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Detailed Summit Agenda with Room Assignments

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Detailed Summit Agenda with Room Assignments

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View for specific information about your expected day and learning

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2025 Leadership Circle Summit Detailed Agenda (1)

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These groups will track to the detailed agenda. There will be several groupings throughout our two days of learning and collaborating.

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This Summit is far from a typical 'conference'. We believe in focused discourse which requires preparation/homework. This document summarizes and guides leaders through the steps to being ready to engage.

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More detailed information for each day and activity will be provided.

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Please take a few mintues to share your thoughts with us.

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This protocol is designed for a leader to get honest and pragmatic solutions from fellow leaders that they likely would not be able to devise on their own. Those supporting via giving advice inherently learn from the rich conversation.

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Watch the Leader Chat with Amanda Ripley

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Watch the Leader Chat with Amanda Ripley

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This Leader Chat will provide you background. After watching or listening, begin to brainstorm what you may ask when you talk with her.

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Leader Chat: Ep102 - Leading Through Turbulence, Conflict, & Political Distractions with Amanda ...

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Or-Listen to the Leader Chat with Amanda Ripley

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Or-Listen to the Leader Chat with Amanda Ripley

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If you would rather listen to the podcast vs watch the video, feel free. Then, brainstorm your questions to prepare for time with her.

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Leader Chat: Leading Through Turbulence, Conflict, and Political Distractions with Amanda Ripley

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In this episode, Jeff and bestselling author Amanda Ripley discuss conflict management in educational leadership during political chaos.

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This will be new to most of you. Come ready to discuss your leadership superpower and blindspot within the context of a turbulent or controversial challenge you are navigating. Your group and the protocol will be there to help.

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This Leader Chat will provide you background.  After watching or listening, begin to brainstorm what you may ask when you talk with him.

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Watch the Leader Chat with Dr. Mark Elgart

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Watch the Leader Chat with Dr. Mark Elgart

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Or-Listen to the Leader Chat with Dr. Mark Elgart

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Or-Listen to the Leader Chat with Dr. Mark Elgart

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If you would rather listen to the podcast vs watch the video, feel free. Then, brainstorm your questions to prepare for time with him.

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Leader Chat: Culture and Trust with Dr. Mark Elgart

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This episode focuses on leadership, culture, and trust. Dr. Rose sits down with our CEO and President of Cognia, Dr. Mark Elgart. Listen now!

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This Leader Chat will provide you background. After watching or listening, begin to brainstorm what you may ask when you talk with him.

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Based on feedback from attending leaders, you will be delving into this Think Tank protocol to tap the collective wisdom of one another.

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Or-Listen to the Leader Chat with AJ Crabill

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Or-Listen to the Leader Chat with AJ Crabill

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If you would rather listen to the podcast vs watch the video, feel free. Then, brainstorm your questions to prepare for time with him.

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About this episode

AJ Crabill has been on a Leader Chat before, but based on the quality of our last conversation with him, and his new book, we simply had to have him back. AJ's understanding of school board governance is beyond reproach. His new book, Great on Their Behalf, is a must-read for any school or district leader. School boards have the potential to focus their efforts on students, and if they shed the temptation to focus on adult issues, great things can happen.
Tune into the additional episode with AJ:

You don't have to lead alone. Watch the Leader Chat every Wednesday. Learn about the Leadership Circle to find out how.

Improving student outcomes is Airick Journey Crabill's relentless focus. His passion to improve student outcomes is rooted in his past: raised in and out of foster care, he attended eleven schools before graduating. Guided by the idea that student outcomes don't change until adult behaviors change and drawing on his intimate familiarity with the triumphs and terrors of America's safety nets for children, AJ has devoted much of his adult life to advocating for the well-being of the United States' most vulnerable youth. AJ currently serves as the Conservator at DeSoto (TX) Independent School District. Under his guidance, DeSoto ISD made double digit literacy gains and improved from having F ratings in academics, finance, and governance to all A and B ratings; Education Faculty at the Leadership Institution of Nevada where he trains cohorts of aspiring principals and superintendents; Collaborator with the Effective School Boards Initiative, a nationwide school board research consortium; and National Director of Governance at the Council of the Great City Schools in Washington, DC where he leads school board supports for the nation's largest urban school systems. He served as Deputy Commissioner at the Texas Education Agency and he spearheaded reforms as board chair of Kansas City (MO) Public Schools that doubled the percentage of students who are literate and numerate and, eventually, led KCPS to full accreditation for the first time in decades. Crabill received the Education Commission of the State's James Bryant Conant Award, which recognizes extraordinary individual contributions to education.

About Jeff Rose, Senior Vice President Leadership Development at Cognia

Forward-thinking executive leader with over 20 years of education experience (3X Superintendent, Curriculum Director, Principal, & Classroom Teacher), primed to support leaders in their pursuit of solving the most complicated educational problems of practice.

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Leader Chat: Great on Their Behalf with AJ Crabill

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Join us for our second chat with AJ Crabill. Based on the quality of our last conversation with him and his new book, we simply had to have him back.

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One of the many activities scheduled for the January Leadership Circle Summit will be an opportunity to engage in critical conversations generated from this case study.

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The following ambassadors will also serve our leaders as facilitators. Feel free to reach out to any of them; you will find contact info here.

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2025 Leadership Circle Summit Ambassadors

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Complete list of leaders who are registered to participate in the Summit.

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2025 Leadership Circle Summit Participants (2)

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Use this map for reference if you need help navigating throughout the building during your time at Cognia's Alpharetta headquarters.