Tony Hancock, Bellville ISD Chief Talent Officer
Every educator needs to feel what they do makes a difference; to know that their career has added value to their students and those they lead. However, the stress and mess of daily school life gets in the way and sometimes pulls them down, leading to frustration, exhaustion, and burnout. This session helps participants identify key stressors and implement practices to clean up the mess and rise above the stress in today’s challenging educational landscape.
Doug Williams, Sunnyvale ISD Superintendent
Christi Morgan, Sunnyvale ISD Assistant Superintendent
Whether it is launching community-based accountability, a new strategic plan or trying to pass a TRE or a Bond, there are so many complexities to initiating change. This session will focus on how to navigate the politics in a way that brings the community together to stay focused on what is best for students.
Quintin Shepherd, Victoria ISD Superintendent
Authentic and long-lasting transformational leadership requires us to learn and then speak a new language. The simple fact is that our words get in the way of our intention. We need to know what context is appropriate for the transformational language. The “secret” is quite simple, and yet deceptively difficult — we must learn this new language and know when to apply it. Principles from the book by the same name will be shared.
Sheleah Reed, Aldine ISD Chief of Staff and Chief Communications Officer
Storytelling is a core competency of truly great leaders. Your brand is a promise to your community, curated and adopted by you, the district leader, and internalized by your team. This session will provide a step-by-step process on establishing your district identity — from establishing your core talking points to making space for community voice — to authentically and effectively tell the story.
Jimmie Walker, Alamo Heights ISD Assistant Superintendent of Curriculum and Instruction
Survey questions can tell you the degree to which students feel like they belong or have rigorous expectations, but multiple choice questions can’t tell you the why. In this session, Alamo Heights ISD will share the collaborative methodology they use to code open-ended responses from Feedback February, our annual community survey event. We will frame the process through the lens of post-impressionist art.
