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  • Saturday, October 18, 2025
  • 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM MST
    Badge Pick-up
  • 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM MST
    Welcome Remarks and Introductions
  • 12:00 PM - 12:45 PM MST
    New Superintendents Academy-Lunch
  • 12:45 PM - 1:45 PM MST
    New Superintendent Academy -Mission and Catholic Identity
  • 1:45 PM - 2:00 PM MST
    Break
  • 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM MST
    New Superintendent Academy-Operational Vitality
  • 3:00 PM - 3:15 PM MST
    Break
  • 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM MST
    New Superintendent Academy-Academic Excellence
  • 4:15 PM - 4:30 PM MST
    Break
  • 4:30 PM - 5:15 PM MST
    New Superintendent Academy-NCEA Support and Resources
  • 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM MST
    New Superintendents Academy-Dinner
  • Sunday, October 19, 2025
  • 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM MST
    Badge Pick-up
  • 9:00 AM - 9:45 AM MST
    New Superintendents Academy Breakfast
  • 9:45 AM - 10:30 AM MST
    Public Policy Issues and the Catholic School Superintendent
  • 10:30 AM - 10:45 AM MST
    Break
  • 10:45 AM - 11:30 AM MST
    What Every New Superintendent Should Know
  • 11:30 AM - 11:45 AM MST
    Break
  • 11:45 AM - 12:45 PM MST
    New Superintendents Academy- Governance and Leadership
  • 12:45 PM - 1:00 PM MST
    New Superintendents Academy-Closing
  • 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM MST
    Complimentary Headshots
  • 2:00 PM - 4:15 PM MST
    Arizona Rosary Celebration (Optional Event)
  • 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM MST
    Welcome and Opening Mass
  • 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM MST
    Welcome Dinner
  • 8:30 PM - 10:00 PM MST
    Dessert and Cocktail Reception
  • Monday, October 20, 2025
  • 8:00 AM - 8:45 AM MST
    Morning Liturgy
  • 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM MST
    Registration/Badge Pick-up
  • 8:45 AM - 5:00 PM MST
    Rest and Recharge Lounge
  • 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM MST
    Breakfast
  • 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM MST
    Adoration
  • 10:00 AM - 10:20 AM MST
    Keynote Address

    Speaker: Steve F. Cheeseman, Ed.D. – National Catholic Educational Association

  • 10:20 AM - 11:20 AM MST
    A Revolution of Stillness

    Keynote Speaker: Jonathan Doyle

  • 11:35 AM - 12:35 PM MST
    Accompaniment for Leadership: Findings from a National Study on the Formation and Wellbeing of Catholic School Leaders

    Primary Speaker: John Reyes, Ed.D. – Roche Center for Catholic Education, Boston College

    Co-Speaker: William Sultmann – La Salle Academy at Australian Catholic University

    Co-Speaker: David Hall – La Salle Academy at Australian Catholic University

    Co-Presenter: Melodie M. Wyttenbach, Ph.D. – Roche Center for Catholic Education, Boston College

  • 12:35 PM - 1:35 PM MST
    Lunch
  • 1:35 PM - 2:45 PM MST
    Professional Learning Networks
  • 2:45 PM - 3:00 PM MST
    Break
  • 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM MST
    Be Still and Begin: Launching the Year with Intentional Leadership Retreats
  • 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM MST
    First Things First
  • 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM MST
    Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) in Catholic Schools: Frameworks, Policies, and Ethical Implementation
  • 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM MST
    Great Leaders Create Great Schools: Strengthening Systemwide Leadership
  • 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM MST
    Leveraging Diocesan Communication Outlets to Market Catholic Schools
  • 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM MST
    Navigating School Choice Funding: Strategies for Catholic School Leaders
  • 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM MST
    Reengineer Your Enrollment Process for Growth especially from Catholic Families
  • 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM MST
    Reflecting on Leadership Mindsets Needed to Support School Sustainability and Vitality
  • 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM MST
    Dinner at the Heard Museum
  • 9:00 PM - 11:00 PM MST
    Bar Under the Stars
  • Tuesday, October 21, 2025
  • 8:00 AM - 8:45 AM MST
    Morning Liturgy
  • 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM MST
    Badge Pick-up
  • 8:45 AM - 9:45 AM MST
    Breakfast
  • 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM MST
    Adoration
  • 9:45 AM - 10:45 AM MST
    What’s New: Changing Landscape of Federal Education Programs and Policies

    Speaker: Dale McDonald, PBVM, Ph.D. – National Catholic Educational Association

    Speaker: Maureen Dowling, Ed.D. – U.S. Department of Education

    Speaker: John M. DeJak

  • 11:00 AM - 11:30 AM MST
    Implementing Evangelizing Catechesis in Catholic Schools

