Registration is now open!
June 24, 2025
One-Day Virtual Summit
School & District Leaders
Meet Every Learner’s Needs
The summit is open to all leaders who support educators, including principals, assistant principals, district leaders, instructional coaches, and department heads.
Modern Classrooms Leadership Collaborative
This network of innovative school and district leaders committed to deepening their knowledge of our instructional model supporting educators in creating a more sustainable teaching profession, and building student-centered classrooms.
Nationwide Network
Innovative leaders from a diverse set of districts and schools
Summer Summit
A virtual conference for leaders to learn, share ideas, and collaboratively plan
Quarterly Collaboration
Leaders collaborate on common Problems of Practice and receive ongoing virtual support
Leaders Committed to Transformation
Imagine a network of passionate school and district leaders, united in their commitment to student success. That's the power of the Leadership Collaborative. Here, innovation sparks as leaders connect, share groundbreaking strategies, and deepen their capacity to meet the unique needs of every learner.
See the impact firsthand! Discover how a leader from The Game Development Design School in Texas found inspiration within this collaborative, leading to transformative changes in instruction across their entire school with the Modern Classrooms Project.
"This has been the most productive and supportive work I've done with a partner - I came away with great actionable insights.” - School Leader, Annapolis, Maryland
Leadership Collaborative Programming
The Leadership Collaborative Summit convenes leaders from around the country for a day of workshops focused on equipping leaders with the information and tools they need to support educators implementing the Modern Classrooms approach.
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Join us as we launch the Leadership Collaborative Summit with an engaging overview of the day's powerful content. This initial session is strategically designed to help you define your learning objectives and establish a clear path forward. We also provide dedicated breakout spaces for teams to connect and collaborate with other leaders, fostering a shared vision for implementing the Modern Classrooms approach and amplifying its impact.
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In this keynote, Robert Barnett, author of Meet Every Learner’s Needs, will provide actionable frameworks for creating engaging lessons with digital instruction and mastery-based assessment, building self-paced courses that truly personalize learning, and empowering you to lead instructional change at all levels of your educational community.
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Each participant can choose their own learning during this time, leaning into the specific skills or knowledge they need to support educators. Past sessions included:
High-Quality Curriculum
Supporting English Language Learners
Personalized Learning
Designing for Learner Variability
Data: Understanding and Measuring Impact
School Transformation
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A group of educators using the Modern Classrooms approach will share their experiences and answer audience questions.
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After the summer 2024 Summit, we hosted quarterly meetups in September, November, February, and April to guide implementation and collaborate with other leaders. Each meetup focused on deepening the knowledge and skills leaders need to support Modern Classrooms in their community.
Keynote Speaker: Robert Barnett
Modern Classrooms Co-Founder and Author
My name is Robert Barnett. I was a teacher, and I struggled to meet my learners' diverse needs.
Then I discovered a series of simple techniques that transformed my classroom and saved my career. I have now shared those techniques with thousands of teachers around the world, who feel happier and more effective as a result.
I've written Meet Every Learner's Needs to share my story - and to explain how you can help make instruction more effective too.
"The Leadership Collaborative helped me understand that the MCP model revolutionizes teacher time and optimizes their ability to provide individual instruction and feedback in real-time.” - School Leader, New Haven, Connecticut
Impact of the Summit
The data from the 2024 Summit is clear: leaders who attend are better equipped to support educators in implementing blended, self-paced, mastery-based learning in their schools.