Fire up your teachers, administrators, and staff—and yourselves—for a strong and successful 2023-24 school year! Get inspired by creative and proven ways to motivate your team the entire school year. Learn about effective practices for supporting new teachers and ensuring they thrive. And re-think your strategies for substitutes with ideas for a better, more reliable supply of subs. In this event featuring school and district leaders and other expert guests, we will highlight high-level strategies—and some nitty gritty tactics, too—that will put your districts, schools, and teams on a strong footing for the year ahead.
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Agenda
2:00pm ET
Welcome and Introduction
We’ll review key takeaways from recent reporting on effective strategies and practices for starting the school year strong.
Lesli Maxwell is managing editor. She also writes The Savvy Principal newsletter.
2:10pm ET
Interactive Session: Building a Reliable, High-Quality Pool of Substitutes
What are your biggest challenges with substitute teacher staffing? What kind of help are you looking for? We invite you to share your experiences managing substitute teaching staff and get concrete ideas for how to improve the quality and supply of substitute teachers.
Caitlynn Peetz is a reporter for Education Week who covers school district leadership and management.
2:20pm ET
Industry Perspective
Sponsor content provided by Promethean
2:30pm ET
Panel Discussion: Effective Strategies for Supporting New Teachers
Many teachers quit within the first few years of starting the profession, a talent drain that hurts schools and students. But school and district leaders can do a lot to guard against high attribution among early-career educators. What do robust and effective supports for new and early-career teachers look like? In this session, experts will discuss mentoring models that work, how to leverage the strengths and knowledge new teachers have, and other ways leaders can make rookie and early-career teachers feel successful so that they’ll stay.
3:15pm ET
Industry Perspective
Sponsor content provided by Lexia Learning
3:25pm ET
Q&A: How to Foster a School Culture That Teachers and Staff Don’t Want to Leave
At Colleyville Middle School in Texas, teachers and staff say the collaborative and professional culture cultivated by their principal and other school leaders keeps them from leaving for other jobs that pay more or are closer to home. In this conversation with Principal David Arencibia, you’ll hear what he’s done to establish an environment that people don’t want to leave and what he does to keep his teachers and staff engaged and motivated.
Caitlynn Peetz is a reporter for Education Week who covers school district leadership and management.
David Arencibia
Principal,
Colleyville Middle School, Colleyville, TX
3:55pm ET
Interactive Session
We’ll ask the audience to share some challenges and goals they see ahead for the school year with respect to supporting teachers and staff.
4:05pm ET
Closing Thoughts
Hear the big takeaways from the Forum.
Caitlynn Peetz is a reporter for Education Week who covers school district leadership and management.
