LAUSD Principals' Leadership Institute 2025

LAUSD Principals' Leadership Institute 2025

Greetings, LAUSD Principals!

Welcome to our 2024 Principals’ Leadership Institute. At this year’s event, we will have the opportunity for our school leaders to learn together in collaborative sessions that build our collective capacity.

This year’s Principals’ Leadership Institute will be a time for:

Collaboration of instructional leaders
Calibration of deep learning
Teambuilding and mentorships
Radical dreaming for academic success and accelerating student outcomes

We hope you have an incredible time at PLI 2024!

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7:30am PDT

Principals’ Leadership Institute Day 3: Registration & Breakfast ELAC Main Quad Area & G3 Foyer

8:30am PDT

Principals’ Leadership Institute Day 3: Opening Plenary ELAC Ingalls Auditorium (Building G3)Dr. Karla V. Estrada • Pedro Salcido

9:15am PDT

Transition to Next Session / Break TBA

9:30am PDT

PDSA Cycles - DACE ELAC Building F7-220Renny Neyra • Matthew Oberlander • Dora Pimentel-Baxter • Vlad Tigno

10:30am PDT

Transition to Next Session / Break TBA

10:40am PDT

*PLI 2024 Vendor & District Teams Fair - Session #1 ELAC Main Quad Area & G3 Foyer Administrator Wellness ELAC Building E3-553Beatriz Smissen • Angie Woo Connecting Students to Careers: Adult Education CTE & Apprenticeship Programs ELAC Building E3-151Aaron Saenz Cultivating Joy Through the Arts: 13 Thinking Tools ELAC Building E3-431Shana Habel • Sarah Urias Dress Code: Wear This, Not That ELAC Building E3-321Jules Gomez (she/her), LCSW • Frances Marion Empowering Families Through Listening and Socially Conscious Leadership ELAC Building E3-153Ed.D • Brenda Regalado Families as Partners: Strategies for Building Trust and Improving Communication ELAC Building E3-355Megan Guerrero • Amaris Medina Guidelines and Guidance: Grants, Sponsorships & Donations ELAC Building G7-104Nancy Ceballos • Sara Mooney Handling Employment Related Complaint Investigations ELAC Building E3-455Melissa Espinoza Harnessing SART/SARB and Multidisciplinary Teams to improve Tier 3 Student Attendance ELAC Building E3-457Robyn Friedman • Mery Hernandez • Ashley Jones • Rebecca Mena LCAP Made Easy for Affiliated Charters ELAC Building E3-425Kathy Flores • Chathurika "Chatty" Richier Learning Between the Bells: Lab Days to Refine Practice ELAC Building E3-511Diana Albanez • Tiffany Benitez • Andrew Jenkins Maximizing Academic Discourse through Culturally and Linguistically Responsive Pedagogy ELAC Building E3-325Erika Coronado • Veronica Vega Preventing and Responding to Behavior ELAC MPR (Building F5-Room 201)Paul Gonzales • Laura Zeff Staying Informed: Guidelines for Elected Officials or Candidates Visiting a School Campus ELAC Building F5-209Martha Alvarez Strengthening Enrollment at your School ELAC Building E3-421Verenisa Alfaro • Megan George • Shira Scherb The Art and Science of Investigatory Interviewing ELAC Building E3-451Julie Padilla What Can the Office of Data and Accountability Do for My School? ELAC Building G7-102Edwin Guerra • David Heredia • William R. Johnston • Rakesh Kumar • Gabriella Portaluppi • Rudy Ramirez • Jesus Renteria • Dr. Kevon Tucker-Seeley

11:30am PDT

Hosted Lunch on Campus Outside of ELAC Ingalls Auditorium (Building G3)

12:30pm PDT

*PLI 2024 Vendor & District Teams Fair - Session #2 ELAC Main Quad Area & G3 Foyer Administrative Investigations ELAC Building E3-151Dr. Joseph Green Computer Science in Day to Day Practice ELAC Building E3-321Christopher Bradfield • Carlos Lauchu • Joshua Rosenthal • Erin Tanguay • Tom Tsao Creating Engaging Professional Development ELAC Building G7-104Mark Duncan • Andrea Giacusa • Kery Jackson How to Start a Robotics Program Tomorrow!! ELAC Building E3-455David Garringer • Ivania Holodnak Leading from the Middle - The Role of the ILT in the PDSA Cycle ELAC Building E3-325Dr. L. Remon Corley Leading Instructional Rounds with Teacher PLCs ELAC Building F5-209Connie Brandstetter Tech Tools for Principals 2.0 ELAC Building E3-457Dr. Lavon Flowers • Dr. Heather Karuza • Dr. Amber Shivers WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS … OF THE DATA WORLD!!! Modeling Distributive Leadership for Principals with Whole Child 2.0 ELAC Building G7-102Man (Kevin) Chow • John Kruse • Laura Londono • Mark Raia

1:40pm PDT

Transition to Next Session / Break

1:50pm PDT

*PLI 2024 Vendor & District Teams Fair - Session #3 ELAC Main Quad Area & G3 Foyer Avoiding Pitfalls Leading African American & Latin X Students Toward School Success ELAC Building F7-117Dr. Reginald Sample • Kristine Tserunyan Building Bridges - Building Acceptance for SOGIE-Inclusive Education ELAC Building E3-451Julie Hall-Panameno • Judy Chiasson, PhD Building Partnership with Families through the Family Academy and Staff Professional Learning ELAC Building E3-355Heidi Mahmud Designing Inclusive Educator Activities for Adult SEL ELAC Building E3-521Maria Magnanimo-Toledo • Claudia Perez Designing Individualized Action Plans to Support New Teachers ELAC Building E3-508Kimberly Garcia • JOSHUA KINCAID • Christina Mendez Let's Build Together - Staff Relations/Office of the Chief HR Officer ELAC Building F5-209Adriana Salazar Avila • Melissa Espinoza • Juan Gonzalez • Lorri Gossett • Troylynn Limar • Monica Vergara Stress Management for Administrators ELAC Building E3-553Jeanne Gamba • Andrea Giacusa

2:40pm PDT

Transition to Next Session / Break

3:00pm PDT

Principals’ Leadership Institute Day 3: Closing Plenary with Dr. Gholdy Muhammad ELAC Ingalls Auditorium (Building G3)Dr. Karla V. Estrada • Dr. Gholdy Muhammad