1. Welcome & Framing (3 minutes)
Content: Introduce yourself State the purpose: practical systems for principals that build trust, ensure safety, and leverage AI.
Engagement/Process: Quick poll — “Which leadership task eats the most of your time: communication, evaluations, or discipline?” I use mentimeter for this.
2. Visionary Planner in Action: Communication Systems (7 minutes)
Content: Share examples of newsletters, shout-outs, and handbooks that bring in multiple perspectives . I will bring templates to share.
Highlight safety/discipline communication as part of community trust.
Engagement/Process: Audience pairs share one tool they use to communicate with families/staff, then compare to your system.
Time: 7 minutes.
3. Empowering Leader: Walkthroughs, Feedback, and AI (10 minutes)
Content: Demonstrate your walkthrough/feedback process — how you use observations to highlight empathy, collaboration, and safe learning environments. Show how AI helps with transcription and evaluation comments, freeing leaders’ time.
Engagement/Process:
Live demo or mock-up of AI-generated notes (device-based). How I debrief a meeting with a parent or student investigation using voice typing and AI.
Demo how I use AI to give feedback and then formal evaluation documents.
Small-group brainstorm: “What classroom culture skills (empathy, creativity, collaboration) would you prioritize in feedback?”
Time: 10 minutes.
4. Connected Learner: Ongoing Growth (5 minutes)
Content: Talk to them about networking with other principals through learning at every chance wether through ISTE, or any professional organizations
Engagement/Process: Invite attendees to share one online network/resource they use — build a live shared list (Padlet, Jamboard, or collective chat tool).
Time: 5 minutes.
5. Wrap-Up & Reflection (5 minutes)
Content: Summarize the three standards in practice (Visionary Planner, Empowering Leader, Connected Learner). Emphasize how safety, belonging, and efficiency are advanced through these systems.
Engagement/Process:
Open Q&A if time permits.
Time: 5 minutes
After this session participants will be able to walk away with systems and processes that they can incorporate into their practice to help install guidelines for success. The principalship can become overwhelming and lead to burnout. Stakes are high and it's lonely. I'm addressing ways which incorporate technology into both the management piece and the instructional leadership aspect. Attendees will receive all of my resources which they can adapt digitally to work for them.
Fullan, M. (2014). The Principal: Three Keys to Maximizing Impact.
Clear, practical strategies for principals to drive change and build effective learning cultures.
https://michaelfullan.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/14_The-Principal-Handout_Spring-Summer.compressed.pdf
Wallace Foundation (2021). How Principals Affect Students and Schools: A Systematic Synthesis of Two Decades of Research.
Landmark research summarizing how principal actions directly influence student outcomes and school culture.
Read the full report https://wallacefoundation.org/report/how-principals-affect-students-and-schools-systematic-synthesis-two-decades-research
Boryga, A. (2025, September 3). 4 Communication Strategies Every School Leader Should Know. Edutopia.
Practical guidance for building trust and clarity through intentional communication.
Read article https://www.edutopia.org/article/4-communication-strategies-every-school-leader-should-know
Ventura , S. (2020). Improving Instruction Together: Leading Achievement Teams and PLCs.
A hands-on framework for strengthening collaboration, feedback, and shared leadership.
Link to book Steveventura.com
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