5:00 - 7:00

Conference Check-in, Name Badge Pick-up

8:10 - 8:30

Conference Check-in, Name Badge Pick-up
Light Breakfast and Coffee

8:30 - 9:15

Welcome and Keynote: Living the Strategic Plan from the Boardroom to the Classroom

Dr. Jennifer N. Lowery, TASD Superintendent and 2023 South Dakota Superintendent of the Year

9:15 - 9:30

Transition

9:30 -11:00

Classroom Improver Visits
-Elementary Schools
-Middle School
-High School

Titan Student Improver Panel

11:00 - 11:15

Travel to Venture

11:15 - 12:00

Systems in Practice Team Activity

Facilitators: Tea Area Improvement Coaches

12:00 - 12:30

Networking Lunch

12:30 - 1:10

What is Improvement Coaching? Panel Discussion and Questions

Tea Area Improvement Team

1:10 - 1:20

Travel Time

1:20 - 3:00

Classroom Improver Visits

3:00 - 3:30

Teacher Panel

3:30 - 4:00

Improver Showcase: What Right Looks Like in Classrooms

4:00 - 5:00

District Team Huddle Time (optional outline provided to guide PLC discussion facilitated by Improvers)

8:10 - 8:40

Networking Coffee Brunch
Coffee and Pastries

8:40 - 9:00

Principal and Administrator Improver Panel

9:00 - 10:00

Operationalizing Strategic Plans to Goals

10:00 - 10:10

Networking Break Snacks

10:10 - 10:55

Concurrent Improvement Sessions: Aligning Practices

Option 1

Creating Classroom Purpose Statements
Recommended for First Year Attendees

Option 2

Aligning Math Practices for Focused Improvement
Recommended Instructional Pathway

Option 3

Aligning Instructional Practices in the PLC
Recommended Instructional Pathway

Option 4

School Operations Improvement
Recommended School Leader Pathway

11:00 - 11:45

Concurrent Improvement Sessions: Empowering Data

Option 1

PDSA Cycle Overview
Recommended for First Year Attendees

Option 2

Aligning ELA Practices for Focused Improvement
Recommended Instructional Pathway

Option 3

Improvement Science in Special Education
Recommended Instructional Pathway

Option 4

Finance and Growth Management Scorecard
Recommended School Leader Pathway

11:45 - 12:30

Networking Lunch

12:30 - 1:15

Quality Improvement Tools
-Tea Area Instructional Coaching Team

1:15 - 1:30

Networking Break Snacks

1:30 - 2:30

Coach and Teacher Improver Impact on Practice Stories and Questions

2:30 - 3:15

Superintendent Panel
-Mr. Chad Schiernbeck, Deuel School Superintendent
-Dr. Tonia Warzecha, Dakota Valley Superintendent
-Dr. Mike Lodmel, Tri-Valley Superintendent
-Dr. Jennifer N. Lowery, Tea Area Superintendent

3:15 - 3:45

Connecting to your Purpose of Improvement: Attendee Huddle

3:45 - 4:00

Close: Everybody Needs a Coach and Feedback Form