Upcoming EventsThe upcoming events on this page are AWSA events that are currently open for registration. To find more future or past events, please visit the AWSA Professional Learning Calendar. We have separated the events on this page into separate categories: Academies - Conventions - Workshops - Webinars - WI EdLOCCHave a question about one or more of the events you see below? Contact AWSA at 608-241-0300.
Academies
Launching Academy (formerly New Building Administrators Academy) School leadership is essential to high performing schools. It is the mission of the Launching Academy to provide the support necessary for early career principals and associate principals to succeed. More information / Register today!
Building Academy (formerly Building Effective Leadership Academy) The Building Academy equips the deep growth of the school administrator into a balanced and sustainable learning leader who is developing a learning organization. Essentially, the academy is designed to address a key career-stage shift from surviving to thriving in the role, helping administrators become better versions of themselves so that schools get the learning leaders they need. More information / Registration is closed. To be put on a waitlist please contact AWSA.
Mastering Academy (formerly Mastering Leadership Academy) The overarching goal for the Mastering Academy is to promote the self-actualization of learning leaders through the continuous growth of themselves and their learning organizations to ensure schools of equity and excellence which leave a lasting legacy. More information / Registration is closed. To be put on a waitlist please contact AWSA.
Leading Professional Learning Communities If you’re looking to build, advance or sustain a professional learning community, this academy will help you thrive. Equip yourself, or better yet, a team, to sustain a professional learning community that ensures high levels of student learning and engagement. The academy is designed to help you through unique challenges and will target specific areas such as leadership, assessment, collaboration and more. More information / Register Today!
Climate Catalyst Academy More information | Register today!
Impactful Coaching Academy The educator effectiveness model provides growth opportunities for teachers, principals and other valued staff in our school districts today. This model requires principals to be highly effective coaches. Whether your school has instructional coaches or you’re trying to build teacher leadership capacity, all staff desire and deserve coaching and feedback aligned to high expectations, standards, and research-based effective instructional practices. In this professional learning opportunity, participants will further develop the capacity to provide coaching and feedback that is aligned to high expectations, standards, and research-based effective instructional practices. More information / Register today!
Impactful Coaching Academy: Advancing Your Skills Educators and school leaders have many conversations in a day. These conversations often focused on teaching and learning, can have a significant impact on improvement efforts in a school as it relates to student achievement and engagement. Conversations that foster a positive educational environment and support the diverse cultural and learning needs of students and classroom problems of practice is the focus of this two-day offering. More information / Register today!
Supporting Principal Excellence Academy Today's school administrators need skillful support from leaders of teaching and learning. Leaders who believe in coaching as a vehicle for developing exemplary leadership. The WASDA-AWSA Coaching for Leaders Academy will equip superintendents, central office leaders and others who directly support principals with the tools and practices that enhance principal performance in leading schools of equity and excellence for student success.
Building the knowledge, confidence, and strategic direction to responsibly integrate Artificial Intelligence (AI) into your district’s systems, operations, and instructional practices. More information | Register today! School Administrators Institute for Transformational Leadership (SAIL) SAIL is designed to assist school and district leadership teams in creating a coherent and connected plan for transforming education at the local level within a complex environment, and in the process, instill confidence throughout the system for powerfully moving forward. More information / Registration for 2026-27 is now closed. To be put on a waitlist please contact AWSA. Conventions2026 Elementary Principals Convention 2026 SLATE
Creating a Culture of Excellence for All Conference School Administrative Assistants Convention UnConference for Women in School Leadership WorkshopsManaging to Lead Workshops Managing to Lead is designed for an administrator and his/her administrative assistant to take TOGETHER. This has helped countless teams and schools take substantial “leaps forward” in their work – and in their personal lives. Register for this one-day workshop with your teammate and find a better way! Participants spend the day working together as a team to improve time management and office procedures for a more productive, professional, and enjoyable daily experience at work and beyond! Increasing Literacy Outcomes for Struggling MS/HS Readers When we know better, we can do better. The ACT Study and other similar studies clearly show that the number one focus to maximize growth and achievement for MS/HS readers is routine practice with grade-level, complex texts. This workshop will walk participants through the research and theory, and provide realtime practice with the strategies used to support students in grade-level text. This learning complements WI Act 20 literacy initiatives and will inform your team on how this can be implemented at the secondary level. Our facilitator is a current WI educator and a National Consultant. He has worked with numerous districts, leaders, and educators across the country to facilitate this learning. Who should attend?: Principals, Literacy Coaches, Teacher Leaders, English/Literacy Teachers, Content Area Teachers
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Additional Notes: Participants are encouraged to bring text they use with students for meaningful practice and application with their current curriculum. Please note that this workshop will take place on the 2nd floor of the building. The building has no elevator. If you have accessibility needs please reach out to [email protected] Aspiring Workshops (formerly Aspiring Administrators Workshops) The Aspiring Workshop is for outstanding educators considering administrative careers. The program encourages these individuals to learn from administrators for an introduction to topics, issues, problems, and other facets of school administration. Please accept this opportunity to impact our profession by nominating one of your staff. Aspiring Superintendents Workshop This workshop is designed for school leaders who are interested in a district administrator position, whether at the stage of beginning to consider this future possibility to actively applying. Webinars (Recordings available if registering after live webinars.)Impactful Coaching: Advancing Your Skills Webinar Series Based on past participant feedback and recent developments in the need for virtual professional development, AWSA will now be providing virtual offerings focused on specific key areas in coaching school improvement. Since these offerings are specific to providing scenarios for practice, it is recommended that participants have already participated in the Impactful Coaching Academy in order to be familiar with the coaching protocols to be used in the virtual offerings.
Webinar on the Draft Wisconsin Literacy Plan How Principals are Using AI as a Force Multiplier Webinar Artificial Intelligence is quickly becoming a competitive advantage. Hear directly from principals who participated in the Leveraging Technology for Educational Excellence Academy last year and are now implementing AI with intention in their schools. Panelists will share lessons learned, implementation strategies, governance considerations, and practical insights on integrating and using AI responsibly. Discover how you and your school can harness AI’s potential with confidence. Click here to register. Panelists: Katie Spadoni Jason Marshall Luke Eide Maximize Your Own Professional Learning Webinar Teachers aren’t the only ones who need PD! As principals we are the lead learners in the building and need our own professional learning. Join this interactive session to learn ways to develop your own habit of professional reading and use that reading to improve your school! You will also walk away with two great tools to conduct PD with your own teachers, as well. Hosted by Jenn David-Lang, Author of The Main Idea. Register today! |
