Tentative Agenda

Sunday, June 13, 2021

1:00 pm - 6:00 pm	Registration
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm​ ​	CLAS Board of Directors Meeting
3:00 pm - 6:00 pm	Partner Setup and Welcome
3:30 pm - 5:30 pm​	Affiliate Board Meetings
6:00 pm - 6:45 pm	CLAS Board of Directors Reception
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm	CLAS Board of Directors Dinner

Monday, June 14, 2021

6:30 am - 7:00 am	Partner Orientation
7:00 am - 4:30 pm	Registration & Exhibit Hall Open
7:00 am - 8:00 am	Coffee and Pastries with Partners
8:00 am - 9:30 am​	Concurrent Clinic Sessions
	Ignite: Partner Showcase ​Various Presenters
(Virtual)	Critical Wellness to Support All Students Tyrone Howard
	Organizational Management Ideas for Leaders: Effective Instructional Practices Stephanie Hulon
(Virtual) ​	The School Leader: Surviving and Thriving Andrew Marotta
(Virtual) ​	Legal Issues for Students with Disabilities: The Big Three Perry Zirkel
(Virtual) ​	Consequence Mindset vs. Punishment Mindset - Rethinking Our Practices Heidy LaFleur
9:30 am - 10:30 am	Refreshment Break/Visit Partners
10:30 am - 12:00 pm ​	Clinic Sessions (Repeated) Sessions with virtual availability will be offered at this time slot.
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm	Lunch On Your Own
1:30 pm - 3:00 pm (Virtual) ​	Opening General Session Staying Personal and Authentic in the Midst of Adversity ​Thomas Murray
​​3:00 pm - 3:45 pm	​Visit Vendors
​​3:45 pm - 4:30 pm	​​Affiliate Meetings

Tuesday, June 15, 2021

7:00 am - 7:45 am	Continental Breakfast with Partners
7:00 am - 11:00 am​	Registration Open
7:00 am - 11:30 am	Exhibits Open
7:45 am - 8:45 am	Morning Breakout Sessions
	On Fire and Engaged: Reviving Passion and Purpose in the Classroom ​Candy Garner
(Virtual) ​	​Managing Stress and Healing Trauma: Using Research-Based Somatic Restorative Approaches ​Kathryn Kennedy
(Virtual) ​	​Lessons Learned from 2020: Navigating Employee Laws in 2021 and Beyond Anne Yuengert and Anne Knox Averitt
(Virtual) ​	​Made in America: What Do Educators Really Know about Hispanic Students? Jose Reyes, Jr.
(Virtual)	​ALSDE Office of Student Learning Updates ​Elisabeth Davis
	​A.R.M.E.D.: How to Attract, Recruit and Retain, Mentor and Manage, Evolve and Develop Current and Future Leaders Mary Kelly
9:00 am - 10:30 am (Virtual) ​ ​	​​Second General Session The Power Is Inside You, Like the Coffee Bean Damon West
10:30 am - 11:15 am	Refreshment Break and Visit Partners
11:15 am - 12:15 pm ​	​​Morning Breakout Sessions Repeated ​Sessions with virtual availability will be offered at this time slot.
12:30 pm - 2:00 pm	Awards Luncheon
2:15 pm - 3:15 pm	​​​Afternoon Breakout Sessions
(Virtual) ​	Are You a Beacon of Inspiration? Shining the Light on Your Community ​Dilhani Uswatte
(Virtual) ​	Equity in Assessments: Next-Level Practices that Challenge Present Behaviors ​Datie Priest
(Virtual) ​	Digital Leadership: Changing Paradigms for Changing Times ​Eric Sheninger (2:15 pm ONLY)
(Virtual) ​	Micro-Credentials: Authentically Acknowledging Leadership Growth and Excellence ​Eric Sheninger (3:30 pm ONLY)
(Virtual) ​	Eyes on Culture: Multiply Excellence ​Emily Paschall
	Taking the Mystery Out of Retirement Planning ​Connie Grier
	Communicate to Connect ​Tasha Scott
​​3:30 pm - 4:30 pm ​	​​​Afternoon Breakout Sessions Repeated ​​Sessions with virtual availability will be offered at this time slot.
​​5:00 pm - 7:00 pm	​​President's Reception

Wednesday, June 16, 2021

8:00 am - 10:00 am ​(Virtual)

Breakfast and Closing General Session Elevating Our Why by Evaluating Our Purpose: Looking Back, Looking In, Moving Forward Sanee Bell

​Earn activities for ACLD approved PLUs at this event! The more sessions you attend the more PLUs credits you earn!  Convention sessions may be applied as a PLU activity for:

​Standard I: Planning for Continuous Improvement - PLUACLD-TBD
Standard II: Teaching and Learning - PLUACLD-TBD and PLUACLD762
Standard VII: Management of the Learning Organization - PLUACLD-TBD. PLUACLD884 (AASPA), PLUACLD904 (AAPASS), 
PLUACLD868 (AASCD), PLUACLD-TBD (ACTA)