Being a school administrator can be overwhelming if you don't have a plan. This pre-conference session will provide you with a 3-Step Plan to Grow Your Leadership and Impact while networking with other passionate school and district leaders. We break our process down into the 3Cs.

• Clarity - Grow your influence by learning a servant-leadership model that will allow you to live out your why proactively.
• Competence - Grow your impact by focusing your energy toward implementing 3 of the highest-leverage leadership moves that a leader can make.
• Consistency - Grow your legacy by putting a system in place to align your intentions + actions with a network of leaders supporting you along the way.

Join our nationally recognized school counselors as we focus on equipping school counselors with best practices, resources, and insights to help facilitate successful school-wide implementation of social and emotional learning curricula, while enhancing your comprehensive school counseling program. We recommend any school counselor (elementary, middle, or high school) attend who would like to utilize their leadership skills while using or implementing CharacterStrong curricula. Attendees will gain strategies to:

• Collaborate with teachers to increase lesson fidelity
• Design, assist, and lead implementation efforts for systemic change, and
• Help to create an environment where students are actively engaged in their social & emotional learning. Walk away with actionable steps at this highly engaging session. School Counselors will walk away with actionable steps at this highly engaging session.

This session is designed for any and all of the following: student government advisors, activity coordinators, club advisors, and leadership teachers. The session is structured to help participants effectively and confidently teach a servant-leadership model along with the foundational skills that help students understand how to build a positive influence at school and in their personal lives. This breakout will also help participants frame, execute, and debrief powerful experiential learning activities that will help students learn important leadership skills.

There has been a significant uptick in challenging behaviors among students since the pandemic (e.g., disruptive behavior, disengagement, negative peer interactions). These challenging behaviors have left many educators feeling outmatched and stressed. This pre-conference is designed to restore hope and confidence among educators by learning proven practices that have been shown to prevent challenging behaviors and promote academic engagement and success. Attendees will be provided with practical resources on low-burden, high-impact practices they can implement right away to address social, emotional, and behavioral barriers to students’ academic success.