edWebcasts

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

The challenges facing district leaders today are well documented: historic staff shortages, student absenteeism, and an urgent need to accelerate student learning and address student well-being. Leaders are facing an influx of federal funding at a moment when the urgency of the job has perhaps never felt greater. So, as the school year comes to a close and 2022-23 planning begins, how can leaders best prioritize their time and dollars to meet the needs of both students and teachers? 

Listen to this edWeb podcast for a discussion with former district leaders and administrators to discuss the issues and strategies that can help leaders retain teachers, invest in recruitment programs that diversify the teacher labor pool, support students’ social-emotional health, and rebound from lost instructional time. 

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

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This podcast is hosted by edWeb.net.
The webinar recording can be accessed here.

Listen to this edWeb podcast to celebrate the launch of a new book, InnovateHERs: Why Purpose-Driven Entrepreneurial Women Rise to the Top. Kathy Hurley and Bobbi Kurshan, the authors, along with Lisa Schmucki, one of the women profiled in the book, offer insights from research on the entrepreneurial mindset. Kathy and Bobbi report on what they learned from their personal interviews with 27 of today’s global, top-performing women. The panel discusses how accomplished, purpose-driven, entrepreneurial women have blazed new trails and risen to the top of their professions around the world.

This edWeb podcast is of interest to anyone who wants to understand how an entrepreneurial mindset can help you advance in your career aspirations. Discover how to think bigger, lead stronger, and embrace your unique passions, traits, and skills.

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

As educators, we know the life-changing benefits of social and emotional learning (SEL) for all students, but instructional time is already full to the brim to make sure the pandemic learning loss is minimized. Being asked to add something more seems overwhelming. Learning experiences need to be planned for and targeted to the right students at the right time, especially SEL. By using a simple assessment of SEL skills, it is then easy to target the students for effective learning opportunities without adding to an educator’s workload. 

In this edWeb podcast, educators Dr. Tammy Cruz, Faith Smith, and Kelli Helle explain and exemplify simple, time-efficient, practical ways of adding the targeted, explicit SEL skills teaching to lessons. They share their experiences of embedding SEL across the K-12 age range and offer solutions that support SEL across the curriculum. Listen to this session to:

• Understand how simple assessment of SEL skills can facilitate a targeted approach to SEL skills development in the classroom and school
• Understand the need for explicit teaching of SEL skills
• Learn practical and simple ways to embed SEL practices across the curriculum

This edWeb podcast is of interest to K-12 teachers, school leaders, administrators, school counselors, and school psychologists. 

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

In this edWeb podcast, distinguished Cahn Fellow Principal Dr. Barbara McKeon discusses how to improve your leadership mindset and transform your school culture. Drawing on her training and on-the-ground experience, Dr. McKeon gives concrete examples of how small changes can substantially impact your physical and mental health, your ability to work through daily challenges, and your ability to lead and influence others. 

This edWeb podcast is of interest to K-12 school and district leaders, including those in the areas of education technology, curriculum, student services, special education, social-emotional learning, counseling, and career and technical education.

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

While the term ​”SEL​” has become widely used to describe a variety of educational initiatives and visions, social​ and emotional learning focuses on a concrete set of skills that help students thrive both in and out of the classroom. ​These skills are essential for academic improvement, mental wellness, and career success. 

Listen to Dr. Aaliyah Samuel, President and CEO of the Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning, for a discussion of what exactly SEL is, why the research shows it to be such a transformative tool for student outcomes​, and what it takes for schools to get started with effective implementation. 

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

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

Each student has a unique path and should be empowered to take that journey at their own pace. 

In this edWeb podcast, we discuss why educators should tailor their content to ensure students are staying actively engaged through asynchronous video. We also share the best practices and tips for utilizing video editing to create unique content that can benefit each student based on their needs. 

Listen to a panel of educators and edtech experts to learn how, through the magic of editing, any teacher can quickly tailor content that helps maximize learning outcomes for every student. 

In this session, participants learn:

• How tailoring content for each student keeps them engaged
• Why video editing is the key to unlocking the best learning outcomes
• Practical strategies and tips for editing your masterpiece

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

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

“Behavior problems ranging from inability to focus in class all the way to deadly violence have gripped campuses,” The Washington Post recently reported. Indeed, students’ aggression, lack of motivation, anxiety, and depression have reached record levels as the pandemic drags on. 

In this edWeb podcast, one of the country’s most sought-after behavior consultants joins leading district administrators and shares how to:

• Effectively address students’ aggression, fighting, and bullying
• Implement SEL and behavioral supports that get at what’s underneath students’ externalizing behavior, so the behavior stays stopped
• Use digital tools to support students’ mental AND behavioral health, and why they’re working
• Get students back on track while keeping staff feeling supported when things don’t work

School and district administrators, teachers, and school support staff learn concrete steps they can take to support students’ behavior and address the challenges and trauma that fuel that behavior—even as they continue to grapple with the challenges of COVID-19. 

This edWeb podcast is of interest to PreK-12 school and district leaders, deans, teachers, school counselors and social workers, federal program coordinators, and those involved in supporting student mental and behavioral health.

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

Research shows that students thrive academically, socially, and emotionally when schools and families work together. But how exactly do we strengthen these connections? How do we harness the power of school-family-community partnerships to propel growth and achievement for all students? 

Our panel of dynamic educators shares how they leveraged literacy-based initiatives and enhanced PLC practices to build community, equity, and inclusion, and expand learning beyond their schools. Watch this important and empowering discussion that leaves you with new and easy-to-implement strategies for strengthening your own school-to-home culture. 

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

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

This edWeb podcast is a chance to hear from school leaders and agents of change about their experiences in transforming school literacy systems and curricula. As thought leaders from the field pose questions relating to the journey, school leaders each discuss aspects of the shifts in instructional practices within their schools and districts and the positive results they have seen. 

In their willingness to share both the joys and challenges in switching to an approach based on the science of how children learn to read, this discussion is intended to reflect both the unity and the openness to ongoing learning needed at all levels as the current literacy crisis is addressed. 

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

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

In recent years, the world of special education has undergone significant change. Between educator shortages and turnover, student learning loss, and the growing demand of students needing service, special education is struggling to provide effective academic and specialized intervention support. Students are making slow progress towards mastering their goals and educators are burdened with large class enrollment, therapy caseloads, and limited resources. It is time to think outside the box and find solutions that give students the skills and support they need to reach their full potential. 

Listen to this edWeb podcast to learn about:

• Evidence-based practice and helpful resources including individualized, ready-made learning paths designed to accelerate student learning
• Tools to reduce time spent on documentation, daily prep, reporting, and IEP compliance so educators have more time for direct instruction, building student relationships, and collaborating with colleagues
• Advanced technologies that address many of special education’s core challenges and inefficiencies to personalize student learning

This edWeb podcast is of interest to special education administrators, speech-language pathologists, dyslexia interventionists, and school and district leaders. 

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