This edWeb podcast is sponsored by Presence.
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The new school year has started, and despite continual alarm ringing about school staffing shortages over the past few years, positions in the critical area of special education remain unfilled—at dire cost to our students in need. Given the growing consensus that student success in school depends on holistic factors that contribute to their overall well-being, how can practitioners, policymakers, school leaders, and communities work together to fill in these longstanding gaps?

This edWeb podcast explores new and often-ignored strategies to reshape the future of special education support in schools. Presenters uncover a range of innovative approaches that have proven successful in addressing staff gaps while maintaining high-quality support for students’ diverse needs. This session delves into:

• Recent data on practitioner shortages in special education
• Lessons learned from pandemic-era virtual instruction and hybrid service delivery
• Strategies to strengthen the practitioner pipeline
• Tools that allow practitioners to save time, manage caseload demands, and facilitate connections with students
• Potential policy solutions to expand practitioners’ abilities to practice across the country
• Fiscal solutions to expand schools’ abilities to pay for more students’ services

This edWeb podcast is of interest to elementary through high school teachers, school and district leaders, and education technology leaders.

Presence
Solutions to empower all who serve children with diverse needs.

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“Featuring special guest speaker John Hattie.”

Educators are managing challenging workloads and are susceptible to high rates of burnout. Join us as we examine practices that have a positive impact in schools. Professor John Hattie helps us lean into extensive research around how to de-implement practices that just aren’t effective, and replace them with cost-effective, high-yield moves to transform your classroom, school, and district. This edWeb podcast explores the following questions:

• What is effect size? How can effect size shape pedagogy?
• Research suggests that the process of schooling is often overengineered. How does that give us permission to dial back, carefully?
• What are some steps in the process for deciding which initiatives are most effective—and how do we let go of the ones that are not?
• How can we offer useful tools, templates, and charts that educators can immediately use with de-implementation work at school, in teaching teams, or at the system level that improve student learning?
• If you were starting a new school, what practices would you suggest they lean into?

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

Exemplars
Our performance material promotes reasoning, communication, and higher-order thinking.

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Hear an engaging and informative discussion on the impact of AI in our classrooms. Listen to this edWeb podcast with experienced district leaders and a professor who has conducted NSF-funded research on AI in education. The panelists share their experience and insight into:

• Rethinking curriculum instruction and assessment
• Empowering and supporting teachers with useful AI strategies
• Guiding leaders and boards of education in creating policies and procedures

AI will have a transformative impact on student engagement. Join us to discover how to properly guide your teachers and school and district stakeholders.

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

Eduscape
Eduscape designs professional learning experiences that are personalized, data-driven and adaptive.

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Many hands make light work—especially when it comes to MTSS. And when stakeholders feel invested and are engaged, you’ll begin to build the momentum you need to sustain student achievement. But gaining buy-in can be a challenge. Join us to explore how two districts successfully architected team structures and processes to achieve MTSS adoption across their schools. In this edWeb podcast, you learn how they:

• Gather stakeholder feedback to create collective goals
• Embed district leaders within team processes to maintain each school’s unique approach
• Advocate for critical MTSS roles
• Leverage and share data to keep teams fully informed
• Provide training on tools to help track and share their MTSS progress

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

Panorama Education
Helping schools and districts transform their approach to education, so that every student thrives.

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Effective leaders have a lasting impact on implementation. They know how to create opportunities for change, opportunities for collaboration, and how to measure progress to fuel success.

In this dWeb podcast, we meet two strong leaders and hear how they used the Art of Implementing Well to fuel success in their districts. We dive into the three principles of the Art of Implementing Well: Mindset, Collaboration, and Resilient Systems.

Join Anthony Kim as he discusses implementing initiatives and change with Superintendent Amy Creeden of Enlarged City School District of Middletown in New York and Superintendent Dr. Rick Robins of Canyons School District in Utah. We end our discussion with an aspirational vision for education and what we need to do well to get there.

This dWeb podcast is of interest to K-12 school and district leaders and librarians and is part of the Leading by Design: 6 Initiatives You Can’t Afford to Get Wrong district leadership series where you learn from leaders who are pulling together the elements of successful schooling.

Education Elements
Educators who are committed to improving student outcomes through personalized learning solutions.

