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2026 Annual Statewide Professional Development Summit
Plenary Session Resources
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Courage Under Fire: “Culturally Driven Leadership in Challenging Times”
This opening plenary focuses on what it means to lead with courage, cultural grounding, and conviction during difficult times. Framed as a conversation with Colin Kaepernick and featuring Dr. Chike Akua, it appears centered on bold leadership, identity, advocacy, and navigating challenge without losing purpose.
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Socially Responsive Teaching and Learning
This luncheon plenary centers on education equity and the conditions needed to sustain meaningful improvement in schools. With Christopher J. Nellum and Dr. Bonita Coleman featured, the session appears to connect socially responsive instruction with organizational culture, long-term change, and improved outcomes for students.
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The CAAASA Annual Research Institute
This morning plenary is a multi-speaker research-focused session bringing together leading education scholars and practitioners. Its emphasis is on whole-child and whole-school approaches, literacy and the science of reading, leadership during turbulence, and building a strong, diverse teacher workforce, all aimed at advancing equitable outcomes for students.-
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Diversity Equity Inclusion (DEI): “Its California’s Law”
This luncheon plenary examines DEI through a California legal and policy lens. With Catherine Lhamon as keynote speaker and superintendent panelists, the session appears designed to help education leaders understand how equity and inclusion work intersects with state law, leadership practice, and district responsibility.
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Health and Wellness: “What Happens When Policy and Practice Come Together for the Success of Students of Color”
This breakfast plenary appears to focus on the connection between policy decisions, day-to-day educational practice, and student success, especially for students of color. The framing suggests an emphasis on how leadership, systems, and public policy can align to support student wellbeing and achievement more effectively.
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Artificial Intelligence (AI): “Impact on Education for Students of Color”
This closing plenary explores how AI is affecting education for students of color. With education leaders, a Panorama executive, and remarks from State Superintendent Tony Thurmond, the session appears aimed at discussing both the promise and the implications of AI for equity, access, instruction, and student outcomes.
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