Our top priority is the health and safety of our AESA family including our members, consultants, and colleagues. During this time, we are continuing to monitor updates from the CDC and state authorities surrounding COVID-19 guidelines and will adjust our conference planning as necessary. As we receive more information, we will work diligently to communicate any updates to all registered conference attendees in the event of any changes. In the meantime, be sure to visit the AESA All-Member Community site where we’ve compiled resources to assist you during this time of transition.
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REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN!
2020 Summer Leadership Conference
July 20-23, 2020
Nashville, Tennessee
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New Decade Ahead: Refresh, Reset, Impact!
Members tell us that they truly value the time they spend networking with each other at AESA events. This year’s Summer Leadership Conference is designed to maximize what we can learn from each other. We will draw on experts from the field and dive into topics important to ESAs and their leaders.
Refresh: Sectionals
ESAs from around the country will to share their leadership and organizational development strategies that drive their organizations forward. See how ESAs are supporting schools as they impact social emotional learning and address other emerging issues.
Reset: Keynote speakers
These sessions will present inspiration to chart a course in the new decade.
Impact! Launch your ESA into the new decade – Your Way!
Tackle today’s toughest leadership topics – together! Like an un-conference, a portion of the conference will allow participants to pick the topics, join collegial conversations, and tap into your collective experiences, knowledge, and skills.
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Registration Opens/Evening Welcome Reception, Monday, July 20, 4-6 p.m.
Day 1, Tuesday, July 21, 8 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
8 – 9 am Registration and Breakfast
9 a.m. Welcome, Jerry Maze, Executive Director, Region 12 ESC, Texas and AESA Foundation Chair
Morning Sectionals:
Systems: What does this have to do with Leadership?... EVERYTHING!
Mike Cook, Executive Director, ESSDACK, Kansas
Across the nation, everyone wants different results from schools. Throughout the history of education we’ve focused on organizing by age, content, and time, worked on standards, developed and mandated local, state & national assessments, career & college readiness, changed and re-changed instructional practices, length of the school day, played with the agrarian vs year-round calendar, incorporated various health & wellness, poverty, trauma, and building resilience practices.. and, on top of all this, we’ve injected technology and other various learning devices. Yet, we don’t seem to be getting the results society is demanding from education. Perhaps it’s a bigger issue… Could it be the System itself? This session will help leaders and leadership teams understand the principles of ‘systems’ and how the aim of the system and the processes within, drive the product produced. Once understood, leaders and leadership teams will be empowered to not only see the ‘system’ differently but to create the possible changes needed to yield the results desired. We’ll take a deep dive into the principles of Systems by revisiting the research work of Dr. Deming and how his work integrates into leadership actions that lead to systemic change.
Intrapreneurial Management through a Matrixed Department Structure
Michael Webb, Assistant Director and Donna Gaffney, Director, Professional Learning, Montgomery County Intermediate Unit, Pennsylvania.
Encouraging risk-taking and creative problem solving are hallmarks of innovative organizations. While easy to embrace, driving and sustaining an innovative mindset can present challenges, particularly in highly regulated industries like K-12 education. Through a non-traditional management structure and an organizational climate of divergent thinking, cross-sector ideas, projects, and implementations can grow and flourish. This session will present the key concepts of intrapreneurship and matrix management as levers for fostering and maintaining the excitement of innovation in your organization.
11:45- 1 p.m. Luncheon and Peter C. Young Award Presentation
Thank you to the luncheon sponsor, ClassLink.
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Tuesday Afternoon Speaker:
Todd Whitthorne, Chief Inspiration Officer and President, Naturally Slim
In Order to Lead Better, You Have to Get Selfish!
On airplanes, in case of a sudden loss of cabin pressure, we are encouraged to put the oxygen mask on ourselves before helping others. The same recommendation applies in education. As an administrator, your impact is diminished if you are operating in a chronic state of stress, physical and emotional fatigue, and overall poor health.
You serve as a role model to others in your organization. The actions you take toward your own personal wellness have a ripple effect on those you serve and the culture of your organization.
Todd Whitthorne, a nationally recognized authority on both personal and employee health, will deliver a high-energy message that will provide specific steps you can take to measurably impact your health, leadership ability and overall life satisfaction. You will leave this session with a true understanding of your ability to influence your future, both personally and professionally!
3-3:30 p.m.
Day 1 Wrap-up, Doreen Marvin, Facilitator
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Day 2, Wednesday, July 22, 8 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
8 a.m. - 9 a.m. Breakfast
9 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. (Lunch included)
Peer-to-Peer Discussions; 20 topics to choose from throughout the day
As AESA leaders have discovered in the past, the best learning is often through peer-to-peer discussions about each other’s ESAs. This conference day is built to provide opportunities for you to share and hear best practices for ESA operations. Your input will drive the topics for discussion related to business operations, human resources, facilities, internal technology, purchasing, central registration, safety and security, transportation, construction, maintenance, and housekeeping. During this session, we will work collaboratively on topics of common interest and explore solutions through facilitated conversations.
Peer-to-Peer Discussions are organized by Region 10, Richardson, Texas leadership team. Gordon Taylor, Executive Director and Rickey Williams, AESA Foundation Member
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Day 3, Thursday, July 23, 8 - 11:30 a.m.
8– 9 am Breakfast
9 am Welcome, Jerry Maze, Executive Director, Region 12 ESC, Texas and AESA Foundation Chair
Sectionals:
Artistry in Culture and Climate
James J. Brescia, Superintendent of Schools, San Luis Obispo County , Office of Education
Highly successful organizations become employment destinations for top talent. Organizational optimization, a grown your own mindset and partnership with the arts have helped to create an inclusive culture of performance with sustainable results. By implementing practices that are grounded in research the San Luis Obispo County Office of Education is addressing some of the real-world leadership challenges. Our organizational optimization, talent mindset, and partnership strategies will be shared with participants through video, lecture, and research data presented.
The Pink Pig Room: Creating a Culture of Student Support
Dr. Juli Alligood, Executive Director; Dr. Janet Greer, School Improvement Specialist, Middle Georgia RESA (GA)
Why do students gravitate to and flourish in certain classroom environments? Across all grade spans, the teacher creates the culture in his or her classroom. Although some teacher characteristics are more easily measured than others, it is those intangibles such as enthusiasm, caring, and skill of conveying knowledge that appear to matter the most. Your ESA can demonstrate for teachers how to create those classroom environments. You will have a deep understanding of the characteristics that will help students not only to learn but to thrive.
What's Buzzing on the Road Ahead
AESA Affinity Group leaders will share key discussions that are happening in affinity groups to help prepare all leaders for the issues that may emerge nationwide.
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Conference Location and Hotel:
Hilton Nashville Downtown
121 4th Ave S
Nashville, TN 37201
The Hilton Nashville Downtown is located in the heart of Music City USA between 4th and 5th Avenues, opening to a beautifully landscaped three-acre park. This hotel is near Bridgestone Arena and located close to a variety of cultural, music and entertainment venues all sure to entertain! Reserve by June 29, 2020 to get the special AESA room rate of $234.00/night. (To assure participants receive the special rate, after registering you will receive a confirmation email with hotel details.) Hotel rate effective until June 29, 2020.
Register today! Conference cost is $575 per person.
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