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SUMMARY:Establishing Equity and Accelerated Outcomes for ELLs
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Lucy Elizondo\, Executive Director of Partner Success\, engage2learn; and Jennifer Efflandt\, Executive Director of Multilingual Learners\, Providence Public Schools (RI) \nSponsored by engage2learn \nWatch the Recording\nLearn more about viewing the live presentation and the recording\, earning your CE certificate\, and using our new accessibility features. \nAccording to the National Education Association (NEA)\, English language learners (ELLs) are the United States’ fastest-growing student group\, currently making up 10% of K-12 students and predicted to grow to 25% by 2025. With over 400 languages spoken by K-12 students nationwide\, equipping teachers with the right tools and practices to meet the unique needs of ELLs today is vital for establishing educational equity and accelerating student learning for years to come. \nDuring this edWebinar\, viewers take away information on: \n\nEliminating training gaps for teachers not formally certified in ESL\, ELL\, bilingual education\, etc.\nImplementing systems to ensure teachers are designing lessons that are aligned to content and language objectives and appropriately challenging to learners of varying language proficiency levels\nThe recent successes of Providence Public School District from Jennifer Efflandt\, Executive Director of Multilingual Learners\n\nThis recorded edWebinar is of interest to K-12 bilingual specialists\, instructional coaches\, and school and district leaders. \n \nAbout the Presenters \nAs an executive director of partner success\, Lucy Elizondo brings over 15 years of experience in education. Lucy served at various levels in Houston area school districts. During that time\, she taught bilingual students\, served as a campus administrator\, and most recently\, as Senior Manager of Performance Management at Houston ISD\, providing leadership in the districtwide appraisal\, development\, and goal setting for approximately 26\,000 employees. In this role\, her team was responsible for collaborating with the IT team to completely redesign the non-teacher appraisal system and manage all aspects of implementation\, including training\, resource development\, reporting\, and data analysis. \n \nEntering her fifth year as the executive director of multilingual learners for Providence Schools\, Jennifer Efflandt oversees the identification and services of all MLL students in the district. Jennifer uses her own experience as a low-income\, multilingual learner in Providence and the educational discrepancies she has experienced to fuel her drive to help bring education equity to her community. She believes all students\, regardless of race\, native language\, socioeconomic status\, citizenship status\, or disability have a fundamental right to receive a high-quality\, rigorous education that prepares them to excel in college and their career of choice. \nPreviously\, Jennifer served as the MLL coordinator at Achievement First and has also held roles as an MLL coach\, coordinator\, and consultant\, as well as an early childhood\, dual language\, and ESL teacher. Jennifer holds a Master of Education from Southern Methodist University and a Bachelor of Arts from Brown University. She also obtained her administrator certification through the Principal Residency Network at the Center for Leadership and Educational Equity.​ Her studies include visual art\, bilingual and bicultural education\, teaching English to speakers of other languages\, and school leadership. \n \nLearn more about viewing the live presentation and the recording\, earning your CE certificate\, and using our new accessibility features. \nJoin the Creating a Positive School Climate community to network with educators\, participate in online discussions\, and receive invitations to upcoming edLeader Panels. \n\n \nWe are educators\, passionate about public education. We empower educators with data-informed professional development and learning that transforms the learning experience\, ensuring learners thrive in school and in life. We are engage2learn. \n 
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CATEGORIES:ELL/ESL Language Acquisition,Equity,Learning Loss/Acceleration
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SUMMARY:English Learners and Dyslexia Screening: Uncover the Root of Reading Difficulties
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Rachel Brown\, Ph.D.\, Senior Research Associate\, Illuminate Education\, Inc.; and John Bielinski\, Ph.D.\, Senior Director of Research and Development\, Illuminate Education\, Inc. \nSponsored by Illuminate Education \nWatch the Recording\nLearn more about viewing the live presentation and the recording\, earning your CE certificate\, and using our new accessibility features. \nDyslexia affects individuals from all languages and cultures\, including students learning English. However\, accurate identification of dyslexia in EL students requires a balance between recognizing their emerging English skills alongside proficiency in the first language. It is important not to make assumptions about the source of an EL student’s reading difficulties. Instead\, educators need to obtain and analyze the right assessment data so that the correct source of reading difficulties is found\, and acquire information about language development in the student’s native language. \nFollowing the popularity of their September 2022 edWebinar\, Demystifying Dyslexia: The History\, Research\, and Best Practices for Supporting All Students\, Renaissance Learning experts Drs. John Bielinski and Rachel Brown are back to discuss the intersection of ELs and dyslexia screening. View this edWebinar to deep dive into using science-based screening tools to determine an EL’s risk for reading difficulties like dyslexia and plan effective supports. They discuss: \n\nCommon misconceptions surrounding ELs and their potential to build reading proficiency and achieve academic success\nHow to use science-based reading screeners and progress-monitoring tools to determine an EL’s risk for dyslexia\nReasons to screen in both English and an EL’s native language to uncover underlying reading difficulties like dyslexia\nThe importance of gathering background knowledge and conducting interviews to understand a student’s educational history\, exposure to oral and written language\, and native language reading proficiency\nSteps for determining if an EL has a learning disability like dyslexia using high-quality reading instruction practices based on the Science of Reading\n\nThis recorded edWebinar is of interest to K-12 teachers\, school and district leaders\, school counselors and psychologists\, and assessment and intervention directors. \n \nAbout the Presenters \nDr. Rachel Brown began her career as a middle school social studies teacher. She quickly learned that many of her students could not read well enough to understand assigned texts. This led Dr. Brown to earn certification as a special educator. Having learned that special education was not the answer to all students’ learning challenges\, she earned her Ph.D. in school psychology and special education at the University of Massachusetts Amherst in 2000. She was a faculty member in educational and school psychology at the University of Southern Maine for 16 years and then joined Renaissance Learning where she currently serves as a senior research associate. Dr. Brown now teaches in the Special Education Department at the University of Southern Maine. Her research focuses on effective reading instruction and assessment within a Multi-Tiered System of Support. \n \nDr. John Bielinski is a psychometrician by training and has led development of educational tests and educational research in the industry for 20 years. He began his career in education policy at the National Center on Educational Outcomes and currently works at Renaissance Learning as a senior director of research and development. His expertise is in CBM and modeling growth. \n \nLearn more about viewing the live presentation and the recording\, earning your CE certificate\, and using our new accessibility features. \nJoin the Teaching Reading and Writing community to network with educators\, participate in online discussions\, receive invitations to upcoming edWebinars\, and view recordings of previous programs to earn CE certificates. \n\n \nIlluminate Education partners with K-12 educators to equip them with data to serve the whole child and reach new levels of student performance. Our solution brings together holistic data and collaborative tools and puts them in the hands of educators. Illuminate supports over 17 million students and 5200 districts/schools.
URL:https://home.edweb.net/webinar/teach2read20221031/
CATEGORIES:Dyslexia,ELL/ESL Language Acquisition,Language Learning
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SUMMARY:Share or Beware: Help Students Fight Misinformation One Click at a Time
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Angel Valerio\, Program Manager\, STEM Education Professional Learning\, KQED; Rik Panganiban\, Program Manager\, Online Learning\, KQED; and Mary Kate Lonergan\, Eighth-Grade Social Studies Teacher\, Fayetteville-Manlius Central School District (NY)\, and KQED Media Literacy Innovator \nSponsored by KQED Teach \nWatch the Recording\nLearn more about viewing the live presentation and the recording\, earning your CE certificate\, and using our new accessibility features.  \nThis Media Literacy Week\, support your students as they learn to develop healthy skepticism without turning into cynics. Along the way\, they’ll gain vital online reasoning skills and avoid the misinformation pitfalls of social media. \nIn this interactive edWebinar\, you learn from an educator who makes online evaluation a key part of her curriculum and explore how professional fact checkers evaluate information. Then\, you practice identifying credible sources using a variety of methods\, including KQED’s fun\, interactive game\, Share or Beware. You leave with ideas\, teaching tips\, and ready-to-use resources to help students find reliable sources no matter where they click. \nThis recorded edWebinar is of interest to K-12 teachers\, librarians\, school and district leaders\, education technology leaders\, and instructional coaches. \n  \nAbout the Presenters \nAngel Valerio is KQED’s Program Manager for STEM Education professional learning and a secondary science field supervisor for University of San Francisco’s Urban Education and Social Justice Teacher Education Program. She leads professional development workshops for educators\, with the focus on incorporating media literacy skills in science instruction and is an instructor and course developer for KQED’s Media Academy for Educators. Angel has presented workshops on media production in science education at the California STEAM Symposium\, CUE\, and to various school districts in the Bay Area. She has also presented workshops about implementing interdisciplinary project-based learning and culturally relevant science pedagogy at the California Partnership Academies: Educating for Careers Conference and Free Minds\, Free People Conference. Prior to her current roles\, Angel worked with Green Dot Public Schools in South Los Angeles and in the Oakland Unified School District as a high school life science educator\, teacher leader\, and instructional coach. She is passionate about the intersection of science\, social justice\, and uplifting youth voice. \n \nRik Panganiban is the manager of online learning and educator certification at the San Francisco-based public media station KQED. He supports educators’ professional growth through KQED Teach\, a free professional learning platform\, and the PBS Media Literacy Educator Certification. Rik’s wide-ranging career has focused on media literacy\, digital learning\, youth development\, and STEM education. Previously\, Rik served as Senior Instructional Design Lead and Senior Manager of Digital Learning at the California Academy of Sciences. \n \nMary Kate Lonergan has taught eighth-grade students to critically engage with media and information in the social studies settings for 12 years and has made media literacy the heartbeat of the social studies curriculum. Mary Kate believes that media literacy is a civic necessity. Media literacy empowers students to think critically\, ask questions\, reflect\, create\, and use their voices to take informed action. Mary Kate serves as a board member on the Central New York Council for the Social Studies and works as an educational consultant with the News Literacy Project. She also serves as an educator collaborator with Ithaca College’s media literacy organization Project Look Sharp. She has presented workshops and sessions at the National Council for the Social Studies and National Association for Media Literacy Education conferences as well as at state and local social studies conferences. Mary Kate has also developed and implemented professional development courses for integrating media literacy skills and practices across different content areas. Mary Kate holds a master’s in the science of education from SUNY Cortland and is working towards a Graduate Certificate in Digital Literacy from the University of Rhode Island. \n \nLearn more about viewing the live presentation and the recording\, earning your CE certificate\, and using our new accessibility features. \nJoin the Real World Literacy community to network with educators\, participate in online discussions\, receive invitations to upcoming edWebinars\, and view recordings of previous programs to earn CE certificates. \n\nKQED is a nonprofit\, public media station and NPR and PBS member station based in San Francisco that offers award-winning education resources and services free to educators nationwide. KQED Teach is a collection of professional development courses that empower educators to teach media literacy\, make media for the classroom and lead media-making projects with students in K-12.
