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Tennessee School Boards Association
2025 Annual Convention Schedule
Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center
Thursday, November 13
10:30 a.m.-6:30 p.m. Registration
12:30-1:45 p.m.
Board Chairman Roundtable Discussion
Facilitator: Keys Fillauer
2:00-6:00 p.m.
Leadership Conference *
Agenda Attached
Friday, November 14
7:00 a.m.-6:15 p.m.
Registration
7:15-8:15 a.m.
Leadership Conference Breakfast
8:30-11:30 a.m.
Leadership Conference
*
Agenda Attached
11:30 a.m.
Lunch (on your own)
11:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m.
TSBA Tradeshow Welcome Reception
11:30 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
TSBA Tradeshow Open
1:15-3:15 p.m.
Pre-Convention Legal Workshop
1:15-3:15 p.m.
Pre-Convention Advocacy Workshop
3:15-4:00 p.m.
Networking Session
4:15-5:45 p.m.
Opening General Session
Speaker: Jeff Henderson
Saturday, November 15
7:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
Registration
7:00-10:30 a.m.
TSBA Tradeshow Open
7:00-8:15 a.m.
TSBA Tradeshow and Networking Session Breakfast
8:30-9:30 a.m.
Clinic Session A
9:45-10:15 a.m.
TSBA Tradeshow Door Prizes
10:30-11:30 a.m.
Clinic Session B
11:45 a.m.-1:15 p.m.
Awards Ceremony and Convention Luncheon
1:45-2:45 p.m.
Clinic Session C
3:15-4:45 p.m.
Delegate Assembly
3:15-4:45 p.m.
Board Secretaries' Conference
Sunday, November 16
7:00-10:00 a.m.
Registration
7:15-8:15 a.m.
Convention Breakfast
8:30-9:45 a.m.
Closing General Session
Speaker: Dr. John Hodge
9:45 a.m.
Adjourn
TSBA Leadership Conference
November 13-14, 2025
Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center
AGENDA
November 13, 2025
2:00 p.m.
Welcome and Introductions
Jayson McDonald, TSBA
President, White County
2:01 p.m.
Extreme Ownership: Combat Leadership
Codey Gandy,
for Business
Former U.S. Marine and
Leadership Instructor,
Echelon Front
3:30 p.m.
BREAK
4:00 p.m.
Extreme Ownership: Combat Leadership
for Business (Continued)
5:55 p.m.
Announcements
Jayson McDonald
6:00 p.m.
Adjourn
November 14, 2025
7:30-8:15 a.m.
Leadership Conference Breakfast
8:30 a.m.
Welcome and Introductions
Jayson McDonald
8:31 a.m.
What My Generation Needs From You
Orion Jean,
2021 TIME Kid of the Year
9:30 a.m.
BREAK
10:00 a.m.
Innovative Pathways for Student Success:
Ben Torres, TSBA
A Step-by-Step Guide
Assistant Executive
Director/General Counsel
Joe T. Wood, Education
Consultant
Gina Pavlovich, Ed. D.,
Executive Director
of Advanced Placement
Access for All, Niswonger
Foundation
Jillian Davis, Assistant
Director of Niswonger
Online, Niswonger
Foundation
Debra Bentley Ed. D.,
Director of Project On-
Track, Niswonger
Foundation
Law Loving, Director of
Career & Workforce
Readiness, Niswonger
Foundation
Vicki Kirk, Ed. D., Director
of STEM Learning Design,
Niswonger Foundation
11:25 a.m.
Wrap Up
Jayson McDonald
11:30 a.m.
Adjourn

## Table 1

| 7:00 a.m.-6:15 p.m. | Registration |
| --- | --- |
| 7:15-8:15 a.m. | Leadership Conference Breakfast |
| 8:30-11:30 a.m. | Leadership Conference * |
| 11:30 a.m. | Lunch (on your own) |
| 11:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m. | TSBA Tradeshow Welcome Reception |
| 11:30 a.m.-4:00 p.m. | TSBA Tradeshow Open |
| 1:15-3:15 p.m. | Pre-Convention Legal Workshop |
| 1:15-3:15 p.m. | Pre-Convention Advocacy Workshop |
| 3:15-4:00 p.m. | Networking Session |
| 4:15-5:45 p.m. | Opening General Session Speaker: Jeff Henderson |

## Table 2

|  |  |
| --- | --- |
| 7:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. | Registration |
| 7:00-10:30 a.m. | TSBA Tradeshow Open |
| 7:00-8:15 a.m. | TSBA Tradeshow and Networking Session Breakfast |
| 8:30-9:30 a.m. | Clinic Session A |
| 9:45-10:15 a.m. | TSBA Tradeshow Door Prizes |
| 10:30-11:30 a.m. | Clinic Session B |
| 11:45 a.m.-1:15 p.m. | Awards Ceremony and Convention Luncheon |
| 1:45-2:45 p.m. | Clinic Session C |
| 3:15-4:45 p.m. | Delegate Assembly |
| 3:15-4:45 p.m. | Board Secretaries' Conference |

## Table 3

| 7:00-10:00 a.m. | Registration |
| --- | --- |
| 7:15-8:15 a.m. | Convention Breakfast |
| 8:30-9:45 a.m. | Closing General Session |
|  | Speaker: Dr. John Hodge |
| 9:45 a.m. | Adjourn |

## Table 4

| 2:00 p.m. | Welcome and Introductions | Jayson McDonald, TSBA President, White County |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2:01 p.m. | Extreme Ownership: Combat Leadership for Business | Codey Gandy, Former U.S. Marine and Leadership Instructor, Echelon Front |
| 3:30 p.m. | BREAK |  |
| 4:00 p.m. | Extreme Ownership: Combat Leadership for Business (Continued) |  |
| 5:55 p.m. | Announcements | Jayson McDonald |
| 6:00 p.m. | Adjourn |  |

## Table 5

| 7:30-8:15 a.m. | Leadership Conference Breakfast |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 8:30 a.m. | Welcome and Introductions | Jayson McDonald |
| 8:31 a.m. | What My Generation Needs From You | Orion Jean, 2021 TIME Kid of the Year |
| 9:30 a.m. | BREAK |  |
| 10:00 a.m. | Innovative Pathways for Student Success: A Step-by-Step Guide | Ben Torres, TSBA Assistant Executive Director/General Counsel |
|  |  | Joe T. Wood, Education Consultant |
|  |  | Gina Pavlovich, Ed. D., Executive Director of Advanced Placement Access for All, Niswonger Foundation |
|  |  | Jillian Davis, Assistant Director of Niswonger Online, Niswonger Foundation |
|  |  | Debra Bentley Ed. D., Director of Project On- Track, Niswonger Foundation |
|  |  | Law Loving, Director of Career & Workforce Readiness, Niswonger Foundation |
|  |  | Vicki Kirk, Ed. D., Director of STEM Learning Design, Niswonger Foundation |
| 11:25 a.m. | Wrap Up | Jayson McDonald |
| 11:30 a.m. | Adjourn |  |