Redefining Ready! Cohort
Where Preparation Meets Purpose: College, Career and Life Readiness

A diploma should open doors — 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 — 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 — and giving every student a real path forward.
Any district leader who is interested in furthering the Redefining Ready! initiative and mission, particularly superintendents, assistant superintendents, district office staff and principals.
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
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Register TodayContact
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Debbie Magee
Director, Leadership Network
AASA, The School Superintendents Association
703-875-0716
Impact of RR!
Superintendents Christopher Nesmith (Washington) and Randy Squier (N.Y.) discuss the impact of AASA's Redefining Ready! cohort.
