Tentative Conference Agenda

Day One - Wednesday, June 22, 2022

10:00 – 10:30     Introductions and Welcome

10:30 – 11:10     Introduction to the Missouri Leadership Development System (MLDS)

                                Dr. Mike Rutherford, Rutherford Learning Group (RLG)

11:15 – 12:30     Today’s Instructional Leadership - Recognizing and Developing Skillful Teaching

                                Dr. Mike Rutherford, RLG

12:30 – 1:00        Lunch (provided)

1:00 – 2:00          Principles of Effective Classroom Observation

                                Dr. Mike Rutherford, RLG

2:10 – 2:55          Concurrent Sessions (participants will pick 2 of the 4)

Session #1 – Getting Started...What are the Critical Firsts?
Annette Cozort – Southwest Area Leadership Facilitator
Kevin Freeman - Southwest Area Leadership Facilitator
Toni Bass - Southwest Area Leadership Facilitator

"Where do I begin?"  Now that you have the job, what do you do first?   This session will provide leaders with guidance and resources to help your first days, weeks, and months go smoothly!  Walk away with a resource bank of helpful checklists, tips, and suggestions that come from others who have been there!  Plus, learn how to take care of yourself, and "Sharpen the Saw" in your first year.                               

Session #2 – Decisions, Decisions, Decisions! Building Basic Skills and Awareness in Administrative Decision-Making.
Lora Rost – Heart of Missouri Leadership Facilitator
Kimberly Presko- Heart of Missouri Leadership Facilitator

The fact that you make hundreds of decisions a day can potentially result in either amazing or disastrous perceptions regarding you as a leader. In this session you will discover how the hidden powers of communication and decision making can impact your leadership.  From whom you involve to lasting decisions, you must become aware of how the way you make decisions impacts others.

In this session you will explore the dual nature of decision-making and when and how to involve others in decision-making.

Session #3 – Effective Meetings
Gena McCluskey – Columbia Area Leadership Facilitator
Vince Powell – Southeast Area Leadership Facilitator

Meetings are an effective way to bring people together to increase communication, effectiveness, collaboration, and achieve results.  Leadership is an investment in people.  Putting effort into planning and running each of your meetings is one way to show value and respect for your stakeholders and their time. 

Your first meetings as a leader are key to a great start.  During this session, participants will investigate components of effective meetings and will generate ideas for planning your first meetings as a building leader.

                    

Session #4 – How to Effectively Survive and Navigate Leadership Transitions
Dr. Tamara Moore-Callahan – UMKC Leadership Facilitator
Dr. Beth Savidge – UMKC Leadership Facilitator
Dr. Becky Gallagher – UMKC Leadership Facilitator

Transition in leadership can be an exciting time of new possibilities and opportunities. All too often, however, changes in leadership launch the affected organization into a state of uncertainty, even turmoil, that often impacts the adults and students in negative ways. This session will offer essential principles of transition to help you navigate this potential minefield.

3:05 – 3:50          All Concurrent Sessions will be repeated.

               

4:00 – 5:00          Craft Conversations: 3-Minute dialogs that develop teachers’ awareness, consciousness, and intentionality.

                                Dr. Mike Rutherford, RLG

5:00 – 6:00          MAESP/MOASSP/DESE Reception

Evening on Your Own

Day Two – Thursday, June 23, 2022

Breakfast on Your Own

8:30 – 11:30      What Great NEW Principals Do Differently

Dr. Todd Whitaker, University of Missouri

11:30 – 12:30     Lunch with MLDS Regional Facilitators (provided)

12:40 – 2:10        Concurrent Sessions - Participants will meet by school level with a current practitioner.

Session #5 – Elementary and K-8 Principals – From the Field - Getting Your Year Started

TBD

Session #6 – Middle Level Principals – From the Field - Getting Your Year Started

TBD

Session #7 – High School Principals – From the Field - Getting Your Year Started

TBD

2:15 – 2:30          Closing Announcements