When One Student Changes, How Does the Whole School Benefit?

October 8 & 9, 2026 • Vail Village, Colorado

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Presented by Shoulder-to-Shoulder

An immersive professional development event for school leaders who want to turn a single student's transformation into lasting school culture.

Special Thanks to our Educator Program Sponsors

SESSIONS

SStS NGO Partners

Moral Examples from the Field

Hear directly from NGO partners whose work reflects compassion, moral imagination, and community-driven leadership in the face of climate change, systemic injustice, and local challenges.

Fernando Maldonado

Farmer and Educator

Finca Caribe & Carite 3.0

Puerto Rico

Christina Lehew

Executive Director

Common Ground Relief

New Orleans, LA

Co-Founder & Program Director

The Small World Nepal

Kathmandu, Nepal

Sanam Sherpa

From Student Transformation to Student Leadership

A working session—not a presentation. Using real SStS experiences as the starting point, school leaders design practical systems that help returning students influence faculty, younger students, families, and the broader school community. Participants leave with an implementation plan tailored to their own school.

How to Extract More Value for Your School Community From SStS

Erika Twani & Dani Bedoni

Author, Becoming Einstein's Teacher & The Einstein Mindset; Master Coach, 30+ years in leadership development

Building an Ethics Center with Student Leadership

Embedding Ethics Into School Culture

Learn how Ransom Everglades built an ethics center with student leadership to infuse ethics into the campus ethos.

Dr. John King

Chief of Innovation & Strategic Programming, History & Social Sciences Teacher

Ransom Everglades School

Miami, Florida

Customizing SStS for Your School

Reinforcing Mission, Faculty, and Family Partnerships

Learn from schools that have customized SStS programs to reinforce mission, engage faculty, and deepen parent partnerships.

Elizabeth Miller

Head of School

The Children’s School

Atlanta, GA

Greg Chalfin

Head of School

Lake Hill Preparatory School

Dallas, TX

In one session, we weave the voices and experiences of our NGO partner Karma Sherpa (Co-Founder of The Small World Nepal), Evie and Leah (SSTS alumnae), and Erika Twani (author of Becoming Einstein’s Teacher and The Einstein Mindset, 2027) to illustrate an actionable strategy framework adaptable for already established programs in your school.

Guiding the Power of Transformation

Moral Imagination, Student Agency, and Technology

Lia Padilla & Evie Blan

SStS Alumni

American School Foundation of Guadalajara & Fort Worth Country Day

Guadalajara, Mexico & Dallas, TX

Sanam Sherpa

Co-Founder and President

The Small World Nepal

Kathmandu, Nepal

Erika Twani

Author

Becoming Einstein's Teacher & The Einstein Mindset

Healthcare as a Moral Ecosystem

Plenary Session

The full Forum convenes for a panel discussion and a Jeffersonian-style conversation centered on this year's theme. Rather than treating health as the responsibility of hospitals alone, we'll examine the shared obligations of healthcare providers, businesses, nonprofits, civic organizations, and citizens in building communities where every person has access to healthcare.