URL:https://home.edweb.net/webinar/realworldliteracy20221027/
CATEGORIES:Media Literacy,Real World Literacy
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SUMMARY:Explore Health and Wellness Resources to Support Well-Being
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Ann Crilley\, Senior Manager\, Community Engagement\, Discovery Education; Cameron Waldo\, Manager\, Community Engagement\, Discovery Education; and Michael Tyler\, Author\, Speaker\, and Thought Leader \nSponsored by Discovery Education \nWatch the Recording\nLearn more about viewing the live presentation and the recording\, earning your CE certificate\, and using our new accessibility features. \nNow\, more than ever\, educators are looking for resources to assist in having critical conversations and helping students build positive habits. As such\, access to quality health and wellness content has never been more important. \nDiscovery Education and its global corporate and community partners have joined forces to build health and wellness resources dedicated to supporting educators\, students\, and families through equitable access to meaningful learning tools. Health and wellness are essential to identity\, development\, how we relate to one another\, and how we experience the world around us. Watch as we explore this catalog of no-cost tools and discuss best practices for implementation in the classroom. \nThis recorded edWebinar is of interest to K-12 teachers and school leaders. \n \nAbout the Presenters \nAnn Crilley is a former high school math teacher\, instructional technology coach\, curriculum and professional development writer. Now\, she spends her days supporting teachers in falling in love with Discovery Education and using their resources in the classroom. A dog mom of two poodles\, she also loves exploring Kentucky’s beauty each weekend! \n \n\nCameron Waldo is a former kindergarten teacher and childhood wellness advocate. In his role at Discovery Education\, he finds creative ways to bring educators together to provide tools that will help reach all learners. \n \nSince 2003\, Michael Tyler’s been putting pen to paper\, authoring Water for the Soul: A Father’s Hope for His Son\, a collection of life lessons\, and Sow the Seeds: A Composition in Verse\, a poetry journal. But in 2005\, when one day his son came home from elementary school and shared that he’d been called a racially disparaging name by a classmate on the playground\, Tyler began thinking differently about his writing. He knew he wanted to talk with his son about what happened\, so he looked to children’s books to help him approach this challenging conversation in a way his 5-year-old could grasp. So\, Tyler started reading… \nAfter two weeks and 347 children’s books later\, Tyler concluded that the book he needed to help explain to his son race and racism didn’t yet exist\, so instead he’d need to write it. That’s how Tyler’s first children’s book\, The Skin You Live In\, was born. \nAs an African American man and father to biracial children\, Tyler is acutely aware of the world’s “-isms.” To combat racism\, sexism and more\, he writes affirming\, empowering stories to engender self-worth in kids. Through verse and rhyme\, Tyler transforms meaty topics and difficult concepts\, including race\, acceptance and equity\, into language kids can both understand and enjoy. He is passionate about arming parents and educators with the resources and tools (including social and emotional learning curriculum around two of his titles) they need to start tough dialogues with their kids and students. \nWhen he’s not writing\, hosting a virtual reading hour or participating in programming around his books\, Tyler gets satisfaction through cooking for others. One of his favorite ways to give and receive love is watching someone’s eyes light up after taking their first bite of his butter cake. Tyler resides in Chicago with his wife\, Alicia. \n  \n \nLearn more about viewing the live presentation and the recording\, earning your CE certificate\, and using our new accessibility features. \nJoin the Creating a Positive School Climate community to network with educators\, participate in online discussions\, receive invitations to upcoming edWebinars\, and view recordings of previous programs to earn CE certificates. \n\n \nDiscovery Education is the global leader in standards-aligned digital curriculum resources\, engaging content\, and professional learning for K-12 classrooms. Through its award-winning digital textbooks\, multimedia resources\, and the largest professional learning network of its kind\, Discovery Education is transforming teaching and learning and improving academic achievement around the globe.
URL:https://home.edweb.net/webinar/positive20221027/
CATEGORIES:Health and Wellness
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SUMMARY:The 12 Habits of Resilient Educators
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Julie Spierto\, Sr. Education Services Manager\, 7 Mindsets; Sharai Garcia\, Education Services Manager\, 7 Mindsets; and Jaron Roberson\, Education Services Manager\, 7 Mindsets\nModerated by Aleasha Stevens\, Project Manager and Education Consultant\, 7 Mindsets \nSponsored by 7 Mindsets \nWatch the Recording\nLearn more about viewing the live presentation and the recording\, earning your CE certificate\, and using our new accessibility features. \nUnless you’ve worked in a school system or had your own classroom\, it’s hard to describe what any one day can look or feel like. Each day is a million little decisions along with frequent stimulus and response\, and educators can feel alone\, exhausted\, and ready to throw in the towel. \nWhat are some of the attitudes and behaviors of resilient educators who successfully manage the unique stressors of this profession? Are there certain habits or practices that we can use to cultivate resilience? Within each of the 7 Mindsets\, there are specific thought structures that we can focus on to develop and nurture resilience. Using research from 7 Mindsets as well as other contributors\, this edWebinar helps to strengthen the reserves of educators who may be struggling with bouncing back\, who may want to deepen their understanding of themselves and how they choose to respond to things\, and who understand the importance of thriving\, not just surviving\, as educators. \nThis recorded edWebinar is of interest to PreK-12 teachers\, school and district leaders\, librarians\, school counselors\, and education technology leaders. \n \nAbout the Presenters \nJulie Spierto is a senior educational services manager for 7 Mindsets. She holds a bachelor’s degree in mathematics from Vanderbilt University\, a degree in secondary education from Peabody College\, and a master’s degree in educational leadership from Florida Atlantic University. Julie has been a middle/high teacher\, varsity soccer coach\, geometry team coach\, Teacher of the Year\, sponsor for several different high school clubs\, and a graduation coach. She has worked in middle and high schools in Tennessee\, Florida\, and Georgia for 15 years. Julie loves working with educators across the country integrating social-emotional learning into the classroom and seeing the incredible impact the 7 Mindsets can have on educators and students! \n \n \nBorn\, raised\, and educated in New York City\, Sharai Garcia has been an educator at heart since she was young. From working at summer camps and aftercare programs to later becoming an educator and administrator in New York City and Miami-Dade public schools\, social-emotional learning has been the common thread across her various roles in the educational sphere. \n \n \nJaron Roberson is an education services manager directly supporting SEL implementation with an emphasis on program fidelity and sustainability. Jaron was first introduced to the 7 Mindsets while in his second year of teaching during a 7M PD. He first integrated the mindsets into his own life and then implemented them in his classroom and saw a remarkable turnaround with his students. His favorite mindsets are “Everything is Possible” and “Live To Give.” \nJaron earned a Bachelor of Science in secondary education from Clemson University. His seven years of experience include teaching high school\, special education (emotional behavioral disorder\, autism\, interrelated)\, middle school math\, science\, and social studies in rural\, suburban\, and inner-city schools. His expertise consists of trauma-informed and resilience teaching\, restorative practice and circles\, and tangible activities that build positive culture and climate. In his free time\, Jaron’s passions include spending time shopping\, traveling\, and doing things that cost money! Jaron is super excited to be at 7 Mindsets because it’s not just where he works but who he is. \n \n \nAbout the Moderator \nAs Project Manager and Education Consultant for 7 Mindsets\, Aleasha Stevens draws from a combined 25 years of experience as a leader in both the classroom and the boardroom to shepherd complex initiatives through to completion and develop scalable programs that can be easily replicated in diverse educational settings through her superior communication skills and proven ability to build collaborative teams across and beyond organizational boundaries. \n \nLearn more about viewing the live presentation and the recording\, earning your CE certificate\, and using our new accessibility features. \nJoin the Teacher HELP! community to network with educators\, participate in online discussions\, receive invitations to upcoming edLeader Panels\, and view recordings of previous programs to earn CE certificates. \n\n \nSince 2009\, 7 Mindsets has been providing an award-winning\, easy-to-implement\, proven\, and transformational SEL curriculum and professional development program to pre-K-12 schools and districts. The research-based program helps educators create and sustain positive school cultures rooted in healthy relationships.
URL:https://home.edweb.net/webinar/teacherhelp20221027/
CATEGORIES:Educator Self-Care and Wellness,Health and Wellness
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SUMMARY:Tools of Engagement: Using Tech Tools to Increase Student Interactivity and Purposeful Feedback
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Rachel Langenhorst\, Instructional Coach and Tech Integrationist \nSponsored by Mackin Educational Resources \nWatch the Recording\nLearn more about viewing the live presentation and the recording\, earning your CE certificate\, and using our new accessibility features. \nInteraction. Choice. Creativity. Constructive feedback. In a Google-able world\, presenting students with information to memorize and spit back simply doesn’t work. This edWebinar is chock full of ideas and resources for teachers and administrators to use for increased student and staff engagement and interactivity with academic content. Viewers also learn about some new time-saving resources for providing purposeful feedback and increasing student ownership. Everyone leaves with something new and some “aha” tips that you’ll want to share at your next team meeting! \nThis edWebinar is part of our Emerging Tech series on The Portrait of a Modern Learner. During the course of this year\, we are presenting a series of edWebinars that address the traits and skills required for today’s students to be successful both now and in life beyond school. We examine various facets of school life at all levels\, leaving participants with myriad resources and immediately applicable action steps to make a student-centered modern classroom a reality. \nThis recorded edWebinar is of interest to teachers\, librarians\, school and district leaders\, and education technology leaders of all grade levels. \n  \n \nAbout the Presenter \nRachel Langenhorst is a long-time district technology integrationist and instructional coach and teaches graduate-level courses in education technology and leadership. A 25+ year veteran in education\, Rachel prides herself on being a change agent and lifelong learner. Her biggest fulfillment comes in educating and empowering others through collaboration\, creation\, and connection. She speaks and instructs throughout the country\, focusing her efforts on meeting the needs of all learners\, technology integration strategies\, individualized professional learning\, and effective teaching practices. \n \n\nLearn more about viewing the live presentation and the recording\, earning your CE certificate\, and using our new accessibility features. \nJoin the Emerging Tech for K12 Learning community to network with educators\, participate in online discussions\, receive invitations to upcoming edWebinars\, and view recordings of previous programs to earn CE certificates. \n\nFor nearly 40 years\, Mackin has provided library and classroom materials for grades K-12 with access to 18\,000 publishers\, and more than 3.5 million printed titles and 3 million digital titles. From MackinVIA\, the free\, multiple-award-winning digital content management system\, to their Maker Education\, Classroom\, and Professional Learning divisions\, Mackin is the most complete choice for your print and digital educational resources.
URL:https://home.edweb.net/webinar/emergingtech20221026/
CATEGORIES:Student Agency and Voice,Student Engagement and Motivation,Technology for Learning
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SUMMARY:How Hands-On Invention Education Can Turn an Idea into a Discovery for Your Students
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Ayaan Naqvi\, Student Inventor\, St. Joseph High School (CT); and Mickey (Mika’il) Naqvi\, Student Inventor\, St. Joseph High School (CT)\nCo-Moderated by Arianna Anderson\, Student Inventor\, Pathways Academy of Technology and Design (CT); and Deborah D. Carr\, Education Outreach Specialist\, USPTO\, OCCO\, Office of Education \nSponsored by EquIP HQ \nWatch the Recording\nLearn more about viewing the live presentation and the recording\, earning your CE certificate\, and using our new accessibility features. \nThrough invention education\, educators encourage students to develop creative problem-solving and critical-thinking skills. From a family of entrepreneurs comes a young man and his older brother who are following their dreams and inspiring the next generation of innovators. \nThis recorded edWebinar is of interest to K-12 teachers and school and district leaders. \n \nAbout the Presenters \nAyaan Naqvi is a 14-year-old student in the ninth grade. He is the founder and managing director of awesomeness at Ornament Anchor. Ayaan loves entrepreneurship and being a leader. He is a friendly and caring person who loves his family and two dogs. Ayaan is the student council president of his middle school and has been a part of the student council since third grade. He also loves animals\, dinosaurs\, and dragons—yup\, pretty much all animals! His family can come to him with any animal or prehistoric question and he can answer it for them. Ayaan is also very creative and loves making games with his siblings. From a young age he has always been interested in entrepreneurship and inventing—he is always creating! Additionally\, Ayaan loves to play football\, swim\, and play with his two dogs\, Zaraah and Ace. Ayaan and his brother\, Mickey\, appeared as the featured story in the August Journeys of Innovation featured on the USPTO homepage. \n \nMika’il (Mickey) Naqvi is a student from Shelton\, CT. He is a very friendly and outgoing person\, and sometimes a bit of a goofball. Mickey loves to laugh and loves to make people laugh with his unique sense of humor. He does take his work seriously though\, and once got high honors seven times in a row. Mickey also loves math and has participated in the MathCON Finals in Chicago. Ever since he was little\, Mickey has loved the idea of being an entrepreneur\, and since his mom was an entrepreneur once\, she inspired and mentored him to be the person he is today! Also\, for as long as he can remember\, he and his brother were making games of their own. Whether it was an imaginary Pokémon game or an elaborate and strategic card game\, they did it all. Mickey is athletic and has always been into football. He loves the strategy of football but enjoys many other sports too. \n \nAbout the Moderators \nArianna Anderson is a 15-year-old student attending Pathways Academy of Technology and Design. She is a student ambassador alum with a background in leadership\, innovating\, organizing projects\, and coding. Arianna is a two-time National Invention Convention Finalist\, Invention Convention Worldwide Speaker\, and was featured on Did I Mention Invention? hosted by Alie Ward. She also had the pleasure to interview at the InventEd Conference. Arianna is an ambitious student pursuing AP and ECE classes who enjoys yoga\, reading\, and baking. She dreams of graduating from MIT to pursue a career in software development. \n \nDeborah D. Carr is a primary patent examiner with 33 years of experience at the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). She received her Bachelor of Science in chemistry from the University of Maryland at the College Park campus in College Park\, Maryland\, and her Master of Business Management at National Louis University in Chicago\, Illinois. \nDeborah has served on the board of the Patent and Trademark Office Society. She served as Team Lead in Kids & Chemistry for ten years\, an outreach program sponsored by the Patent and Trademark Office Society. \nDeborah is currently serving as an education outreach specialist detailee for the Office of Education in the Office of the Chief Communications Officer. Deborah facilitates stakeholder engagement (teachers\, administrators\, instructional specialists\, school districts\, educator professional development organizations\, local\, city\, state governments\, community colleges\, institutions of higher learning\, and other federal agencies) to integrate invention education\, innovation\, and intellectual property into K-20 schools and learning environments. \n \nLearn more about viewing the live presentation and the recording\, earning your CE certificate\, and using our new accessibility features. \nJoin the Student Voice community to network with educators\, participate in online discussions\, receive invitations to upcoming edWebinars\, and view recordings of previous programs to earn CE certificates. \n\n \nEquIP HQ is brought to you by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) in collaboration with Second Avenue Learning. EquIP HQ is an interactive portal that allows learners to engage with exciting challenges\, learn to recognize the value of their own ideas\, and gain confidence in solving real-world problems.
