edWebcasts

This edWeb podcast is sponsored by Scholastic Education Solutions.
The webinar recording can be accessed here.

Join Scholastic’s Dr. Amanda Alexander for a lively discussion with Dr. Gholdy Muhammad, who shares her insights and strategies for implementing culturally responsive instruction in the classroom. They also explore the significance of honoring diverse perspectives and cultural backgrounds, emphasizing how joy can transform school curricula and foster inclusive learning communities.

Educators leave this edWeb podcast with:

• Practical strategies to implement culturally responsive teaching practices that cater to the diverse needs of all students
• Effective methods to cultivate inclusive learning environments that respect and celebrate students’ cultural identities
• A deeper understanding of the impact culturally responsive teaching can have on student learning outcomes and holistic development

This edWeb podcast is of interest to PreK-12 teachers and school and district leaders.

Scholastic Education’s Culturally Responsive Instruction series can be viewed in any order or as stand-alone edWebinars.
View Part 1: Culturally Responsive Instruction, Part 1: 10 Tips for Liberating Your Literacy Instruction
View Part 2: Culturally Responsive Instruction Series: Choosing and Using Diverse Texts

Scholastic Education Solutions
We partner with districts and schools to inspire lifelong readers and learners.

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This edWeb podcast is sponsored by Center for Model Schools.
The edLeader Panel recording can be accessed here.

Chronic absenteeism in schools poses a significant challenge to student success and academic outcomes. As a leader, establishing a system that addresses this issue ensures a supportive learning environment and creates the conditions so that all students can thrive. Join our expert panel, including current and former school and district leaders, for an insightful session where we delve into learned experiences about addressing chronic absenteeism and the type of leadership it requires.

In this edWeb podcast, we explore:

• Root causes: Understanding factors behind absenteeism
• Adaptive leadership practices: Going beyond technical solutions to adaptive challenges
• Building partnerships: Engaging stakeholders in collaborative efforts to support attendance and cultivate a positive school culture

Don’t miss this opportunity to join the conversation and gain valuable insights and practical strategies for a systematic approach to proactively addressing chronic absenteeism in your district and/or school. Join our expert panel to support your strategic plan to increase attendance rates for the next school year.

This edWeb podcast is of interest to K-12 teachers and school and district leaders.

Center for Model Schools
Professional development for leaders to address today's challenges

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This edWeb podcast is sponsored by Sora.
The edLeader Panel recording can be accessed here.

If the eighth-largest school district in the U.S. can do it, so can you! Listen to this edWeb podcast with educators from Orange County Public Schools (FL) to learn how their diverse district—which includes 200+ schools and 170+ languages spoken—rolled out ebooks and audiobooks to the entire school community. You hear from Director of Instructional Technology and Library Media Allison Kibbey about how this 1:1 district, which supplies over 188,667 devices to students, got started with a digital reading platform in February 2021.

From there, Digital Learning and Library Media Program Specialist Margie Wells takes you through her keys to effective rollout and implementation of digital books, from using curation tools creatively to spark reading engagement, to cost-effectively managing your collection, to promoting your ebooks and audiobooks so that they’re always on your students’ minds. Plus, you discover how digital books make reading more accessible to students, with unique features and formats to draw in even struggling and reluctant readers. The end result? Over 120% checkout growth over the last two years!

This edWeb podcast is of interest to K-12 teachers, librarians, as well as school, district, and education technology leaders.

Sora from OverDrive Education
The leading digital reading platform for libraries and schools worldwide

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This edWeb podcast is sponsored by The Modern Classrooms Project.
The webinar recording can be accessed here.

Join this edWeb podcast for a discussion where experienced special education educators share their insights on creating a thriving classroom that celebrates all learners. The presenters explore:

• Effective Strategies for Differentiated Instruction: Discover practical methods to adapt lessons, materials, and assessments to empower students with diverse learning styles.
• Building Bridges: Collaboration for Success: Learn how to foster open communication and collaboration between general education teachers, special education specialists, and caregivers to support student achievement.
• Cultivating a Sensory-Smart Classroom: Gain tips on creating a calming and stimulating environment that caters to students with sensory processing needs.
• Fostering Social-Emotional Learning: Explore strategies to promote positive social interactions and build a strong sense of belonging for all students.

This interactive session offers a unique opportunity to ask questions, gain practical advice, and walk away with actionable strategies to create an inclusive and empowering learning experience for every student in your classroom. This edWeb podcast is of interest to PreK-12 teachers, school leaders, and district leaders.

The Modern Classrooms Project
Meet every student's needs with classroom-tested techniques that help every student truly learn.

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This edWeb podcast is sponsored by Everspring Inc. on behalf of the University of Kansas School of Education and Human Sciences.
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While the teaching profession is largely dominated by females, the educational leadership space does not mirror the same demographics. Why is this? Join us for a conversation with two experienced public education practitioners and school leaders whose service in the field and study at the higher education levels lend new perspectives and research that apply to the field and prospective recruitment and retention of female leaders.

This edWeb podcast covers a myriad of topics, from the theories behind these numbers to imposter syndrome, and complex considerations and proposed solutions for not only women in the field considering these fields, but to those who are supporting, hiring, or mentoring women in leadership roles. This is a conversation about career growth and empowerment, strategies for those aspiring to leadership roles, and organizational improvement tactics that can shape and cultivate a fair systems approach for women to succeed, lead, and impact others.

