Gene Bottoms Pacesetter Award Winner Schools Sessions

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2026 Pacesetter Award Winner Sessions

A sign announces the 2025 Pacesetter Winner sessions

The best way to learn from our Pacesetter winners is to hear it from them. That is why each year all of our winners offer at least one session at our conference to explain what helped them win and how you can implement it into your own school. 

We will announce the sessions for the 2026 winners in late spring of 2026. Please check back on this page to find the sessions. 

In the meantime, you can listen to some of our past winners’ stories by listening to their episodes of our Making Schools Work Podcast. You can find our Pacesetter Spotlight episodes below. 

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Pacesetter Spotlight: Richland High School’s Flex Block

Richland High School Part 1: Flex Block with Marcus Stewart and Heather Bryan

Welcome to a special two-part episode of the Making Schools Work podcast! In this first installment, we’re joined by Richard Morrison, senior leadership coach at SREB, as he discusses his three-year partnership with Richland High School in Mississippi. We also hear directly from Richland High School’s principal, Marcus Stewart, and assistant principal, Heather Bryan, about their incredible journey of improvement.