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SAI 2026 Summer Leadership Accelerator (in partnership with Franklin Covey)

Event includes Evaluator Approval

Monday, June 22, 2026 at 8:30 AM (CDT) to Tuesday, June 23, 2026 at 4:30 PM (CDT)

* Registration open until 6/14/26 at 5:00 PM (CDT)

Get ready to be inspired! Round up your team or take time for yourself to participate in two days of engaging content, deep reflection, interactive processing, and professional networking at SAI’s Summer Leadership Accelerator. Whether you opt to spend two days studying the 4 Essential Roles of Leadership or choose two of the one-day sessions, you’re sure to walk away with resources to achieve your most important goals. Plan your summer team retreat with us! Additionally, this event includes Evaluator Approval — whatever course option/s you choose! 

Registration Cost

Includes continental breakfast, lunch, and FranklinCovey materials.

  • Members: $300.00
  • Non-Members $600.00 

The registration fee covers the entire two-day event---there are NO pro-rated fees.

Check-In and Meals
  • Registration/check-in begins at 7:30 a.m.
  • Continental breakfast is included both days.
  • Lunch is provided on site from 12-1 p.m. 
You can earn one licensure renewal credit with Evaluator Approval through your attendance and full participation in both dates of the conference regardless of which sessions you attend.

How to Select Your Sessions

  1. Select the 4 Essential Roles of Leadership session for both days OR
  2. Select two sessions from the following:  4 Disciplines of Execution, Multipliers, the Speed of Trust, or Instructional Leadership Team (ILT) Revamp.

The 4 Essential Roles of Leadership (Two Day Session)
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 of Leadership guides learners through each: Inspire Trust, Create Vision, Execute Strategy, and Coach Potential. 

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Each of these courses are one day. You will select TWO when registering for the Summer Leadership Accelerator.

The 4 Disciplines of Execution 
The 4 Disciplines of Execution System has been tested and refined by thousands of organizations and hundreds of thousands of teams. When an organization implements the 4DX System at both the leader of leader and leader of frontline team levels, they achieve superb breakthrough results. The day job (what we call the whirlwind), dominates the energy you need to execute on new strategic objectives. The 4 Disciplines of Execution System© allows leaders to do the hardest job—execute a critical breakthrough result that requires a change in human behavior in the face of a competing whirlwind. 

ILT Revamp: A One-Day Bootcamp to Create High-Functioning Leadership Teams 
The ILT Revamp challenges the status quo and redefines what effective Instructional Leadership Teams can be. If your ILT meetings feel busy but not always impactful, this session is designed for you. Get ready to reset how your team builds trust, navigates power dynamics, clarifies roles, and creates the psychological safety needed for honest, productive leadership work.

Administrators and teacher leaders will work side by side to reimagine the ILT as a true capacity-building leadership system—not just a meeting or a checklist. Together, you’ll develop a shared leadership approach that strengthens adult learning, builds collective efficacy, and sharpens focus on what matters most. You’ll leave with clarity, alignment, and a small set of high-leverage goals that directly connect stronger adult leadership to improved outcomes for students.

Multipliers: How the Best Leaders Ignite Everyone's Intelligence 
In her research, leadership expert Liz Wiseman made a crucial discovery: There’s far more intelligence and energy inside organizations than we realize. Leaders are key to unlocking these capabilities. FranklinCovey has partnered with Liz Wiseman to develop a new solution that enables leaders to become Multipliers who access and use the untapped capabilities of their teams, rekindle energy and enthusiasm as teams achieve stronger results, innovate by encouraging new and bold thinking, and break through to new levels of performance by amplifying people's intelligence. Multipliers deliver strong results as people grow and teams excel.

The Speed of Trust 
When trust is low, people become suspicious, guard communication, speculate, and disengage. As a result, productivity grinds to a crawl, and costs increase. We call these trust taxes. When trust is high, people become confident, and communication, creativity, and engagement improve. As a result, productivity speeds up, and costs decrease. We call these trust dividends. FranklinCovey's Leading at the Speed of Trust® helps you strengthen your trust signals to convert trust taxes into trust dividends and propel your team further, faster.

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For More Information:

Dana Schon, Ed.D.
Dana Schon, Ed.D.
Associate Executive Director--Professional Learning SAI (515)267-1115
Hotel Block

Gateway Hotel and Conference Center, 2100 Green Hills Dr, Ames, IA 50014 

For sleeping room reservations, call 515-292-8600, or use this link. Ask for the SAI Summer Leadership Accelerator 2026 Block. 

Reservations should be made before 6-8-26.