2026 Conference
SESSION MATERIALS
Monday General Session w/ Steve Bollar
- 1A: Stand Tall Leadership — Building Culture, Clarity, and Commitment
- 1B: Teacher Induction That Works — A Lasting Impact From Day One
- 1C: All Means All — Designing a Culture of Support Through MTSS
- 1D: Beyond the Buzzword — What It Really Takes to Implement Competency-Based Learning
- 1E: Unlocking Depth — Critical Thinking and Routines for Student Growth
- 1F: Retain and Sustain — Building School Cultures Where Teachers Thrive
- 1G: Leading Without a Title
- 2A: Classroom Management That Works — Practical Strategies for Real Classrooms
- 2B: Purposeful Support — Aligning Pacing, Dips, and Connection for New-Teacher Growth
- 2C: Fostering Learner Agency With CBE and I Can Proficiency Scales
- 2D: Sustaining Language-Rich Instruction — Empowering All Learners Through Reading, Writing, Listening, and Speaking
- 2E: Prompt Engineering for Educators — Partnering With AI to Reclaim Your Time
- 2F: From Fixer to Partner — Changing the Coaching Conversation
- 2G: Leading From the Classroom — Inspiring Teacher-Led Change
- 3A: Feedback That Fuels Growth
- 3D: Building a Systematic and Effective MTSS Framework for Behavioral and Social-Emotional Growth at the Secondary Level
- 3E: Coaching Career Pathways and Youth Apprenticeships — Making Classroom Learning Relevant and Real
- 3F: Not Accidentally Ready — Designing Professional Development That Launches Women Into Upper-Level Educational Leadership
- 3G: Maximizing Impact in Small Schools — Practical Professional Development for Districts With 800 or Fewer Students
- 4A: Roots to Results — Nurturing Teacher Growth Throughout the Year
- 4B: Using Competencies to Set Individual Academic Goals in the Classroom
- 4C: From Data to Action — Small-Group Instruction Anchored in Standard Data
- 4E: AI to the Rescue — Work Smarter, Not Harder
- 4F: Education That Works — Using RPDC Resources to Bridge the Classroom to Careers
- 4G: A Vision That Moves People — Using Hope Theory and Change Theory to Lead With Purpose
Tuesday General Session w/ Michael McDowell Block 5 Sessions
- 5A: Solving the Engagement Formula — The Power of Interval Instruction
- 5B: MINT to Last — Customizing New-Teacher Professional Development
- 5C: Navigating Supports for All Students
- 5D: From Theory to Practice — A Playbook From Three Coaches for Your Competency-Based Learning Transition
- 5E: Write It, Own It — Leveraging the Power of Short, Critical Writing in Driving Student Learning
- 5F: Cultivating Growth — Reshaping the Perspective of Coaching Partnerships
- 5G: Starting and Maintaining Grow Your Own Teacher Programs Without a State Grant
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