Jodee Blanco Speaking Tour

Jodee is constantly adding dates to her tour schedule. For additional information, please contact her at The Jodee Blanco Group at 312-961-3430.

Tour Note: I’m doing in-person tour engagements and virtual, accommodating all modalities. Looking forward to seeing everyone!

2022

Thursday, December 2, 2021

  • The Diocese of Joliet
    • Diocesan-Wide Principal’s Institute
    • Day-long boot camp on how to handle Challenging Parents (in-person)
    • Joliet, IL

Monday-Tuesday, January 10-11, 2022

  • The Archdiocese of Miami
    • Diocesan-Wide Conference
    • Featured Presentation for Administrators and Teachers on Challenging Parents (virtual)
    • Featured Presentation for Administrators and Teachers on Bullying Post-Covid

Monday-Friday, January 23-29, 2022

  • Coalinga-Huron Unified School District
    • Half-Day Principal’s Institute
    • Multiple student, faculty and parent presentations in nine schools (in-person)
    • Coalinga/Huron, California

Tuesday, February 1, 2022

  • The Archdiocese of Chicago
    • Our Lady of Guadalupe School
    • Multiple student presentations and faculty workshop (in-person)
    • Chicago, IL

Wednesday, February 3, 2022

  • The Diocese of Joliet
    • Bishop McNamara Schools
    • Multiple student presentations, faculty workshop, evening parent/family seminar (in-person)
    • Kankakee, IL

Thursday, February 4, 2022

  • St. Anne Middle School
    • Multiple student presentations, faculty workshop and evening parent/family seminar (in-person)
    • St. Anne, IL

Monday, February 7, 2022

  • KAIRS Conference (Kansas Association of Independent and Religious Schools)
    • Keynote Presenter
    • Keynote Presentations for Superintendents on Bullying Post-Covid, and Challenging Parents (in-person)
    • Break-out Session on Crisis Management
    • Kansas City, KS

Thursday-Friday, February 17-18, 2022

  • The Diocese of Memphis
    • Day-Long Principal’s Institute (switched to virtual)
    • Day-Long Teachers’ Institute (switched to virtual)
    • Memphis, TN

Much more to come!

2021

Thursday, January 21, 2021

  • The Chicago School of Professional Psychology
    • Lecture on Bullying Post-Covid

Tuesday, February 9, 2021

  • The Diocese of Allentown
    • Principal’s Conference, Featured Presenter

Monday, March 1st, 2021

  • The Andrew M. Greeley Center for Catholic Education at Loyola University, Chicago, IL
    • Featured Video Presentations on The Compassionate Classroom Post-Covid and Working in Partnership with Parents (Virtual)

Tuesday, March 2nd, 2021

  • The Diocese of Arlington
    • Featured Speaker, Diocesan Wide-Conference (Virtual Presentation)

Wednesday, March 3rd, 2021

  • The Chicago School of Professional Psychology
    • Lecture on Triage for the Bullied and Troubled Student (Virtual)

Friday, March 5th – Saturday, March 7th, 2021

  • The Procedo Project/Forefront Conference
    • Mainstage Presentation on Handling Stressed Out Parents (Virtual)
    • Featured Break-Out Session on Bullying Post-Covid (Virtual)

Tuesday, March 9th, 2021

  • Diocese of Allentown Principal’s Conference
    • Keynote Presentation on Crisis Management for School Leadership (Virtual)

Tuesday, March 16th, 2021

  • Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
    • St. Ann Catholic School
    • Student Presentation (Virtual)
  • Douglassville, Pennsylvania
    • Immaculate Conception Academy
    • Student Presentation (Virtual)

Wednesday, March 17th

  • Nazareth, Pennsylvania
    • Holy Family School
    • Student Presentation (Virtual)
  • Canby School District, Canby, Minnesota
    • Student Presentation (Virtual)

Tuesday, March 23rd – Wednesday, March 24th, 2021

  • Oak Forest, Illinois
    • Arbor Park School District
    • Three Student Presentations (Virtual streamed live on-site)
    • Professional Development Faculty Workshop (Virtual streamed live on-site)
    • Parent/Family Presentation (Recorded live on-site)

Thursday, March 25th, 2021

  • Northhampton, Pennsylvania
    • Good Shepherd Catholic School
    • Student Presentation (Virtual)

Thursday, April 8th, 2021

  • NCEA (National Catholic Educational Association)
    • Featured Live Presentation on Bullying Post-Covid (Virtual)

