LM March 2021_lg

35 Breakout Sessions

Wednesday: 10:15 to 11:05 a.m. • Who are the Exemplars in YOUR Organization? • Playing to Win: How Springfield 186 Played by Their Own Rules to Win Big in 2018 • SUPERMOMS: You Can Have the Cake and Eat It Too! • Building Capacity for Opportunities—Rethinking the Elementary • Pretend we are at the Celtic Mist right now (aimed at 1st through 3rd year Supts) • Combining data and digital systems to expand work-based learning experiences • Why Police Academy? Wednesday: 11:10 a.m. to Noon • Planning for a Strike: Creating a Strike Plan that Considers the Needs of Students, Families, Employees, and the Community • Born from Crisis: An Emerging Framework for Leadership in an Ever-Changing World • Innovation & Inquiry: Teaching & Leading in 21st Century Classrooms • Greatest Lessons Learned during the Superintendency • So, What’s YOUR New Normal Look Like? • Be Aware and Reflect on the “Nine Lessons from the Black Parents” and gauge where they are along their leadership journey • Launching Illinois Personal Learning Network! Wednesday: 1 to 1:55 p.m. • Oversight Strategies for School Finances • It’s the ADULTS. How and Why Adult Learning Drives Student Learning • Practical Preparation—Lessons Learned from a Crisis Averted • LTE Tower: Breaking the Connectivity Barrier • Hit Your Turbo Button • Building Your District’s Social Media Presence: Using Social Media to Tell Your District’s Story and Manage the Message in Time of Crisis • When Your Board Falls Out of Love With You Wednesday: 3 to 3:55 p.m. • Poker, Proverbs, and Interpersonal Prowess: Reading and Managing Emotions at the Meeting Table • Non-Traditional Funding Strategies for K–12 Facilities • Achieving Work/Life Balance by Managing Our Communication and Digital Lives

• The Good Side of COVID: Lessons we can use to build a better education • Personalizing Education Through a Focused Lens of SEL, Equity & Innovation • A Culture of Trust: Board & Staff Relations During the Pandemic • Education in a Violent World: A New Era of Violence Thursday: 8:30 to 9:25 a.m. • Watch Your Language!

• Addressing the Impact of COVID-19: Blending Research and Data to Personalize Instruction • Mental Health: Why It Matters and How School Boards Can Support and Improve the Mental Health of District Staff and Students • Paddling in the Same Direction: School & District Alignment for Success • So, What’s YOUR New Normal Look Like? • The Unfinished Leader • Small School Superintendents and Large School Superintendents: Differences, Similarities and Lessons About Unity

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