Step In & Step Up

Step In & Step Up

An Annual Conversation for Women Leaders Learning With & From Each Other

Stories from Practicing School & District Leaders

Kelly Coffin, Ed.D., Asst. Supt. for Professional Learning and Innovation, Traverse Bay Area ISD

Dawn Bentley, Ed.D., Asst. Supt. for Student Services Acton-Boxborough Regional School District

Catherine Bates, M.A., Assistant Principal Eastern HS, Lansing School District

Azra Ali, Ph.D., Chief Academic Officer Education Management & Networks, Inc.

Break-out Sessions into Deep-dive Topics

• Disruptive Conversations
• School Talk: Rethinking What We Say About and To Students Every Day
• Women Leaders in the Marketplace
• Moving through Metaphor
• Confidence & Personal Image
• TED Talk & Conversation “Why Are So Many Incompetent Men Leaders & What To Do About It” T. Chamorro-Premuzic

1-1 Candid Conversations

Resume Review & Feedback
Coaching for Beginning Leaders
Mock Interviews & Feedback
Review & Feedback on Written Documents
Initial Steps to Form Girl Gangs

Role-alike & High-impact Talks

Friday Supper & Saturday Meals

Conversations via Open Spaces

Participant-chosen Topics for Focused Conversation

Performance by Sistrum: Lansing Women’s Chorus

Songs of change, rising up to action, protest signs, feminism & social justice

About the Featured Speaker, Jane Kise Ed.D:

Jane Kise, Ed.D., is the author of Step In, Step Up: Empowering Women for the School Leadership Journey & Presenter at Women Leadership Summit, Solution Tree, July 2019