Monday, April 26th – Friday April 30th, 2021

  • Clarksdale Mississippi
    • St. Elizabeth School
      • Student Presentations, Faculty Workshop, Parent Family Seminar (In-Person)
  • Vicksburg, Mississippi
    • Vicksburg Catholic
      • Student Presentations, Faculty Workshop, Parent Family Seminar (In-Person)
  • Madison, Mississippi
    • St. Joe Catholic School
      • Student Presentations, Faculty Workshop, Parent Family Seminar (In-Person)
  • Southaven, Mississippi
    • Student Presentations, Faculty Workshop, Parent Family Seminar (Blended)

Monday, May 3rd, 2021

  • The Chicago School of Professional Psychology
    • Lecture on Challenging Parents (Virtual)

Wednesday, May 5th – Wednesday, May 12th, 2021

  • Diocese of Allentown/Pennsylvania Department of Education
    • Six schools
      • Student Presentations, Faculty Workshop, Parent/Family Seminar (In-Person)

Tuesday, August 3rd, 2021

  • Archdiocese of Los Angeles
    • Featured Speaker at C3 International Educational Conference
    • Two virtual presentations on Bullying Post-Covid and Parents Who Bully the School

Wednesday, August 4th-6th, 2021

  • Coalinga/Huron Unified School District
    • Keynote Presentation on Bullying Post-Covid
    • Two Day Bootcamp for New Teachers
    • Day-Long Bootcamp for All Faculty

Wednesday, September 1st, 2021

  • Boise, Idaho
    • Sacred Heart School
      • Two student presentations
      • One Faculty Presentation
      • One Parent/Family Presentation

Monday, October 4th-5th  2021

  • Chicago
    • The Andrew M. Greeley Center for Catholic Education at Loyola University
      • Featured Presenter for The Mustard Seed Conference

Monday, October 18th-22nd  2021

  • Coalinga/Huron Unified School District
    • Multiple student, faculty and parent presentations
    • Nine Schools

Monday, October 25th-29th  2021

  • Diocese of Memphis
    • Multiple student, faculty and parent presentations
    • Nine Schools
    • Keynote Presentation, Diocesan Wide Conference

Tuesday, November 9th, 2021

  • Canby, Minnesota
    • Canby School District
    • Student Presentations, Faculty Professional Development, Parent/Family Seminar

Wednesday, November 10th  2021

  • New York
    • New York Coalition of Independent and Religious School (NYCIRS)
    • RISE National Educational Conference
    • Keynote Presentation

Please check back regularly for updates!

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Wednesday, Feb 5th – Friday, February 14th, 2020

  • Diocese of Allentown/Pennsylvania Department of Education
    • 16 schools (In-Person)
    • Day-long Professional Development Bootcamp for Principals (In-Person)

Tuesday, April 14th, 2020

  • NCEA (National Catholic Educational Association)
    • Featured Presentation on Working in Partnership with Parents During the Covid Crisis (Virtual)

Thursday, June 25th, 2020

  • The Center at Donaldson
    • Keynote Presentation on Triage for the Bullied or Emotionally Wounded (Virtual)

Thursday, July 28th – Friday, July 29th, 2020

  • NCEA (National Catholic Educational Association)
    • Master Class on The New Back to School Reality: A Masterclass on Bullying Prevention and Working with Parents (Virtual)

Wednesday, August 12th – Thursday, August 13th, 2020

  • Diocese of Allentown, Pennsylvania
    • Professional Development Bootcamp on The New Back to School Reality (Virtual)

Wednesday, September 23rd, 2020

  • NCEA (National Catholic Educational Association)
    • Catholic Leadership Summit, Featured Presentation on Crisis Management for Superintendents Post-Covid (Virtual)

Friday, October 9th, 2020

  • Diocese of Phoenix, Arizona
    • Diocesan-Wide Professional Development Conference
    • Keynote Presentation on Building Community in the Hybrid, Socially Distanced and Virtual Classrooms (Virtual)

Monday, November 9th – Tuesday, November 10th,  2020

  • NYSCIRS (New York State Coalition for Independent and Religious Schools)
    • Featured Presentation on Crisis Management for Principals (Virtual)
    • Featured Presentation on Bullying Post-Covid (Virtual)
    • Keynote Presentation on Parents Who Bully the School (Virtual)

Monday, November 18th – Tuesday, November 19th, 2019

  • Holy Spirit Catholic Schools
  • Professional Development In-Service Keynote
  • Multiple Student and Parent Presentations
  • Multiple Schools
  • St. Paul, MN

