edWebcasts

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

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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This edWeb podcast is sponsored by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
The edLeader Panel recording can be accessed here. 

Join Dr. Luz Yadira Herrera and Dr. Giselle Carpio-Williams for a learning session and discussion about honoring and building upon multilingual learners’ existing strengths. They provide actionable information and practical strategies for instruction that starts with strengths.

Listeners can expect a collaborative discussion on:

• Recognizing the value of and creating space for students’ critical multilingual literacies
• The importance of the Three T’s—Topics, Texts, and Translanguaging
• Strategies and practical examples for incorporating these practices for elementary, middle, and high school teachers

This edWeb podcast is of interest to teachers and school leaders of the elementary through high school grades.

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
We’re helping to create the fullest expression of what learning can be.

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

As far back as 2006, former Secretary of Education Richard Riley said, “We are currently preparing students for jobs that don’t yet exist …” That statement is even more relevant today given the increasingly rapid rate of technological change. To prepare students to be successful in tomorrow’s workplace, students must not only have deep content knowledge but also the skills to apply that knowledge.

During this edWeb podcast, state, district, and school leaders have the opportunity to:

• Learn how state and federal funding and policy can support the integration of higher-order skills into instruction, curricula, and assessment
• Gain insight from the former state superintendent of Arkansas about how to design a K–12 educational system that truly prepares students for employability and entrepreneurship
• Explore how higher-order skills connect with and complement content knowledge
• See examples of innovative ways districts are teaching and measuring higher-order skills across curricula

Tune into this session for actionable guidance to ensure your students graduate with the knowledge, skills, and experience they’ll need to be successful in college, career, and life. This edWeb podcast is of interest to K-12 school and district leaders.

Council for Aid to Education
Readiness is more than content knowledge.

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This edWeb podcast is sponsored by The Educating All Learners™ Alliance (EALA), An InnovateEDU Project.
The webinar recording can be accessed here.

The parent-child relationship is at the heart of creating a safe, developmentally nurturant space for a child that builds their advocacy, develops agency, and demonstrates that the child matters. Parents with children who learn differently instinctively know their children need them at many different levels and in many different ways to support and sometimes create the path before them. Through the presenters’ personal experience, research partners, and the work they do at GAB-on!, listeners gain insight into:

• How to guide parents to simply and consistently create a safe space for and engage in child-led conversations that provide a window into their thoughts and perspectives
• Why parent conversations with their child(ren) are needed to build agency, reduce anxiety (in children and parents too), develop social skills, and improve academic achievement
• Helping parents connect school to home through child-led conversations about their day
• Sharing the importance of conversations to strengthen trusted relationships and provide the child with a feeling of belonging that strengthens mental health and future success

This edWeb podcast is of interest to K-12 teachers.

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

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This edWeb podcast is sponsored by Solution Tree.
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PLC concepts resonate with most educators, but making collaborative learning work in small schools or for singleton teachers can be challenging. In this edWeb podcast, listeners explore three models for creating meaningful professional learning teams:

1. Vertical teaming
2. Cross-curricular teaming
3. Supporting roles

Author and educator coach Aaron Hansen discusses common structural barriers that prevent singletons from joining collaborative teams and learn how others have overcome those challenges. Listeners have the understanding necessary to go back to their school and develop an action plan to incorporate singletons into the PLC process.

Also, learn more about the How to Develop PLCs for Singletons and Small Schools Mini-Course.

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

Solution Tree
Providing research-based, results-driven services that improve learning outcomes for students.

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

Humans are born to be curious, explore their environments, ask questions, investigate mysteries, and solve problems. So, why are so many students presenting as disengaged and reluctant learners? Research has begun to provide educators with tangible shifts that can be made in our classrooms to ignite students’ curiosity and enthusiasm for learning as well as improve learning outcomes.

Bryan Goodwin, CEO of McREL, and Jay Meadows, CEO of Exemplars, unpack some of this research and explore how educators can inspire curiosity and engagement in our classrooms. Goodwin also dives into his latest book, The New Classroom Instruction that Works, the sequel to the incredibly popular Classroom Instruction that Works.

