Conference Blog Posts

Overview August 12, 2025

Blog Posts

Throughout the year, we publish posts to our blog that talk about specific sessions we attended at the Making Schools Work Conference and what we learned in them.

You can find our conference-themed posts, including the ones from our coaching conference, which is now a part of our learning communities addition, below.

Blog post May 19, 2025 Ashley Shaw, SREB Communications Specialist

Slow Down to Speed Up: 7 Coaching Tips from Graham Fletcher

In this first post in our Coaching for Change Conference insights blog series, we look at seven lessons we got from Graham Fletcher’s opening address.

Blog post December 3, 2024 Ashley Shaw, SREB Communications Specialist

Reclaim Your Sanity and Your Time: 5 Lessons on Using AI as a Teacher’s Productivity Tool

The thought of using AI can be overwhelming, but it doesn’t have to be that scary. In this post, we talk about Mariah Warren’s tips at the 2024 Making Schools Work Conference on how teachers can use AI to make the most of their time.

Blog post November 14, 2024 Ashley Shaw, SREB Communications Specialist

6 Things School Leaders Should Consider When Considering an Esports Program

Esports are an ever-growing field, and because of this, many schools are considering adding one to their academic programs. If you are a school leader who wants to see some benefits of one of these programs, then this post, filled with insights from Jill Ranucci, is a great place to start.

Blog post November 12, 2024 Ashley Shaw, SREB Communications Specialist

5 Tips to Improve Literacy in Every Classroom

Literacy is an important component of every classroom. However, it can be hard to get students to want to engage. In this post, we offer six different tips that Scott Warren gave at the 2024 Making Schools Work Conference on how to improve literacy in every classroom.

Blog post October 21, 2024 Ashley Shaw, SREB Communications Specialist