Monday, November 4th, 2019

  • Evergreen Park High School
  • Two Student Presentations
  • Evergreen Park, IL (Chicago)

Monday, October 21st, 2019

  • NCEA Catholic Leadership Summit
  • Featured Speaker
  • Newport, RI

Monday, October 14th – Thursday, Oct. 17th, 2019

  • Montana Catholic Schools
  • Multiple Student and Parent Presentations
  • Professional Development Statewide In-Service Keynote
  • Holy Spirit Catholic School (Great Falls, MT)
  • Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic School (Great Falls, MT)
  • Great Falls Central High School (Great Falls, MT)
  • St. Francis Catholic School
  • Billings Central High School
  • Billings, MT

Monday, September 16th – Tuesday, September 24th, 2019

  • Diocese of Hawaii/Hawaii Department of Education
  • Multiple student and parent presentations
  • Sacred Hearts School (Maui)
  • St. Joseph (Hilo, The Big Island)
  • St. Louis High School (Honolulu area, HI)
  • St. Joseph School (Waipahu, HI)
  • St. John Vianney School (Honolulu area, HI)

Tuesday, September 10th, 2019

  • Saint Paul of the Cross School
  • Two student presentations
  • One professional development in-service for faculty and administration
  • Evening Parent/Family seminar
  • Park Ridge, IL (Chicago)

Wednesday, August 21st, 2019

  • All Saints Catholic School
  • Keynote Professional Development In-Service
  • Davenport, IA

Monday, August 12th, 2019

  • Saints Peter and Paul Catholic School
  • In-Service Keynote for Entire Deanery (multiple schools)
  • Cary, IL (Chicagoland)

Sunday, July 14th – Wednesday, July 17th, 2019

  • NCEA Institute for Catholic School Leaders
  • Featured speaker
  • Indianapolis, IN

Saturday, June 1st, 2019

  • Book Expo America (BEA)
  • The Spark!
  • Literary Event and Competition Co-Sponsored by Ingram Spark and Publisher’s Weekly
  • Keynote Address and Judge
  • New York, NY

Wednesday, April 27th, 2019

  • Woodward/Granger School District
  • Multiple Schools
  • Three student presentations
  • One professional development in-service for faculty and administration
  • Evening Parent/Family seminar
  • Woodward, IA

Tuesday, April 23rd – Wednesday, April 25th, 2019

  • NCEA Annual Convention (National Catholic Educational Association)
  • Featured Speaker
  • Two Featured Presentations
  • Central Chat

Sunday, April 6th 2019

  • Ingram/Spark Author Conference
  • Featured speaker
  • Chicago, IL

Saturday, April 6th, 2019

  • IBPA Publishing University
  • Featured speaker
  • Ask the Expert Panelist
  • Chicago, IL

Tuesday, March 19th, 2019

  • Gadsden City Schools
  • Three student presentations
  • One parent/family/community keynote
  • Gadsden City, AL

Wednesday, March 13th, 2019

  • Immaculate Heart of Mary School
  • Two student presentations
  • One faculty in-service
  • One Parent/family seminar
  • Implementation of curriculum
  • Indianapolis, IN

Tuesday, March 12th, 2019

  • Bishop Ready High School
  • One student presentation
  • One faculty in-service
  • One Parent/family seminar
  • Implementation of curriculum
  • Columbus, OH

Monday, March 11th, 2019

  • Saint Angela Merici School
  • Two student presentations
  • One faculty in-service
  • One Parent/family seminar
  • Implementation of curriculum
  • Fairview Park, OH

Friday, February 25th-26th, 2019

  • IC Catholic Prep School
  • Visitation Parish School
  • Immaculate Conception Grade School
  • Four student presentations
  • Joint Faculty In-Service
  • Joint evening parent/family seminar
  • Implementation of curriculum
  • Elmhurst, IL

Friday, February 1st, 2019

  • Hawaii Catholic Schools
  • Diocesan Wide Professional Development In-Service/Keynote, Honolulu
  • Student, parent and faculty presentations at six Diocesan schools:
    • St. Catherine (Kauai)
    • St. Ann (Oahu)
    • Our Lady of Good Counsel (Oahu)
    • St. John the Baptiste (Oahu)
    • Holy Family Academy (Oahu)
    • Sacred Hearts School (Maui)

