2024 ACSA Leadership Summit

In the demanding field of educational leadership, having a robust support network is crucial not only within the professional environment but also outside the workplace. This session explores how forming meaningful connections beyond the confines of work can significantly enhance leadership effectiveness and personal well-being. We will delve into the ways these external relationships provide a sanctuary for leaders, offering emotional support, fresh perspectives, and a much-needed balance to the intense demands of educational administration. By fostering safe and strategic friendships outside of work, leaders can cultivate resilience, maintain their passion for education, and ultimately improve their professional performance.

Moreover, this session highlights the symbiotic nature of support networks that extend beyond professional circles. Participants will learn how engaging with diverse groups can broaden their horizons and introduce innovative ideas into their leadership practices. These external networks serve as vital reservoirs of encouragement and inspiration, helping leaders navigate challenges with greater confidence and creativity. Join us to discover the transformative power of these connections and how they can lead to more effective and sustainable educational leadership.

List 3 Key Audience Takeaways:    

1. Enhanced Leadership Resilience: Attendees will understand how building support networks outside of work can bolster their emotional and mental resilience, helping them better manage the stresses and demands of educational leadership.
2. Broadened Perspectives and Innovation: Participants will gain insights into how engaging with diverse external groups can introduce fresh ideas and innovative solutions that can be applied to their leadership practices.
3. Work-Life Balance and Well-being: The session will highlight strategies for maintaining a healthy work-life balance through meaningful friendships and activities outside of the workplace, ultimately leading to improved well-being and professional performance.

This session will focus on helping educational leaders effectively hone in on branding their self, site & organization utilizing the power of values driven leadership, social media and social influence. Participants will define their brand, define their personal board, calibrate, and discover new and fun ways to grow your brand and PLN to help take your leadership journey to the next level. They will also learn some easy and useful tips/tricks to use social media to tell their story and amplify their brand as well as the brand of their site/organization. Empowering yourself nurtures your health, heart and mind.

Now more than ever, in a time of attacks on public education, declining enrollment and culture wars, we must own the narrative and become the media. This session serves to empower classified employees, teachers, administrators, superintendents, board members, colleges/universities, families and community partners to embrace branding for the power of connection it has. The session will demystify branding, public relations and promotions. It will empower participants with the ability to amplify their stories for the benefit of themselves, their sites and their organizations. Telling our stories and the stories of our scholars, staff and community is healing, encourages the heart and provokes our minds.

Join Amy (Yamamoto) Callahan from the Cook Center for Human Connection in an interactive and empathetic session to seek meaning of your LEA's mission for safe and supportive schools. Explore the challenges educators, parents, and caregivers face while aligning district goals and governing board priorities while navigating AB 1767 &AB 2246, LCAP/ LCFF goals, ELO-P, and the California Community Schools Partnership Program (CCSPP). Leaders will engage and share lighthouse strategies and accessible mental health resources to foster human connection in their district communities and today's small school district community