JoinLeaders Institute
National Conference in Indianapolis • November 5, 2025
Join fellow administrators for a day of empowering strategies, connection, and inspiration through focused leader-centric professional learning.
At NSTA’s Leaders Institute, education leaders will explore practical, research-based approaches that transform teaching and learning in the classroom, participate in formative conversations with subject-matter experts, boost their leadership skills, and expand their network of supportive colleagues and peers. Don’t miss this immersive, full-day learning experience—you will come away with actionable insights into your own leadership, a renewed sense of purpose for your work, and clarity about future goals for your ongoing growth as a leader.
Full-Day Workshop
Leading Change That Sticks: Systemic and Sustained Improvement through Curriculum Implementation
Thursday, November 5 • 8:00 AM - 3:00 PM
All participants will receive breakfast and lunch.
About the Session
Join science education leaders to collaboratively explore the critical leadership actions needed to drive system-wide change across every stage of curriculum implementation. In this immersive, research-based experience, you’ll engage with proven strategies and practical frameworks while strengthening the leadership mindset required to guide change with confidence—from building the case to sustaining long-term impact. Develop the approaches needed to move your organization forward and create a more adaptive, thriving system.
Key Takeaways
- Deepen understanding of principles of change.
- Increase the ability to lead change as part of a strategy to strengthen science teaching and learning through curriculum implementation.
- Strengthen the ability to deal with reluctant staff (e.g., other leaders, teachers).
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Breakfast and Lunch Sponsored by:
Presenters
Jenine Cotton-Proby
Jenine Cotton-Proby is a Science Educator in the Professional Learning division of BSCS Science Learning. Prior to joining BSCS, she served for 19 years as a high school Chemistry teacher in the same school district she attended as a student. She taught International Baccalaureate, Advanced Placement, College Prep and Co-Teaching Chemistry as well as almost every other science discipline at least once. While working as a high school Chemistry teacher, she mentored new teachers and helped them make sense of the Next Generation Science Standards. Her passion for leading professional learning prompted her move to BSCS Science Learning where she is currently part of a number of Professional Learning projects and involved in the organization’s commitment to equity and social justice. She lives in Waldorf, Maryland with her family and enjoys the culture and museums in the Washington, DC area.
Jody Bintz
Jody Bintz serves as BSCS Associate Director for Strategic Partnerships and Director, Educator Learning. She works primarily in the areas of leadership development and teacher professional learning. Bintz designs, studies, and leads programs to develop organizational leadership capacity, particularly as related to implementing the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) and the evaluation, selection, and implementation of high-quality instructional materials designed for next generation science. She co-directs the NEXUS Academy for Science Curriculum Leadership in partnership with WestEd and leads BSCS’s Science Teachers Learning from Lesson Analysis (STeLLA) teacher professional learning and leadership development programs.