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K-12 Leadership Event • 2025 Details Coming Soon

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Featured 2024 Speakers

Shay James- Featured Speaker at What's Right in Education

Shay James

Workshop: Effective Communication Tools and Tactics
Superintendent • North Clackamas School District, OR
Shelly Viramontez - Featured Speaker at What's Right in Education

Shelly Viramontez

Panel: Building First Choice School Districts

Superintendent • Campbell Union School District, CA
Sean Dorsey - Featured Speaker at What's Right in Education

Sean Dorsey

Everyone is a Leader: Building a Sense of Urgency Around Improvement
Superintendent • Manitou Springs School District, CO
Dr. Ed Manansala - Featured Speaker at What's Right in Education

Ed Manansala

Keynote: Education Excellence Fireside Chat & Superintendent’s Panel
County Superintendent of Schools • El Dorado County Office of Education, CA
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Key Insights and Themes for 2024

Over a decade of actionable and impactful K-12 Leadership experience has been shared from the ‘What’s Right in Education’ stage. With deep learning and sharing opportunities, WRIE is a unique event focusing on K-12 leaders. Event attendees are high-performers who sincerely care about their teams’ growth and the well-being of their district’s students and families. Expand your network with districts committed to solving shared problems of practice. Take away actionable strategies to implement in your district immediately. Come celebrate a year of continued improvement in educational leadership practice.

• How Districts Can Align Strategy and Culture
• Collaborative Ownership Across Leader Levels
• Service Excellence to Create Schools of Choice
• Improving Employee Hiring and Retention
• Adding Student Voice to the Discussion
• Helping All Staff to Feel Heard
• Making Feedback Survey Data Actionable

• Sustaining Districtwide Leadership Development
• Building a Sense of Urgency Around Improvement
• Data-driven Improvement Practices
• Scaling Improvement Across Schools
• Continuous Improvement Cycle Workshops
• Asking the Right Questions

Agenda at a Glance

Day One | Tuesday, October 22

8AM • Welcome & Opening Keynote
Everyone is a Leader: Hardwiring Excellence in Education
Dr. Janet Pilcher, Founder and Executive Director, Studer Education

9AM • TYYO
Taking You and Your Organization to the Next Level
Studer Education Leader Coaches

11:30AM • Concurrent Breakout Sessions
Everyone is a Leader: From the Boardroom to the Classroom

  • Option 1: Driving Collaborative Ownership Across Leader Levels
    Warren County Public Schools, KY • School District of Onalaska, WI
  • Option 2: Nurturing and Sustaining Districtwide Leadership Development
    Tulare City School District, CA
  • Option 3: Building a Sense of Urgency Around Improvement
    Manitou Springs School District, CO

1:15PM • Concurrent Breakout Sessions
When You Know You’ve Made a Difference

  • Option 1: Improving Employee Retention in a Challenging Environment
    El Dorado County Office of Education, CA • Molalla River School District, OR • Tulare County Office of Education, CA
  • Option 2: Navigating With Precision: Rounding Strategies for Enhanced Alignment and Focus
    Graves County Schools, KY
  • Option 3: Making A Difference in My School: How Our Journeys Can Inform Yours
    Jefferson County Schools, AL

2:15PM • Concurrent Breakout Sessions
Being of Service to Each Other and Those We Serve

  • Option 1: Support Services: Implementing Improvement
    Tulare City School District, CA
  • Option 2: A Commitment to Service Excellence Starts at Onboarding
    San Benito High School District, CA
  • Option 3: Great Service Starts at the Front Door! Let’s Put Out the Welcome Mat
    Russellville Independent School District, KY

3:15PM • 20 Minutes That Count
Strategic Execution: District, School, Department, Classroom
Dr. Ryan Carpenter, Superintendent, Estacada School District, OR

3:45PM
Processing, Reflection, and Take Aways

5PM
Networking Reception

Day Two | Wednesday, October 23

8AM • Welcome Back & Connecting the Dots
Recognizing Difference Makers
Dr. Janet Pilcher, Founder and Executive Director, Studer Education

