Julie and Missy were colleagues and principals in Hillsborough County, Florida, when they set out on a mission to help educators teach and lead with more peace, hope and purpose. Together, they focus on the mental maps that guide the work, and they bring strategies for changing limiting patterns into empowering practices.
In their interactive sessions, Julie and Missy uncover the foundational power of beliefs to help teachers and leaders create lasting change.
Missy has over twenty years of experience as an educator and over 15 years as an elementary school administrator. She has served as a principal for most of her career and still leads the school she opened in 2009. Missy has mentored many aspiring and early career administrators, and she is a Lead Principal in her district.
Julie has over twenty years of experience as an educator and was a school administrator for ten years before becoming a professor in educational leadership. Julie earned her doctorate at the University of South Florida in 2011.
Session Topics:
Change Your Map – Change Your School: Charting a course from where you are to where you want to be
Your beliefs and expectations form a mental map that guides your decisions, actions and relationships. So if you want to take your classroom or school in a new direction, you must start by examining and revising your map. During this interactive journey, you will discover strategies and concrete tools that will transform your teaching and leading. Julie and Missy will empower you so that you can empower students.
Map Changers: Stories of Women Who Lead
Women tend to carry a few limiting beliefs on their mental maps. These beliefs impact decisions, actions and relationships. During this interactive journey, you will discover strategies and concrete tools that will help you transform limiting beliefs into empowering beliefs. Julie and Missy will share their own leadership stories and the inspirational stories of other women in leadership.