Tentative Conference Agenda

Day One - Thursday, June 20, 2024

10:00 – 10:20     Introductions and Welcome

10:20 – 11:00     Introduction to the Missouri Leadership Development System (MLDS)

                                Dr. Mike Rutherford, Rutherford Learning Group (RLG)

11:05 – 12:20     Today’s Instructional Leadership - Recognizing and Developing Skillful Teaching

                                Dr. Mike Rutherford, RLG

12:20 – 1:00        Lunch (provided)

1:00 – 2:00          Principles of Effective Classroom Observation

                                Dr. Mike Rutherford, RLG

2:10 – 2:55          Concurrent Sessions 

3:05 – 3:50          Concurrent Sessions             

4:00 – 5:00          Craft Conversations: 3-Minute dialogs that develop teachers’ awareness, consciousness, and intentionality.

                                Dr. Mike Rutherford, RLG

5:00 – 6:00          MAESP/MOASSP/DESE Reception

Evening on Your Own

Day Two – Friday, June 21, 2024

Breakfast on Your Own

8:30 – 11:30      What Great NEW Principals Do Differently

Dr. Todd Whitaker, University of Missouri

11:30 – 12:30     Lunch with MLDS Regional Facilitators (provided)

12:40 – 2:10        Concurrent Sessions - Participants will meet by school level with a current practitioner.

2:15 – 2:30          Closing Announcements