An Ed311 one-day conference before the Summer Workshop on current legal issues, new laws and significant court cases. Gain insight from expert education law attorneys on current trends and areas of concerns for school administrators. The Education Law for Principals Conference is a separate event with separate registration from the TASSP Summer Workshop.  Find out more about the Law Conference and register: Ed311 Law Conference Information

Optimism and Opportunity - Inspiring, humorous and applicable to all school leaders. Choosing optimism—even in the face of tough challenges—helps restore the healthy interactions and positive relationships necessary for enacting real school change. Hear how school leaders can rekindle their individual and collective enthusiasm for a profession that has been progressively inundated with negativity. Be prepared to learn, to laugh, and to leave with a renewed sense of purpose. This is a fact-based, positive approach to “taking back our profession.”

Women in Leadership Seminar/Luncheon (Ticket Req'd) • Rehema Ellis, Keynote
Building Leadership Capacity: Expanding Career Building and Leadership Skills - Rehema Ellis is an American television journalist, working for NBC News. A correspondent based in New York City, New York, she is also the lead education correspondent for NBC News.

Recalibrate the Culture - Do you leave work every night exhausted from putting out fires all day long? Are you frustrated because you find yourself dealing with the same issues time and time again? You are not alone. It is time to recalibrate. Recalibrate our why. Our work. Our values. Ourselves. Leaders must explore their inner selves to understand the role we each play in how we can impact the climate and culture of an entire campus when we are strategic and aligned in our practices. The classroom, building, and district levels must see themselves as one and must be intentional in replicating their processes, protocols, and frameworks to recalibrate and bring about system-wide change and cultivate a healthier culture.

Reflective Leaders are Effective Leaders - Self-reflection is a humbling process. It’s essential to find out why we think, say, and do certain things…then better ourselves. Self-reflection and self-correction are the highest forms of self learning and healing, thus to change the world around us, we must first change the world within us.

Stop Leading, Start Building - Leadership is broken. It promises vision, inspiration, and transformation—but too often delivers burnout, initiative overload, and underwhelming results. We’ve spent decades tweaking leadership strategies, frameworks, and fads, hoping for sustainable change. But what if the problem isn’t how we’re leading...but that we’re leading?
In this paradigm-shifting keynote, discover why traditional leadership—even when done well—isn’t enough to achieve 100% student success. You’ll learn how Buildership flips the script—replacing compliance with alignment, micromanagement with ownership, and temporary gains with lasting change.
You’ll leave with a new lens, a new language, and a clear next step: Stop settling for leadership tweaks and start building a school where every teacher is committed, every student is supported, and every outcome is intentional.

It Is What You Make It: Overcoming The 'It Is What It Is' Mindset - More than ever, individuals hold the power to rely on collective strength, think differently, and find ways to make themselves stronger and more complete. Your response to challenges is not a product of circumstance but a reflection of your mindset. This relevant and timely keynote speech unveils the tools to cultivate a specific mindset that directly impacts your behavior in different situations. It illuminates the keys to solving the problem instead of accepting it and guides you on how to readjust your thinking and react in any situation to impact your success positively. It’s time to let go of the passive “it is what it is.” It’s time to embrace a new mindset—it is what you make it!