These lifelong educators investigate ways to:

• Spark student curiosity (with mystery, incongruities, puzzles, and controversy)
• Give students a WIIFM (what’s in it for me) for their learning
• Ask questions that get students to think about and make meaning in their learning (instead of just recalling their learning)
• Engage students in writing to learn (processing what they’ve learned through cognitive writing)
• Engage students in structured problem solving (connecting learning to the real world)

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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This edWeb podcast is sponsored by ClassLink and co-presented by AASA and CoSN.
The edLeader Panel recording can be accesses here.

Two leading-edge, innovative superintendents who serve as the Chair and Co-Chair of the CoSN/AASA EmpowerED Superintendents Advisory Panel are joined by the Executive Director of AASA, The School Superintendents Association, in an engaging discussion focused on meeting the challenges and opportunities of the 2023-2024 school year. The two school district superintendents articulate the realities from the perspectives of individual school districts. AASA’s Executive Director relates his insights from a broader, national point of view.

Topics discussed include:

• A brief look at leading the use of AI and ChatGPT in K-12 education
• Sustainability of new programs that were funded by special resources during the prior school year
• Finding success in providing new learning opportunities for all
• Addressing digital equity
• Assuring safe and secure online access for district employees, students, and their families

Access to free resources that support the five topics listed above are shared. Join in the conversation with three education leaders to learn how they address several current realities of K-12 education systems by successfully navigating challenges as they occur, while also leveraging positive opportunities for growth and improvement in the systems they lead.

This edWeb podcast is of particular value to superintendents, K-12 school and district leaders, and aspiring school leaders.

ClassLink
ClassLink’s mission is to remove barriers between students and impactful education content.

CoSN
Visionary leaders empowering every learner to achieve their unique potential in a changing world.

AASA, The Superintendents Association
AASA advocates for equity for all students and develops and supports school system leaders.

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

Join us for this interactive edWebinar as we delve into the transformative world of High-Impact Tutoring (HIT). Listeners:

• Discover the principles that make HIT a standout approach in education
• Explore the evidence that underpins its success
• See how high-impact tutoring compares to traditional tutoring

Whether you’re an educator seeking innovative solutions, a school leader aiming to elevate student outcomes, or just passionate about the future of education, this presentation is for you. Dive deep into HIT’s key components, compare it with traditional tutoring, and participate in enlightening discussions that challenge the status quo. By the end of this session, you understand the significance of HIT and be empowered with insights to bring about change in your own educational context.

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

BookNook
BookNook offers K–8 high-impact virtual tutoring in reading and math through live, online sessions.

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This edWeb podcast is sponsored by Teaching Channel.
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This back-to-school season, district and school leaders are faced with serious challenges. Staffing shortages, supporting new teachers and retaining them, improving practice, raising student achievement—it’s a lot.

The team at the Metropolitan School District of Decatur Township has successfully tackled these challenges over the past six years by embracing video-based professional learning and they are excited to share tangible steps on how your district can too. Join us to learn how to use video-based self-reflection, peer feedback via PLCs, exemplar videos, and video coaching support to:

• Improve practice for teachers and instructional coaches
• Retain more teachers and coaches
• Raise student achievement

Listeners can also look forward to learning how these methods can change the districtwide vocabulary, support experienced, high-achieving teachers, and improve culture in their school buildings. The presenters share high-impact practices and explore ways to help school and district leaders prioritize supporting teachers in effective and realistic ways.

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

Teaching Channel
We help teachers thrive and be their best in the classroom so their students can too.

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

Learn how Bristol Township School District (PA) and the Bristol Cares Coalition, with support from Digital Promise’s Center for Inclusive Innovation, are building community partnerships and student-led approaches to addressing the mental health impacts of racial trauma. The goal of this edWeb podcast is to provide a case study and model for how district leaders, principals, and teachers can partner with communities and students to develop student-led PD to address key issues in education.

Listeners learn how to create the conditions to build student leadership, implement student training, launch student-led PD, and sustain ongoing partnerships with students at the helm. Additionally, listeners learn how to intentionally develop programming utilizing elements of the Inclusive Innovation process.

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

Collaborative Innovation Studio
Our goal is to develop and implement bold education solutions that serve EVERY learner.

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