2025 KSDE Great Ideas in Education

This session provides school leaders with a clear, actionable framework for understanding and responding to staff resistance. You’ll learn how to diagnose what’s underneath the pushback—not just what it looks like on the surface—and use targeted strategies that align with each form of resistance. Whether you’re facing skepticism, burnout, or passive disengagement, you’ll leave with specific, practical tools to respond in ways that build trust, momentum, and meaningful buy-in. You’ll also explore how to support teachers at every level of willingness to change, using a differentiated leadership approach that strengthens professional growth and improves outcomes for both educators and students.