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Sessions and Speakers
Bradley James DaviesICF Certified and Georgetown University Trained Executive Leadership Coach:
presenting: Next Level Listening: How to Be the Best Listener in the Room, Be That the Boardroom, Classroom, or Family Room
Within a complex context where school communities are composed of
constituents from across all spectrums of thought, belief, and background, in
order to be successful, leaders need to be the best listeners in the room.
Moreover, when navigating the current, nuanced political environment, engaging
with upset parents, and seeking to model civil discourse across the campus,
leaders need to be tremendous listeners. Next-level listeners.In this hands-on deep dive and workshop, participants will learn
and practice listening strategies and approaches normally reserved only for
certified leadership coaches. As a result, participants will emerge equipped with an
understanding of a skill set strong enough to transform any school,
organization, home, or relationship, and prepared to better honor challenging
conversations, model civil discourse for child and adult alike, and navigate
the multitude of competing priorities presented each day. About Bradley James Davies Bradley is a speaker, leadership coach, writer and seasoned
independent school administrator. His first book, School Leadership from A to Z, explores the ups, downs, and
all-arounds of school life and leadership. In addition to writing, Bradley helps others optimize life
both at work and at home. He is a Georgetown University Leadership Coaching
Program graduate and ICF-certified coach with over two decades of corporate and
nonprofit leadership experience. His clients span all sectors, from technology
and entertainment to government and education, and all levels of leadership,
from rising stars to c-suite veterans. Bradley also enjoys speaking and
facilitating workshops. Born and raised in Minnesota, when not wandering the
world, he calls Crested Butte, Colorado and Madrid, Spain home.
& Shannan Boyle Schuster, Consultant
presenting: The Shifting Workforce
As schools face a
looming teacher shortage and the growing demand for flexible work
schedules, they may need to rethink how to attract and hire the right
people. School leaders know
that hiring the right “people on the bus” makes their jobs easier and
optimizes the student experience. However, recruiting the right people has
become more challenging with the decline in qualified candidates. In this session,
Shannan will:
- explore ways to combat the
teacher shortage;
- share strategies to attract
the right people; and
- Identify incentives to get
people to say “yes!”
- develop schedules that allow
for flexibility
- analyze research on what
keeps people
- create job postings that grab
attention and get people to take the next step
About Shannan Boyle Schuster
Shannan shares her expertise in school management,
Board/Head relations, hiring, scheduling and new head of school support. She has worked in public, private, and independent schools for the last 30 plus years and began consulting in 2020. Shannan previously served as Head of The Swain School,
PA, where she executed a strategic plan that included facility renovation and
addition, multiple curricular initiatives, auxiliary programming and revenue,
increased support services, and the merger with another local independent
school. Before that, she was Assistant Head Friends’ Central
School, PA, and the Dean of Faculty at Flint Hill School, VA; where she oversaw
the school’s adoption of a 1:1 iPad /MacBook program, an increase in support
services, the academic program for grades PS – 12 and development of a
comprehensive Maker program. She has also served in division leadership,
department chair, and grade level leadership while teaching and coaching. In addition to working in K-12 schools, Shannan has
also served as an adjunct faculty member at The University of Virginia and a
presenter at conferences and workshops across North America on various topics. Shannan earned her Doctorate of Education at The
University of Virginia, and her master’s degree in Private School Leadership at
The Klingenstein Center, Columbia University, Shannan’s two bachelor’s degrees
are in Mathematics and Secondary Education from Vanderbilt University.
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