Elevate Leadership 1 participants are in Salina learning about educational best practices and leading for change in their buildings. This morning, leaders met with their accountability partners to reflect on their work since we met last. #edleadershipmatters #elevateleadership
Today, SPED & the Building Leader participants are back in Topeka for part 2 of this series. They are focusing on behavior and all the ways they can support students & staff in addressing behaviors in compliance with the IEP. A hard but valuable day of learning! #edleadershipmatters
Here is your look at what happened in the KS Legislature the week of March 3-7. This week (March 10-14) will also be eventful, so please be sure to read the full report coming to your inbox soon and remember to contact your representatives. #edleadershipmatters
Over 70 national leaders are joining us today for a presentation on "Conversation Driven Evaluation" at the #AASAConference in New Orleans. This presentation is being presented by leaders from USA-Kansas, #KELI, @KASBPublicEd, and #KSSA! #edleadershipmatters
This week, we are also in New Orleans for the annual AASA Conference. Leaders from #KSSA are there to learn and support Dr. Renee Nugent in being recognized as the 2025 Kansas Superintendent of the Year. We wish her luck as a national contestant! #edleadershipmatters
Thank you so much to our amazing closing keynote, Dr. Jill Siler! She left us with so many things to take back with us, like revealing your heart and leading with love, deciding how much weight to give our fear, and taking the next best step! #WLS2025 #edleadershipmatters
Our women are back at it this morning with breakout sessions at the Women's Leadership Summit. We have a wonderful group of engaged leaders here in Wichita, and are excited to continue with day 2 of our summit! #WLS2025 #edleadershipmatter
We had a wonderful afternoon full of engaging breakout sessions at our Women's Leadership Summit! Thank you to all of our amazing presenters for sharing your perspectives and expertise! #WLS2025 #edleadershipmatters
Our leaders at the Women's Leadership Summit are engaged in job-alike breakouts. These sessions focus on role-specific challenges, opportunities, and quick wins for our participants. #WLS2025 #edleadershipmatters
Our Opening Keynote, Jackie Stiles, engaged our wonderful group of women this morning on her Stiles Staples, the 3 G's, and speaking to your self rather than listening to yourself! #WLS2025 #edleadershipmatters
We are in Wichita this morning kicking off the 2025 Women's Leadership Summit with KASB! We started the morning with a round of breakout sessions. #WLS2025 #edleadershipmatters
Last week, we had @MarcusOfficer come and work with school leaders on controlling the narrative by learning how to produce their own news stories for TV! The morning was full of learning, and in the afternoon, participants turned their learning into action. #edleadershipmatters
Today, we are back with our Elevate Leadership 1 group in Goddard for day 5! We will be digging into What Matters Most, first and second order change, and leading through technical and adaptive change. It's a full and rich day of learning! #elevateleadership #edleadershipmatters
Here is your weekly recap of what happened in the KS Legislature this week. As always, more happened than what we can fit in this graphic, so please check your email for a complete, hyperlinked summary! There is a lot to keep an eye on as we move forward. #edleadershipmatters
Folks in Elevate Leadership 3 met today to reflect on their peer observations and discuss ways to deepen student learning in their schools. Thank you to our partners at TRANE in Lenexa for letting us borrow your space! #elevateleadership #edleadershipmatters
USA-Kansas is in Goddard today with Fox 4 KC's Marcus Officer learning about Producing TV News for Schools. This workshop helps school and district leaders craft compelling stories and media-ready content to expand their reach and shape their narrative #edleadershipmatters
It was a great afternoon for our Aspiring Leaders as they partnered up for mock interviews before having the chance to hear from our principal panel. Thank you to leaders from KPA, @KSPrincipals, for sharing your wisdom and experience with attendees. #edleadershipmatters
Today, we are in Goddard working with Aspiring Leaders. During the day, participants will learn more about the principalship and have time to participate in mock interviews, work on their resume, and hear from a panel of veteran, high quality school principals from around Kansas!
Today, we also had the opportunity to zoom with our New Principals. New Principal support is part of a collaborative effort between USA-Kansas and @KSPrincipals to make sure new leaders have opportunities to network, learn, and collaborate as they take on the principalship.
The last two weeks, we have had to reschedule a number of events due to weather. Here is a complete list of new dates for all workshops that were cancelled. Please contact us if you have scheduling conflicts with these new dates! usaoffice@usakansas.org