URL:https://home.edweb.net/webinar/studentvoice20221026/
CATEGORIES:STEM/STEAM,Student Agency and Voice
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SUMMARY:What Is the Science of Biliteracy?
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Dr. Kathy Escamilla\, Professor Emerita of Education\, University of Colorado Boulder; and Doris Chávez-Linville\, Director of Linguistic and Culturally Diverse Innovation\, Renaissance \nSponsored by Renaissance \nWatch the Recording\nLearn more about viewing the live presentation and the recording\, earning your CE certificate\, and using our new accessibility features. \nToo often\, programs for emergent bilingual learners use curricula\, teaching methods\, and assessments that were designed for monolingual English students. As a result\, the programs underestimate what these learners know and can do\, resulting in missed opportunities and poor outcomes. \nIn this edWebinar\, noted scholar Dr. Kathy Escamilla and Doris Chávez-Linville show you why U.S. schools need a Science of Biliteracy to better meet the needs of emergent bilingual learners. You’ll understand: \n\nHow the Science of Biliteracy is both alike and different from the Science of Reading\nWhat the research shows about how bilingual students learn to read—and how two languages interact in the brain\nWhy it’s essential to leverage students’ home languages to support literacy development\, from Pre-K through high school\nHow to understand and build on all of the language and cultural assets that students bring to the classroom\n\nThis recorded edWebinar is of interest to PreK-12 teachers\, school and district leaders\, assessment directors\, bilingual/ESL directors\, and reading directors. \n \nAbout the Presenters \nKathy Escamilla\, Ph.D. is Professor Emerita of Education in the Division of Social\, Bilingual\, and Multicultural Foundations at the University of Colorado Boulder. She is the author of three books and numerous journal articles. She served two terms as the president of the National Association for Bilingual Education (NABE) and is a member of the Center for Applied Linguistics (CAL) Board of Trustees. \n \nDoris Chávez-Linville\, M.S.Ed. is Director of Linguistic and Culturally Diverse Innovation at Renaissance. In this role\, she advocates for the best tools in the marketplace to support and uplift linguistically and culturally marginalized student populations. She is also a former bilingual and migrant education teacher. \n \nLearn more about viewing the live presentation and the recording\, earning your CE certificate\, and using our new accessibility features. \nJoin the Culturally and Linguistically Responsive Teaching community to network with educators\, participate in online discussions\, receive invitations to upcoming edWebinars\, and view recordings of previous programs to earn CE certificates. \n\n \nRenaissance creates student-centered programs that give educators insights and resources to effectively target instruction\, accelerate growth\, and help every student build a strong foundation for success.
URL:https://home.edweb.net/webinar/clrt20221026/
CATEGORIES:Bilingual and Multilingual Language Acquisition,Culturally Responsive Teaching,ELL/ESL Language Acquisition,Language Learning
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SUMMARY:Race and Learning Disabilities: Barriers and Ramps to Ensure Robust and Appropriate Teaching and Learning
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Dr. Temple Lovelace\, Founder and Director\, Assessment for Good\, Advanced Education Research and Development Fund (AERDF); Bennison (Bb) Ntsakey\, Senior Educational Consultant\, Blueprint Collective; and Samantha Schmitt\, Equity\, Inclusion\, and Justice Coordinator\, Fanny Edel Falk Laboratory School\, University of Pittsburgh (PA)\nModerated by Barbara Pape\, Senior Director\, Learner Variability Project\, Digital Promise \nSponsored by Digital Promise \nWatch the Recording Listen to the Podcast \nLearn more about viewing the live presentation and the recording\, earning your CE certificate\, and using our new accessibility features. \nThe intersection of race and learning disabilities presents school-imposed barriers and roadblocks for students of color. These roadblocks include misidentification\, incorrect placement\, and severe and inappropriate discipline measures. In one study\, for example\, Black students from non-low-income backgrounds had about twice the likelihood of being identified with intellectual disabilities or emotional disturbances compared to White students from non-low-income backgrounds. The NCLD report also cited research that found\, “Black students\, for example\, are three times more likely than White students to be suspended or expelled\,” with one study concluding that this disparity is at least partially due to internalized racial stereotypes held by teachers. \nIn this edWebinar\, we learn what the research says about the intersection of disability and race\, what schools can do to more appropriately determine a student’s disability given racial and cultural uniqueness\, and strategies for individual teachers to keep expectations high and ensure that students receive appropriate supports so they can meet their potential. During this edWebinar\, viewers: \n\nDevelop a better understanding of explicit and implicit racial bias and how that impacts students who have learning disabilities\nLearn about what the research says about barriers presented to students who are at the intersection of race and learning disabilities\nExplore strategies to ensure that students of color with learning disabilities are offered a robust education in a supportive environment with the appropriate supports\nHear first-hand accounts from researchers and educators in schools\n\nThis recorded edWebinar is of interest to K-12 teachers and school and district leaders. \n \nAbout the Presenters  \nTemple S. Lovelace\, Ph.D. is the founder and director of Assessment for Good. Assessment for Good\, an inclusive R&D program at the Advanced Education Research and Development Fund (AERDF)\, grew out of a commitment to transform the role of assessment in the lives of Black and Latinx learners so that it is identity affirming and honors the continuum of their development. Previously\, Dr. Temple was an associate professor of special education at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh\, PA. In 2018\, she launched eXiLab\, a cooperative incubator in the School of Education that tested a set of experimental and non-experimental methods for Inclusive R&D that focuses on advancing equitable learning opportunities accessible to learners across various contexts. \nDr. Temple’s research is on the intersection of disability\, race\, and gender and the creation of innovative\, culturally affirming supports for Black neurodivergent girls. Her work has recently centered on pAIR Assessment\, a prototype created during her dissertation research that leverages ecobehavioral assessment and technology to identify and ameliorate instructional and environmental risk factors for culturally diverse learners. With better tools\, the overrepresentation of culturally diverse learners with and without disabilities in exclusionary school spaces can be eliminated. Her commitment to this goal is found in the following publications: Community-University Partnerships as Vehicles of Radical Leadership\, Service and Activism; Creating a Schoolwide Culture to Support Practitioner Research; Experiences of African American Mothers of Sons with Autism Spectrum Disorder: Lessons for Improving Service Delivery; and Missing from the Narrative: A Seven Decade Scoping Review on the Inclusion of Black Autistic Women and Girls in Autism Research. She received her Ph.D. in special education and behavior analysis from The Ohio State University. \n  \n \nBennison (Bb) Ntsakey is a senior educational consultant at the Blueprint Collective\, a coalition of equity-driven leaders supporting organizations and communities toward strong\, equitable results in teaching\, learning\, and leader development. Bennison brings 15 years of experience leading\, guiding\, and advising organizational senior leaders to improve learning opportunities through equity initiatives\, highlighted most recently through EquityByDesign\, a comprehensive approach of using user-centered\, agile school design to coach school teams across the country with a framework for continuous improvement. \nPreviously\, he served as the senior director of academics at Brooklyn Laboratory Charter Schools and led school turnaround as the principal of Community Charter School of Paterson. Bennison also served as an instructional leader at Uncommon Schools for several years and was the school director and manager of teacher leadership for Teach For America for the three years prior. He began his career in education as a special educator and humanities coach for Miami-Dade County Public Schools. He holds a master’s in education (public school building leadership and organization) from Columbia University Teachers College; a master’s in education (education and social change) from the University of Miami Graduate School of Education with clinical educator certification; and a BA in English\, philosophy\, and African American studies from Syracuse University. \n \nSamantha Schmitt is the inaugural coordinator of equity\, inclusion\, and justice at the Fanny Edel Falk Laboratory School\, a private K-8 school affiliated with the University of Pittsburgh’s School of Education. In this senior-level role\, Samantha works with students\, faculty\, staff\, parents\, and caregivers in a variety of contexts\, including professional development\, student admissions\, curriculum development\, classroom instruction\, and more. \nA native of Monroeville\, Pennsylvania\, Samantha is the former dean of students at the Duquesne City School District\, where she managed student affairs. Prior to that role\, she worked at Duquesne schools as a teacher and instructional coach for science\, STEM\, and technology. “The primary years are the foundation for students\,” said Samantha. “Reading\, writing\, math—if you don’t have those skills down in the first few years\, you will struggle down the road. The same could be thought of with equity and inclusion. If we don’t instill that knowledge in our children\, then as adults they will have deficit thinking and bias as adults.” \n  \nAbout the Moderator \nBarbara Pape\, senior director for the Learner Variability Project at Digital Promise\, led a three-year national survey on learner variability and teacher practice\, wrote the paper defining learner variability\, hosts a monthly webinar series\, and co-developed The IEP Project. Previously\, she worked in policy analysis and communications for nonprofits and in the U.S. Senate. Barbara has written for numerous publications and was editor of the first electronically delivered education newsletter\, the Daily Report Card. Previously\, she produced the Teaching & Learning conference for the National Board\, worked in the communications office for the AFT during President Al Shanker’s tenure\, and headed up government relations for the City Colleges of Chicago. She earned an Ed.M. at Harvard and coursework toward a Ph.D. at the University of Virginia. Barbara launched her career as a middle school teacher. \n \nLearn more about viewing the live presentation and the recording\, earning your CE certificate\, and using our new accessibility features. \nJoin the Personalize Learning for Learner Variability community to network with educators\, participate in online discussions\, receive invitations to upcoming edWebinars\, and view recordings of previous programs to earn CE certificates. \n\nDigital Promise was created with the mission to accelerate innovation in education to improve opportunities to learn. \n\n 
URL:https://home.edweb.net/webinar/personalizedlearning20221025/
CATEGORIES:Equity,Special Education
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SUMMARY:Vaping Prevention and Education Resource Center: New Educator Materials from FDA’s Center for Tobacco Products
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Kathleen Crosby\, Director\, Office of Health Communication and Education\, U.S. Food and Drug Administration; and Ashley Roberts\, Supervisory Health Communications Specialist\, U.S. Food and Drug Administration\nModerated by Tamara Maze\, Senior Health Communications Specialist\, U.S. Food and Drug Administration \nSponsored by U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Center for Tobacco Products \nWatch the Recording\nLearn more about viewing the live presentation and the recording\, earning your CE certificate\, and using our new accessibility features.  \nThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Center for Tobacco Products (CTP) has recently launched a comprehensive teacher-focused resource website\, Vaping Prevention and Education: Resources for Talking with Students. View this edWebinar to learn about this new website which offers a robust collection of science-based\, standards-mapped classroom resources to provide educators with the tools they need to effectively teach vaping prevention among middle and high school students. \nSee these new cross-curricular resources that include lesson plans\, interactive tools\, infographics\, and videos with tobacco facts and tips about how to teach teens about the dangers of e-cigarette use. Discover how these resources can be used to start an open discussion about vaping nicotine with students and encourage them to embrace a lifetime of healthy behaviors. Hear from Kathleen Crosby\, FDA CTP Director\, Office of Health Communication and Education\, and Ashley Roberts\, FDA CTP Supervisory Health Communications Specialist\, as they provide background on the FDA’s formative research used in developing this resource center\, as well as how to navigate the new website and where to find these key resources. \nThis recorded edWebinar is of interest to middle and high school teachers\, librarians\, school and district leaders\, and education technology leaders. \n  \nAbout the Presenters \nKathleen Crosby is currently Director of the Office of Health Communication and Education at the FDA Center for Tobacco Products (CTP). The office is responsible for conducting public education\, stakeholder outreach\, and regulatory communication programs to ensure FDA’s success in implementing the Tobacco Control Act. These efforts include developing communication strategies to reduce youth tobacco use\, helping tobacco users quit\, and building stakeholder understanding of and compliance with tobacco product regulations. \nSince joining CTP in February 2011\, Kathleen has led the development and implementation of multiple public education campaigns targeting at-risk and underserved populations\, including FDA’s first-ever national youth tobacco prevention campaign\, “The Real Cost.” The award-winning campaign has prevented up to 587\,000 youth from initiating smoking\, half of whom might have gone on to become adult smokers. Kathleen received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Colorado in political science with a minor in Spanish. \n \n \nAshley Roberts has spent more than 14 years with the federal government\, beginning her career in 2008 as a human resources specialist with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE). In 2010\, Ashley transitioned to a public affairs specialist with USACE where she served as a point of contact for civil works and military construction projects with the Baltimore District. Since joining FDA in 2014\, Ashley has worked on numerous projects including education outreach initiatives\, “The Real Cost” e-cigarette prevention campaign launch\, non-tobacco nicotine\, product authorizations\, tobacco product master files\, and more. She currently serves as a supervisor where she oversees a variety of regulatory and public health education announcements. \nAshley obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science and mass communication\, with a focus in journalism\, from the University of Delaware in 2008. She obtained a Master of Arts degree in communication from Johns Hopkins University in 2012. \n \nAbout the Moderator \nTamara Maze is a senior health communications specialist at the FDA Center for Tobacco Products (CTP). She has extensive experience in partnership development\, engagement\, health communication\, marketing strategy\, and strategic planning. Her public health career began at the National Cancer Institute as a health communications fellow. In 2004\, she graduated from Johns Hopkins University with a Master of Science in marketing and was accepted into the Presidential Management Fellowship (PMF) program. After graduating\, she accepted a position as a PMF at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). She remained there for seven years and launched CDC’s first partnership communications office in the CDC’s Division of Strategic Partnerships. \nIn 2011\, she continued her public health career at CTP where she manages and supports various stakeholder engagement projects. In addition to her primary job functions\, Tamara has been recognized for her extraordinary commitment and advocacy for the disability community. \n \nLearn more about viewing the live presentation and the recording\, earning your CE certificate\, and using our new accessibility features. \nJoin the School Health & Safety community to network with educators\, participate in online discussions\, receive invitations to upcoming edWebinars\, and view recordings of previous programs to earn CE certificates. \n\n \nCTP develops policy\, issues regulations\, conducts research\, and educates the public about the dangers of tobacco products. Our mission is to protect Americans from tobacco-related disease and death by regulating manufacturing\, distribution\, and marketing of tobacco products and by educating the public about the dangers of tobacco.