8:45AM • Keynote
Fireside Chat
Dr. Ed Manansala, County Superintendent of Schools, El Dorado County Office of Education, CA
Dr. Janet Pilcher, Founder and Executive Director, Studer Education

9:45AM • Concurrent Breakout Sessions
Executing a Strategic Direction to Achieve and Sustain Excellence

  • Option 1: Charting Success: Scorecard Strategies and Priority Pathways
    Barren County Schools, KY • Banks School District, OR • South Bay Union School District, CA
  • Option 2: Just Start: An Improvement Journey to Align Strategy and Culture
    Siskiyou County Office of Education, CA • McKinleyville Union School District, CA • Bethel School District, OR
  • Option 3: Building for Success: Strategically Aligning our Facilities and Support Services to Achieve Outcomes
    Rapid City Area Schools, SD

10:45AM • Concurrent Breakout Sessions
Conversations About the Data That Matters

  • Option 1: Feedback is a Gift That Keeps Giving
    Visions in Education, CA
  • Option 2: How Do You Know You Know? Data Driven Improvement Through Feedback Loops
    Republic School District, MO
  • Option 3: Rolling Out Your Survey Results in Meaningful Conversations
    Fond du Lac School District, WI • Central School District 13J, OR • Rescue Union School District, CA

11:30AM 
Processing Activity

12:45PM • Concurrent Breakout Sessions
Hardwiring Excellence in Education

  • Option 1: Building Performance Expectations With Clarity for Employees Northwestern Illinois Association
  • Option 2: Effective Communication Tools and Tactics
    North Clackamas School District, OR
  • Option 3: Scorecards as Tools to Gain Momentum for Improvement Cycles
    Redmond School District, OR • Oak Ridge Schools, TN

2:30PM • Keynote
Operational Excellence
Dr. Janet Pilcher, Founder and Executive Director, Studer Education

3PM • Panel
Building First Choice School Districts
Mark Bielang, Superintendent, Portage Public Schools, MI
Dustin Horras, Superintendent, Sand Creek Zone – District 49, CO
Jason Radford, Superintendent, Oldham County Schools, KY
Bradley Roberson, Superintendent, Oxford School District, MS
Shelly Viramontez, Superintendent, Campbell Union School District, CA

3:40PM
Processing, Reflection, and Takeaways

4:30PM • Invitation Only
Superintendent’s Networking Session

4:30PM 
Social Hour

Day Three | Thursday, October 24

8AM • Welcome & Keynote
Achieving and Sustaining Organizational Excellence: Focusing on Systems of Improvement
Dr. Christi Barrett, Superintendent, Hemet Unified School District, CA
Dr. Pat Greco, Senior Director of Thought Leadership, Studer Education

9AM • Concurrent Workshop Sessions
Hardwiring Excellence in Education: Cycles of Improvement

  • Option 1: Sustaining Organizational Excellence and Improvement to Solve the Wicked Problems
    Tulare County Office of Education, CA • Estacada School District, OR • El Dorado County Office of Education, CA
  • Option 2: Identifying and Monitoring Measures That Matter Across the System
    Campbell Union School District, CA • Hemet Unified School District, CA
  • Option 3: How to Start Applying Short Cycles of Improvement in Classrooms
    Casa Grande Elementary School District, AZ • Oxford School District, MS

10:45AM • Panel
Superintendent’s Panel
Dr. Christi Barrett, Superintendent, Hemet Unified School District, CA
Dr. Adam Leckie, Superintendent of Schools, Casa Grande Elementary School District, AZ
Dr. Mark Martin, Superintendent, Meade County Schools, KY
Dr. Ed Manansala, County Superintendent of Schools, El Dorado County Office of Education, CA
Facilitated by: Dr. Pat Greco, Senior Director of Thought Leadership, Studer Education

11:30AM
Conference Closing and Networking Lunch

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Over a Decade of Actionable and Impactful Experience Shared from the Stage

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WRIE Rewind

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