KAMO Leadership Forum

October 10, 2024

The 2024 KAMO Educational Leadership Conference is just around the corner! The 2024 conference will be held on the Pitt State campus.

Our theme for this year's conference is "Hot Topics in Education," where we'll explore the latest trends, innovations, and challenges around Generative AI, Student Behaviors, and Teacher Retention/Recruitment. Engage in thought-provoking discussions, gain insights from current practitioners, and collaborate with fellow leaders to find innovative solutions. This conference is your opportunity to be the expert in the room and contribute to the dialogue that can shape the future of education in the region.

Early registration begins Monday, April 29th, $75.
Registration after Tuesday, September 10th, $95.
More information: Contact Dr. Kathy Tackett, 620-235-4498 or katackett@pittstate.edu

Snapshot of the Day:

8:00-8:30 a.m. - Registration
8:30-9:00 a.m. - Coffee and Conversation
9:00 a.m. - Welcome and Introductions
9:15 a.m. - Teacher Retention/Recruitment: David Carlson
10:45 a.m. - Break
11:00 a.m. - AI: Lance Eaton
12:30 p.m. - Lunch
1:15 p.m. - Student Behaviors: Destry Brown
2:45 p.m. - Closing Remarks

Graduate Credit:

The 2024 KAMO Leadership Forum will be offered for 1-graduate credit hour (attendance and follow-up assignment required).

Graduate Credit Form

Sponsors

Thank you to our 2024 Keynote Sponsors!

Presenters

Destry Brown

Destry grew up and graduated from high school in Fort Scott. He attended FSCC and PSU for his undergraduate and graduate degrees. He has been an educator for 40 years. Eleven years as an elementary teacher, seven years as an elementary principal, and 22 years as a district level administrator. He has enjoyed being back in his hometown as the superintendent in Fort Scott for the last two years. He has received many leadership recognitions at both the state and local levels, but the best recognition he receives on a daily basis is from the joy he gets from being around the students and staff in the schools.

Dr. David Carlson

David Carlson

Dr. David Carlson serves as the Assistant Superintendent of Human Resources for Lee's Summit R7 Schools, bringing over two decades of educational leadership experience to the role. His career in the district spans 22 years, during which he has held pivotal positions including assistant principal, principal, and executive director of human resources.

Before joining Lee's Summit R7, Dr. Carlson began his educational journey as a teacher in Liberty Public Schools. His commitment to educational excellence extends beyond his district roles, as evidenced by his active involvement in professional organizations. Dr. Carlson has served on the board of the Greater Kansas City Missouri Principals Association, notably as its president for the 2010-2011 school year. Currently, he leads the Missouri Association of School Personnel Administrators as president.

Lance Eaton

Lance Eaton is the Director of Faculty Development & Innovation at College Unbound, a part-time instructor at North Shore Community College, and a PhD student at the University of Massachusetts, Boston with a dissertation that focuses on how scholars engage in academic piracy. His work engages with the possibility of digital tools for expanding teaching and learning communities while considering the various deep issues and questions that educational technologies open up for students, faculty, and higher ed as a whole. He has given talks, written about, and presented at conferences on artificial intelligence generative tools in education, academic piracy, open access, OER, open pedagogy, hybrid flexible learning, and digital service-learning. His musings, reflections, and ramblings on AI and Education can be found on his blog: https://aiedusimplified.substack.com/