URL:https://home.edweb.net/webinar/schoolsafety20221025/
CATEGORIES:Health and Wellness,School Safety
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SUMMARY:Checking In on Behavior: 5 Ways to Improve Student Outcomes with Behavior Supports
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Sonja Davidson\, Director of Student Advocacy Services\, Ogden School District (UT); Jennifer McComas\, Director of Special Education\, Heath City School District (OH); and Guadalupe De La O\, Assistant Principal of STEM and Scholar Culture\, Alliance College-Ready Middle Academy 4 (CA)\nModerated by Nick Woolf\, Playbook Content Director\, Panorama Education \nSponsored by Panorama Education \nWatch the Recording Listen to the PodcastRead the Article \nLearn more about viewing the live presentation and the recording\, earning your CE certificate\, and using our new accessibility features. \nResearch shows that disproportionality in exclusionary discipline represents one of the most significant problems in education. As part of a Multi-Tiered System of Support (MTSS)\, these Tier 1 practices set the foundation for the entire system and focus on setting clear expectations for behaviors and implementing procedures and practices for teaching the emotional and social skills needed for positive behavior. View this edLeader Panel to learn five significant ways to improve student outcomes with behavior supports including Behavior-Specific Praise\, Visual Aids\, Positive Home Contact\, Take a Break\, and Social Contract. We also share how to: \n\nStreamline and unify your behavior reporting\nCreate a shared understanding of incident data\nImplement behavior-specific praise and report on its impact\n\nThis recorded edLeader Panel is of interest to K-12 teachers and school and district leaders. \n\nAbout the Presenters \nSonja Davidson is the Director of Student Advocacy Services for Ogden School District. Sonja has been an educator in Ogden District for 18 years\, and prior to this role\, she was an elementary school principal\, an administrative intern\, an instructional coach\, and a special education teacher. Sonja holds a special education teaching license\, as well as endorsements in English as a Second Language\, Reading\, and K-12 School Administration. She has a Master’s in Education for Educational Policy and Leadership from the University of Utah and is trying to get motivated to go back to school for a doctorate. Sonja believes strongly in the power of systems and relationships in leading transformational school and district change. \n\nJennifer McComas has been the director of special education for Heath City Schools for the past nine years. Previously\, she was the co-director and supervisor for Pickerington Local Schools and before that an intervention specialist for Berne Union Local Schools. She has taught or supervised a variety of students with disabilities\, including emotional disabilities\, autism\, intellectual disabilities\, and learning disabilities. In administrative positions\, she has been in charge of the MTSS teams focusing on academics as well as social/emotional/behavior. Beyond work\, Jennifer enjoys life with her blended family of five kids\, which this year includes a kindergartner\, a freshman\, and a senior! \n\nGuadalupe De La O is currently an Assistant Principal of Scholar Culture at Alliance College-Ready Middle Academy 4. As a science teacher in South Central Los Angeles for ten years prior to school administration\, equity and access for all learners have always been the driving core values for her “why” in education. She is currently passionate about the post-pandemic opportunity to rethink and redesign school systems with a human-centered approach and an emphasis on belonging for all stakeholders. \n\nAbout the Moderator \nAs Playbook Content Director\, Nick Woolf connects educators to hundreds of instructional resources\, social-emotional learning activities\, academic interventions\, and behavior management strategies that are designed to support students’ academic growth\, behavior\, social and emotional well-being\, and engagement. Prior to Panorama\, Nick served as the SEL Coordinator for Burlington School District where he focused on creating a comprehensive system for SEL in grades PreK-12. \n\nLearn more about viewing the live presentation and the recording\, earning your CE certificate\, and using our new accessibility features. \nJoin the Social-Emotional Learning community to network with educators\, participate in online discussions\, receive invitations to upcoming edWebinars\, and view recordings of previous programs to earn CE certificates. \n\nPanorama Education partners with K-12 schools and districts across the country to collect and analyze data about social-emotional learning\, school climate\, family engagement\, and more. With research-backed surveys and a leading technology platform\, Panorama helps educators act on data and improve student outcomes. Panorama supports 15 million students in 21\,000 schools and 1\,500 districts across 50 states.
URL:https://home.edweb.net/webinar/sel20221025/
CATEGORIES:Leadership/Administration,Mental Health and Wellness,MTSS,Social-Emotional Learning
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SUMMARY:Writing About Reading: Strategies to Help Every Student Craft a Constructed Response
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Kristina Smekens\, President\, Lead Consultant\, Smekens Education\nModerated by Monica Myers\, Playbook Pro Remote Coach\, Smekens Education \nSponsored by Smekens Education \nWatch the Recording\nLearn more about viewing the live presentation and the recording\, earning your CE certificate\, and using our new accessibility features. \nStudents at every level are expected to write about their reading. But without explicit instruction on how to weave together the inference with evidence and explanation\, a polished\, constructed response will be out of reach for most students. During this edWebinar\, author and literacy consultant Kristina Smekens empowers educators with practical and engaging strategies to help all students tackle constructed-response writing with confidence. Viewers: \n\nReview the ingredients required on English language arts assessments for a brief\, constructed response\nUnderstand how popular acronyms such as RACE\, Yes\, MA’AM\, and CER support a passing response on standardized tests\nLearn how primary\, ELLs\, and non writers can accomplish these same expectations in developmentally appropriate ways\nReceive a scaffold of writing-after-reading lesson ideas that progress across several weeks of whole-class instruction\n\nThis recorded edWebinar is of interest to K-12 teachers and school and district leaders. \n\nAbout the Presenter \nKristina Smekens has built a reputation for using enthusiasm\, humor\, and common sense to equip K-12 educators with practical\, demystifying strategies for teaching reading and writing. As President and Lead Consultant for Smekens Education\, she is a leader in developing new strategies to help teachers meet the demands of today’s College- and Career-Ready Standards. She and her associates share those strategies with teachers around the globe through on-site professional development\, virtual and in-person seminars\, and an always-growing pool of print\, digital\, and video resources. Kristina has authored more than 50 books\, guides\, and classroom tools designed to help teachers implement best-practice literacy strategies. The Comprehension Playbook; Launching the Writer’s Workshop: Grades K-2; and Launching the Writer’s Workshop: Grades 3-12 are among the most popular titles. \n\nAbout the Moderator \nMonica Myers is an enthusiastic advocate of best-practice instruction in reading comprehension. As the Playbook Pro remote coach for Smekens Education\, she offers timely coaching and guidance to teams and individuals as they work to implement the Comprehension Playbook in their own classrooms. Before joining the team at Smekens Education\, Monica taught elementary and middle school English language arts and was a leader in her district as an instructional coach. In her role as a building-level coach\, Monica was in the trenches\, helping her colleagues implement the Comprehension Playbook with fidelity. \n\nLearn more about viewing the live presentation and the recording\, earning your CE certificate\, and using our new accessibility features. \nJoin the ELA Today community to network with educators\, participate in online discussions\, receive invitations to upcoming edWebinars\, and view recordings of previous programs to earn CE certificates. \n\nSmekens Education helps K-12 schools improve achievement in reading and writing by providing educators with practical and engaging professional learning. The team at Smekens specializes in inspiring teachers with simple\, best-practice literacy strategies that can be implemented right away. Schools around the globe rely on Smekens to provide powerful PD\, whether it occurs in-person\, virtually\, or on-demand. \n\n \n 
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CATEGORIES:English, Language Arts, Writing
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SUMMARY:Choosing Equitable\, High-Quality STEM Curricula and the Impact It Can Have
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Doug Dowell\, STEM Coordinator and Grant Supervisor\, Central Kitsap School District (WA); Laura Toney\, Coordinator of College and Career Readiness\, Madera Unified School District (CA); and Amanda Cramer\, Digital Literacy and Computer Science Specialist\, Alabama Math\, Science\, and Technology Initiative (AMSTI)\, Alabama Department of Education\nModerated by Jill Olson\, Senior Director\, Operations and Professional Development\, EiE®\, Museum of Science\, Boston \nSponsored by EiE®\, Museum of Science\, Boston \nWatch the Recording Listen to the PodcastRead the Article \nLearn more about viewing the live presentation and the recording\, earning your CE certificate\, and using our new accessibility features. \nJoin EiE® for a panel discussion with educational leaders from across the country. You hear their stories of bringing high-quality STEM curricula to their districts. Together\, we explore qualities they looked for when making their decisions and learn about the positive impacts these decisions have had on educators and students in their districts. \nThis recorded edLeader Panel is of interest to PreK-8 school and district leaders as well as teachers. \n\nAbout the Presenters \nDoug Dowell lives in beautiful Silverdale\, WA where he serves as the STEM coordinator and grant supervisor for CKSD. Starting in 2012\, Doug has been the project director and author/co-author of six different DoDEA grant projects along with a 2015 Office of Naval Research grant and a 2022 Department of Education grant. Prior to overseeing the implementation of these projects\, Doug served in the following roles: District K-12 Science Curriculum Specialist\, High School and Middle School Science Teacher\, Secondary (6-12) Counselor\, Elementary (K-5) Counselor\, Elementary Learning Specialist\, and a longtime wrestling coach. Doug is also a co-founder of the regional West Sound STEM Network and is actively involved in STEM reform at the state and regional levels. As the son of two military parents\, Doug’s first-hand experiences growing up as a military dependent fuels his drive to do everything possible to help support our military-connected students and their teachers. \n\nLaura Toney received her BA and teaching credentials from Fresno State University and her administration credentials through Madera County Office of Education in 2017. She spent 27 years in the classroom\, teaching students and later coaching teachers as a curriculum and instruction TSA for elementary schools in MUSD. \nFor the last five years\, Laura has been the coordinator of college and career readiness for MUSD\, supporting CTE teachers in Madera’s 25 career pathways and helping to build partnerships. She manages the sixth-grade Career Exploration program and oversees the Explorations of CTE elective courses in Madera’s three middle schools. She shares in coordinating and planning the Perkins\, CTEIG\, and ROP funding that supports Madera’s growing programs. Recently\, she was asked to add a STEM lab and specialized STEM teacher to each elementary school within MUSD. She meets with STEM teachers weekly as this program takes shape and moves forward. \n\n \nAmanda Cramer serves as the digital literacy and computer science specialist for the Alabama Math\, Science\, and Technology Initiative at the Alabama State Department of Education. She serves more than 160 math and science specialists who support instructional coaches and educators in 11 regions across the state. She facilitates professional learning for specialists and provides coaching and support for their work with school-based coaches and leaders. She is also tasked with leading teams to curate and create high-quality instructional resources for use in Alabama schools. \nAmanda is a graduate of The University of Alabama and holds degrees in elementary education\, collaborative special education\, teacher leadership\, instructional leadership\, and early childhood education. Prior to stepping into her role with the ALSDE\, she served as a teacher leader and elementary educator in Hoover City Schools and Mountain Brook City Schools where she led efforts to integrate STEM across the curriculum. \n\nAbout the Moderator \nJill Olson is the senior director of operations and professional development for EiE of the Museum of Science\, Boston. She joined the team in May of 2018. Before joining the Museum\, Jill taught English language arts to seventh-grade students in her hometown north of Boston. She learned early on the importance of engaging every learner and helping each to see their own potential through hands-on\, collaborative\, inquiry-based classroom experiences. \nAfter leaving the classroom\, Jill worked in curriculum development and educational program management. She has supported educators in implementing digital and print products in classrooms and has designed and delivered professional development to support them. She is passionate about improving educator and learner experiences. Jill oversees a team that is committed to providing professional development that directly supports educators in their unique and specific environments. \n  \nLearn more about viewing the live presentation and the recording\, earning your CE certificate\, and using our new accessibility features. \nJoin the STEM Learning: Full STEAM Ahead community to network with educators\, participate in online discussions\, receive invitations to upcoming edWebinars\, and view recordings of previous programs to earn CE certificates. \n\n \nEiE®\, Museum of Science develops evidence-based\, standards-aligned engineering and computer science programs that empower children to become lifelong STEM learners and passionate problem solvers. We’ve designed our PreK–8 curricula to encourage all children\, including those from underrepresented groups\, to see themselves in STEM.
