Jeffrey will share the lessons of ultrarunning from his experiences to persevere and finish hard things. Leave inspired to stop procrastinating, "do the thing," and most importantly...cross the finish line.

D.J. challenges the audience to see the good and not bad in others. He shares how his teacher, Donna Porter, could have looked at him as defiant, but instead, she viewed his situation as an opportunity for them both to learn and grow.

$249 Active/Associate Members
$129 Student/Intern Members
$0 Life/Emeritus Members
$309 Non-Members

Registration includes Washington State Approved Clock Hours, up to 6.0 based on actual participation and access to a free screening of "Screenagers: NEXT CHAPTER."

Communities, families, students, and educators were called to innovate during these challenging times. When teachers and leaders believe that together, they have the power to develop assessment capable, emotionally capable, and socially capable learners, they actually do! Collective teacher efficacy refers to a school community’s shared belief that through their collective action, they can positively effect student outcomes, including those students who are disengaged and/or marginalized.

Instructional leaders and educators with high efficacy show greater effort, persistence, take risks, set ambitious goals, and are more responsive to student needs. We will explore the sources of efficacy needed to empower leaders, teachers, and students. We will learn how Impact Teams use Evidence, Analysis, and Action to make collective decisions about student learning and to empower students to engage in self- and peer assessment and take ownership of their learning.

$99
$79 Student/Aspiring/Life/Emeritus Members

Registration includes 1.50 Washington State Approved Clock Hours and a copy of Dr. Bloomberg's bestseller "Leading Impact Teams: Build a Culture of Efficacy," and access to a free screening of "Screenagers: NEXT CHAPTER."

Instructional leadership is one of the most researched forms of leadership, but very little practical insight into how to implement it exists, and many leaders struggle to put it into practice. When COVID-19 hit in 2020, instructional leadership became much more difficult to implement because leaders were separated remotely from teachers and students. DeWitt, Ed.D. will take the research behind instructional leadership, as well as the research he did with hundreds of teachers and students during the pandemic, and dive deeper into six areas that he found is crucial to practices that lead to instructional leadership.

That deeper dive involves breaking instructional leadership into six distinct parts, which are implementation, focus 4 learning, instructional strategies, student engagement, efficacy, and evaluation of impact. Leaders need to understand these six areas of instructional leadership, but also need to be provided with time to consider practical ways to implement each one, which also includes understanding implementation science. This session will help meet that need.

$99 
$79 Student/Aspiring/Life/Emeritus Members

Registration includes 1.50 Washington State Approved Clock Hours and access to a free screening of "Screenagers: NEXT CHAPTER."

Janel Keating will share the transformation that the central office administrative team and building principals must go through to become a learning focused organization. In traditional districts, departments and schools often operate in silos, paying attention to only the immediate needs in that department or school. In a learning first district, the goal of improving learning for all students in the district is everyone’s priority. 

This chapter and session will highlight how district learning meetings focus on support for principals and their teams based on the work layered under the 4 Critical Questions of Learning. It will drill deep into the work of the district principal team and the building principal. Janel will share how this team practices and rehearses the work, anticipate questions, and share learning data from the building leadership team and the teacher teams.

Examples of agendas from the principal learning meetings, leadership commitments made to advance the work in each school, and products that high performing teams produce will be shared as well. This chapter and session will also focus on the reciprocal accountability provided by the district office to ensure the success of every principal and school. Large or small district central office leaders and principals will benefit from this session!

$99
$79 Student/Intern/Life/Emeritus Members

Registration includes 1.50 Washington State Approved Clock Hours, a copy of “Leading PLCs at Work Districtwide: From Boardroom to Classroom,” and access to a free screening of "Screenagers: NEXT CHAPTER."

Restorative practices (RP) provides a space for us to connect with the way of our ancestors to embrace a more connected way of being and responding to others in our community. RP is more than just a way of approaching discipline and is a human centered approach to life and work. The most effective leaders have a restorative heart and mind set. They embrace their own humanity, and that of others, through reflection, growth, vulnerability, and healing. Effective leaders ensure the same opportunities are provided to staff so that the workplace is not just efficient and effective, but also a place where conflict can be resolved, and the work is approached with a collective focus on community. Effective leaders recognize that harm in life and work is inevitable and are committed to restoring and growing from these incidences with their staff and communities.

