Audience:
Classified/Support Staff
3201 | Academic Excellence in Color: Building a Community of C.O.O.L.
Explore how educators can connect with students who do not view education as cool. Discuss and reflect upon student sentiment of education being cool regarding students of color. Unpack how district pillars, tools, and programs such as the Racial Equity Analysis Protocol (REAP), Affirming Racial Equity (ARE) tool, and Equity Monitoring Progress Tool (EMPT), support school systems to build communities of C.O.O.L.: Confident, Optimistic, Ongoing, Learners.
RT11 | Elevating Connections to Build Empowering, Sustainable Networks
Discuss how to takes a village to support professionals. Explore how fostering mutually supportive relationships and networking with others help grow skills, confidence, and knowledge, allowing individuals to develop into better versions of themselves. Participate in a conversation about how feeling supported by empowering colleagues can lead to personal growth, professional opportunities, and sustainable success.
SP01 | Finding Your Leadership Style
Take the Leadership Compass assessment to identify which of four leadership styles you embody. Examine any weaknesses in your own leadership styles that you could supplement through cooperation with leaders who have complementary strengths. Discuss examples of your own advocacy experiences and identify ways in which that work could be enhanced by drawing on the different strengths of other leaders.
