By Charles Sosnik
No sooner do we settle into the rhythms of fall than it’s already time to look ahead to spring — and to the Learning Counsel’s Spring Learning Leadership Symposia for 2023. The Learning Counsel has released its regional schedule of one-day Symposia designed to help education leaders adapt and innovate in an evolving K–12 landscape.
The Learning Leadership Symposia are single-day, regional professional learning events focused on promoting practical innovation in teaching, learning, and district systems. Each event combines timely research, insights into market and technology trends, and expert perspectives to deliver a concentrated, high-impact professional learning experience. Organized around featured speakers, collaborative sessions, and peer networking, the Symposia aim to give district and school leadership teams clear, actionable ideas for improving learning outcomes.
The Symposia Personalize Learning for School & District Leaders
Every symposium is hosted by a local school district in partnership with a regional office of education or service district. This hosting model broadens participation across roles and responsibilities, ensuring diverse representation from superintendents, curriculum leaders, technology directors, and classroom practitioners. Agendas are flexible and customizable, allowing hosts to select content topics that address their immediate priorities and professional learning needs.
Structured, Relevant and Timely Content
Each symposium is designed to engage participants across three integrated levels of learning over the course of the day:
Research – The Learning Counsel maintains an extensive body of research and market data on teacher and administrator perspectives, EdTech purchasing patterns, and the evolving structure of K–12 systems. A core element of each regional symposium is a research briefing, typically presented by Learning Counsel leadership, that places data in context and equips educational leaders with the insights needed to make informed strategic decisions.
Collaboration – Quality professional learning depends on collaboration, reflection, and application. The Symposia intentionally build cooperative learning structures into the day so attendees can test ideas, share strategies, and consider how new approaches might be applied within their own districts and schools.
Sharing What Works – Each event highlights practical examples from the field. Guest speakers include district leaders and practitioners who present successful initiatives, instructional models, technology integrations, and leadership practices that support personalized and flexible learning environments.
The 2023 Learning Leadership Symposium schedule
Spring
1) Orange County, CA – Feb. 7
2) Phoenix, AZ – Feb. 9
3) Tampa, FL – Feb. 14
4) Houston, TX – Feb. 23
5) Austin, TX – Feb. 28
6) Boise, ID – Mar. 7
7) Salt Lake City, UT – Mar. 9
8) Atlanta, GA – Mar. 14
9) Charlotte, NC – Mar. 1
Fall (Dates soon to be Announced)
1) Baltimore, MD
2) St. Louis, MO
3) Cincinnati, OH
4) Indianapolis, IN
5) Queens/Laurelton, NY (Long Island)
6) Seattle, WA
7) Denver, CO
8) Nashville, TN
9) Irving/Arlington/Dallas, TX
For education leaders eager to reconnect with the professional learning community after limited travel and in-person events in recent years, these Symposia offer a practical, focused alternative to larger, multi-day conferences. Rather than navigating sprawling exhibit halls and dozens of concurrent sessions, participants can expect a concentrated program geared specifically to the needs of district executives and instructional leaders. The format emphasizes meaningful dialogue, relevant research, and proven practices rather than superficial networking or giveaways.
Attending a Learning Leadership Symposium provides an opportunity to gather high-quality, evidence-informed resources and strategies that can be implemented quickly. Sessions are led by experienced education leaders and practitioners who have applied these approaches in real school systems, so attendees leave with concrete tools and examples to support improved teaching and learning.
About the author
Charles Sosnik is an education journalist and editor who serves as Editor in Chief at the Learning Counsel. An EP3 Education Fellow, he draws on deep connections in the education community to add context and clarity to the K–12 conversation. Charles frequently contributes to major education publications and brings a practitioner-centered perspective to reporting and analysis. Unabashedly Southern, he often jokes that he is an editor by trade and Southern by the grace of God.