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William Cheatham
Jonesboro School District
Assistant Superintendent
Central Office
jonesboroschools.net
Monday
, July 27
8:00am
CDT
Registration Open
Caddo & Osage (SCC)
11:00am
CDT
6A Principal's Meeting
Grampas (MCC)
7A Principal's Meeting
Chicot (MCC)
Exhibit Hall Open
Governor's Halls I-IV (SCC)
1:00pm
CDT
Opening General Session
Wally Allen Ballroom (SCC)
Damon West
3:00pm
CDT
Visit Exhibitors
Governor's Halls I-IV (SCC)
3:30pm
CDT
AAA Governing Body Meeting
Wally Allen Ballroom (SCC)
Tuesday
, July 28
7:30am
CDT
Breakfast Available and Visit Exhibitors
Governor's Halls I-IV (SCC)
Exhibit Hall Open
Governor's Halls I-IV (SCC)
Registration Open
Caddo & Osage (SCC)
8:30am
CDT
General Session: Admin of the Year and DESE Updates
Wally Allen Ballroom (SCC)
Secretary Jacob Oliva
9:45am
CDT
Visit Exhibitors
Governor's Halls I-IV (SCC)
10:15am
CDT
Leading with Purpose: Teacher Growth & Professional Learning
Salon C (M)
Dr. Adam Eckard • Mandy Zipfel • Angela Murphy • Harry Dickens • Alice Shirey
Building It Right: Legal Requirements, Partnership Funding, and Public Bidding
Chicot (MCC)
Cedric Hawkins, Ed.D. • Travis Spence
Ethics Disclosures
Miller (SCC)
Charles Warren
Building a Leadership Pipeline: Growing District Leaders from Within
Harris Brake (MCC)
Mathew Thornton • Blake Campbell
11:30am
CDT
Lunch Available and Visit Exhibitors
Governor's Halls I-IV (SCC)
12:20pm
CDT
Every Problem is a Leadership Problem: Own the Solution or Own the Failure
Arkansas Ballroom (M)
Dr. Doug Adams
Fiscal Leadership: Mastering the "Buckets" of School and District Finance
Izard (SCC)
Dr. Mickey McFetridge
1:20pm
CDT
The Invisible Decisions: How School Business Choices Quietly Shape Student Outcomes During Declining Enrollment
Miller (SCC)
Ashten Black • Pam McCammon
2:20pm
CDT
Visit Exhibitors
Governor's Halls I-IV (SCC)
Table Talk: That's CAP! Building Consistency, Accountability, and Practice
Governor's Hall I - Table 1
Marcus Jones
2:50pm
CDT
The Invisible Decisions: How School Business Choices Quietly Shape Student Outcomes During Declining Enrollment (Repeat)
Miller (SCC)
Ashten Black • Pam McCammon
5:00pm
CDT
American Fidelity After-Hours
Brewski's Pub & Grub
Wednesday
, July 29
7:30am
CDT
Breakfast Available
Governor's Halls I-IV (SCC)
Registration Open
Caddo & Osage (SCC)
8:15am
CDT
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
9:30am
CDT
From Compliance to Impact: Creative Federal Funding Strategies That Move Student Achievement (Repeat)
Izard (SCC)
Ashten Black • Kris Williams
10:40am
CDT
Closing General Session - Vision to Impact: Be the Change
Wally Allen Ballroom (SCC)
Rosalind Wiseman
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