URL:https://home.edweb.net/webinar/stem20221024/
CATEGORIES:Leadership/Administration,STEM/STEAM
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SUMMARY:Reversing Revenue Declines: Strategies That Boost Enrollment\, Attendance\, and Graduation
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Patti Moon\, Chief Communication Officer\, Aurora Public Schools (CO); Simón Miera\, Senior Partner Success Manager\, TalkingPoints; and Kate Pechacek\, Senior Director of Partner Success\, TalkingPoints \nSponsored by TalkingPoints  \nWatch the Recording\nLearn more about viewing the live presentation and the recording\, earning your CE certificate\, and using our new accessibility features. \nReversing revenue declines tied to attendance and enrollment is a top concern for district leaders across the country. As U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona noted\, to recover lost ground from the pandemic\, “it must be a top priority to reengage every student and family.” In addition to playing a crucial role in school resourcing\, attendance can also provide a useful signal of the health of a school community. It can highlight areas where wraparound support for students is needed. \nThis edWebinar offers district leaders practical\, actionable ways to improve enrollment and attendance through positive school culture. Viewers explore best practices for proactive and positive attendance management for both families and school staff\, review promising results from a recent quasi-experimental study meeting the ESSA Tier 2 standard of evidence\, and hear how leaders in other schools and districts are innovating new approaches to attracting and retaining students. \nThis recorded edWebinar is of interest to K-12 school and district leaders. \n \nAbout the Presenters \nPatti Moon has served as the chief communication officer for Aurora Public Schools since September 2016. She first joined APS as the public information officer in March 2014. Prior to working for the district\, Patti was a television journalist who worked in Colorado Springs\, Oklahoma City\, Chicago\, and Washington\, D.C. She was a TV reporter and anchor who covered stories on a wide range of topics including education\, health\, and crime. Patti also serves the Aurora community as a board director for the Aurora Mental Health Center\, which she joined in 2021. She earned both her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in journalism from Northwestern University. She is fluent in Korean and speaks French conversationally. Patti is a Colorado native who graduated from Lakewood High School. She and her husband love exploring the world through food\, music\, and stories. \n \nSimón Miera has been in education for over 20 years. He has a passion for providing a voice for students as they learn to navigate their journey and discover their place in the world. He has served as a middle school and high school English and social studies teacher for 15 years in New Mexico and Oregon. He has also served as a school and district administrator and supported students in their pathways to college and career readiness. Simón has a wide range of knowledge related to education and holds a master’s degree in education from Lesley University. He has utilized his experiences to lead professional development for school districts throughout the nation and help educators build systems supporting their districts’ Multi-Tiered System of Supports goals. \n \nKate Pechacek has over 20 years’ experience in education. She taught secondary math for 15 years in Iowa\, Oregon\, Texas\, and Minnesota and has 10 years of experience working at the district level in curriculum\, instruction\, assessment\, professional development and MTSS. She served as Director of Secondary Ed for Minneapolis Public Schools before moving to the edtech sector. She then spent almost six years helping districts leverage edtech solutions to support equitable outcomes for students before joining TalkingPoints. \nAt TalkingPoints\, Kate leads the Partner Success team in supporting school and district partners to ensure they are able to leverage the TalkingPoints solution with impact. Kate earned her master’s degree in curriculum and instruction and worked with the developers of an equity-based learning supports model developed out of the UCLA School Mental Health Project. She is driven to ensure schools move toward an equity-focused\, asset-based approach for all students. \n \nLearn more about viewing the live presentation and the recording\, earning your CE certificate\, and using our new accessibility features. \nJoin the Leadership 3.0: Essential Skills for Innovative Leaders community to network with educators\, participate in online discussions\, receive invitations to upcoming edWebinars\, and view recordings of previous programs to earn CE certificates. \n\n \nTalkingPoints is the leading K-12 two-way translated family engagement and communication platform\, offering the highest-quality human- and AI-powered translation in 125+ languages. Grounded in research-based best practices\, TalkingPoints has fundamentally redesigned family-school partnerships to shift mindsets and build capacity to support students in a scalable\, equitable\, and low-cost way.
URL:https://home.edweb.net/webinar/leadership20221024/
CATEGORIES:Absenteeism and Attendance,Education Funding and Purchasing,Leadership/Administration,School Culture/Climate
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SUMMARY:Putting It All Into Practice: Making the Shift to Accelerate Language and Literacy
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Kelly Forbes\, President of the Oklahoma Association for Bilingual Education; Lynmara Colón\, Ph.D.\, Director of Student Opportunity and Multilingual Services\, Prince William County Public Schools (VA); Dr. Karen Henery\, Director for ESOL/Multilingual Services\, Little Rock School District (AR); and Jennifer Hernandez\, Emergent Bilingual Solution Account Executive\, Lexia Learning \nSponsored by Lexia Learning as part of Emergent Bilingual Week October 17-21. Learn more.\n \nWatch the Recording\nLearn more about viewing the live presentation and the recording\, earning your CE certificate\, and using our new accessibility features. \nThere is a national shift occurring in classrooms—students’ languages and cultures are being seen as the assets they are. But educators also know that a culturally responsive classroom alone is not enough to help all students succeed. \nAs Emergent Bilingual Week wraps up\, this closing session discusses how to maintain momentum around equity initiatives for Emergent Bilingual students. \nJennifer Hernandez hosts educational leaders from across the nation to explore what educators can do to accelerate both language and literacy acquisition for their Emergent Bilingual students. From the need for differentiated instruction to developing and promoting intrinsic motivation\, these education experts dive into what “getting out of the norm” looks like and discuss how to best support Emergent Bilingual students’ academic and linguistic needs. \nThis edWebinar is of interest to K-6 teachers\, ELL/ESOL specialists\, school and district leaders\, and education technology leaders. \nThis edWebinar is part of Emergent Bilingual Week: Accelerate Language\, Accelerate Literacy. \nThis five-day event\, October 17th – October 21st\, consists of a series of webinars that explore important aspects of supporting emergent bilingual students\, including the acceleration of English language learning\, the role of oral language in literacy instruction\, language learning efficacy and research\, how educators can leverage artificial intelligence to support Emergent Bilingual students\, and much more! Register for the Week. \n\n\nAbout the Presenters \nKelly Forbes went from being a Royal Caribbean Singer and Dancer to a Newcomer Teacher teaching 6th through 12th grade newcomer students who represented 7 countries and spoke 8 different languages. His students taught him the value of cultural interconnectivity and the richness of our identities. From there\, Forbes has served in a variety of capacities including Instructional Coach\, Assistant Principal\, Dual Language Head Principal\, Director of ESSER\, and Director of Dual Language PK-12 Education. Kelly now holds a current Superintendent certification and serves as the Lead Educational Consultant for Kelly B’s Consulting\, which provides educational services to support districts and schools in closing opportunity gaps specifically supporting the emergent bilingual population. In 2014 he presented his research and findings at the University Council of Educational Administration in Washington\, D.C. \nForbes serves as the current President of the Oklahoma Association for Bilingual Education and serves on the Board of Directors for Palomar which is the 1st Family Justice Center in Oklahoma. He is the recipient of the 2016 Global Citizen in Public Education Award from the World Experiences Foundation\, and the 2011 Rising Star Award from the Multicultural Institute at University of Central Oklahoma. Forbes is a current doctoral candidate at Southern Nazarene University researching the role that cultural proficiency plays in providing an equitable education for all students\, and he believes that it is through our diversity that we find unity. \n\nLynmara Colón\, Ph.D. is a dynamic leader committed to student learning and growth. She is passionate about technology\, access\, and equity for all students\, and was named in the NSBA 20 to Watch for Innovative Practices. As a former teacher\, assistant principal\, and principal\, Dr. Colón is focused on building healthy cultures by leading with a Disney mentality where all stakeholders are welcomed. She serves as the Director of English Learning Programs and Services in a school division serving over 20\,000 English learners representing 140 languages. She is the co-author of Empower Our Girls: Opening the Door for Girls to Achieve More. \n\nDr. Karen Henery started her career in education in Ontario\, Canada working in a multi-cultural and multi-ethnic school district. She taught English learners in grades 6 – 8 who came from very diverse language backgrounds. Today\, she works extensively with classroom teachers and building administrators\, ensuring delivery of high-quality instruction for English learners. She also works at the district level through the Curriculum and Instruction Department and district leadership on programming and services for ELs and their families. \nDr. Henery holds a doctorate in educational administration\, M.Ed.\, B.A.\, and B.Ed. Additional certification includes the ESL Endorsement\, District Administrator\, High School Principal\, and certification in Life Science and General Science (7-12). She is a certified Praxis III Assessor and SIOP facilitator. Dr. Henery has provided professional development workshops for K-12 educators nationally\, at the state level\, and at the district level. She has served as an adjunct professor through Arkansas Tech University teaching an ESOL graduate-level class. \n\nJennifer Hernandez is an ardent supporter of emergent bilingual students and their families. She is a first-generation Salvadorean immigrant daughter and an emergent bilingual student herself. Her current research focuses on emerging bilinguals as educational leaders in the Pacific Northwest while she completes her doctorate in educational leadership. Jennifer has worked in the field of education for 22 years\, supporting dual language and ELD programs. She was the multilingual education director for a large district in Oregon before joining Lexia. She has held positions as a building administrator\, migrant education specialist at the state level\, and assistant director for the ESL department in Oregon’s largest urban district. She has also served the Washington Association for Bilingual Education as board president and board member for Pacific University Council for Equity. \n\nLearn more about viewing the live presentation and the recording\, earning your CE certificate\, and using our new accessibility features. \nJoin the Supporting Emergent Bilingual Students community to network with educators\, participate in online discussions\, receive invitations to upcoming edWebinars\, and view recordings of previous programs to earn CE certificates. \n\n \nLexia® Learning\, a Cambium® company\, is one of the most impactful and highly respected reading-technology companies in the world. Founded over 35 years ago\, Lexia’s research-proven programs help educators deliver personalized reading and language instruction for millions of K–12 students across the world. \n\n 
URL:https://home.edweb.net/webinar/bilingual_ed20221021/
CATEGORIES:ELL/ESL Language Acquisition,Language Learning,Learning Loss/Acceleration
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SUMMARY:Informed or Influenced? Media and News Literacy Skills for Election Season and Beyond