This edWeb podcast is of interest to teachers, librarians, school and district leaders, and education technology leaders at all grade levels.

University of Kansas
Convenient online graduate programs designed to flex around your full-time work and life commitments

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This edWeb podcast is sponsored by The Educating All Learners Alliance, an InnovateEDU Project.
The webinar recording can be accessed here.

How can schools create a sense of community for diverse learners with unique needs? In this edWeb podcast, experts share research around the importance of implementing a school vision and mission around positive school culture, and then delve into practical ways to do this at the classroom level using tools such as Along, a free tool that helps teachers quickly build and maintain the strong ties needed so that their students feel comfortable sharing their classroom experience.

This edWeb podcast is for K-12 school leaders, district leaders, special education teachers, and anyone who works with youth who learn and think differently.

The Educating All Learners™ Alliance
An alliance dedicated to equity for complex learners

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This edWeb podcast is sponsored by Age of Learning.
The edLeader Panel recording can be accessed here.

This edWeb podcast aims to arm district administrators with actionable insights to lead their teams in harnessing the potential of AI within digital learning solutions, ensuring that personalized learning remains unbiased and effective.

The panelists address the pressing challenge of identifying and mitigating biases that may be embedded in AI algorithms and how education leaders can help ensure that digital learning solutions serve to support equitable educational outcomes. They also share strategies for demystifying AI for teaching staff, alleviating apprehension, and championing the adoption of these tools as a means to augment—not replace—their instructional impact.

This edWeb podcast is of interest to PreK-12 school leaders, district leaders, and education technology leaders.

Age of Learning
Helping children build a strong foundation for academic success and a lifelong love of learning

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This edWeb podcast is sponsored by PERTS.
The edLeader Panel recording can be accessed here.

Research is clear: Young people learn best when schools afford them key experiences, like a sense of belonging, schoolwork that feels meaningful and personally relevant, and the sense that adults in the building believe in them. Experiences like these are now taking their rightful place at the front and center of school and district leaders’ strategic visions.

As a result, schools increasingly measure how their students experience school climate, classroom learning conditions, and academic mindsets. Yet the potential of such data is in danger of going unrealized unless districts and schools learn to leverage it effectively. Join this edWeb podcast to learn about:

• An evidence-based tool to leverage student voice for continuous improvement
• Research on three learning conditions that drive student engagement and achievement
• Easy-to-implement strategies for nurturing these learning conditions
• Success stories from educators who have implemented these strategies in their classrooms and schools

All listeners receive:

• A soon-to-be-released field guide: From Data to Impact: Leveraging Student Voice Data for Meaningful Change
• An infographic on the learning conditions that drive student engagement and achievement
• A practical guide for nurturing learning conditions

This edWeb podcast is of interest to teachers in grades 6-12, school and district leaders, professional development leaders, and instructional coaches.

PERTS
Evidence-based solutions for student motivation, persistence, and success.

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This edWeb podcast is sponsored by WordFlight, a Foundations in Learning Solution.
The edLeader Panel recording can be accessed here.

In this edWeb podcast, noted literacy scholars Maryanne Wolf, author of Reader, Come Home: The Reading Brain in a Digital World, and Tim Odegard, a leading dyslexia expert, along with reading researcher Carolyn Brown, Ph.D., discuss the conditions that support not only fluency, but also deep reading. The development of the complex and interactive neural networks necessary for deep reading is framed by Maryanne’s multi-componential approach for building fluency.

Join us as they:

• Unlock how fluent readers automatically integrate multiple components of word knowledge: phonology, orthography, morphology, semantics, and syntax
• Present models of learning and practice that support automatic word recognition and fluency
• Consider the role of technology in developing fluency

This edWeb podcast is of interest to elementary and middle school teachers, reading coaches, literacy coaches, and school and district leaders.

Closing the Fluency Gap Series – Part 1: What the Science of Learning Says

WordFlight
Assess and accelerate foundational reading skills to prepare students to become fluent readers.

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This edWeb podcast is sponsored by TeachRock.
The webinar recording can be accessed here.

Join this edWeb podcast with TeachRock to learn about Harmony Student Wellness, a groundbreaking, free curriculum that harnesses the power of popular music to address essential wellness topics. This innovative program offers a holistic and proactive approach to helping young people acquire and apply skills that will help them achieve success in school and beyond.

Led by an experienced educator, school administrator, and curriculum developer, listeners hear about the impact Harmony has on individual students and school culture, see a sample lesson, and discover how easy it is to access and navigate the free Harmony Student Wellness curriculum. They also learn about opportunities to receive ongoing professional development and support as a Harmony partner school.

Listeners are able to get started with the free Harmony Student Wellness lessons on TeachRock.org immediately after the presentation. Don’t miss this opportunity to enhance your classroom, school, or district’s responsiveness to the growing need for daily student wellness support.

This edWeb podcast is of interest to middle and high school teachers, librarians, and school and district leaders.

TeachRock
An arts integration curriculum that uses the history of pop music and culture to help engage student

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