edWebcasts

This edWeb podcast is sponsored by Gaggle and CatchOn, An ENA Affiliate.
The edLeader Panel recording can be accessed here.

Are your students feeling lost? Do you know if they are engaged in learning? Student safety and engagement tools can help educators pick up on the digital signals students send out when they’re in need of help. Educators across the country are using these tools to better understand the psyche and activities of their students, helping to promote student well-being and engagement whether students are learning in the classroom or at home. 

When it comes to students in distress or disengaged, what should educators look out for in the digital environment in order to identify and support those who are struggling? In this edWeb podcast, the presenters share the latest data in student safety and learning engagement, how digital solutions have helped educators better support students, and the signals district leaders should pay attention to. 

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

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

Technology plays a critical role in today’s schools, but the past year has highlighted the challenges in providing students with equitable access to technology and learning. As you plan and budget for the coming school year, there is the opportunity to reimagine teaching, learning, and how you leverage edtech to provide a diverse and equitable educational experience to students. 

Listen to educator and consultant Ken Shelton in this edWeb podcast to learn how to move beyond digital equity to use classroom technologies to create truly inclusive and culturally conscious learning environments. Ken discusses:

• Why technology is a critical and necessary component of all learning environments
• The key culturally responsive and relevant characteristics of digital learning
• How to use technology to create equitable learning opportunities
• How to ensure sustainable growth

Use this powerful and engaging presentation as a springboard for your conversations around using technology to create a culture of inclusivity, accessibility, and true equity. This edWeb podcast is of interest to K-12 librarians, school and district leaders, school counselors, and school psychologists.

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This edWeb podcast is hosted by AASA, The School Superintendents Association.
The webinar recording can be accessed here.

We are living in a time when we must confront the issues of equity, social justice, diversity, race and racism in schools. The necessary work and change needed to address these deep-rooted challenges, playing themselves out every day across the state, begins with each of us. What doesn’t challenge you, can’t change you! At the heart of this edWeb podcast is the conviction that civic responsibility and ethical citizenship are fundamental competencies that every learner must develop—and all schools and districts must model and reinforce. 

Listen to Michigan’s MASA leaders of SDEI (Social Justice through Diversity, Equity and Inclusion) to hear more about their work, their journey, and their plans for an 18-month collaborative to build a better, equitable education system for all students. Their collaborative focuses on real issues, lived experiences, district transformation, and student voice and activism. Presenters include Dr. Sarena Shivers, Deputy Executive Director, Michigan Association of Superintendents & Administrators, Dr. Shayla Griffin, Co-Founder & Facilitator of the Justice Leaders Collaborative, and Dr. Brian Davis, Superintendent, Holland Public Schools, Holland, Michigan. 

This edWeb podcast provides strategies, examples, and recommendations for educational leaders engaged in the work of addressing the needs of diverse student populations, promoting students’ success in post-secondary education and the 21st century world of work, and creating and sustaining an inclusive organizational culture free of implicit bias and structural racism. 

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

Learn more about viewing live edWeb presentations and on-demand recordings, earning CE certificates, and using accessibility features.

This edWeb podcast is hosted by AASA, The School Superintendents Association.
The webinar recording can be accessed here.

In this edWeb podcast, AASA’s 2021 National Superintendent of the Year and Northshore School District Superintendent, Dr. Michelle Reid, shares how an equity-based strategic plan is the foundation on which an entire school district—students, staff, families, school board, volunteers and community partners—continues to develop its work, curricula, professional development, and plans for the future. 

Joining Dr. Reid to discuss how the strategic plan holds the Northshore School District community accountable in its commitment to racial and educational justice are Ayva Thomas, Assistant Director of Northshore’s Racial and Educational Justice Department, Dr. Srinivas Khedam, Assistant Principal and Asian Indian Coordinator, and Cathi Davis, Principal at Northshore’s Ruby Bridges Elementary School. Listeners learn Northshore’s approach to changing hearts and changing minds as they’ve continued to bring the commitment to racial and educational justice off the page even during COVID-19. The panel discusses an organized and strategic approach, including a school board policy, an equity framework, professional development, and engagement in every school and department in the district. 

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

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This edWeb podcast is sponsored by Paxton/Patterson.
The webinar recording can be accessed here.

The pandemic has changed the world of work and the world of education is adapting to redesign the classroom of the future. The goal of this edWeb podcast is to inspire educators to adopt proven strategies for implementing robust CTE (career and technical education) beginning in middle schools through a project-based, hands-on curriculum. 

The CTE leaders share how their vision became a reality as they successfully transformed their middle school CTE program. The learning space redesign allowed students to explore and discover their interests and aptitudes from numerous career sectors aligned with their high school and post-secondary options. Educators also share how increased student engagement addressed the equity needs of underserved and special-needs students to develop confidence in themselves during these challenging times. 