    Speaker: Bishop Erik Pohlmeier

  • 11:30 AM - 12:15 PM MST
    NCEA Panel Updates
  • 12:15 PM - 1:15 PM MST
    Lunch
  • 1:15 PM - 2:15 PM MST
    Creating System, School, University Partnerships That Foster Continual School Improvement
  • 1:15 PM - 2:15 PM MST
    Funding the Future: Three Revenue Strategies to Sustain and Strengthen Catholic Education
  • 1:15 PM - 2:15 PM MST
    How Not to Build an Inclusive Catholic School: Hard-Learned Lessons from the Field
  • 1:15 PM - 2:15 PM MST
    Igniting Transformation: Mission, Culture, and Executive Leadership in Catholic Schools
  • 1:15 PM - 2:15 PM MST
    Protecting the Flock: A Case Study in Student Safety Innovation in the Diocese of Greensburg
  • 1:15 PM - 2:15 PM MST
    Salt and Light: Using Data Dashboards to Foster Academic Excellence
  • 1:15 PM - 2:15 PM MST
    Seven Steps to Transforming Diocesan Administrator Meetings
  • 1:15 PM - 2:15 PM MST
    The Journey of You: Marking Miles and Roadblocks to Real Renewal.
  • 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM MST
    Specialty Coffee Bar
  • 2:15 PM - 2:30 PM MST
    Break
  • 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM MST
    "Me? Why call me? Are you sure? " - Remembering the reasons we do what we do.
  • 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM MST
    (Canceled) Establishing the Proper Organization and Infrastructure for Successful Catholic School Development/Advancement
  • 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM MST
    Advancing Education with AI
  • 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM MST
    Beyond Band-Aids: Using Improvement Science to Lead System-wide and School-level Change
  • 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM MST
    From Compliance to Culture: A System-Wide Continuous Improvement Process for Catholic School Sustainability
  • 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM MST
    From Data to Decisions: How Data Literacy and Diocesan Leadership Brought Change to Instructional Practices
  • 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM MST
    From Page to Practice: Forming Catholic School Principals Through the Lens of Vatican Documents
  • 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM MST
    How to Handle Tough Conversations and Challenging Situations with Grace: A Communications Tool Kit for Catholic Superintendents
  • 3:30 PM - 3:45 PM MST
    Breakout Sessions 3
  • 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM MST
    All Children Are Our Children: The Failure of Child Find for Private School Students and the Efforts to Effect Change
  • 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM MST
    Be Still, Then Go: Mission-Focused Evangelization for Catholic School Systems
  • 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM MST
    Enhancing Mission and Viability through Joint Ministry Planning, Centralized Security, and Shared Services: Leveraging economies of scale in schools in Charlotte and Orlando
  • 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM MST
    Formation for Mission: Renewing Leadership Development in a Distinctly Catholic Frame
  • 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM MST
    Fruitful Leadership: Forming Faithful Leaders from the Inside Out
  • 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM MST
    Getting to Know The NSBECS for New Users of the National Standards and Benchmarks for Effective Catholic Schools
  • 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM MST
    Leading with Purpose: Strengthening Governance and Operational Vitality in Catholic Schools
  • 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM MST
    Maximize Central Office Resources with Agentic AI
  • 5:30 PM - 9:00 PM MST
    Scottsdale Trip
  • 9:00 PM - 11:00 PM MST
    Bar Under the Stars
  • Wednesday, October 22, 2025
  • 7:30 AM - 8:15 AM MST
    Morning Liturgy
  • 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM MST
    Badge Pick-up
  • 8:15 AM - 9:00 AM MST
    Wednesday Breakfast
  • 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM MST
    Faithful Stewardship: Implementing Financial Practices that Sustain Catholic Schools
  • 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM MST
    From Silos to Strategy: Building a Diocese-Wide Data Framework
  • 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM MST
    Rooted & Ready: Catholic Formation for Students in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
  • 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM MST
    What’s in a Name? Discerning Mission and Identity in the Stillness Pope Leo XIV and the Refounding of Catholic Education in a Noisy World
  • 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM MST
    Adoration
  • 10:00 AM - 10:15 AM MST
    Break
  • 10:15 AM - 10:45 AM MST
    Process Workshop: Reflections, Outcomes and Next Steps

    Presenter: John Galvan, M.A., M.Ed. – NCEA

    Presenter: Laura MacDonald – National Catholic Educational Association

  • 10:45 AM - 11:00 AM MST
    Break
  • 11:00 AM - 11:30 AM MST
    Leading with a Rested Heart: Rediscovering Joy in Mission

    Speaker: Nathan Crankfield

  • 11:30 AM - 12:00 PM MST
    Closing Remarks /Raffle