LEADER’S DAY
Leader’s Day 2025:
For heads of school, board members, and other school leaders.
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Meet with experienced leaders who can encourage and assist as you guide our movement forward. |
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Come together to advise and pray for one another. |
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Join in the discussion on topics that will help you take workable strategies back to your school. |
Pre-conference | Wednesday, June 18 | 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Join us in the evening for the Leader’s Day reception!
Speakers & Topics
- Plenary: Leadership as Compelling Human Excellence | Clifford Humphrey
- Plenary: Aristocratic Education and the American Tradition – Panel | Josh Gibbs, Ryan Hammill, Clifford Humphrey, & Colin Redemer (panel chair)
- Safeguarding the Culture of Your School: The Greatest Challenge of Growth | Chad Gallagher
- Red to Black: Lessons Learned in Setting Tuition Rates | Robert Arritt
- The Classical Disconnect: Movement Ideals versus Classroom Realities | Anthony Urti
- Via Collegium Series: Presented by Regents School of Austin
– Via Collegium I: Upstream Harkness | Dan Peterson, Head of School
– Via Collegium II: Developing a Team of Leaders | Josh Simmons, Head of Rhetoric
– Via Collegium III: Sustainable Budgeting and Strategic Tuition Setting | Lee Jones, Chief Financial Officer
– Via Collegium IV: Partnering Well with Parents | Ronnie Long, Head of Grammar
– Via Collegium V: Cybersecurity on a Shoestring Budget | Bryan Gustin, Chief Technology Officer
Our Speakers:
Joshua Simmons
Leaders Day Via Collegium Series #2: Developing a Team of Leaders.
Lee Jones
Leaders Day Via Collegium Series #3: Sustainable Budgeting and Strategic Tuition Setting.
Ronnie Long
Leaders Day Via Collegium Series #4: Partnering Well with Parents.
Bryan Gustin
Leaders Day Via Collegium Series #5: Cybersecurity on a Shoestring Budget.
Robert Arritt
Red to Black – Lessons Learned in Setting Tuition Rates
Dr. Dan Peterson
Leaders Day Via Collegium Series #1: Upstream Harkness.
Colin Redemer
Leader’s Day Panel – Aristocratic Education and the American Tradition
Ryan Hammill
Leader’s Day Panel – Aristocratic Education and the American Tradition
Josh Gibbs
Leader’s Day Panel – Aristocratic Education and the American Tradition
Anthony Urti
Leader’s Day – The Classical Disconnect: Movement Ideals versus Classroom Realities
Chad Gallagher
Safeguarding the Culture of Your School – The Greatest Challenge of Growth
Clifford Humphrey
Leadership as “Compelling Human Excellence”
Check back for schedule updates!
Can’t make it in person? Join us online! All workshops and plenaries will be available live (Central Time), along with recordings for a limited time after the conference.
At this panel, key signers of the AGOGE Statement will engage with Matthew Freeman’s provocative essay, “Toward a Classical Counter-Elite,” exploring its implications for the classical education movement in America. Freeman’s call for an education that forms a new aristocracy—rooted in Greek and Roman vision of virtue—raises questions about the role of classical education in shaping a nation’s future.
Is this vision compatible with the American tradition? How can classical educators balance the ideals of hierarchy and civic virtue with America’s historical commitments to democratic self-government? Can classical schools serve as the training grounds for a counter-elite capable of restoring cultural and political order?
This panel will discuss these themes, addressing both the challenges and opportunities of integrating Freeman’s ideas into classical education today. Panelists will offer insights on how classical institutions can foster a generation of leaders prepared to navigate and reshape the modern world without compromising the core of the American experiment.
More at RTR for Leaders:
ACCREDITED SCHOOL MEETING
MEMBER SCHOOL MEETING
AFTERNOON TEA FOR HEAD OF SCHOOL WIVES
