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7:30am CDT

Breakfast Available Governor's Halls I-IV (SCC) Registration Open Caddo & Osage (SCC)

8:15am CDT

Designing Future-Ready Pathways: Leveraging New AP Offerings for Accelerated Learning Grampas (MCC)Kate Morlock Learning in Full Color: Transforming Public Schools Through Arts Integration Chicot (MCC)Dr. Lindsey McBride • Dr. Stephanie Summerford Making Assessment Doable with Google Sheets and a little R White Oak (MCC)Dr. Kelli Langan New Administrators: What Your Special Education Supervisor Needs You to Know on Day One Fulton (SCC)Carla Curtis • Lanna Bullington • Kelli Gordon • Domonique Alexander • Christy Darrington • Jana Lee Systems That Stick: Engineering Sustainable School Improvement Salon A (M)Dr. Adam Eckard • Adriane Duke From Compliance to Impact: Creative Federal Funding Strategies That Move Student Achievement Izard (SCC)Ashten Black • Kris Williams Overtime and the One Big Beautiful Bill Act Miller (SCC)Terri Raskiewicz Navigating the Ship from Middle School to High School Manning (M)David Yates • Dr. Lynn Faught • Stephanie Anderson Path to Purpose: Empowering At-Risk Youth through Innovative Education and Whole Child Healing Hoffman (M)Cindy L. Willis Updates From DCTE for 2026-2027 Yell I-II (SCC)Jennifer Turner • Ross White What Do Arch Ford's Highest VAM Score Teachers Do Differently? Caraway I-III (SCC)Dr. Julie Workman Homegrown Leadership; Planting Seeds for Success in your District Arkansas Ballroom (M)Shane Patrick How Districts are Removing Communication Barriers to Transform Outcomes Salon C (M)Greg Turchetta Leading with AI Initiatives Drew (SCC)Dr. Robin Finley School Safety Partnership (Building Administration & Law Enforcement) Pope (SCC)Dr. Kate Worley • Dan Worley The Code of Ethics: How Administrators Can Support Educators in the Prevention of Ethics Violations Conway (MCC)Laura Shelton Vision Casting to Create Systems of Communication Salon B (M)Micah House

9:30am CDT

GPS for Teaching and Learning: The Arkansas Adolescent Literacy Intervention Hoffman (M)Gia Taylor • Dr. Renee Calhoon • Mallorey Jones Leading for Impact: Advanced Placement Data for Accelerated Learning Success Grampas (MCC)Kate Morlock New Administrators: What Your Special Education Supervisor Needs You to Know on Day One (Repeat) Fulton (SCC)Carla Curtis • Lanna Bullington • Kelli Gordon • Domonique Alexander • Christy Darrington • Jana Lee Organizing Effective Communication and Planning Pope (SCC)Dr. Kate Worley • Brad Etters From Compliance to Impact: Creative Federal Funding Strategies That Move Student Achievement (Repeat) Izard (SCC)Ashten Black • Kris Williams Overtime and the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (Repeat) Miller (SCC)Terri Raskiewicz Social Media: What do educators need to know to protect themselves online and keep their license? Drew (SCC)Dr. Robin Finley The Finance Five: What Matters Most Right Now Arkansas Ballroom (M)Janet Schwanhausser Navigating the Ship from Middle School to High School (Repeat) Manning (M)Crystal Fluker • Dr. Lynn Faught • Stephanie Anderson Updates From DCTE for 2026-2027 (Repeat) Yell I-II (SCC)Jennifer Turner • Ross White What Do Arch Ford's Highest VAM Score Teachers Do Differently? (Repeat) Caraway I-III (SCC)Dr. Julie Workman ATLAS Hack! Harris Brake (MCC)DJ Vincent The Code of Ethics: Updates on Processes and Procedures Conway (MCC)Laura Shelton Transformational Leadership Playbook: Doing What Works Salon A (M)Charles Blacknall • Hiram Sumlin What Effective Arkansas Principals Are Doing to Lead Academic Growth: Lessons from a Study of Arkansas Principals White Oak (MCC)Dr. Michael Hensley Why Am I Still Here? Chicot (MCC)Kelecia Glover • Robert Fitzgerald

10:40am CDT

Closing General Session - Vision to Impact: Be the Change Wally Allen Ballroom (SCC)Rosalind Wiseman