edWebcasts

This edWeb podcast is sponsored by Learning Without Tears.
The edLeader Panel recording can be accessed here.

In this edWeb podcast featuring the insights of education leaders from Los Angeles County Office of Education, you gain strategies to turn student data into swift action so plans for systematic academic growth adjust, not derail.

There’s no wrong time to start developing a plan of action for key insights and information about your school year. Teachers know their students and their families, and every stakeholder has assessment data. But only the smartest leaders know how to see the trends and make moves that improve literacy systemwide. From replicating the practices of highly effective teachers to pivoting professional development plans to meet the emerging needs, you leave this session knowing what to change, what to focus on, and what questions to keep asking in your quest for year-end success. You learn how to:

• Uncover the trends and misconceptions for ALL students to ensure equitable outcomes
• Align goals, priorities, and actions that go beyond the current state and lead to sustainable success
• Implement strategies to build solid systemwide data discipline and data culture

This edWeb podcast is of interest to K-5 school leaders, district leaders, and education technology leaders.

Learning Without Tears
Superior educational products, professional development, and materials for educators and families

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This edWeb podcast is sponsored by Amplify.
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In this edWeb podcast, you hear from Bethany Lockhart Johnson, an elementary school educator and author, as well as the co-host of the Math Teacher Lounge podcast. In addition to her many roles in education, Bethany is a Student Achievement Partners California Core Advocate and is active in national and local mathematics organizations.

Throughout this session Bethany explores the concept and value of fluency in the context of grade-level mathematics standards, and how these standards were developed to build student success. She contrasts fluency in reading (prosody, rate of reading, accuracy) with fluency in math, “the flow” it enables, and its impact on working memory. You learn the consequences of teaching fluency improperly—or not at all—and how it looks and sounds at different grades.

This edWeb podcast is of interest to elementary school teachers as well as middle school teachers and building-level leaders.

Amplify Math
Get all students talking and thinking together about grade-level math.

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This edWeb podcast is sponsored by SuperDville, Inc.
The webinar recording can be accessed here.

The intersectionality of race, socioeconomics, and learning disabilities presents unique challenges for today’s educators. In this edWeb podcast, we explore the essential connection between fostering social and emotional skills and embracing neurodiversity. With a specific focus on students with learning differences like dyslexia, ADD, dysgraphia, and dyscalculia, we discuss why it’s pivotal to reimagine SEL approaches to cater to their individual strengths and challenges.

Led by experts in the fields of education and psychology, this session uncovers the latest insights shedding light on the importance of adapting SEL strategies to support diverse learners effectively. From theory to practice, you gain actionable insights on creating an inclusive classroom environment that promotes emotional well-being, self-awareness, and positive relationships for all students.

This edWeb podcast is of interest to elementary and middle school teachers, school and district leaders, school counselors, social workers, and psychologists, and those involved with special education, SEL, and DEI.

SuperDville, Inc.
A Social-Emotional Learning Curriculum designed to empower 7-13-year-olds with learning differences

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

As the nation’s educators face deepening inequity across America’s education system, high-impact tutoring has emerged as a promising avenue for change. To boost achievement and close the gap for underserved students, more and more school districts are investing in this highly effective model of tutoring.

During this edWeb podcast, leading researcher Dr. Erin Devers, Founder of JoinIn Ventures, and Daniel Hebert, Vice President of Product and Impact for FEV Tutor, explore:

• The causes of educational inequality in America
• How high-impact tutoring rapidly accelerates learning
• How to create a more effective tutoring program

Insights discussed are grounded in an extensive analysis of data gathered from 98,000 students who participated in FEV Tutor’s programs across 283 school districts during AY 2022-23. Listen to this session to deepen your grasp of the data behind high-impact tutoring and ways to implement it most effectively.

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

FEV Tutor
Providing students with personalized, engaging instruction any time, any place

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

For years, schools have predominantly focused on a core ELA curriculum complemented by an intervention program. However, mounting evidence suggests this approach has been less effective than anticipated. Many schools are shifting their focus and implementing a dedicated core phonics curriculum that seamlessly complements their existing ELA framework.

Transitioning to a preventive model can pave the way for a more robust, comprehensive literacy foundation. Ensuring students receive essential phonics instruction early on significantly reduces the need for later interventions, translating into better student outcomes and more efficient resource allocation. Join us for this eye-opening edWeb podcast as we:

• Examine the inefficiencies and pitfalls of the traditional core ELA + intervention strategy
• Showcase empirical data that underlines the transformative potential of integrating a core phonics curriculum
• Illustrate real-world success stories where schools have reduced the need for intervention through proactive phonics-based approaches

Listeners:

• Understand the long-term benefits and cost efficiencies of prioritizing prevention over intervention
• Gain insight into the design and structure of an effective core phonics curriculum
• Receive actionable strategies to integrate phonics instruction within the existing ELA framework

A special literacy grant offer will be given to listeners. The grant gives educators access to the CAPIT Reading Curriculum and Teacher Professional Development to help ensure their first-grade students gain a solid foundation in literacy.

