Superintendents' Collaborative - 2026-27

Now in its second year, SAI evolved its Executive Leaders model into the Superintendents' Collaborative — a refreshed networking and learning opportunity designed specifically for Iowa school superintendents. Unlike the previous format, which primarily focused on advocacy, the Superintendent Collaborative offers a more intentional and structured professional learning experience.

Program Format & Theme

From Promise to Practice: Building Coherent, Future-Ready School Systems (a five-part series)

District leaders today face no shortage of initiatives, expectations, and competing priorities. The challenge is not finding more work to do. It is creating coherence around what matters most for students.

This highly interactive leadership experience introduces the Public Education Promise, AASA's framework designed to help school systems align vision, strategy, and implementation around five essential priorities: student-centered learning, real-world skills, talent development, community partnerships, and meaningful measures of success.

Through hands-on protocols, case studies, collaborative design experiences, and practical reflection tools, participants will explore how these principles work together to create more coherent, future-ready systems. Leaders will leave with actionable strategies, adaptable tools, and a clearer pathway for moving from aspiration to implementation in their own districts.

How to Enroll

This program is only for Iowa superintendents who are SAI members.

Cost: $300 for the year