Creating a classroom ready to tackle polarizing conversations requires intentional strategies that empower students to engage in discussions in a way that fosters critical thinking, empathy, and respect.

Getting reluctant or less tech-savvy users to embrace AI tools, often due to fears of complexity, loss of control, or resistance to change can be a huge challenge. By flipping the traditional work pyramid — where leadership and creative functions are bogged down by administrative or repetitive work — AI offers a pathway to restoring time for the things that matter most: strategy, decision-making, and innovation.

Proper soil is necessary for growth, needing to be cultivated for robust outcomes. The "soil" of many school districts is found in the operational areas, but these are often the least-developed and monitored. Experience the power of cultivating operational leaders, based on field-tested curriculum.

Differentiation is an aspirational goal that many teachers find daunting and impractical. Be encouraged to move away from the conventional content/process/product model and think about differentiation in a more straightforward way: how teachers prepare units and lessons with multiple access points; how they set up scaffolding visuals in their classrooms; how they effectively present lessons and respond to learning difficulties in real time; and how they and their colleagues follow up with students who are not yet successful.

Using the Leadership Compass assessment, identify which of four leadership styles you embody. Examine the strengths and weaknesses of this style, and explore ways to supplement weaknesses through cooperation with leaders who have complementary strengths. Discuss a series of leadership scenarios experienced by educators and collaborate across style categories to identify optimum leadership approaches that draw on everyone's strengths.

Explore artificial intelligence and how it can be used to support and scaffold literacy skills. Understand the history and the infrastructure behind this technology, and how it can best serve today's school systems and classrooms.

Would you like to discover how to amplify support and promote expressive language in the classroom? Uncover the power of crafting language objectives to accelerate second language acquisition and strengthen core instruction.