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Join us on Saturday, May 15 for a virtual Sisterhood Symposium, an opportunity to check-in with your colleagues and friends to discuss the difficult issues facing Women in School Leadership. This event is open now, register to save yourself a virtual seat! You will be sent a link for the virtual event the day prior to the Symposium.

Our Voices Are Vital!

Although women are underrepresented in all areas of school leadership, more women today are finding ways to prepare for and take advantage of positions in leadership.

The Sisterhood Leadership Symposium, co-sponsored by ACSA, CAAASA, CALSA, and CAAPLE is an inclusive space that brings together women in the education profession, women in leadership positions, and women leaders seeking to advance their career for a one-day event focusing on leadership, diversity, and empowerment. It is designed to honor and value the diverse and rich strengths that make us bold and courageous leaders for the students and communities we serve. Session content addresses relevant topics within the education field and provides practical tools and resources for attendees to implement at work right away.

Symposium goals:

• Raise the voices of women in the profession
• Share and promote work-life balance of women
• Explore pathways to leadership
• Provide educational learning opportunities related to an equity-driven culture
• Understand the importance of an Executive Presence

Virtual Event | May 15, 2021

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ACSA Member Registration Rate:
$99.00

Non-Member Eligible for Membership Rate:
$129.00

*Non-Member Not Eligible for Membership:
$99.00

*Non-Member Not Eligible - You do not hold an administrative credential, nor are currently in an administrative position.

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Event Schedule

Schedule

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Call for Proposals

Calling All Presenters!
Interested in presenting at the 2021 Sisterhood Leadership Symposium?

We would like to welcome you to our Third Annual Sisterhood Leadership Symposium "Call for Proposals." This is event is lead by ACSA and co-hosted in collaboration with CAAASA, CALSA and CAAPLE. Proposals are due Thursday April 15, 2021.

This virtual symposium promises to be a premier networking and leadership experience designed to provide attendees with leadership strategies, relevant educational topics, and resources to assist one on his or her path to leadership.

Our symposium will include an outstanding opening presentation, a panel of leaders, a variety of breakout sessions, and opportunities to network. When completing your presentation proposal, we encourage you to consider our theme:
Re-Imagining, Re-Inventing, Re-Designing through Resilient Female Leadership.

Registration will be complimentary for presenters (up to 3 per session)

We will have three "Breakout Sessions" at the following times:

Saturday, May 15, 2021

• 10:05 a.m. - 11:05 a.m. Breakout Session 1
• 11:10 a.m. - 12:10 p.m. Breakout Session 2

SELECTION CRITERIA: Proposed presentations will be evaluated on how relevant and practical the presentation will be to our attendees. In addition, presentations will be evaluated on it description of clear, measurable learning outcomes. Workshop learning activities should provide opportunities for participants to practice skills identified in the learning outcomes. Proposals should provide evidence to support that the workshop is relevant, timely, and likely to contribute to professional development of attendees.

SYMPSOIUM STRANDS:

RE-IMAGINING

Purpose: These worships are for participants who are considered what changes they can make to their leadership skills in order to better serve students and staff. Session in this strand could include:

• Vision, Aspiration
• Engaging with Stakeholders
• What is your Why
• How we think of ourselves - How we see ourselves in the future
• Inventing and changing
• Self help, how we feel about ourselves
• Reflective tools and processes

RE-INVENTING

Purpose: These workshops are for participants who are creating change in order to better serve students and staff. Sessions in this strand could include:

• Self empowerment with tools and resources
• Positioning yourself for growth and advancement
• Shattering inequities, understanding the political landscape
• Advancement, change - doing something different than the way you have been doing it
• Reflecting and moving to action - building your toolkit
• Taking people outside of their comfort zone to push them to do more
• Building capacity
• Networking to find those tools and resources
• Understanding the importance of self-advocacy

RE-DESIGNING

Purpose: These workshops are for participants who are implementing change in order to better serve students and staff. Sessions in this strand could include:

• Cultivating team - building equitable minded leaders
• Architecture - layout plans and re-entry plans
• Navigating barriers, obstacles to a new plan or blueprint who do I talk to? Who do I associate with to have a seat at the table and be at the head of the table
• Network building - knowing who to go to
• Keep yourself aware of issues
• Quality, strength, endurance, advancement
• Career advancement
• What is the right thing to build? Understanding equitable systems of change
• Focusing on the right thing for the right time - metrics, understanding our own progress and growth for ourselves
• Embracing our core beliefs - staying centered and confident - moral compass

PROPOSAL DUE DATE: Thursday, April 15, 2021 at 5:00 pm via Google Docs. You will receive confirmation of your submission via email. You may edit your proposal until the deadline and can submit more than one proposal.

Notifications of proposal approval will be shared electronically by Friday, April 23, 2021 and, if selected, an electronic version of your presentation must be submitted no later than May 10, 2021.

Should you have any questions, please reach out to Elaine Cervantez through email at ecervantez(at)acsa.org or Danelle Buckley through email at dbuckley(at)acsa.org.

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