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Listen to this edWeb podcast to learn how district leaders are preparing for the future of personalized instruction by incorporating live and chat-based tutoring into classroom instruction, during and after the school day. Brian Galvin, Chief Academic Officer at Varsity Tutors, hosts a lively discussion with Richard Cohen, a district leader from New Jersey, and Mark Wojciechowski, Senior Director of Education Partnerships at Varsity Tutors, to examine how they are working to provide every student in the district with individualized support and instruction whenever and wherever they need it.

While many education technology companies claim to help personalize instruction for students by allowing them to go at their own pace, this discussion focuses on the more holistic definition that places an emphasis on allowing for student voice and pathways to self-discovery. Join us for a first-hand view of how these strategies are helping leaders ensure every student has the opportunity to make progress in learning.

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

Varsity Tutors for Schools
Deliver personalized live learning to every student with our customizable, all-in-one platform.

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Hispanic Heritage Month kicks off in mid-September and Prime Video is excited to bring the real-life subject of the upcoming film A MILLION MILES AWAY to edWeb! Join us on September 22 for Inspiring Today’s Youth To Reach For The Stars with A MILLION MILES AWAY, a special conversation with Retired NASA Astronaut/Engineer/Author/Farmer José Hernández as he gives his best advice to educators on how to support and inspire kids to reach for their dreams, particularly in STEM fields. He also offers details and tips to students (class participation is encouraged!) on how to persevere against the odds and reach for their greatest goals.

Launching on September 15 exclusively on Prime Video, A MILLION MILES AWAY is inspired by the real-life story of NASA flight engineer José Hernández. The film follows José’s decades-long journey, from a rural village in Michoacán, Mexico, to the fields of the San Joaquin Valley, to more than 200 miles above the Earth. With the unwavering support of his hard-working parents, relatives and teachers, José’s unrelenting drive & determination culminates in the opportunity to achieve his seemingly impossible goal. Acclaimed writer and director Alejandra Márquez Abella has created a dazzling tribute to the loyalty and tenacity of the entire Hernández family, as well as anyone who dares to dream. Check out the film and then tune in for this inspiring and informative edWeb podcast. Listeners also receive a free downloadable Space career guide!

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ALAS
Committed to fostering equity for all students, especially those from marginalized backgrounds

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Ready to make a large impact and support more students? Listen to this edWeb podcast and hear from educational leaders who decided to step into educational leadership. This panel brings speakers at various stages of their education leadership journey to share their journey and insights. Discover the skills, insights, and strategies that will empower you to make a lasting impact on education in your community.

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

Institute for Education Innovation
Creating a safe space for constructive problem-solving and innovative thinking.

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This edWeb podcast is sponsored by Center on Inclusive Technology & Education Systems.
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Be part of an insightful edWeb podcast during which education leaders and parents of students with disabilities delve into the power of dynamic partnerships between educators and families in technology planning and utilization. Discover the transformative potential of the Center on Inclusive Technology & Education Systems (CITES) and its Family Engagement practices.

Funded by the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Special Education Programs, CITES was co-developed with a cohort of diverse school districts across the country and provides tools and resources for district leaders to develop and maintain inclusive technology ecosystems including resources to engage families. For students with disabilities, it is vital to ensure that families are involved, particularly when planning for the implementation of assistive technology (AT) and accessible educational materials (AEM), to foster positive educational outcomes. Check out the free, openly licensed resources that foster collaboration across EdTech and special education empowering school districts to create and sustain inclusive technology systems to serve all students and become an advocate for inclusive technology in your district.

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

CITES
Empower school districts to create and sustain inclusive technology systems that serve all students.

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Featuring special guest speaker Natalie Wexler in conversation with Alli Rice and Dr. Matt Patterson.

Listen to this edWeb podcast to hear Natalie Wexler, author of The Knowledge Gap and host of the first season of the Knowledge Matters Podcast, in conversation with Science of Reading Star Award Winner Alli Rice and Assistant Superintendent Dr. Matt Patterson. Natalie, Alli, and Dr. Patterson discuss how knowledge has been proven over and over to lead to real literacy success for students from all backgrounds.

You learn why knowledge is a critical component of literacy success and educational equity, and how it’s just as important as word recognition. You also hear real-life stories from the classroom and explore why leaders must embrace evidence-based literacy practices such as systematic building of academic knowledge in order to improve student reading outcomes. And you discover the top five ways to tell if a literacy program does—or does not—build the academic knowledge your students deserve.

This edWeb podcast is of interest to elementary and middle school teachers and school and district leaders.

Amplify
Helping teachers celebrate and develop student thinking.

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