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Alexa Volland\, Senior Manager\, Educator Professional Learning\, News Literacy Project; Jill Hofmockel\, Teacher-Librarian\, West High School (IA); Molly June Roquet\, Education Librarian\, Saint Mary’s College of California; and Shaelynn Farnsworth\, Senior Director of Education Partnership Strategy\, News Literacy Project \nSponsored by The News Literacy Project \nWatch the Recording\nLearn more about viewing the live presentation and the recording\, earning your CE certificate\, and using our new accessibility features. \nOn a regular basis—and especially around each election season—we’re overwhelmed with organizations\, groups\, influencers\, bad actors\, and others bombarding us with information. Much of that information is designed to influence or even manipulate rather than inform us. How can you help your students cut through all the noise and prioritize information from credible sources? \nIn this edWebinar\, join News Literacy Project experts and news literacy educators to learn how you can strengthen your students’ media and news literacy skills and equip them for active\, responsible civic life. Learn about best practices for teaching about bias and primary purpose of various sources and types of information\, and discover how you can help students identify news and information that is presented in a fair and accurate way. \nThis recorded edWebinar is of interest to K-12 teachers\, librarians\, school and district leaders\, and education technology leaders. \n \nAbout the Presenters \nAlexa Volland is News Literacy Project’s Senior Manager of Educator Professional Learning. Prior to joining NLP in August 2022\, she was the youth programming manager for The Poynter Institute’s digital media literacy initiative\, MediaWise. There\, she specialized in fact checking\, social media mis- and disinformation\, and connecting with young audiences. While at MediaWise\, Alexa served as the editor of the Teen Fact-Checking Network\, a student-led newsroom that produces fact-checking videos for social media. She came to NLP with both newsroom and classroom experience\, having worked in local journalism at the Tampa Bay Times and as a journalism teacher in St. Petersburg\, Florida. She has a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Florida. \n \n \nJill Hofmockel is the teacher-librarian at West High School in Iowa City\, Iowa. An educator with more than 20 years of experience in school libraries\, Jill holds a bachelor’s degree in political science and a master’s degree in library and information science. A longtime member of the Iowa Association of School Librarians\, Jill has served as a committee chair\, board member\, and president\, as well as liaison to the American Association of School Librarians’ Affiliate Assembly. Jill is committed to incorporating information literacy skills throughout her school’s curriculum\, with a special emphasis on teaching news literacy. After school\, you will find Jill coaching her son’s high school esports team or enjoying a cup of tea with her daughter. Jill is one of NLP’s NewsLitNation Ambassadors\, educators involved in local community organizing efforts in the fight against misinformation toward a mutual objective of creating a more news-literate generation of news consumers. \n \nMolly June Roquet (she/they) is the education librarian at Saint Mary’s College of California. A former head librarian at an independent K-8 school in Oakland\, public librarian\, and middle school history teacher\, Molly holds a bachelor’s degree in history from San Francisco State University and a master’s degree in library and information science from Wayne State University. They have presented at the American Library Association and California Library Association annual conferences and have written for Computers in Libraries and Information Today magazines. Molly strives to add a critical\, anti-racist lens to media and news literacy education and is the News Literacy Project’s San Francisco Bay Area ambassador. \n \nShaelynn Farnsworth is the News Literacy Project’s Senior Director of Education Partnership Strategy. Shaelynn has over 20 years of experience in education. She spent the first part of her career as a high school English teacher in Conrad\, Iowa\, where she reimagined teaching and learning in her classroom and became a leader in the convergence between literacy and technology. Shaelynn focused on developing student skills in information consumption\, creating innovative ways for students to demonstrate understanding\, and inspiring healthy skepticism in the digital age. She was recruited by a regional state education agency in Iowa\, where she was a school improvement consultant for seven years. Shaelynn supported districts throughout Iowa in the areas of literacy\, technology\, AIW\, and systemic change. She was a member of the state’s literacy\, social studies\, and technology leadership teams. Shaelynn holds a bachelor’s and a master’s degree in English from the University of Northern Iowa. \n \nLearn more about viewing the live presentation and the recording\, earning your CE certificate\, and using our new accessibility features. \nJoin the News Literacy community to network with educators\, participate in online discussions\, receive invitations to upcoming edWebinars\, and view recordings of previous programs to earn CE certificates. \n\n \nThe News Literacy Project\, a nonpartisan\, national education nonprofit\, provides programs and resources for educators and the public to teach\, learn and share the abilities needed to be smart\, active consumers of news and information and equal and engaged participants in a democracy.
URL:https://home.edweb.net/webinar/newsliteracy20221020/
CATEGORIES:Media Literacy,Real World Literacy,Social Studies and Civics
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SUMMARY:Making Language Tangible: Understanding Your English Learners Successfully
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Viviana Hall\, Global Bilingual – ESL – Dual Language Consultant\, Global VIDA\nModerated by Lori Lynch\, VP of Professional Learning Services\, Heinemann \nSponsored by Heinemann Professional Learning \nWatch the Recording\nLearn more about viewing the live presentation and the recording\, earning your CE certificate\, and using our new accessibility features. \nEvery teacher is becoming a language teacher as our English learner population continues to grow\, making a greater impact on instruction delivery. Are you waiting for students to learn more English? Are you wondering how you could tell their individual language differences? Have you seen how they progress\, but you just need a roadmap to the next best step? \nIn this edWebinar\, viewers analyze language proficiency using a probability quadrant to identify language skills that are measurable and observable. They are able to immediately apply these aspects of productive and receptive language with their English learner groups. \nThis recorded edWebinar is of interest to PreK-12 teachers\, especially English as a second language and foreign language instruction teachers\, instructional coaches\, language arts specialists\, curriculum coordinators\, and school leaders. \n \nAbout the Presenter \nViviana Hall is a native of Colombia who started her career as an English learner herself. She has become a passionate voice representing minority students and a champion for true equity and intentional inclusion. Viviana’s major contribution to the field of bilingual education includes the addition of key bilingual teacher-training programs in North-Texas-area universities that centered on clinical experiences and practical applications. Her scope of work prioritizes biliteracy development that capitalizes on both differences as well as similarities of alphabetical languages such as English and Spanish. As a subject matter expert\, she has directed the development of effective Spanish literacy programs in the U.S. and abroad\, which has afforded her many opportunities for speaking engagements leading teachers of language learners on the road to success. \n \n \nAbout the Moderator \nLori K. Lynch is the vice president of professional learning services for Heinemann. Providing and scheduling consultant work with schools\, as well as producing live professional learning events on educational best practices\, allows Lori and her team to interact and impact the essential work of teachers. \n  \n  \nLearn more about viewing the live presentation and the recording\, earning your CE certificate\, and using our new accessibility features. \nJoin the Helping ELL\, ESL\, and Bilingual Students Succeed community to network with educators\, participate in online discussions\, receive invitations to upcoming edWebinars\, and view recordings of previous programs to earn CE certificates. \n\n \nFor over forty years Heinemann has been a publisher of professional resources and a provider of educational services for teachers\, kindergarten through college. We strive to give voice to those who share our respect for the professionalism and compassion of teachers and who support teachers’ efforts to help children become literate\, empathetic\, knowledgeable citizens. Our authors are exemplary educators eager to support the practice of other teachers through books\, videos\, workshops\, online courses\, and through explicit teaching materials. Our commitment to our work and customers’ enthusiastic response to our offerings has made us the leading publisher in this area.
URL:https://home.edweb.net/webinar/ell20221020/
CATEGORIES:ELL/ESL Language Acquisition,Language Learning
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SUMMARY:Adopting a Proactive Versus Reactive Approach to Cybersecurity in K-12 Districts
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Colleen Hoy\, Director\, Product Management\, ENA by Zayo; Lisa Higgins\, Chief Technology Officer\, Collierville Schools (TN); Beverly Miller\, MBA\, Assistant Director of Schools for Administration and Chief Technology Officer\, Greeneville City Schools (TN); and Davion Washington\, Network Administrator\, Collierville Schools (TN)\nModerated by Monica Cougan\, Senior Manager Strategic Relations\, ENA by Zayo \nSponsored by ENA by Zayo \nWatch the Recording Listen to the PodcastRead the Article \nLearn more about viewing the live presentation and the recording\, earning your CE certificate\, and using our new accessibility features. \nCybersecurity continues to be one of the largest challenges and priorities facing K-12 school technology and administrative leaders today. During this edLeader Panel\, we discuss proactive steps K-12 district leaders are taking to educate their stakeholders around effective cybersecurity practices. Join leadership teams from two districts as they share how they are collaborating with their state leaders\, district teams\, community members\, and partners to address cybersecurity challenges and needs. They share lessons learned\, recommendations\, and next steps required to support K-12 cybersecurity needs. \nThis recorded edLeader Panel is of interest to K-12 district leaders and education technology leaders. \n\nAbout the Presenters \nColleen Hoy is the director of product management at Education Networks of America (ENA). In this role\, she oversees the strategy\, definition\, development\, and promotion of ENA’s cybersecurity product portfolio and also provides leadership to ENA’s overall suite of services that support the technology needs of K-12\, higher education institutions\, libraries\, and rural healthcare providers nationwide. She was previously the director of programs and partnerships at Nashville Technology Council and a consultant for c3/consulting (now Ankura). Colleen has served on a number of nonprofit Boards of Directors\, including Nashville MTA\, Alignment Nashville Learning Technology Committee\, and the Nashville Social Enterprise Alliance. She earned her BA from Dickinson College and her M.Ed. from Vanderbilt University. \n\n \nLisa Higgins is the CTO of Collierville Schools\, a suburban district outside of Memphis\, TN. Lisa has worked in education for more than 20 years as a classroom teacher\, instructional technologist\, and technology team leader. Collierville Schools became a school district in late 2013\, opening its doors for students in the 14-15 school year. The district has about 9\,500 students and is 1:1 with iPads and MacBook Airs. \n\nBeverly Miller began her career working in the IT field in a corporate setting where she remained for ten years. She joined Greeneville City Schools in 1995 as the chief technology officer\, a position she held for 17 years prior to being named the assistant director of schools for administration. She continues to hold both positions in the district. Career awards include TETA CTO of the Year\, Tennessee Association of School Business Officials – Outstanding Business Official of the Year\, ISTE Dr. Sylvia Charp Award\, and Leadership Greene County – Outstanding Leader. \nBeverly holds undergraduate degrees in criminal justice and business. She also earned an MBA from Tusculum University. She is a member of the United Way Board of Directors/Greene County and is active in her church\, serving as the volunteer church treasurer. She is also a member of the Tech & Learning Advisory Council. She is passionate about public education and is committed to supporting it in some capacity for the remainder of her life. She loves working alongside her husband of 38 years\, George\, on their family farm and spoiling her three amazing grandchildren every chance she gets. \n\nDavion Washington is the Network Supervisor for Collierville Schools. She maintains servers\, networking\, voice systems\, and recently took the horns on cybersecurity within her district. \n\nAbout the Moderator \nMonica Cougan is the manager of strategic relationships and initiatives at ENA\, where she leverages her more than 35 years of experience in education and technology to help schools make the most of new technology. Throughout her career\, Monica has been an evangelist for the adoption of technology as a transformative educational tool. She also has extensive experience helping K-12 schools implement 1:1 programs and disseminating problem-based and project-based learning methodologies that focus on helping each student develop his or her own voice. Throughout Monica’s extensive career\, she has sought out the diverse experiences required to know how to implement positive changes in education: she has served as a classroom teacher\, adjunct professor\, and education consultant for national\, technology-based curriculum companies. Away from the classroom\, she has served as an independent math consultant\, worked in curriculum development\, evaluated research on school-based programs\, and developed professional learning opportunities for educators looking for a new mastery of technology. \n\nLearn more about viewing the live presentation and the recording\, earning your CE certificate\, and using our new accessibility features. \nJoin the CTO Tech Talks community to network with educators\, participate in online discussions\, and receive invitations to upcoming edLeader Panels. \n\n \nENA by Zayo delivers transformative connectivity\, communication\, cloud\, cybersecurity\, and technology services. Our 99% customer satisfaction rating and world class net promoter score (NPS) demonstrate our commitment to delivering exceptional customer care to education and other community institutions. For more information\, please visit www.ena.com.
