82nd Annual Convention Recap

Thursday, December 1

Breakout Sessions (1:35 - 3:00 p.m.)

• School Finance 101
• Recruiting and Hiring a Quality Superintendent
• The Art of Communication
• Practicing and Modeling Culturally Responsive Leadership
• Going to the Voters for Funding: Education Ballot Measure Best Practices
• Districts Managing Charter School Authorizing and Oversight with Best Practices
• Family-School-Community Partnerships: From Paper to Practice

Friday, December 2

Breakout Sessions (9:00 - 10:00 a.m.)

• Creating a Comprehensive SEL Program in Rural School Districts
• Accountability Overview and Updates
• “Why do we have to learn this?” ~ WBL & Employer Relationships Have the Answer!
• Save Lives and Let Teachers Teach: Working with Community
• Practicing and Modeling Culturally Responsive Leadership
• School Safety: Available Grant Funding for Interoperable Communication Improvements
• How the First CEI Rural Superintendent Academy Impacted its Participants
• Picturing Co-Governance Systems: Framing Success
• Student Perspective on Gifted and Talented Engagement
• Moving Beyond ESSER Requirements to Describing Your Investments in Action 

Opening General Session Keynote Speaker: Dr. Pedro Antonio Noguera, Author

Breakout Sessions (2:00 - 3:00 p.m.)

• Legal 101
• School Finance 101
• Walkin' The Talk: Committing and Living-Up to a Healthy Board Culture
• Colorado Public Education and Local Control
• READ Act for Board Members
• Big Changes Loom for Students with Disabilities in Charter Schools
• Strategies Toward Safe and Secure 21st Century Schools
• Welcoming, Transparent, Inclusion in Schools: Why it Matters for Your Students, Your Schools, and Your District
• Building Taxpayer Trust & Passing Your Next Bond Measure
• What is Policy Governance

Breakout Sessions (3:45 - 5:00 p.m.)

• Legal 101
• Practicing and Modeling Culturally Responsive Leadership
• School Safety: Getting Back into the Game
• Building Sustained Family & Community Partnership: District & Statewide Opportunities
• Finding and Supporting Great Rural Teachers During a Teacher Shortage
• Durango and Canon City Portrait of a Graduate
• Meeting Agendas
• The 50-Year Facilities Plan: Leaving a Legacy for Future Generations
• Supporting Striving Readers with Dyslexia Therapy
• From Big No. To Let's Go! A Bond Success Story

Saturday, December 3

Opening General Session Keynote Speaker: David Horsager, Author (9:30 - 11:30 a.m.)

Breakout sessions (1:00 - 2:15 p.m.)

• Student Strand Session
• Student Strand Session
• Student Strand Session
• Effective Governance for School Improvement: A School Board Program for Improving Academic Outcomes
• Mancos High School Explore Pathways Program, MEPP, - For All Students
• Community-Driven Strategic Planning in Summit School District
• Finding and Supporting Great Rural Teachers During a Teacher Shortage
• S-CAP: A Dynamic Accountability System Focused on School Improvement
• Using Data to Tell Your Story: Leveraging Local & State Data
• Graduation Guidelines in Action
• Teacher Housing that Teachers can afford? How Eagle County Schools Did it