2026 INCTO Clinic

Most school security upgrades happen in pieces: one project at a time, often driven by immediate needs, limited budgets, or vendor recommendations. The result? Systems that don't fully connect, wasted resources, and plans that unintentionally move backward instead of forward.

In this session, Dave Hadley and Kyle McKinley with WNS Security sit down with Jamie Ramos from Carroll Consolidated School Corporation to share a more effective approach that has worked for this decades-old partnership.

Together, they'll walk through how to assess your current environment, develop a long-term security roadmap, and prioritize improvements in a way that aligns with real-world school budgets. Instead of chasing one-off solutions, you'll learn how to create a grand plan that allows you to implement upgrades in phases without sacrificing strategy or security.

You'll hear directly from both the technical and school leadership perspectives on:

• What a practical security assessment should include
• How to design a plan that grows with your funding

• How long-term partnerships lead to better outcomes

If you're responsible for school safety and tired of reacting instead of planning, this session will give you a clearer path forward.

Many of the challenges that land on our desks are not technology failures, but confusion failures: families who miss key steps, staff who misunderstand expectations, or communities who don't see the work happening behind the scenes. These gaps create risk, rework, and erosion of trust, often without anyone realizing where the breakdown occurred.

In this practical, Monday-morning-ready session, participants will explore how everyday edtech systems either reduce confusion or unintentionally multiply it. Using familiar examples from AI guidance, data privacy communication, cybersecurity processes, enrollment workflows, and support systems, this session reframes visibility and amplification as infrastructure, embedded in the systems and workflows leaders already manage.

Attendees will walk through an "amplification check" to identify where messages get distorted, delayed, or lost, and will leave having identified one concrete system or workflow they can clarify or improve immediately. The focus is on strengthening consistency and building trust through intentional system design, so the work of edtech leadership is understood, supported, and sustained.


Partner Map

By partnering with AvantBlue, Butler University has saved over $3,000,000 in cost avoidance allowing us to do more with less. While our budget has remained flat, we've continued to deliver leading-edge technology without increasing costs. Come and learn what we did, and find out how your district can benefit in the same way.

Guided by insights from this year's Driving K-12 Innovation Advisory Board, participants will explore the 2026 Top Topics: Hurdles that impede progress, the Accelerators that propel it, and the Tech Enablers that support it. Participants will also have the chance to dig deeper into the Top Topics with fellow attendees to share how these concepts are intersecting in their work.

Once the walls go up, technology mistakes tend to become permanent or expensive. In this session, I share practical lessons learned from managing technology through multiple construction and renovation projects. From working with architects and contractors to catching issues before they turn into expensive surprises, I'll focus on what CTOs should be thinking about early and what often gets overlooked. You'll walk away with real-world strategies, better questions to ask, and a few learn from my mistakes moments to help ensure technology is ready on day one.

SchoolCEO?s newest research uncovers how AI is reshaping the roles of school leaders. . Join us to explore how artificial intelligence can free you from administrative overwhelm?automating routine tasks, crafting personalized communications, and giving you back precious time for the work that truly matters: supporting students and staff. But transformation requires wisdom. We'll navigate the real challenges together: safeguarding data privacy, ensuring security, and building a culture where every team member feels confident with new tools. You'll leave equipped to champion AI adoption that empowers your people, cut through the hype, and bring even the skeptics on board. This isn't about chasing technology?it's about reclaiming your time and amplifying your impact.

Are you ready to go from the opening act to the headliner of your own career? This high-energy session is your all-access pass to becoming a Director of Technology, no matter where you are on your current tour. We'll smash the myth that you need a specific background to take center stage in edtech leadership.

We'll map out your world tour to success, showing you how anyone with the right passion and drive can lead the show.

Our Setlist Includes:

The Local Legends: Learn how the Indiana CTO Council acts as your home-state road crew, providing the connections, mentorship, and support to get your career rocking.
The National Headliners: Discover how CoSN (the Consortium for School Networking) gets you on the national stage, connecting you with a massive network of edtech superstars.
Going Platinum: Find out how becoming a Certified Education Technology Leader (CETL) is the platinum album of your career—a nationally recognized credential that proves you’ve got the chops to top the charts.

Whether you’re a backstage tech, a classroom innovator, or already playing lead guitar with your school’s technology integration, this session will show you that becoming a Director of Technology is a goal within your reach. Come ready to turn up the volume on your career, get inspired, and start writing your own hit track toward leadership.

Because the future of EdTech needs new headliners—why not you?