URL:https://home.edweb.net/webinar/ctotalks20221020/
CATEGORIES:Cybersecurity,Leadership/Administration,Privacy and Security
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SUMMARY:Is the Science of Reading Enough for Emergent Bilinguals?
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Dr. Jeannette Mancilla-Martinez\, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Graduate Education\, Associate Professor of Special Education\, Peabody College \nSponsored by Lexia Learning as part of Emergent Bilingual Week October 17-21. Learn more.\n \nWatch the Recording\nLearn more about viewing the live presentation and the recording\, earning your CE certificate\, and using our new accessibility features. \nThe Science of Reading is a growing compilation of decades of gold-standard research that is proven to help students learn to read. The problem is\, this evidence is primarily focused on the needs of monolingual\, English-speaking children\, and does not consider the unique needs of Emergent Bilingual students. While the Science of Reading can and should inform English literacy instruction for Emergent Bilinguals\, it must be supplemented for truly equitable and effective instruction. \nIn this edWebinar\, Dr. Jeannette Mancilla-Martinez explores the Science of Reading\, and how both the research and the educational system at large tend to view Emergent Bilingual students from an unnecessary\, deficit lens. This deficit view inevitably informs how instruction is implemented\, but there is a solution. By bolstering the language comprehension side of the Science of Reading\, educators can ensure they are improving literacy outcomes for all their students. \nViewers leave with a broader understanding of how the Science of Reading relates to Emergent Bilinguals\, and what they can do to supplement literacy instruction for their students. \nThis recorded edWebinar is of interest to K-6 teachers\, ELL/ESOL specialists\, school and district leaders\, and education technology leaders. \nThis edWebinar is part of Emergent Bilingual Week: Accelerate Language\, Accelerate Literacy. \nThis five-day event\, October 17th – October 21st\, consists of a series of webinars that explore important aspects of supporting emergent bilingual students\, including the acceleration of English language learning\, the role of oral language in literacy instruction\, language learning efficacy and research\, how educators can leverage artificial intelligence to support Emergent Bilingual students\, and much more! Register for the Week. \n\n\nAbout the Presenter \nDr. Jeannette Mancilla-Martinez is an associate professor in the Special Education Department\, as well as Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Graduate Education at Peabody College. She holds an M.Ed. and Ed.D. in language and literacy from Harvard University\, as well as a B.A. in liberal studies from Mount Saint Mary’s College. She is a 2013 National Academy of Education/Spencer Postdoctoral Fellow\, a 2013 Hellman Fellow\, and a 2017 English Language Learners Policy Fellow. Dr. Mancilla-Martinez’s program of research is focused on advancing students’ language and reading comprehension outcomes\, including those of students from linguistically diverse and low-income homes. Her most recent work examines the intersection of language and special education status. Dr. Mancilla-Martinez was appointed to the National Assessment of Education Progress Standing Committee on Reading in 2017 and serves on the Early Literacy Advisory Council for the Tennessee Department of Education. \n\nLearn more about viewing the live presentation and the recording\, earning your CE certificate\, and using our new accessibility features. \nJoin the Supporting Emergent Bilingual Students community to network with educators\, participate in online discussions\, receive invitations to upcoming edWebinars\, and view recordings of previous programs to earn CE certificates. \n\n \nLexia® Learning\, a Cambium® company\, is one of the most impactful and highly respected reading-technology companies in the world. Founded over 35 years ago\, Lexia’s research-proven programs help educators deliver personalized reading and language instruction for millions of K–12 students across the world. \n\n 
URL:https://home.edweb.net/webinar/bilingual_ed20221020/
CATEGORIES:ELL/ESL Language Acquisition,Science of Reading
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SUMMARY:The Power of the Dimension of Crosscutting Concepts: Prompting Student Sensemaking and Discourse
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Peter McLaren\, Executive Director\, Next Gen Education\, LLC\, and HMH Author\nModerated by Whitney Yaple\, Product Marketing Director\, K-12 Science\, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt \nSponsored by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt \nWatch the Recording\nLearn more about viewing the live presentation and the recording\, earning your CE certificate\, and using our new accessibility features. \nThe Framework for K-12 Science Education details the importance of every student’s engagement with natural scientific phenomena at the nexus of three dimensions of learning: Science and Engineering Practices\, Disciplinary Core Ideas\, and Crosscutting Concepts. Of these three dimensions\, it is the dimension of crosscutting concepts which unifies the study of science and engineering across all domains of science. \nThis edWebinar is designed to provide science educators at all levels with meaningful insights into how to use the dimension of crosscutting concepts to structure student-facing prompts and questions to engage students in reasoning how and why phenomena occur. Crosscutting concepts\, when used consistently in classroom instruction\, provide a common language between educators and students thus serving to structure student thinking towards key aspects of the phenomenon being investigated and setting the stage for meaningful formative assessment opportunities. \nViewers come away from this session with: \n\nA clear understanding that crosscutting concepts are not a product of instruction but\, instead\, an important part of the instructional process\nAn understanding of how to construct prompts and questions using crosscutting concepts\nAn awareness of the importance of crosscutting concepts as familiar touchpoints between students and teachers\n\nThis recorded edWebinar is of interest to K-12 teachers. \n  \nAbout the Presenter \nPeter McLaren is the executive director of Next Gen Education\, LLC and works as a consultant with states and districts in support of the implementation of the Next Generation Science Standards and other three-dimensional state science standards based on the Framework for K-12 Science Education (NRC\, 2012). In his previous work\, Peter served in several roles in science education policy including Director of the State and District Support for Science at Achieve\, Science and Technology Specialist at the Rhode Island Department of Education\, and President of the Council of State Science Supervisors (CSSS)\, serving as President from July 2010 until April 2013. \nPeter has over 30 years of experience in science education practice\, programs\, and policy. An award-winning educator\, he is the recipient of several awards including the Milken Family Foundation National Educator Award. He holds BS and MA degrees in science education from the University of Rhode Island. \n \nAbout the Moderator \nWhitney Yaple is the director of product marketing for K-12 science at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt and has over seven years of experience in the educational publishing industry. She is a lifelong learner who is passionate about improving educational outcomes for all. \n \nLearn more about viewing the live presentation and the recording\, earning your CE certificate\, and using our new accessibility features. \nJoin the Teaching Next Generation Scientists community to network with educators\, participate in online discussions\, receive invitations to upcoming edWebinars\, and view recordings of previous programs to earn CE certificates. \n\n \nThe learners of today will shape the world of tomorrow. HMH brings learning to countless students and teachers—transforming lives\, supporting communities\, and making our society more just and inclusive for all. We offer a connected system of research-backed solutions\, where assessment drives instruction and learning can be personalized to meet students’ needs. Our engaging\, equity-minded content and customized PD are designed to elevate the potential of every learner.
URL:https://home.edweb.net/webinar/science20221019/
CATEGORIES:Assessment,Science
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SUMMARY:Close the Literacy Gap by Accelerating Literacy Instruction 
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Hilary Price\, M.Ed.\, Professional Learning Literacy Advisor\, Learning Without Tears; and Sam Deffes\, M.Ed.\, Professional Learning Literacy Advisor\, Learning Without Tears \nSponsored by Learning Without Tears \nWatch the Recording\nLearn more about viewing the live presentation and the recording\, earning your CE certificate\, and using our new accessibility features. \nBased on the current National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) results\, students have recently experienced the largest decline in reading performance in 30 years. Without foundational literacy skills\, student performance may be affected for years to come. The gap that has always existed between top- and low-performing students has grown starkly wider\, putting the most at-risk students in an even worse position. The drop in reading skills needs to be addressed effectively. \nIn this interactive and engaging edWebinar\, kindergarten through third-grade educators learn effective strategies that can be immediately implemented to begin closing the literacy gap through the explicit instruction and integration of key skills. Viewers are able to: \n\nScaffold literacy instruction to meet the varying needs of today’s learners\nConsolidate and integrate key fundamental literacy skills\, including handwriting\, throughout the school day\nLeverage assessment data to effectively monitor progress and adjust instruction to accelerate student learning\nExplicitly teach and model literacy skills to help foster literacy abilities in all students\, including English language learners\, students with disabilities\, and advanced learners\n\nThis recorded edWebinar is of interest to K-3 teachers and school and district leaders. \n  \n \nAbout the Presenters \nHilary Price received her Bachelor of Arts in education as well as her Master of Education in curriculum and instruction from National Louis University in Chicago. She has been in the education field for 20 years\, beginning as a classroom teacher in bilingual Spanish classrooms as well as English-speaking classrooms in neighborhood and charter schools in both Illinois and Colorado. Hilary has been with Learning Without Tears since 2021\, first as a national presenter and now as a professional learning literacy advisor. \n \nSam Deffes has been an educator for over 16 years. She began her career at Smart Pope Livingston Elementary in Duval County and taught grades K-4 where she led the MTSS team. She has also served Duval County as a reading coach and district literacy specialist. Sam is an accomplished professional development facilitator\, coach\, and content developer. She received her master’s degree from the University of Florida with a focus on curriculum and instruction in reading. She is currently a professional learning literacy advisor for Learning Without Tears. \n \nLearn more about viewing the live presentation and the recording\, earning your CE certificate\, and using our new accessibility features. \nJoin the Building Blocks for PreK–5 community to network with educators\, participate in online discussions\, receive invitations to upcoming edWebinars\, and view recordings of previous programs to earn CE certificates. \n\nLearning Without Tears’ mission in today’s changing learning landscape is to ensure that the path to student success remains simple and fun. We provide child-friendly\, hands-on\, innovative instruction for early learning\, handwriting\, keyboarding\, and writing strategies\, and our programs reach more than 31 million students in Pre-K through fifth grade.
URL:https://home.edweb.net/webinar/lwt20221019/
CATEGORIES:Early Literacy,Learning Loss/Acceleration,Literacy
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SUMMARY:Strategies for Effective Read Alouds
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Claudia Castillo-Magallanez\, Professional Learning Consultant – Bilingual Specialist\, Frog Street \nSponsored by Frog Street \nWatch the Recording Listen to the Podcast \nLearn more about viewing the live presentation and the recording\, earning your CE certificate\, and using our new accessibility features. \nIt’s not only reading success that is impacted by reading aloud to children. Read alouds strengthen their social\, emotional\, and character development for success in life. \nReading aloud to early learners models fluent and expressive reading\, models the reading process\, facilitates comprehension for English language learners\, provides interactions with a variety of texts\, helps children make connections\, stimulates participation\, and encourages sharing of children’s thoughts. View this session to learn ways to introduce and build vocabulary\, and what to do before\, during\, and after a read aloud. As you will see\, it’s beneficial to have a read-aloud strategy for effective learning. \nThis recorded edWebinar is of interest to early childhood teachers\, librarians\, and school and district leaders. \n \nAbout the Presenter \nClaudia Castillo-Magallanez is one of Frog Street’s Professional Learning Bilingual Specialists and is an adjunct faculty at San Antonio College. She has 25 years of experience in the early childhood education field\, obtaining a Master of Education in early childhood with bilingual specialization from Texas A&M University. Her career experience includes Head Start administration\, teaching\, coaching\, mentoring as a reliable certified CLASS observer\, family engagement and Master Trainer in the state of Texas. She serves as the president for the San Antonio Chapter of TXAEYC. Claudia is an advocate for high-quality early childhood education and support for early childhood educators. \n \nLearn more about viewing the live presentation and the recording\, earning your CE certificate\, and using our new accessibility features. \nJoin the Early Childhood Learning Solutions community to network with educators\, participate in online discussions\, receive invitations to upcoming edWebinars\, and view recordings of previous programs to earn CE certificates. \n\n \nFrog Street is dedicated to continually improving programs and products based on current research and input from early childhood classroom educators and caregivers.