You will leave our time together with a basic understanding of restorative practices and tangible resources to guide circles; resources to build systems, time and space for restorative practices; and strategies to model and coach staff/teams in having difficult conversations and holding each other accountable in a way that is loving and respectful.

$99
$79 Student/Aspiring/Life/Emeritus Members

Registration includes 1.50 Washington State Approved Clock Hours and access to a free screening of "Screenagers: NEXT CHAPTER."

Session 1: An Interconnected Systems Framework: School Mental Health & MTSS
Kelcey Schmitz, Susan Barrett

This session will provide school and district leaders information they need to know about a step-by-step process to build a trauma-informed single system of delivery in which education and mental health systems are integrated across tiers of support with multi-disciplinary teams using data to implement one continuum of evidence-based behavior/mental health practices. The Interconnected System Framework (ISF) is a structure and process for creating a comprehensive system of social, emotional, and behavioral supports and moving school mental health from a co-located approach to an integrated approach. Key messages of ISF will be shared which include a single system of delivery, mental health wellness as a protective factor, measuring impact as opposed to access, and using the MTSS framework to guide an integrated approach. This session will also provide information on selecting and implementing evidence-based school mental health interventions, working with community-based organizations, and universal screening. We will also provide an overview of existing resources for accessing additional training and technical assistance support for MTSS in Washington.

June 21, 2–4 p.m.

Session 2: Leading for Well-Being: Using MTSS to Build a Culture of Wellness for All
Kelcey Schmitz, Susan Barrett

Schools have increasingly invested in MTSS to address the academic and social-emotional-behavioral (SEB) needs of all students. This session will focus on wellness practices and developing a habit of wellness for educational leaders. We will also discuss how school leaders can organize, align and allocate resources to create a culture of health and wellness within an MTSS Framework by making shifts in strategy to focus on universal prevention to promote wellness for all, collaboration through establishing a system of support for staff, and data use in decision making to identify protective factors and supports.

June 24, 8:30–10:30 a.m.

Session 3: Research in School Mental Health: Priority Areas and Lessons Learned from the UW SMART Center
Aaron Lyon, Eric Bruns, Carol Davis, Jill Locke, Elizabeth McCauley, Kelcey Schmitz

The University of Washington School Mental Health Assessment, Research and Training (SMART) Center is a national leader in developing and supporting implementation of evidence-based practices in schools including prevention, early intervention and intensive supports. The SMART Center projects are funded by a variety of federal and local sources and frequently partners with districts in Washington to conduct research and provide training and technical assistance. A panel of UW SMART Center faculty including the Northwest Mental Health Technology Transfer Center’s School Mental Health project director will share findings of current federally funded SMH research, answer questions school leaders have about best practices and lessons learned, show how to access existing free school mental health resources and share the multiple opportunities school/district leaders can engage with UW SMART Center and Northwest MHTTC.

$199 
$149 Student/Aspiring/Life/Emeritus Members

Registration for the Full Series includes 6.0 Washington State Approved Clock Hours and access to a free screening of "Screenagers: NEXT CHAPTER."

Session 1: An Interconnected Systems Framework: School Mental Health & MTSS
Kelcey Schmitz, Susan Barrett

This session will provide school and district leaders information they need to know about a step-by-step process to build a trauma-informed single system of delivery in which education and mental health systems are integrated across tiers of support with multi-disciplinary teams using data to implement one continuum of evidence-based behavior/mental health practices. The Interconnected System Framework (ISF) is a structure and process for creating a comprehensive system of social, emotional, and behavioral supports and moving school mental health from a co-located approach to an integrated approach. Key messages of ISF will be shared which include a single system of delivery, mental health wellness as a protective factor, measuring impact as opposed to access, and using the MTSS framework to guide an integrated approach. This session will also provide information on selecting and implementing evidence-based school mental health interventions, working with community-based organizations, and universal screening. We will also provide an overview of existing resources for accessing additional training and technical assistance support for MTSS in Washington.

