Redefining Ready! Cohort
Where Preparation Meets Purpose: College, Career and Life Readiness
A diploma should open doors 鈥� not leave students guessing what comes next. The Redefining Ready! Cohort is where district leaders come to build the systems that make college, career, and life readiness more than a goal. It becomes a reality.
Learning Objectives:
You'll dive deep into one of the most consequential questions in K-12 right now: How do we design and scale student pathways that create real postsecondary options? Through virtual sessions and in-person site visits, you'll examine:
- How to build coherent pathways that connect coursework, credentials, and real-world experience
- What strong industry partnerships look like 鈥� and how to build and sustain them
- How to embed dual credit and early college into student pathways as a feature, not an afterthought
- What equitable, high-quality work-based learning requires at the systems level
- How to measure readiness in ways that actually reflect where students are headed
This is collaborative, practitioner-driven learning for district leaders who are serious about delivering on the promise of public education 鈥� and giving every student a real path forward.
This cohort is built for the leaders who make readiness real 鈥� superintendents, assistant superintendents, district office staff and principals ready to move from vision to system.
One registration per district/organization unlocks the full cohort experience: all virtual sessions, plus one complimentary registration to the fall site visit and spring summit.
Team members may join all virtual sessions at no additional cost. They may attend the site visit and summit at a registration cost of $300 per person. The program manager will contact the registrants for team member information to ensure teams receive virtual meeting invitations, Canvas access, and program communications.
2026 - 2027 Meeting Schedule
Virtual Meetings
All virtual meetings will be held from 1:00pm - 2:30pm ET on the following dates:
- September 10, 2026: Designing Student Pathways that Deliver College, Career, & Life Readiness
- October 8, 2026: Industry Partnerships that Strengthen College, Career, & Life Readiness
- January 14, 2027: University Credit Embedded in Student Pathways
- April 8, 2027: Measuring College, Career, & Life Readiness Through Pathway Outcomes
In-Person Meetings
November 16 - 18, 2026: Cohort Site Visit | Cajon Valley Unified School District (Calif.) | This site visit is exclusively for registered cohort members and their teams!
April 26 - 28 2027: Igniting the Future Summit 2027 | Mayfield School District (Ohio) | This summit is open to all leaders. Registered cohort participants receive one complimentary Summit registration and can add team members at a discounted rate.
2025 - 2026 Meeting Schedule
All virtual meetings will be held from 1:00pm - 2:30pm ET on the following dates:
- September 11, 2025
- November 13, 2025
- January 8, 2026
- April 9, 2026
In-Person Meetings
October 22 - 24, 2025: Cohort Site Visit | Carson City School District (Nev.) | This site visit is exclusively for registered cohort members and their teams!
March 9 - 11, 2026: Igniting the Future Summit | Mansfield ISD (near Dallas, Texas) | This summit is open to all leaders. Registered cohort participants receive one complimentary Summit registration and can add team members at a discounted rate.
Program Leads
Partners
We're really putting our kids in a position to be the next generation of great employees, great citizens, and great people.Paul Kelly
Details
September 10, 2026 to April 28, 2027
$2,250
Member Price
$2,750
Non-Member Price
Not a member? Join today.
Contact
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Debbie Magee
Director, Leadership Network
AASA, 萝卜AV视频
703-875-0716
Impact of RR!
Superintendents Christopher Nesmith (Washington) and Randy Squier (N.Y.) discuss the impact of AASA's Redefining Ready! cohort.
