You're not failing your students because you don't care. You're failing them because your system wasn't designed for this.
The number of students on IEPs keeps climbing. Behaviors are increasing in complexity. Turnover means you're constantly onboarding administrators who don't yet understand what defensible compliance actually looks like.
And somewhere in the back of your mind, you know, if a family filed today, could you show your work?
IEPs are written but not consistently implemented across classrooms
Timelines are slipping and nobody has a clear system to catch them
Staff are undertrained on what to actually do with a student's accommodations
Families are losing trust and some are already talking to advocates
You're managing behaviors reactively instead of proactively building systems
These aren't leadership failures. They're systems gaps. And systems gaps are fixable, but only if you build the right framework first.
"She has proven to be knowledgeable in many leadership areas, specifically those that relate to student behaviors and student supports with regard to SSTs, IEPs and 504 plans."
Catalina Chrest
Principal, Skyview Elementary
Reduce due process exposure with practices that hold up under scrutiny
Lead implementation, not just support, across your sites
Respond to family concerns from a position of confidence not damage control
Build monitoring systems so IEP implementation is documented and defensible
Align your admin team around a shared framework for inclusive systems
Identify your specific compliance gaps and build a plan to close them
Inclusion in Action for District and Site Leaders is a working session, not a sit and listen professional development.
"She works tirelessly to establish consistent systems of student success and develop the capacities of all staff members."
Tye Allenbrand
Director of Student Services & Special Education · Perris Elementary School District
Ensure Access
Growth Through Collaboration
Defensible practices
Inclusive Design
Responsive Instruction & Systems
Build shared understanding
Every strategy in this workshop is grounded in the BRIDGE Framework - a practical system your team can start using Monday morning.
- Principals and assistant principals managing students with IEPs
- District level special education directors and coordinators
- New administrators who want to get ahead of compliance before fall
- Leadership teams preparing for IEP season or an audit
- General education teachers (see our Teacher & Support Staff workshop, July 27-29)
- Leaders looking for a theoretical overview with no implementation plan
"Mrs. Hunter possesses the professional knowledge, principles, attitude, and interpersonal skills to be a highly effective district level educational leader. She has earned my highest recommendation."
- Tye Allenbrand, Director of Student Services & Special Education
"Ms. Hunter was a critical and instrumental component of this change at our district. Through her work, she worked in proximity with all levels of our administrative team and our teachers... Ms. Hunter commands respect with her impeccable knowledge of the standards, curriculum, and current high leverage research based instructional practices."
- Emily Toone, Director of Educational Services
With over 20 years of experience as a teacher, principal, and IEP advocate, Jennifer has sat at every side of the table. She knows what happens when systems work — and what it costs when they don't.
"My advocacy work doesn't fight schools, it helps families and schools find the same answer. A child who gets what they need. A system that actually works. That's the outcome I build toward, from every side of the table."
- Title II, Part A — administrator PD on inclusive systems
- LCFF Supplemental/Concentration Grant — documented in your LCAP
- CA Student Support & PD Block Grant — ~$313/student available now
Most districts fund this through Title II, Part A, LCFF Supplemental grants, or California's new $1.7B Student Support & Professional Development Block Grant — approximately $313 per student that's sitting in your budget right now. At $597 per administrator, this is likely already approved funding. We'll send you a complete funding guide with ready-to-use LCAP and SPSA language when you register.
This workshop likely qualifies for funding you already have
Yes. District consulting, IEP implementation monitoring, and follow-up coaching are available. Many participants continue working with Jennifer after the workshop.
Is ongoing support available after the workshop?
Registrations are transferable - you can send a colleague in your place at any time. Please contact us at least 7 days before the event if you need to make changes.
What is your cancellation policy?
This workshop was built for exactly that situation. You don't need a perfect system before you arrive. We start from wherever you are.
What if I'm new to this role and don't feel ready?
Yes, and it is encouraged. When your admin team goes through this together, you leave with a shared framework and language. Contact us directly for teams of 4 or more.
Yes. All participants receive a certificate of completion that can be submitted for professional development hours.
Can I send multiple administrators from my site or district?
Will I get a certificate of completion?
Questions first? Schedule a free 30-minute consultation
40 seats. Two mornings. One system that changes how your entire team leads inclusion.
Don't start fall the same way you ended this year.