Leadership Matters September 2014

Annual Conference Agenda

Wednesday, October 8, 2014

Breakout Sessions 1:45 – 2:45 p.m. Third General Session Keynote Speaker: Suhail Farooqui If We Don’t Stand Up for Public Schools, Who Will?  3 – 4 p.m. Breakout Sessions  4 to 5 p.m. High School District Organization Meeting (HSDO)  4:15 – 5:15 p.m. (doors open at 4 p.m.) Special Session Gubernatorial Candidate Forum  4:30 – 6 p.m. Association of Illinois Rural and Small Schools Meeting (AIRSS)  5 - 7:30 p.m. Southern Illinois University Reception  5:15 – 6:15 p.m. ISAL I and II Alumni Reunion  6:15 p.m. Hospitality Suites Open  9 – 11 p.m. IASA President’s Reception – Hosted by President Scott Kuffel, Superintendent of Geneseo Comm Unit #228

8:30 a.m. – 3 p.m. Early Bird Academies 10 a.m. – 7 p.m. Registration Open

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 1:30 - 2:30 p.m. New Superintendent Mentoring Meetings  3 – 4 p.m. ISBE Session - Focus on Success  4:30 – 5:45 p.m. Opening Ceremony/First General Session Keynote Speaker: Hall Davidson Leading, Learning, Achieving: The Realities of the Digital Age for Administrators  6 – 7:30 p.m. IASA Welcoming Reception 6:45 a.m. IASA 2 nd Annual ‘Super’ 5K Fun Run/ Walk  7 – 9 a.m. Continental Breakfast for all Attendees  7 a.m. – 5 p.m. Registration Open  8:15 – 9 a.m. New Superintendent's Roundtable Breakout Sessions  9 a.m. – 4 p.m. Exhibit Hall Open Lunch available inside the Exhibit Hall  9:15 – 11 a.m. Second General Session Keynote Speaker: Jon Gordon The Energy Bus: Drive Your School District with Optimism, Passion, and Purpose  11 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Lunch available inside the Exhibit Hall  11:15 - 11:45 a.m. ISAL Informational Session  12:30 – 1:30 p.m. What to do and (more importantly) what not to do in your first year as superintendent: lessons we learned on the job (so you won’t have to) Thursday, October 9, 2014 

Friday, October 10, 2014

7 – 11:30 a.m. Registration Open

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8:30 – 9:30 a.m. Breakout Sessions IASA Past Presidents Meeting

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 9:30 - 11:30 a.m. Closing General Session, IASA Annual Meeting and Vision 20/20 update (Brunch Buffet) Keynote Speaker: Rafe Esquith Real Talk for Real Educators  11:45 a.m. Adjournment

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