This edWeb podcast is of interest to PreK-2 teachers, curriculum directors, ELA coordinators, and school and district leaders.

Capit Learning
We transform PK-2 literacy by providing a science-based, research-proven core phonics curriculum.

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This edWeb podcast is sponsored by PLC Associates, a Scholarus Learning Company.
The edLeader Panel recording can be accessed here.

Knowing what works with classroom instruction gives our beginning teachers, and the school leaders who mentor and coach them, a tremendous advantage in securing positive student outcomes. It is a foundational support for student learning and growth. And yet, we often hear the same concerns: “We have spent an incredible amount of time on professional development and coaching, year after year, and not much has changed.” It does not have to be that way.

Join us as our experienced expert panel explores the critical roles of early professional learning and instructional improvement in returning positive student growth. Included in the discussion is a targeted approach to professional learning, how to engage our teachers, ways to make sure the professional learning transfers, how we “talk about” our progress and opportunities, the role of leaders in paving the way, and the best strategies for creating the domino effect and cascading growth schoolwide.

This edWeb 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.

PLC Associates
Monitor progress against the research of what works in schools.

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

Accommodations for students with learning disabilities sometimes are inappropriately viewed as not fair to all students. In this edWeb podcast, we hear what the research says about accommodations, particularly extra time, and why adding accommodations to the learning experience for students with learning disabilities and ADHD is the support required for these students to have the same instructional goals as students without disabilities.

We discuss how these supports allow students to access learning and can increase student motivation and self-advocacy skills, critical as students move to college and the workplace. In this edWeb podcast, listeners discover:

• Why accommodations do not change the expectations for learning and why that is important for students with learning disabilities and ADHD
• What the impact is of extra time in a testing environment
• Personal stories from a young adult with learning disabilities who currently works at a school for students with learning differences
• How a teacher has designed a classroom to accommodate students with learning disabilities and ADHD and how to adapt her ideas in larger classrooms
• How accommodations can nurture a sense of belonging and motivate students to achieve and develop self-advocacy

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

Digital Promise
Digital Promise's mission is to accelerate innovation in education to improve opportunities to learn

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This edWeb podcast is sponsored by Hatch Early Learning.
The webinar recording can be accessed here.

Join us for an enriching edWeb podcast that explores an evidence-based approach to literacy instruction, integrating multiple modalities for optimal learning outcomes. Our expert presenters guide you through a dynamic and blended methodology designed to seamlessly infuse the Science of Reading into developmentally appropriate early learning experiences.

In this enlightening session, listeners:

• Gain a deep understanding of the foundational principles behind the Science of Reading and how they can be applied effectively in early learning environments
• Explore a diverse range of strategies and techniques that harness the power of various sensory modalities to enhance literacy skills among young learners
• Learn how to seamlessly integrate evidence-based practices into your teaching repertoire, ensuring that your instruction aligns with the latest research in literacy education
• Acquire insights into tailoring literacy instruction to meet the unique developmental needs of early learners, promoting a supportive and engaging educational experience
• Leave with actionable insights and tools to empower young readers with the critical literacy skills necessary for lifelong success

This session equips you with knowledge and strategies, enabling you to create a literacy-rich environment that nurtures early learners’ reading and language development. This edWeb podcast is of interest to PreK-3 teachers, early childhood directors and leaders, Head Start program administrators, and curriculum and instruction directors and specialists.

Hatch Early Learning
Interactive early learning solutions backed by research

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

Decades of research have shaped what education leaders know about effective leading, teaching, and learning. But no single leader can know it all—that’s why it’s going to take the collective wisdom of scholars and practitioners to make the types of transformational changes that address today’s most complex educational challenges.

Listen to this edWeb podcast as Dr. Jessica Huizenga and Dr. Adam Drummond share how to maximize your team’s collective wisdom to create and execute a framework for rapid, iterative change. By the end of this session, leaders:

• Walk away understanding how to leverage collective wisdom to achieve positive student outcomes
• Gain new insight into a framework for transformational change

This edWeb podcast is of interest to PreK-12 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 Meteor Education.
The edLeader Panel recording can be accessed here.

Career-specific skilling is a central part of the K-12 mission, but we often fail to address a central safety, productivity, and effectiveness skill: managing distraction.

In this research-driven and interactive edWeb podcast, Kevin E. Baird, Chairman at the non-profit Center for College and Career Readiness, leads us in considering the power of DISTRACTION in the environment, Case 74 on the Skills List.

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

Note From the Presenter:
Whether you can join us or not, we invite you to lend your expertise and experience to a National Study on the Best Leadership Practices for Managing Devices and Technology in K-12 Education. Your responses will be included in an upcoming report, and we would appreciate your participation. Take the five-minute survey here.

Meteor Education
You can design learning environments that ensure student + teacher engagement. We are your support.

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