Registration is open for the Great Ideas in Education Conference and attendees can make room reservations now for the event, July 28-30, at the Hyatt Regency Wichita. 

Click here for a video message from Kansas Education Commissioner Dr. Randy Watson about the conference. 

Register by July 15 for the conference here. Make room reservations here. 

The full conference registration fee is $300. To attend the conference only on Tuesday, July 29, the cost is $175.  

Each district team of four will receive a discounted registration fee of $1,000 (a discount of $200 per district team). 

Purpose of the Great Ideas in Education Conference 

The purpose of the conference is to support district leadership teams and influencers in local school improvement work. This includes developing and implementing school improvement action plans and leveraging supports, resources and collaborative partners to successfully kick off a new school year. 

Each day of the conference will have its own focus: 

• July 28: Theory of Action and the Four Fundamentals, supports and resources. 
• July 29: Structure/lead indicators and measures of progress. (There will be some specific full day sessions as well.) 
• July 30: Back-to-school planning with staff focused on school improvement and communication. 

A draft agenda is available here.  

Contact Pat Bone, pat.bone@ksde.gov, with questions.