in Practice: Strengthening the Relationship Between School Resource... 12:30pm - 1:45pm

Partnership in Practice: Strengthening the Relationship Between School Resource... 1:55pm - 3:10pm

Partnership in Practice: Strengthening the Relationship Between School Resource... 3:20pm - 4:35pm

Alternative Pathways for SWD to earn a Standard Diploma 10:15am - 11:30am

MTSS Across the Tiers: Elementary 3:20pm - 4:35pm

Say what? Engaging families and staff through meaningful communication 10:15am - 11:30am

Say what? Engaging families and staff through meaningful communication 12:30pm - 1:45pm

Elevating Student Learning: Observing What Matters Most in Science Instruction 1:55pm - 3:10pm

Elevating Student Learning: Observing What Matters Most in Science Instruction 3:20pm - 4:35pm

Advancing Rigorous Instruction with Depth and Complexity: A Framework for Elemen... 3:20pm - 4:35pm

School Quality 2025-2026 (Secondary)- REQUIRED 10:15am - 11:30am

Bridges Math Intervention for Leaders 12:30pm - 1:45pm

School Quality 2025-2026 (Elementary)- REQUIRED 1:55pm - 3:10pm

Leading for LifeReady: Practical Strategies to Embed Durable Skills School-wide 10:15am - 11:30am

MTSS Across the Tiers: Secondary 1:55pm - 3:10pm

Supervising & Supporting School Counselors: A Guide for Administrators 1:55pm - 3:10pm

Supervising & Supporting School Counselors: A Guide for Administrators 3:20pm - 4:35pm

BLISS? Supporting Students with Challenging Behaviors 12:30pm - 1:45pm

Specialty Center Expectations and Appeals 10:15am - 11:30am

Specialty Center Expectations and Appeals 12:30pm - 1:45pm

Integrating Capstones and Work-Based Learning Across Specialty Centers 1:55pm - 3:10pm

AI-Ready Schools 3:20pm - 4:35pm

Talent Perform and Substitutes 12:30pm - 1:45pm

Best Practice For Attendance Team Support and Engagement 1:55pm - 3:10pm

Best Practice For Attendance Team Support and Engagement 3:20pm - 4:35pm

From Data to Decisions: Uncovering Patterns & Tracking Progress with Unified Ins... 12:30pm - 1:45pm

Leading with Language: Strengthening ESL Instruction and Compliance in Your Scho... 1:55pm - 3:10pm

Leading with Language: Strengthening ESL Instruction and Compliance in Your Scho... 3:20pm - 4:35pm

Coaching is for EVERYONE!: Setting Expectations for Authentic Engagement 10:15am - 11:30am

Coaching is for EVERYONE!: Setting Expectations for Authentic Engagement 12:30pm - 1:45pm

Get in the Game: Boost Student Engagement and Belonging 1:55pm - 3:10pm

Get in the Game: Boost Student Engagement and Belonging 3:20pm - 4:35pm

Explicit Instruction 12:30pm - 1:45pm

Explicit Instruction 1:55pm - 3:10pm

AI-Ready Leadership 12:30pm - 1:45pm

Specially Designed Instruction for Administrators 8:15am - 9:15am

From Observation to Transformation: Making Teacher Evaluation Ma... 9:15am - 10:15am

ELEMENTARY- REQUIRED Session-Choose your OWN Adventure 10:15am - 11:30am

Threat Assessment Training- REQUIRED 10:15am - 11:30am

Threat Assessment Training- REQUIRED 12:30pm - 1:45pm

Threat Assessment Training -REQUIRED 1:55pm - 3:10pm

Threat Assessment Training -REQUIRED 3:20pm - 4:35pm

Keynote Speaker- Dr. Amy Cashwel... 8:15am - 8:45am