Wednesday, January 30,2019

  • Our Lady of the Wayside School (possible additional schools to participate/TBA)
  • Two Student Presentations
  • One Faculty Workshop
  • One Parent/Family Seminar (Open to the Community)
  • Arlington Heights, IL

Wednesday, November 15, 2018

  • Diocese of Salina, Kansas and St. Mary’s Grade School
  • Three Student Presentations
  • One Faculty Workshop
  • One Parent/Family Seminar (Open to the Public)
  • Salina, Kansas

Tuesday, October 9, 2018

  • Orangevale Open Elementary/Grade School
  • Two Student Presentations
  • One Faculty Workshop
  • One Parent//Family Seminar (Open to the Community)

Tuesday, October 2-Wednesday, October 3 2018

  • Eagle Point, Oregon School District
  • Eight Student Presentations
  • One District-Wide Faculty In-service
  • One Parent/Family Seminar (Open to the Community)
  • Medford, Oregon

Tuesday, September 25  –  Wednesday, September 26, 2018

  • Eastside Catholic Schools Partnership (Archdiocese of Indianapolis)
  • Our Lady of Lourdes School, Saint Therese Little Flower School, Holy Spirit School, Father Thomas Scecina Memorial High School
  • Seven Student Presentations
  • Two Professional Development/Faculty Workshops
  • One Parent/Family Seminary (Open to the Community)
  • Indianapolis, IN

Monday, September 10, 2018

  • Antioch, Illinois School District 34
  • Six Student Presentations
  • One Parent/Family Seminar (Open to the Community)
  • Antioch, IL

Thursday, September 6, 2018

  • Greenway Middle School
  • One Student Presentation
  • One Faculty Workshop
  • One Parent//Family Seminar (Open to the Community)
  • Phoenix, AZ

Monday, August 6, 2018

  • The Diocese of Rockford
  • Keynote–faculty in-service
  • Rockford, IL

Thursday, August 2, 2018

  • The Diocese of Corpus Christi
  • Keynote–faculty in-service
  • Corpus Christi, TX

Monday, July 16, 2018

  • NCEA Institute for Catholic School Leaders
  • National Conference
  • Featured Presenter
  • Los Angeles, CA

Wednesday, May 2, 2018

  • Cedar Valley Catholic Schools
  • One 6th Grade Student Presentation
  • One 7th-8th Grade Student Presentation
  • Curriculum Training and Implementation
  • Waterloo, IA

Tuesday, April 3-Wednesday, April 4, 2018

  • National Catholic Educational Association (NCEA)
  • NCEA 2018–Annual National Convention
  • One Featured Presentation
  • One Central Chat
  • Cincinnati, OH

Monday, February 19-Tuesday, February 20, 2018

  • St. Joseph Community School/Regional School District
  • Five Student Presentations
  • One Faculty Workshop
  • One Parent/Family Seminar (Open to the Community)
  • New Hampton, IA

Wednesday, February 7, 2018

  • Trinity Lutheran School
  • Two Student Presentations
  • One Faculty Workshop
  • One Parent/Family Seminar (Open to the Community)
  • Roselle, IL

Friday, February 17, 2017

  • Magee Middle School
  • Round Lake, IL
  • Faculty training, INJJA Curriculum Implementation

Thursday, February 23, 2017

  • Girl’s Leadership Conference
  • Will County, IL
  • Keynote

Monday, March 13-Wednesday, March 15, 2017

  • Diocese of Springfield, IL and Springfield Public Schools
  • INJJA Program
  • Ten student presentations
  • One Faculty Workshop
  • One Evening Parent/Family Seminar Open to the Public
  • Springfield, IL

Wednesday, April 19, 2017

  • NCEA (National Catholic Educational Association)
  • Annual Convention
  • Featured Speaker
  • St. Louis, MO

Tuesday, May 2, 2017

  • NACPA (National Association of Church Personnel Administrators)
  • Annual Conference
  • Keynote and Workshop
  • Nashville, TN

Monday, June 19-Wednesday, June 21, 2017

  • NCEA (National Catholic Educational Association)
  • Regional Conference on Exceptional Learners
  • Featured Speaker
  • Chicago, IL

Tuesday, January 19th-Thursday, January 21st, 2016

  • Frontier School Division
  • One 45-Minute Combined Elementary Schools Presentation
  • One 90-Minute Combined Middle and High Schools Presentation
  • One 90-Minute Evening Parent/Family/Community Seminar
  • One 3-Hour Faculty In-Service Keynote
  • One 90-Minute Faculty Break-Out Session
  • Winnipeg, Canada

