State Principals Conference

Wednesday, December 3, 2025
12:30       Registration and Exhibits Open

1:00         Welcome
                Legislative Update with Dr. Mike Dulaney and Tim Heckenlively, NCSA
                #PrincipalRodeo 
This participant-driven session provides current development for the unique needs of principals.  Registrants will be contacted ahead of time for topic ideas. Join us at the #PrincipalRodeo to learn about the hottest topics and developments in the principalship! 

2:30         Break and Exhibit Visit

3:00         Concurrent Legal Sessions:

4:30         Social 

6:00         Dinner on your own

Thursday, December 4, 2025 
8:00         Continental Breakfast and Exhibits Open
8:30         Welcome
                The Leadership Mindset: Improve the Way you Think and Lead with Seven Principles
                with Brett Hoogeveen

In the modern world of work, organizations understand value of "culture."  Culture drive stalent; talent drive quality; quality drivers customers; and customers drive revenue. But what does it take to drive culture? In this keynote, particpants will learn a mental model of "mindset" for leadership, based around BetterCulture's Seven Principles of Leadership, that has a proven track record of creating award-winning workplace cultures. Along the way, we'll explore current data and trends, time-tested leadership best practices, and a handful of easy to implement, practical skills and tactics that will equip any leader to develop their treams and strengthen their workplace culture.

9:45         Break and Exhibit Visit

10:15       Select-a-Session I

11:00       Break and Exhibit Visit

11:15       Select-a-Session II

12:00       Awards Lunch

1:30         Break and Exhibit Visit

1:45         Select-a-Session III

2:30         Adjourn

Brett Hoogeveen
Brett Hoogeveen, CSP is the co-founder of BetterCulture and Mindset LLC, two prominent leadership development and consulting firms with clients spanning from entrepreneurial startups to Fortune 500 companies. In the past 10+ years, Brett has trained thousands of leaders and worked hands-on with hundreds of organizations and executive teams focused on creating stronger businesses by building better leaders, teams, and workplacecultures. Following a fateful early career change, Brett became the youngest person to serve on the executive team at the nationally renowned healthcare company QLI, the only organization in its metropolitan area to be voted the “#1 Best Place to Work” - FIVE consecutive times! An international speaker and Certified Speaking Professional (CSP®), Brett focuses on providing practical and actionable advice on leadership and culture. In recent years, Brett has built upon lessons learned from working with world-class leaders and organizations to help audiences learn the secrets of becoming more personally happy and successful.