Lead Wise Change.
Build Real Trust.
Leave with an Action Plan.
A 1-Day Summit on Leading Change in Schools.
Because Every School Leader is a Change Leader.
Event Details
Date: Wednesday, November 12, 2025
Time: 9 am - 4pm
Location: The Hotel Hershey, PA
Tickets: 50 seats only!!
Price: $629 for 2 tickets; $749 for 3 tickets.
2024 alumni receive a 20% discount and can gift a 10% discount to others!
Who is The Journey For
Built for the leaders who actually move their schools forward.
If you’re a head of school, division director, department chair, or other school leader who needs to initiate, reboot, or accelerate change, The Journey is for you.
Our 2025 Theme
The theme of The Journey in 2024 was “Questions That Have No Right To Go Away.”
The theme for The Journey in 2025 is “Project Phoenix.” There is a backstory here…
In February 2025, Middle States convened a small group of school leaders over dinner to discuss “Forbidden Questions” about K12 schools–the sorts of things that, if you were to bring them up at a typical school gathering, people would change the topic or find another conversation partner.
Out of that dinner emerged a powerful desire to talk about—and to do something about—a forbidden topic in schools:
What part of our school must we allow to die so that something new can be born? And how can we address that forbidden question with thoughtful, mission-driven change strategy and planning?
Now you have the opportunity to be in the first group of school leaders to engage with Project Phoenix.
What You’ll Leave With
A change strategy and action plan for your school
A “Phoenix Project”—a map for your change initiative
An alliance with one or more school leaders committed to co-learning and resource sharing
A curated resource bundle (slides, templates, case examples)
Your Guarantee
If you don’t see 10× value for your specific context, we will refund you.
What School Leaders Had to Say About The Journey 2024!