$79
$59 Student/Aspiring/Life/Emeritus Members

Registration includes 2.0 Washington State Approved Clock hours and access to a free screening of "Screenagers: NEXT CHAPTER."

Too often, equity implementation reinforces a vicious cycle of failure. Despite decades worth of reform efforts, predictable identity group disparities persist in educational opportunities and outcomes. So, what should we do? How do we respond as leaders? Research suggests the need to reframe the endeavor, starting with a clear vision of equity. In this session, you will experience that vision. You will also acquire a proven framework for making equity actionable through the concept of dignity to build schools where everyone belongs.

$179
$109 Student/Aspiring/Life/Emeritus Members

Registration includes 3.0 Washington State Approved Clock Hours, a copy of "Belonging Through a Culture of Dignity," and access to a free screening of "Screenagers: NEXT CHAPTER."

Learning Destination 8 is an individual session purchase for the UW SMART Series "Effective School Mental Health: Building Systems to Support the Mental Health and Well-Being of the School and District Community." If you wish to attend all three of the series sessions, at a discounted rate, select Learning Destination 5 in registration.

Session 2: Leading for Well-Being: Using MTSS to Build a Culture of Wellness for All
Kelcey Schmitz, Susan Barrett

Schools have increasingly invested in MTSS to address the academic and social-emotional-behavioral (SEB) needs of all students. This session will focus on wellness practices and developing a habit of wellness for educational leaders. We will also discuss how school leaders can organize, align and allocate resources to create a culture of health and wellness within an MTSS Framework by making shifts in strategy to focus on universal prevention to promote wellness for all, collaboration through establishing a system of support for staff, and data use in decision making to identify protective factors and supports.

$79
$59 Student/Aspiring/Life/Emeritus Members

Registration includes 2.0 Washington State Approved Clock Hours and access to a free screening of "Screenagers: NEXT CHAPTER."

Over the period of June 7–25, conference registrants were provided the opportunity to view Screenagers NEXT CHAPTER: Uncovering Skills for Stress Resilience.

This session provides the opportunity for Q&A with Screenagers filmmaker Dr. Delaney Ruston.

After thinking he needed to emulate white culture to be a successful leader, Chad shifted his thinking and began to embrace what he learned at the dinner table and in other places from where he was raised. He found a new success. Chad will share stories of other black leaders from whom he interviewed. The theme of his findings to place value on being yourself. 

$99
$79 Student/Intern/Life/Emeritus Members

Registration includes 1.50 Washington State Approved Clock Hours, a copy of "Black Magic: What Black Leaders Learned from Trauma and Triumph," and access to a free screening of "Screenagers: NEXT CHAPTER."

Learning Destination 11 is an individual session purchase for the UW SMART Series "Effective School Mental Health: Building Systems to Support the Mental Health and Well-Being of the School and District Community." If you wish to attend all three of the series sessions, select Learning Destination 5 in registration.

June 24, 8:30–10:30 a.m.

Session 3: Research in School Mental Health: Priority Areas and Lessons Learned from the UW SMART Center
Aaron Lyon, Eric Bruns, Carol Davis, Jill Locke, Elizabeth McCauley , Kelcey Schmitz

The University of Washington School Mental Health Assessment, Research and Training (SMART) Center is a national leader in developing and supporting implementation of evidence-based practices in schools including prevention, early intervention and intensive supports. The SMART Center projects are funded by a variety of federal and local sources and frequently partners with districts in Washington to conduct research and provide training and technical assistance. A panel of UW SMART Center faculty including the Northwest Mental Health Technology Transfer Center’s School Mental Health project director will share findings of current federally funded SMH research, answer questions school leaders have about best practices and lessons learned, show how to access existing free school mental health resources and share the multiple opportunities school/district leaders can engage with UW SMART Center and Northwest MHTTC. 

$79
$59 Student/Aspiring/Life/Emeritus Members

Registration includes 2.0 Washington State Approved Clock Hours and access to a free screening of "Screenagers: NEXT CHAPTER."