On-Site Professional Learning
SAI brings the professional learning to your district!
We know bringing your team to Des Moines for in-person learning isn't always feasible. That's why we're expanding our offerings to bring on-site training directly to your district.
Facilitated by Dr. Dana Schon and Al Neppl, these courses are designed to strengthen your leadership skills and expand your capacity to lead.
Program Offerings
Franklin Covey Content
Four hours
Cost
- $1,000 + $40/person for materials for 15 or fewer participants
- $2,000 + $40/materials per person for 16+ participants
- non-members pay an additional $125/person on top of the flat fee
Al Neppl, associate professional learning director
Six hours
Cost:
- $1500 + materials or 15 or fewer participants
- $3,000 + materials for 16+ participants
- non-members pay an additional $125/person on top of the flat fee
The world is changing at an unprecedented pace. Every day leaders are making countless decisions and facing problems they’ve never encountered before. 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 (developed by Franklin Covey)
Even in the most turbulent times, there are four roles leaders play that are highly predictive of success:
- Inspire Trust: Be the credible leader others choose to follow—one with both character and competence.
- Create Vision: Clearly define where your team is going and how they are going to get there.
- Execute Strategy: Consistently achieve results with and through others using disciplined processes.
- Coach Potential: Unleash the ability of each person on your team to improve performance, solve problems, and grow their careers.
Time Commitment:
Two-Day Course
Cost:
- $3750 inclusive of materials for 15 or fewer participants;
- 16 or more participants = $250 per member / $500 per non-member* inclusive of materials
- non-members pay an additional $250/person on top of the flat fee
- Those not eligible for SAI membership (e.g. SBO, teacher leader) can participate at the member rate.
Additional Course Options
Leadership isn't just about setting vision—it's about building the capacity of others to realize it. This interactive session reframes coaching and feedback as core leadership strategies to strengthen instructional practice, grow high-performing teams, and accelerate school and district improvement.
Participants will engage in practical, research-based approaches to feedback and coaching that foster trust, agency, and continuous learning across their systems. Through authentic scenarios, role play, and reflection, leaders will refine the skills necessary to coach with clarity, intention, and impact.
Be equipped to lead a culture where feedback fuels growth, staff feel empowered, and sustainable change becomes possible—at every level of the organization.
Time Commitment:
Two-six hours
Cost:
Contact Dana Schon for more information.
Three hours
Cost:
- $750 15 participants or fewer
- $1500 for 16+ participants
- non-members pay an additional $125/person on top of the flat fee