School Board Leaders Program
next Learn Right Summit
September 11, 2025
Mission
Welcome to the School Board Leaders Program
The Leadership Institute’s School Board Leaders Program (SBLP) is a comprehensive initiative to empower conservative school board candidates, and members with the skills, knowledge, and strategies to challenge the public education status quo. The mission is to promote excellence in governance, restore accountability in public schools, and foster transformative change through effective leadership.
- To train and equip conservatives to run for, win, and govern effectively on school boards across America.
- Mobilize parents, and community members to support candidates, and conservative school board members by coalition building.
- Support systems to establish lasting, positive change in American K-12 education.
Learn Right Lead Right Summits
Did you know that in 2024, only 31% of all fourth graders in the United States scored at or above a proficient level in reading, according to the National Center for Educational Statistics? This just proves that the American education system is failing children… so how do we stop this “literacy emergency?”
It is not enough to just talk about the problem. It is time to do something about it.
Join a group of like-minded individuals to uncover how public schools are being systematically dumbed down, explore real SOLUTIONS to turn things around, and equip you with the tools to lead the charge for change in your community.
These summits are more than events—they’re the start of a national movement to restore excellence in education. You’ll walk away with proven strategies, powerful insights, and a renewed sense of purpose to fight for our children’s future.
Check out the upcoming summit locations and make plans to attend. American schools need YOU!
State Accredited Trainings
Are you a current School Board member looking to fulfill some continuing education credits?
Leadership Institute is accredited to offer state mandated continuing education credits for school board members in Oklahoma and Tennessee.
In-Person Training Topics Included:
- Employment
- Due Process
- Ethics – Following OMA – Getting Work Done Efficiently and Transparently
- School Law – Duties and Authority-New Laws Update
- Ethics – Communicating and Building Effective Working Relationships
- Special Education Laws and Duties
On-Demand Training:
- The Oklahoma Open Records Act and Open Meeting Act
- School Finance
- Robert’s Rules of Order for School Board Meetings
Governance Trainings
Leadership Institute’s governance trainings go in depth to train current and aspiring school board members with the foundational knowledge and practical tools needed to govern effectively and ethically.
These professional development trainings will also strengthen their effectiveness, accountability, and professionalism to fulfill their roles as political leaders.
Types of trainings available:
- School Board Member Drop In Hot Topics
- Holding School Board Members Accountable
- School Board Training Robert’s Rules of Order
School Board Campaign and Candidates
Leadership Institute’s comprehensive training programs equip school board candidates, activists, and supporters with strategic campaign skills and coalition-building expertise.
Expert-led sessions deliver clear guidance on voter engagement, messaging, and organizing to empower education advocates. Your participation fuels impactful campaigns for community change.
Types of trainings available:
- School Board Campaign Messaging and Voter Contact Strategies
- School Board Candidate Breakthrough Session
- Campaigning for School Board 101
- Campaign Blueprint: Run for School Board Workshop
Meet the Team
Leigh Vlasblom
Erica Ramsey
Zachary Brown
Dana Hunter
Opportunity Statement
Education Freedom
Leadership Institute champions educational freedom, and opportunity for all students. Empowering parents to choose the best path for their children, be that public, charter, parochial, private, or homeschool, is the best way to meet the needs of each student.
The SBLP’s mission is to train, and equip commonsense conservatives to win, and effectively govern on school boards across America. We mobilize parents, and community members to support commonsense conservative candidates, and elected officials, driving lasting, positive change in American K-12 education.
America is facing a literacy crisis; approximately 66% of fourth and eighth graders struggle with reading and math. The Leadership Institute’s School Board Leaders Program is committed to ensuring every child can succeed across all areas of study.
