Central Kentucky EDUCON: Full Schedule

EDUCON is a premier educational showcase and learning opportunity for teachers, principals, and district leaders. Participants will have the opportunity to choose breakout sessions led by school districts from across the Central Kentucky region and beyond. You will not just come away with a good idea or two; you will gain an abundance of great ideas and best practices that you can immediately apply in your classroom, school, or district.

Breakout Session Strands: Your chance to focus on a particular area of interest throughout the conference or explore a broader span!
1. Academics & Instructional Best Practices
2. AI & Technology
3. Systemic School Supports
4. Career Exploration & Future Focused Opportunities

We’re proud to announce our keynote speakers: On Day 1, Jimmy Casas, nationally recognized educator and author of Culturize and Day 2, Horacio Sanchez, renowned expert on resilience and brain-based learning. Both will deliver powerful messages to inspire and equip educators to lead with purpose, compassion, and innovation..

Daily Schedule
7:45 am Registration and Vendor Hall opens
8:30 am Welcome & Keynote Speaker
10:30 am -11:30 am Breakout Sessions
12:00 pm -1:00 pm Lunch break
1:15 pm -2:15 pm Breakout Sessions
2:30 pm -3:30 pm Breakout Sessions

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10:30am EDT

NAVIGATE School Leadership

Thursday June 11, 2026 10:30am - 11:30am EDT

TBA

At the heart of every thriving school lies a network of powerful, interconnected systems that support not only academic success, but the whole child. The N.A.V.I.G.A.T.E. School Leadership approach empowers school leaders to harness these systems for lasting, transformative impact.

This session will help school leaders intentionally design, coordinate, and sustain the core elements that drive student success, staff well-being, and school-wide excellence.

When you're leading a school, N.A.V.I.G.A.T.E. gives you a clear map to align efforts and ensure no system operates in isolation. Every Student. Every System. In Sync.

Speakers

David Young

CEO, Central Kentucky Educational Cooperative

Liz Erwin

Executive Director, KASC

Liz Erwin currently serves as Executive Director of the Association of School Councils. Before coming to KASC as associate executive director in 2022, Liz served as principal of Paint Lick Elementary, a National Blue Ribbon School, in Garrard County. Previously, she was assistant... Read More →

Thursday June 11, 2026 10:30am - 11:30am EDT
TBA

Systemic School Supports

Audience Admin

1:15pm EDT

Improving Staff and Student Attendance

Thursday June 11, 2026 1:15pm - 2:15pm EDT

TBA

Improving staff and student attendance impacts teaching, learning, culture, and funding. Learn how our district has implemented solutions with our community that have led to improved attendance across all groups. Hear how conversations with the community at large led to innovative solutions piloted with the Full-Service Community Schools Grant and has spread across the district such as cardio drumming, Zero hour, an afterschool program for teens and quarterly attendance incentives sponsored by a local bank. What started as a brainstorming session amongst leadership around substitute coverage, grew into a systemwide reimagining of improving staff attendance and coverage for when staff have to miss. We will share our journey from making sure classrooms had coverage during staff absences to co-creating attendance solutions with the community for students.

Session topics will include incentives, celebrations, sponsorships, culture shifts, and communication. Our format will include time for questions, collaboration, and some individual planning and reflection.

Speakers

Ron Ballard

Superintendent, Danville Independent

Dakota Yates

Community Engagement Coordinator, Danville Independent

Suzanne Farmer

Chief Academic Officer, Danville Independent

Suzanne Farmer is a National Board Certified early childhood educator. Her experience as a teacher was focused in preschool, kindergarten, special education, and math intervention. As a math interventionist, Suzanne was awarded the Presidential Award for Excellence in Science and... Read More →

Thursday June 11, 2026 1:15pm - 2:15pm EDT
TBA

Systemic School Supports

Audience Admin
global Y

1:15pm EDT

Lead #TheBardstownWay: Growing Leaders From Within Our Schools

Thursday June 11, 2026 1:15pm - 2:15pm EDT

TBA

Educational leaders serve numerous stakeholders, including students, families, staff, and the wider community, but the oft-forgotten stakeholder is the institution itself. It is in serving this stakeholder that the idea of stewardship is particularly weighty. Every school or district leader inherits a legacy from his or her predecessors that will be conveyed to the next generation. We strive for our schools to have unlimited ceilings, but the reality is that a school's quality is limited by its leadership. In Lead #theBardstownWay, BCS is embracing the responsibility of stewardship by leading well today with an eye toward setting up the district’s next leadership generation for success.

Speakers

John Eveland

Principal, Bardstown Primary School

Thursday June 11, 2026 1:15pm - 2:15pm EDT
TBA

Systemic School Supports

Audience Admin

Central Kentucky EDUCON

10:30am EDT

David Young

Liz Erwin

1:15pm EDT

Ron Ballard

Dakota Yates

Suzanne Farmer

1:15pm EDT

John Eveland

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