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As an educator, your ability to help students grow and thrive depends on your ability to engage in valuable, proven professional development and learning. Attending Building Expertise presents an excellent opportunity to expand your skillset by attending content-rich, career-building technical sessions from leading education experts.

With so many learning opportunities in a single location, the value of attending speaks for itself, but the knowledge you’ll gain will last a lifetime.

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Click on the links below to download supporting documents individually.

Approval Letter for BE2025
Registration Worksheet for BE2025
2024 W9 Form

What do past attendees think of the conference?

“Think of that title, 'Building Expertise'. Everyone has something they can build or grow, so I knew this would be the conference to give me and my team that extra push to take learning to the next level.”

Andrea ShortPrincipal, Mississippi

“I have a lot of knowledge to take back to my students and my colleagues. The different strategies that I learned at Building Expertise will help my students grow and help me grow as a teacher.”

Ms. Henry4th Grade Teacher, Florida

“We sent over 600 teachers, leaders, and staff to LSI’s 2019 Building Expertise summer conference! The caliber of its authors and presenters is exemplary. Polk is ready to continue the building of our expertise with Learning Sciences International!”

Cheryl L. JoeSenior Director of Professional Development, Polk County Public Schools
“Overall the entire conference was very engaging and inspiring. I feel very motivated to get back to school, whatever that may look like, and get my students energized about learning and being together again as a ‘family.'” – Lynnette Landwehr