This edWeb podcast learning objectives include: 

• Develop ideas to improve CTE
• Learn how to create an implementation plan
• Discover novel ways for CTE to thrive during the pandemic

This edWeb podcast is of general interest for any educator who is interested in career and technical education, especially educators at the middle school level.

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

This edWeb podcast presents practices that have proven effective in building connections with students who struggle in the classroom. Presented by the author of the newly released second edition of the best-selling book, Motivating Students Who Don’t Care, Dr. Allen Mendler looks at how addressing students’ unfulfilled needs will reawaken their excitement and enthusiasm for learning. Most importantly, he focuses on key attitudes and strategies needed to cultivate a trauma-informed classroom environment and lead to success for every student. 

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

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This edWeb podcast is sponsored by ClassLink and co-hosted by CoSN, AASA, and edWeb.net.
The webinar recording can be accessed here.

There is no question that the year 2020 presented a whole new reality to the practices and processes for leading learning in today’s school systems. Old problems and challenges were magnified, as new crises arose almost daily. One positive thing life in COVID-19 did provide was an opportunity to examine the current status of K-12 education and innovate new ways to meet the needs of all students. 

In this edWeb podcast, education leaders, Dr. Carol Kelley, Superintendent, Oak Park Elementary District 97, IL, Dr. Chris Marczak, Chief of Instructional Leadership for the U.S. Department of Defense Education Activity, Pacific Center for Instructional Leadership, Japan, Dr. David Schuler, Superintendent, Township High School District 214, IL, and Dr. Donna Wright, Director of Schools, Wilson County Schools, TN, reflect on the lessons learned for dealing with a sudden crisis as they recall the steps they took in March and April of 2020 when the world was beginning to deal with the reality of a global pandemic. They also share strategies, policies, and practices they are implementing in their school systems to assure that effective learning for all students continues today and in the future. Frankie Jackson shares the latest updates from CoSN’s 2021 Driving K-12 Innovation Report. Listen to the conversation as together we look back and look forward. 

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

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

We are all anxious and excited to re-open schools, but we know we can’t and shouldn’t just go back to the “pre-pandemic” world of education. We have learned too much from pulling ourselves up by our bootstraps this past year and are eager to apply that to build better, more engaged, and equitable learning communities. The time is now! 

Listen to this edWeb podcast where we talk about using what we have learned to go “Back to the Future” in time for the 2021-22 school year. The panelists address topics from ensuring equity and inclusion to maximizing newly available funds, and will highlight three key areas to help you successfully “future-proof” your entire learning community. 

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

Learn more about viewing live edWeb presentations and on-demand recordings, earning CE certificates, and using accessibility features.

This edWeb podcast is hosted by AASA, The School Superintendents Association.
The webinar recording can be accessed here.

The work of closing opportunity gaps for students of color and realizing excellence for EVERY scholar can be done! All too often we read about equity, race and inclusion with few real and tangible examples of what it can look like. This edWeb podcast is designed to provide multiple examples of what equity looks like when it is embedded throughout a school district. It requires superintendents, school boards, principals, support staff, and central office teams to hold an unshakeable belief in the potential and brilliance of every child. This belief and value are the basis for working in a systemic, collaborative, and focused manner to transform the culture of our districts and schools. 

Dr. Tammy Campbell spends time outlining Federal Way Public Schools’ (FWPS) journey in closing gaps for all scholars. Listeners will reflect on the work they are leading in their districts and schools while considering areas to build out more broadly and more deeply to ensure equitable access and individual scholar success. 

Essential questions include:

• How did district leaders assess where they are in establishing a vision of what equity looks like in your district? 
• What are board, superintendent, central office, and principal best practices and implications for your work as equity leaders? 
• What are key strategic actions to ensure equity is woven throughout your organization? 
• Why should districts share the promising outcomes in FWPS as a result of systems leadership focused on equity? 

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

Learn more about viewing live edWeb presentations and on-demand recordings, earning CE certificates, and using accessibility features.

This edWeb podcast is sponsored by CatchOn, An ENA Affiliate and Battelle for Kids.
The edLeader Panel recording can be accessed here.

Over the last year, we’ve seen tremendous shifts in learning. Educators are reimagining ways to engage students in meaningful 21st century learning, both in the classroom and in digital learning environments. As districts continue to develop and integrate tools, processes, instructional approaches, and assessments to meet the learning needs of all students, understanding and defining student engagement will become an increasingly critical component of ensuring equitable and deeper learning outcomes. 

Hear how two districts are utilizing data, engaging with their communities, supporting educators, and creating strategies to increase student engagement and accelerate learning. 

This edWeb podcast is of interest to school and district leaders of elementary through high school grade levels.

Learn more about viewing live edWeb presentations and on-demand recordings, earning CE certificates, and using accessibility features.