Name: Improving Staff and Student Attendance
Start: 2026-06-11T13:15:00-0400
End: 2026-06-11T14:15:00-0400

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

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
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Systemic School Supports

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Central Kentucky EDUCON

Ron Ballard

Dakota Yates

Suzanne Farmer

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Central Kentucky EDUCON

Ron Ballard

Dakota Yates

Suzanne Farmer

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