85th Annual Convention Agenda

December 11 - 13, 2025

Breakout Session titles will be added at the end of August
Tracks
Rural Focus
General (For All)
School Finance (Resources)
Legal
Board Governance

Wednesday, December 10

1:00 - 4:00 p.m. Pre-Conference: Strategic Budgeting (additional charge required in addition to the convention registration)

Thursday, December 11 

7:00 - 8:30 a.m. Breakfast (Bartolin Hall)

7:00 - 6:30 p.m. Exhibit Hall Open (Bartolin Hall)

9:00 - 3:30 p.m. Key People Program
(Superintendent Secretaries/Secretaries to the Board) 

8:30 - 10:45 a.m. General Session (General Session Ballroom)
Keynote address by Hamish Brewer

11:15 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. Breakout Sessions

• CASB Boardsmanship Course: The Heart of Service (New Board Members)
• Understanding the Unique and Important Governance Role of a BOCES Board of Directors (Rural)
• Governance Foundations: Data, Accountability, and Engagement in Colorado (Governance, New Board Members)
• Don't Bury the Lede: A School Board's Role in Strong Charter School Authorizing (Governance)
• Family-School-Community Partnerships: From Paper to Practice (Best Practices, New Board Members)
• Mission Superintendent: A Community Collaboration (General, New Board Members)
• A Call for Differentiation Within Educator Preparation (General)
• Designing a District Welcome Guide for New Board Members (Best Practices)
• Building Excellent Schools Today Grants (General, New Board Members)
• Post Workforce Readiness Success Strategies in Small Rural Districts (Rural, New Board Members)
• Maximizing Impact: Leveraging CTE Education in Colorado's New Accountability System (General)

12:15 - 1:15 p.m. Lunch (Bartolin Hall)

1:45 - 2:45 p.m. Breakout Sessions

• CASB Boardsmanship Course: Leading with Purpose (New Board Members)
• Handling High Stakes Investigations (Legal)
• District Coherence: From the Boardroom to the Classroom (Governance, New Board Members)
• Understanding, Accessing, and Using Data (Governance, New Board Members)
• Stop the Enrollment Drain: Build a Local Online Program That Keeps Students In-District (Rural)
• From Numbers to Action: The Board's Guide to Strategic Financial Governance (School Finance)
• Shaping the Future of Our Classrooms: What Coloradans Think About Public Education (General)
• Don't Be Afraid of Your Union (General)
• CASB Boardsmanship Course: The Heart of Service (New Board Members)
• Colorado Commissioner of Education and CASB Executive Director (General)
• Healthy School Meals For All Program Update (General, New Board Members)

2:45 - 3:15 p.m. Beverage Break

3:15 - 5:00 p.m. CASB Business Meeting and CASB Board Elections

3:15 - 4:15 p.m. Breakout Sessions

• Using a Board Prioritization Process to Set Meaningful and Impactful Board Agendas (Best Practices)
• Recruiting and Hiring a Quality Superintendent (General)
• The Role of the Board in Unified Improvement Planning (Governance, New Board Members)
• Collaborative Leadership: Building Effective Board-Superintendent Relationships (Best Practices, New Board Members)
• School Finance 201 (School Finance)
• Contract Negotiations: How We Can Work Together to Get Better Outcomes for All (Governance)
• Ethically Navigating Conflicts of Interest: From Policy to Practice (Best Practices, New Board Members)
• Rural School Board Members: Advocacy Champions for Educational Excellence (Rural)
• Board of Education Handbooks: A Tool for Onboarding and Training Your Board Members (Best Practices)
• Beyond the Build: Helping Districts Deliver Despite Disruption to Turn Setbacks Into Success (Governance)
  

4:30 - 6:00 p.m. CASB Welcome Reception (Exhibit Hall in Bartolin Hall ) - Only 21 and older

Friday, December 12

7:00 - 8:30 a.m. Breakfast (Bartolin Hall)

7:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. Exhibit Hall Open (Bartolin Hall)

7:00 - 8:30 a.m. Colorado Rural Schools Alliance Breakfast (Broadmoor Hall B)

9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Student Leadership Academy (International Center North)

9:00 - 10:00 a.m. Breakout Sessions

• CASB Boardsmanship Course: Governance (New Board Members)
• Empowering Schools, Protecting Students: Human Trafficking Prevention at a Glance (General)
• How a School Board, Superintendent, and Community Can Collaborate to Create a Plan for Reducing Cellphone Use in Schools & Focus on Student Wellbeing (Best Practices, New Board Members)
• Partnering for Progress: Boards & Accountability Committees in Unified Governance (Governance)
• Harnessing the Power of the Honey Badgers (Best Practices, New Board Members)
• CASB Boardsmanship Course: The Heart of Service
• CASB Boardsmanship Course: Leading With Purpose
• Mancos United: 2021 to Present - Surviving Tragedy, Rebuilding Community, and Student Success in Rural Southwest Colorado (Rural)
• Empowering Student Voice: Integrating Students as School Board Members (Best Practices, New Board Members)
• From School Closure to Community Impact (General)
• Guiding Complex School Finance to Enhance the Vision and Future of Your Community (School Finance)
• Empowering School Boards to Lead Change (Best Practices)
  

10:20 - 11:20 a.m. Breakout Sessions

• Policy Governance (Governance)
• CASB Boardsmanship Course: Governance (New Board Members)
• School Finance 201 (School Finance)
• State Accountability Updates (Governance)
• CASB Boardsmanship Course: Legal and Policy (New Board Members)
• The Law Behind the Label: How Legislation Shapes Gifted Education (General)
• From Solar to Compost: How Sustainability Efforts in Your District Can Save Money, Set a Positive Example in Your in Your Community, and Benefit Your students (Rural, General)
• Balancing Accountability and Support to Build the Right Relationship with Your Superintendent (Best Practices, New Board Members)
• Light at the End of the Tunnel? Paving the Way to a Successful School Funding Ballot Measure in 2026 (School Finance)
• Boardsmanship Academy: Foundations for New Board Members (New Board Members)
• Leading School Consolidation: District and Board Collaboration Through Engagement and Shared Framework (Governance
  
  

11:20 a.m. - 12:20 p.m. Lunch (Bartolin Hall)

12:45 - 2:45 p.m. General Session & Awards Ceremony (General Session Ballroom)
Keynote Address by Dr. Steve Constantino

2:45 - 3:00 p.m. Beverage Break

3:15 - 4:30 p.m. Breakout Sessions

Saturday, December 13

8:00 - 9:15 a.m. Breakfast (Bartolin Hall)

8:00 - 9:15 a.m. Student Leadership Academy/Board Member Breakfast (Registration required )

9:30 - 10:30 a.m. Breakout Sessions

11:00 a.m.- 12:30 p.m. General Session
Keynote Address by Kim Becking

12:30 p.m. CASB's 85th Annual Convention adjourns