Featured 2024 Speakers
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
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
1:15PM • Concurrent Breakout Sessions
When You Know You’ve Made a Difference
2:15PM • Concurrent Breakout Sessions
Being of Service to Each Other and Those We Serve
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
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
10:45AM • Concurrent Breakout Sessions
Conversations About the Data That Matters
11:30AM
Processing Activity
12:45PM • Concurrent Breakout Sessions
Hardwiring Excellence in Education
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
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
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
Together, we are What’s Right in Education.
Over a Decade of Actionable and Impactful Experience Shared from the Stage
WRIE Rewind
While you wait for the next What’s Right in Education event, take a look back at previous keynotes, featured breakout sessions, leader panels, and more from the WRIE stage.
Improving the Employee Experience in Schools:
Improving Strategic Alignment of the District:
Systematizing Improvement with Continuous Improvement Practices:
From the Stage to the Podcast
The Accelerate Your Performance podcast features interviews with leaders and educators who have shared the stories behind their success at What’s Right in Education. Listen as they discuss how their districts are improving workplace culture, retaining their people, and getting the best outcomes for all students.
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