Tuesday, February 23-25, 2016

  • Frontier School Division
  • Four student presentations
  • One Faculty workshop
  • One Parent/Family Community Event
  • Churchill, CA
  • Berets River, CA

Tuesday, March 8, 2016

  • Menominee College Community Author Series
  • One Middle School Presentation
  • Two High School Presentations
  • One VIP/Faculty Presentation
  • One Parent/Family Evening Seminar open to the public
  • Menominee, WI (Green Bay)

Tuesday, March 29, 2016

  • NCEA Annual Convention
  • Featured Speaker
  • San Diego, CA

Wednesday, April 6, 2016

  • St. Michael the Archangel Catholic School
  • Two Student Presentations
  • One Faculty Workshop
  • Evening Parent/Family Seminar Open to the Public
  • South Shore, Chicago, IL

Wednesday, April 13, 2016

  • West Chicago School District
  • Two Middle School Presentations
  • One Parent/Family/Community Evening Seminar
  • West Chicago, IL

Tuesday, April 19, 2016

  • NSU University School
  • One Middle School Presentation
  • One Parent/Family Seminar
  • Fort Lauderdale, FL

Tuesday, September 13 – Thursday, October 16

  • Perrysburg School District
  • Two High-School Presentations
  • Two Middle School Presentations
  • Two Elementary School Presentations
  • One Faculty Workshop
  • One Parent/Family Seminar Open to the Public
  • Perrysburg, Ohio (Toledo, Ohio)

Tuesday, September 20, 2016

  • The Dalles School District
  • One Middle School Presentation
  • One Elementary School Presentation
  • One Faculty Workshop
  • One Parent/Family Seminar Open to the Public
  • The Dalles, Oregon (Portland, Oregon)

Friday, September 23 – Wednesday, September 28, 2016

  • NSU University School
  • Six Middle and High School Student Workshops
  • One High School Presentation
  • One Middle School Presentation
  • One Elementary School Presentation
  • One Faculty Training
  • One Parent/Family Seminar
  • Tailored Post-Event Curriculum–Citizenship and Character Development
  • Fort Lauderdale, FL

Tuesday, October 11

  • John T. Magee Middle School
  • Two Middle School Presentation
  • One Faculty Workshop
  • One Parent/Family Seminar Open to the Public
  • Round Lake, IL

Thursday, October 13

  • Samaritan Medical Center
  • One Community Seminar
  • Watertown, NY

Tuesday, October 18 – Wednesday, October 19

  • Dilworth School District
  • Two 45-minute K-4 presentations
  • One 90-minute 6-12 presentation
  • One 90-minute faculty workshop.
  • One 90-minute parent/family evening seminar open to the public
  • Dilworth, MN (Fargo, North Dakota)

Wednesday, August 5th, 2015

  • Rowan County Schools
  • Leadship Conference Keynote
  • Morehead, KY

Tuesday, September 15th, 2015

  • Barnesville, Middle School
  • Two 90-Minute Student Presentations
  • One 90-Minute Faculty Workshop
  • One 2-Hour Evening Parent/Family/Community Seminar
  • Barnesville, OH

Tuesday, October 13th-Thursday, October 15th, 2015

  • St. Stephen The Martyr Catholic School, Christ the King
  • School, St. Wenceslaus School
  • Three 45-Minute Elementary School Presentations
  • Three 90-Minute Middle School Presentations
  • Three 90-Minute Faculty Presentations
  • One 2-Hour Evening Parent/FamilyCommunity Seminar
  • Omaha, NE

Friday, October 2nd, 2015

  • The Superintendents Roundtable of Northern Illinois
  • Keynote address
  • Lombard, IL

Wednesday, October 21st, 2015

  • Eastern Pennsylvania Special Education Administrators’
  • Annual Conference
  • One 3-Hour Keynote
  • Hershey, PA

Thursday, October 29th, 2015

  • MacArthur Middle School/Northlake Middle School
  • Two 90-minute student presentation
  • One 2-hour parent/family seminar
  • Berkeley, IL

Monday, November 9th-Tuesday, November 10th, 2015

  • Cedar Valley Catholic Schools
  • One 3-Hour Faculty In-Service Keynote
  • One 90-Minute Middle School Presentation
  • One 90-Minute High School Presentation
  • One 2-Hour Evening Parent/Family/Community Seminar
  • Waterloo, IA

For additional information or to inquire about the possibility of attending/auditing select events,  please call 312-961-3430 or email jodee@jodeeblanco.com