CALSA Summer Institute 2025

Full-Day Session for Cohorts 21 & 22
Aligned with the "Somos Semillas" theme, the CALSA Mentoring Program Launch is a transformative experience designed to cultivate the seeds of leadership within our educational community. This comprehensive session establishes the foundation for meaningful mentoring relationships that will flourish throughout the two year journey, empowering both mentors and mentees to grow as transformational leaders in our schools and communities.
As educators, we each carry seeds of potential waiting to be nurtured. Through this carefully crafted launch experience, participants will engage in collaborative dialogue and innovative strategies to develop mentoring relationships that foster professional growth, cultural responsiveness, and lasting impact.
Session Components:

• Interactive opening that honors our diverse cultural heritages and leadership journeys
• Research-based frameworks for effective mentoring in educational settings
• Structured mentor-mentee matching activities focused on compatible growth goals
• Collaborative development of personalized mentoring plans with clear milestones
• Tools for emotional intelligence enhancement in leadership contexts
• Strategies for navigating complex educational challenges through mentorship support

This session embodies the spirit of "Cultivating the Future Together" by creating a supportive community of educational leaders committed to collective action and shared responsibility. Participants will leave with established mentoring partnerships, actionable growth plans, and renewed determination to nurture the potential within themselves and their school communities.

Join us for a powerful pre-conference experience dedicated to uplifting and investing in classified leaders. Grounded in the timeless principles of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, this session is designed to equip classified administrators with tools to lead with clarity, confidence, and purpose.
Through interactive discussions, real-world applications, and a focus on personal and professional growth, participants will explore how each habit can strengthen leadership effectiveness, improve team dynamics, and create lasting impact within schools and districts.
This is more than just a workshop—it's a moment to pause, reflect, and re-center your leadership journey with the support of CALSA and the expertise of FranklinCovey.
Let’s grow together—and lead with intention.

The world is changing at an unprecedented pace. Every day, administrators and educators are making countless
decisions and facing problems they’ve never encountered before in their schools, districts, and communities. What
worked yesterday can change overnight. The speed is relentless, the stakes are high, but the rewards are great for
those who can lead a team to consistently achieve extraordinary results. So how can leaders stay ahead of the
curve and differentiate themselves and their teams when so much is changing so quickly?
MEET THE 4 ESSENTIAL ROLES OF LEADERSHIP
Even in the most turbulent times, there are four roles leaders play that are highly predictive of success. We call them essential because as leaders consciously lead themselves and their teams in alignment with these roles, they lay the foundation for effective leadership.
The 4 Essential Roles are:
1. Inspire Trust
2. Create Vision
3. Execute Strategy
4. Coach Potential