Highly Mobile, Highly Motivated! Staff Summit 2025
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Date: December 11, 2025
Time: 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Location: Region 7 ESC Workshop: #351013
Audience: TEHCY SSA district staff only
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Step Right Up, Educators! You’re invited to the Greatest Show in McKinney-Vento Student Support!
Starring the One and Only Brandon Fleming — educator, entrepreneur, author, and motivational ringmaster of inspiration! From the tightrope of adversity to the center ring of success, Brandon went from at-risk youth and college dropout to world-traveling speaker, and he’s coming to share his awe-inspiring journey with YOU!
This full-day extravaganza is your ticket to learn how to engage, uplift, and support your highly mobile, unaccompanied, and McKinney-Vento-identified students.
This full-day extravaganza is your ticket to learn how to engage, uplift, and support your highly mobile, unaccompanied, and McKinney-Vento-identified students.
What you'll learn:
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McKinney-Vento requirements and the latest updates
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Identifying and serving highly mobile and unaccompanied youth
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PEIMS and documentation essentials
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Counseling supports and community resources
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Leadership development and hands-on tools you can take back to campus
- Post-Secondary Round Table with Kilgore College - Admissions, FAFSA, Benefits Navigator, TRIO EOC
- PLUS, the latest McKinney-Vento updates & a grand finale SSA meeting!
This workshop is exclusively for staff from districts in our TEHCY SSA — so gather your team and get ready for a day under the big top of transformation and learning!
9:00 - 10:15: Keynote + Q&A
10:30 - 11:15: SSA Meeting and “What’s in Your Toolbox?”
11:15 - 12:30: Lunch
12:30 - 1:30: Breakout #1
The Encore - a Deeper Dive with Brandon Fleming
Spotlight on Success - Workforce Solutions
Safety Nets and Tightropes - Balancing Discipline and Student Support
Spotlight on Success - Workforce Solutions
Safety Nets and Tightropes - Balancing Discipline and Student Support
1:40 - 2:40: Breakout #2
The Encore - a Deeper Dive with Brandon Fleming
The Next Act: Post-Secondary Pathways Round Table
Talk the Tightrope - Navigating Conversations with Families
The Next Act: Post-Secondary Pathways Round Table
Talk the Tightrope - Navigating Conversations with Families
2:50 - 3:50: Breakout #3
Welcome to the Tent - McKinney-Vento 101
The Juggling Act - Making Sense of Student Mobility
The Juggling Act - Making Sense of Student Mobility
Brandon Fleming
Brandon P. Fleming is an award-winning educator, entrepreneur, author, and speaker whose story has inspired audiences around the world. Once an at-risk youth and college dropout, he transformed his life to become a Harvard debate coach and the Founder & CEO of the Veritas School of Social Sciences in Atlanta, Georgia.
Fleming’s journey is captured in his bestselling book Miseducated, which is being adapted for television, film, and theater. At just 26, he was recruited to Harvard University as an assistant debate coach, where he founded the Harvard Debate Council Diversity Project — a program that creates opportunities for Black and brown students to attend Harvard’s summer debate residency.
Over seven years, Fleming raised millions of dollars to fund full scholarships for more than 250 students of color. Each cohort he trained went on to win the international debate competition, earning seven consecutive championships. His story has been featured on CNN, Good Morning America, The Steve Harvey Show, and many other national outlets.
Fleming’s work has attracted support from major corporations including Coca-Cola, UPS, and Chick-fil-A. As a speaker, he has delivered keynotes for organizations such as the United Nations and Fortune 100 companies including Walmart, Bank of America, and FedEx.
At 29, Forbes named him to the 30 Under 30 list, and The Root recognized him as one of the Top 100 Most Influential African Americans. In 2021, North Carolina Wesleyan College awarded him an honorary Doctor of Humanities degree.
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