You lead better when you’re connected.
Find your people. They’re right here.
February 6–9, 2027 | Tampa, FL
Built for Every Principal, PreK–12
NPC27 brings together thousands of principals and APs who understand the work—and are ready to work through it with you. Because leadership doesn’t live in a silo. It comes from building trust. It comes from connecting with other leaders who get it. It comes from NPC27.
Why You Should Come to NPC27
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You can’t replicate this anywhere else.
Every school type, grade band, region, and kind of challenge is represented. Nothing comes close to what this community feels like in person.
02
The connections go beyond a business card.
If you haven’t worked through a challenge yourself, someone here has. Sessions are built around real problems so you can move forward with solid support.
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Learn alongside the people you lead with.
Every conversation and every exchange is anchored in action. It’s about making a plan that your staff can move on, starting Monday morning.
Sessions for Building Relationships
NPC27’s programming helps you strengthen the relationships that can make or break your school year.
Repairing adult culture
Find frameworks for shifting staff mindset, rebuilding trust after turnover, and leading through professional culture breakdown.
Rebuilding parent-school partnerships
Learn strategies for resetting expectations and restoring shared responsibility with families who’ve disengaged or become adversarial.
Facing external pressure
Get tools for protecting collaboration and morale when politics, mandates, and funding pressures are pulling your school apart.
Keynotes for Building Culture
NPC27’s speaker lineup is loaded with leadership perspective designed for your people-first style.
Gerry Brooks
Elementary School Principal, Education Humorist, Speaker
Gerry’s comedy is real, but so is the insight. His session will give you a clearer sense of why culture is built from the bottom up, not the top down.
Grant Hill
Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Famer, Atlanta Hawks Vice Chairman
Grant’s story is rooted in trust, collaboration, and knowing that even the best players need a team around them. It’s a playbook that tracks.
Jess Sims
Educator, Peloton Instructor, ESPN Reporter
Jess brings a perspective on community, belonging, and showing up for others that you’ll recognize in your own leadership.
Cal Ripken Jr.
Baseball Hall of Famer, Baltimore Orioles “Iron Man”
Cal speaks directly about building a culture where everyone holds the same standard together. He’s got the record to prove it.
Come Build Together
NPC27 is powerful on your own. When you bring your team, it’s transformative. Split up across sessions to double the learnings and debrief in real time.
