KEYNOTE: CULTURIZE – EVERY STUDENT. EVERY DAY. WHATEVER IT TAKES.
Eradicate Average! CULTURIZE Your School. Average schools don’t inspire greatness--and greatness is what our world needs if we are going to produce world-changing learners. In this presentation, attendees will receive insights into what it takes to cultivate a community of learners who embody the innately human traits our world desperately needs, such as kindness, honesty, and compassion. Teachers and staff will learn how these “soft skills” can be honed while redefining the purpose of the work they do so they will aspire for nothing short of excellence!
Going Beyond Work-Life Balance to Ignite Passion and Thrive
There’s no question that every educator faces challenges on the job with ever-increasing demands that lead to stress and put us all at risk for burnout. School leaders and educators often define themselves through servant leadership, tending to put others’ needs above their own and even end up sacrificing much of their personal time for their careers. If we aren’t intentional about our energy pouring, we may end up drained. It is critical to remember that there is much in our lives that we can control, and it is time to empower ourselves to live intentionally in all spaces of our full lives. Let’s go beyond surviving and be intentional about thriving.
Firm Foundations Leadership: Building Strong Foundations So You Can Rise Up, Slay Fear, and Serve Well
More than ever, today's school leader needs a courageous heart with strong foundations to hold them steady through the shaky grounds of our educational environment. In order to lead in courageous ways, it is critical to reflect upon and develop characteristics that keep us from leading from a space of fear and empower our leadership with more faith in ourselves, our team, and our community. In this session, we explore this concept through the acronym F.A.I.T.H. Free to be your authentic self, Affirmed in purpose, Intentionality to Inspire and Influence, Transcending titles and transforming, and leading with Heart, growing our emotional intelligence. Leave feeling inspired and empowered to lead more courageously with strategies to avoid the fear pit trap and lead with more faith.
Affirmed in Purpose: Keep Passion Alive
What brought you into the building today and what motivates you to keep serving your learning community as an educator? In our world full of distractions, those answers can be very easy to forget. The truth is that educators face many challenges that can dampen our sense of purpose in our work, but we cannot lose sight of why we chose this profession. We need passionate educators looking to make a daily difference, and that means we need you affirmed in purpose, In this session, you will reaffirm purpose, develop a mission, select from several strategies to implement throughout the upcoming school year and create a plan to lead with courage and passion throughout the year.