From Conversation to Implementation

Bring Your Leadership Team to the 2026 IPTN Convening

Join leadership teams from across Washington for two immersive days of strategy, alignment, and action to strengthen belonging-centered schools.

This convening is designed for district and school leaders ready to move beyond dialogue and into sustainable systems change—particularly for students with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) and Black students with disabilities.

👉 Reserve Your Team’s Place

A Glimpse Into the Convening Experience

Why This Work Matters Now

Across schools and systems, leaders are being asked to respond to complex, long-standing challenges—while still creating environments where every student feels seen, supported, and able to thrive.

Many teams are having the right conversations.
Fewer have the space, structure, and support to turn those conversations into aligned, sustainable action.

This convening exists to close that gap.

A Different Kind of Convening

Most convenings create space for conversation.
This one is designed for movement.

Over two focused days, you and your team will:

• Reduce exclusionary practices through clear, aligned leadership strategy
• Strengthen inclusive systems that address racial and disability-based disproportionality
• Leave with a concrete, district-ready action plan for implementation

Through interactive sessions, facilitated dialogue, peer learning, and facilitated group coaching, your team will build shared language, deepen alignment, and co-create practical next steps grounded in your district’s reality.

This is not passive learning.
This is structured, supported time to think strategically, plan intentionally, and lead effectively.

Featured Keynotes

Headlining Keynote

Dr. Bettina Love

Dr. Bettina Love, one of the nation’s leading voices on educational freedom and transformative change, will headline the Renton convening in May.

Her keynote will challenge leaders to examine the narratives shaping their schools and reimagine what becomes possible when we center truth, care, and shared responsibility.

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Opening Keynote

Kala Omeiza

Kala Omeiza will open the convening by grounding participants in a deeper understanding of belonging, identity, and how schools can better support diverse ways of thinking and learning.

Her keynote sets the foundation for meaningful reflection, alignment, and engagement throughout the experience.

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From Insight To Action

This Is Where the Work Happens

This convening is intentionally designed to move beyond inspiration and into meaningful, applied work.

Throughout the experience, participants will engage in a combination of team huddles, panels, workshops, and facilitated coaching—creating structured opportunities to reflect, collaborate, and apply learning in real time.

Participants will move between shared learning and more focused coaching conversations, allowing each team to engage in ways that best support their goals and context.

This is dedicated time for your team to work—together—on your real challenges, with support.

Across these experiences, teams will:

• Reflect on key insights and what they mean in your context
• Work through current challenges and opportunities
• Engage in dialogue across roles and perspectives
• Align around priorities
• Begin shaping actionable next steps

You won’t just leave with new ideas.
You’ll leave already in motion.

What Your Team Will Walk Away With

• A clear, aligned plan ready for implementation
• Stronger leadership alignment and shared direction
• Practical strategies to strengthen inclusive, affirming environments
• Connections with peers and partners across Washington
  
  

Who Should Attend

• District leaders
• School leaders
• Leadership teams committed to systems-level change
• Partners supporting inclusive, belonging-centered school communities
  
  

What To Expect

• Opening keynote with Kala Allen Omezia to ground and frame the experience
• Headlining keynote experience (Renton convening in May featuring Dr. Bettina Love)
• Facilitated coaching and collaborative learning sessions
• Opportunities for cross-team connection and shared learning
• Structured time for reflection, dialogue, and planning