Women in Educational Leadership Conference

Topics and Speakers

Thursday, March 27: Dr. Kristin Anderson

The Catalysts and Inhibitors of Workplace Wellbeing: Cultivating the Conditions for Women to Thrive and Not Merely Survive
Thriving as a female educational leader is essential not only for personal wellbeing but also for cultivating flourishing systems for educators and students. Emotionally well leaders inspire practices and create environments that nurture wellness at every level of the organization. This session will highlight current research on the factors that diminish and those that enhance emotional wellness for educational leaders as well as provide practical strategies to boost resilience, reduce stress, and promote overall flourishing. Join us to focus on your wellbeing and discover ways to lead with vitality.
 
Participants will be able to:

• understand that one's wellbeing is complex and cannot be tended to properly with surface activities,
• know that wellbeing spans across eight domains,
• understand what emotional wellbeing is and why it's important,
• articulate the components necessary for emotional flourishing in the workplace, and
• determine practical strategies for increasing their ability to flourish within their roles.

About Dr. Kristin Anderson

Dr. Kristin R. Anderson is an educator, researcher, author, and the co-founder and CEO of The Brilliance Project. She has dedicated over two decades to transforming education and unlocking the personal power of educators, leaders, and change-makers. With a rich background in teaching and learning across diverse cultural and socio-economic contexts, her work emphasizes the transformative power of education to address real world challenges and uplift communities. Her professional areas of practice are focused on the wellbeing of leaders and educators, as well as instructional leadership, and she is an activator strongly committed to the wider recognition and celebration of educators for their significant contributions to society.

Dr. Anderson’s expertise is grounded in her formative insights gained as a K-12 educator and is bolstered by her doctorate in Educational Leadership and Organizational Change from Vanderbilt University. Renowned for her innovative approach to professional learning, Kristin collaborates with global leaders on impactful educational initiatives, leveraging insights into adult wellbeing and professional teaching practices to improve student learning worldwide.

Friday, March 28: Sarah Ciavarri, M.Div., PCC, BCC, CRA, CDTLF

Leading with Resilience to Bust Burnout
School administrators carry a tremendous amount of responsibility.  This keynote celebrates the profound impact of women in school leadership, exploring the resilience, adaptability, and visionary courage it takes to lead in today's educational systems. Drawing on practical insights, research-backed strategies, and inspiring stories, this presentation will empower attendees to continue cultivating personal growth and team strength and creating sustainable impact in their roles.

From neuroscience, we know that a person expands their problem-solving ability, nuanced decision-making, and positive social impact when they are calm.  This session provides tools for remaining or reclaiming calm in stressful situations.   

Learning Objectives:

• Define and give examples of resilience.
• Learn tools to be more resilient.
• Participants will learn to identify when they are becoming emotionally triggered based on what their body is telling the brain, so that they can take the necessary steps - micro and macro to become grounded again.    
• Identify situations and personal triggers that cause stress.
• Begin to identify strategies such as deep breathing, music, self-soothing to regulate the nervous system.  
• Identify sources of communal strength and how to maximize this.
•  Explore ways to teach this to staff.

About Sarah Ciavarri

Sarah is the founder and president of Level Up Leadership, LLC, a coaching, leadership consulting, and curriculum design firm.  Sarah works with senior leaders and mid-level managers to maximize their adaptability, sustainability, and potential.

As a Professional Certified Coach through the International Coaching Federation, with over 1400 executive coaching hours, Sarah brings clarity and compassion to create space in which leaders can do the transformative work of changing patterns and beliefs limit our impact.  She is keenly attuned to the inner life of leaders.  She is a sought-after keynote speaker on resilience, burnout prevention, and crafting a life you love in leadership.