URL:https://home.edweb.net/webinar/earlychildhood20221019/
CATEGORIES:Early Childhood Learning,Early Literacy,PreK-K Programs
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SUMMARY:Five Things to Consider When Selecting Effective Educational Technology for Emergent Bilinguals
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Nick Feroce\, Ph.D.\, Research Scientist\, Efficacy and Impact Research\, Lexia Learning \nSponsored by Lexia Learning as part of Emergent Bilingual Week October 17-21. Learn more.\n \nWatch the Recording\nLearn more about viewing the live presentation and the recording\, earning your CE certificate\, and using our new accessibility features. \nEducators are faced with an increasing number of available educational technology programs to use with their students. But what constitutes an “effective” edtech program? In this presentation\, viewers learn about five things that industry research scientists consider when evaluating the effectiveness of edtech programs. When outlining the rationale behind why an edtech program is expected to be effective\, researchers and program evaluation specialists consider various details\, often brought together in a single flowchart called a “logic model.” These include the program’s 1) theoretical assumptions\, 2) components\, 3) measurable outputs\, 4) expected short-term outcomes\, and 5) long-term outcomes of program use. \nIn this presentation\, viewers learn about the components of a logic model following a real example from a blended learning English-language learning tool. To encourage critical thinking\, viewers are prompted with questions to reflect on their own experiences to highlight what they may already know or don’t know about program effectiveness. While this presentation does not cover more practical aspects of program selection\, such as district-level funding concerns\, viewers walk away with a high-level understanding of details to consider to ensure that they are making informed decisions when selecting an effective edtech program. \nThis recorded edWebinar is of interest to K-6 teachers\, ELL/ESOL specialists\, school and district leaders\, and education technology leaders. \nThis edWebinar is part of Emergent Bilingual Week: Accelerate Language\, Accelerate Literacy. \nThis five-day event\, October 17th – October 21st\, consists of a series of webinars that explore important aspects of supporting emergent bilingual students\, including the acceleration of English language learning\, the role of oral language in literacy instruction\, language learning efficacy and research\, how educators can leverage artificial intelligence to support Emergent Bilingual students\, and much more! Register for the Week. \n\n\nAbout the Presenter \nDr. Nicholas Feroce (Nick) is a Research Scientist on the Efficacy and Impact team at Lexia Learning. Nick received his Ph.D. in Linguistics from the University of Kansas in 2021\, where he developed research expertise in language development and processing in monolingual and multilingual speakers of English\, Spanish\, and other languages. He has published six peer-reviewed articles and is a certified reviewer for the What Works Clearinghouse. Nick has also worked as a language instructor for children (English) and adults (Spanish)\, and has helped lead studies looking at the effectiveness of digital language-learning tools. At Lexia\, Nick conducts research to help understand the impact of language-learning educational technology on English language proficiency outcomes for K-6 Emergent Bilinguals. As an industry researcher\, Nick hopes to build stronger relationships with educators working with multilingual students so that they feel more prepared about aspects to consider when selecting educational technology programs for students. \n\nLearn more about viewing the live presentation and the recording\, earning your CE certificate\, and using our new accessibility features. \nJoin the Supporting Emergent Bilingual Students community to network with educators\, participate in online discussions\, receive invitations to upcoming edWebinars\, and view recordings of previous programs to earn CE certificates. \n\n \nLexia® Learning\, a Cambium® company\, is one of the most impactful and highly respected reading-technology companies in the world. Founded over 35 years ago\, Lexia’s research-proven programs help educators deliver personalized reading and language instruction for millions of K–12 students across the world. \n\n 
URL:https://home.edweb.net/webinar/bilingual_ed20221019/
CATEGORIES:ELL/ESL Language Acquisition
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SUMMARY:Student Vaping Prevention and Tools to Quit
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Amy Taylor\, Chief of Community Engagement\, Truth Initiative; and Jessie Stone Fox\, M.Ed.\, Sr. Director\, K12 Community Engagement\, EVERFI \nSponsored by EVERFI in partnership with the Truth Initiative \nWatch the Recording Listen to the Podcast \nLearn more about viewing the live presentation and the recording\, earning your CE certificate\, and using our new accessibility features. \nYouth e-cigarette use remains at epidemic levels in the U.S. Data from the 2022 National Youth Tobacco Survey show that one in seven high school students (14.1%) and one in 30 middle school students (3.3%) – that’s an estimated 2.55 million young people – reported using e-cigarettes. \nWatch Amy Taylor\, Chief of Community Engagement from the Truth Initiative\, along with Jessie Fox\, Director of K12 Community Engagement at EVERFI\, for a special release edWebinar on the topic of teen vaping. Educators leave this session armed with actionable strategies to create opportunities for impactful conversations about the dangers of vaping and the addictive powers of nicotine. \nViewers gain free access to: \n\nVaping: Know the truth\, a prevention-forward digital learning experience that gives today’s students core knowledge around e-cigarettes and offers resources to help young people quit if they already vape\nA Red Ribbon Week Toolkit with additional free resources focused on student mental health and prevention\n\nThis recorded edWebinar is of interest to middle and high school teachers\, school and district leaders\, school counselors\, and health education teachers.  \n \nAbout the Presenters \nAmy Taylor leads the community and youth engagement team at Truth Initiative and has more than two decades of experience in public health advocacy and education\, with a background leading successful advocacy campaigns by engaging and mobilizing advocates and building coalitions. Her experience and leadership in movement building are expanding the reach of Truth Initiative’s youth leadership and community programs and her success working with nontraditional partners is fostering change in communities most impacted by tobacco use. Amy previously worked with political and public affairs consulting firms with a focus on legislative affairs and government relations\, and as a researcher with the nonprofit Center for Responsive Politics. \n \nJessie Stone Fox\, M.Ed. has been in education for the past 14 years\, as a high school social studies teacher in Hawaii\, fifth-grade English teacher in Israel\, and college success coach. She now works as EVERFI’s Sr. Director of K12 Community Engagement from her home base in Portland\, Oregon\, where she connects educator communities with relevant\, no-cost resources for their classrooms. Jessie is thrilled to bring educators together around a common goal of gifting students with real-world skills\, and provides free access to engaging content around financial literacy\, health and wellness\, diversity\, equity and inclusion\, digital wellness\, STEM\, and social-emotional learning. Jessie also hosts free bi-weekly webinars\, along with EVERFI’s free flagship summer educator conference\, LearnOn. \n \nLearn more about viewing the live presentation and the recording\, earning your CE certificate\, and using our new accessibility features. \nJoin the School Health & Safety community to network with educators\, participate in online discussions\, receive invitations to upcoming edWebinars\, and view recordings of previous programs to earn CE certificates. \n\n \nFrom grade school through retirement\, EVERFI’s free digital education curriculums empower learners of all ages to make safe\, smart\, and informed decisions. We bring together the public and private sectors so K-12 teachers can equip today’s learners with the skills they need to become tomorrow’s leaders.
URL:https://home.edweb.net/webinar/schoolsafety20221018/
CATEGORIES:Health and Wellness,School Safety
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SUMMARY:Leveraging Artificial Intelligence to Support English Language Learning
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Maya Goodall\, Senior Director of Emergent Bilingual Curriculum\, Lexia Learning \nSponsored by Lexia Learning as part of Emergent Bilingual Week October 17-21. Learn more.\n \nWatch the Recording\nLearn more about viewing the live presentation and the recording\, earning your CE certificate\, and using our new accessibility features. \nIn an ideal world\, all students learning English in the United States would become successfully bilingual or multilingual. Yet more than 25% of Emergent Bilinguals spend six or more years in dedicated English language development programs without mastering the language. What are we missing\, and how can we help every student succeed? The answer lies with artificial intelligence and its potential to create more equitable educational opportunities. \nWatch Maya Goodall\, Senior Director of Emergent Bilingual Curriculum at Lexia Learning\, as she dives into the growing role of artificial intelligence as a tool in the English language acquisition classroom. Today\, artificial intelligence is leveraged to differentiate instruction based on individual student progress\, as well as to improve how we look at and use student data. It’s even used as a speech recognition tool to assess accurate pronunciation\, grammar\, and vocabulary regardless of student accent. Maya explores current states of student language learning and explain how artificial intelligence is being used to make equitable instruction a reality for Emergent Bilingual students. \nThis recorded edWebinar is of interest to K-6 teachers\, ELL/ESOL specialists\, school and district leaders\, and education technology leaders. \nThis edWebinar is part of Emergent Bilingual Week: Accelerate Language\, Accelerate Literacy. \nThis five-day event\, October 17th – October 21st\, consists of a series of webinars that explore important aspects of supporting emergent bilingual students\, including the acceleration of English language learning\, the role of oral language in literacy instruction\, language learning efficacy and research\, how educators can leverage artificial intelligence to support Emergent Bilingual students\, and much more! Register for the Week. \n\n\nAbout the Presenter \nMaya Goodall\, Senior Director of Emergent Bilingual Curriculum at Lexia Learning\, has worked in education for over 20 years\, teaching both nationally and internationally. Maya has a rich professional background that includes teaching in the classroom\, coaching\, training\, and implementing and designing curricula with measurable outcomes. She founded Lingual Learning\, a curriculum company dedicated to helping students become confidently bilingual. Maya speaks three languages and holds an M.Ed. and MA in applied linguistics. \n\nLearn more about viewing the live presentation and the recording\, earning your CE certificate\, and using our new accessibility features. \nJoin the Supporting Emergent Bilingual Students community to network with educators\, participate in online discussions\, receive invitations to upcoming edWebinars\, and view recordings of previous programs to earn CE certificates. \n\n \nLexia® Learning\, a Cambium® company\, is one of the most impactful and highly respected reading-technology companies in the world. Founded over 35 years ago\, Lexia’s research-proven programs help educators deliver personalized reading and language instruction for millions of K–12 students across the world. \n\n 
URL:https://home.edweb.net/webinar/bilingual_ed20221018/
CATEGORIES:ELL/ESL Language Acquisition
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SUMMARY:Artificial Intelligence: How to Bring Industry-Based AI Into Your Classroom
DESCRIPTION:Presented by David Conelias\, Educator\, Engineer\, Founder and CEO of Milestone C; and Marin Trošelj\, Educator\, Engineer\, Founder and CEO of Stemi Education\nModerated by Jay Meadows\, Former Educator\, Current CEO\, Exemplars \nSponsored by Milestone C and Stemi \nWatch the Recording Listen to the Podcast \nLearn more about viewing the live presentation and the recording\, earning your CE certificate\, and using our new accessibility features. \nArtificial intelligence (AI) is new to our world; becoming savvy and understanding how this technology is influencing and controlling our lives is paramount for educators in order for them to teach the youth how to guide this technology for their benefit and not their detriment. Bringing AI tech to your classroom in an engaging way is the cutting edge of technology education. View this session to learn about AI\, history\, present\, and future\, along with best practices for bringing this tech into your classroom. \nThis recorded edWebinar is of interest to middle and high school teachers\, librarians\, school and district leaders\, and education technology leaders. \n \nAbout the Presenters \nDavid Conelias jumped into entrepreneurship in the education industry running afterschool programs and summer camps\, evolved into being a full-time classroom teacher\, and is now a well-rounded STEM educator who loves sharing his experiences and teaching others. Before education\, Dave worked in both large and small engineering companies holding a variety of positions including leadership level. His career was cross-disciplinary in electrical\, pneumatics\, hydraulics\, systems\, design\, and manufacturing. Dave supported production\, prototype\, and development programs throughout his engineering career. \n \nMarin Trošelj has over 10 years of experience mentoring youth in summer science camps where he was designing and delivering project-based STEAM learning programs to elementary and high school students. In 2017\, he continued to follow his passion and founded STEMI with the vision of creating an ecosystem for connecting schools with the tech industry. He now serves as the CEO of the company\, driving the company strategy and product development. \n \nAbout the Moderator \nJay Meadows serves as Exemplars’ Chief Executive Officer. He is a former middle school math and science teacher and has been working in education for more than two decades. Jay holds a Master of Arts in teaching from the University of Vermont and a master’s in mathematical pedagogy from Southern New Hampshire University. \nJay is also one of Exemplars’ primary performance task writers and professional development consultants for the middle level. Leading sessions throughout the United States\, Jay works with teachers to integrate performance tasks and research-based best practices into their curricula. Through Exemplars\, Jay dreams of teaching a generation of students to become powerful problem solvers. Prior to his career in education\, Jay coordinated delegations from the former Soviet Union through U.S. State Department grants. Jay has also worked alongside a number of international non-profits and is a former Peace Corps Volunteer. \n \nLearn more about viewing the live presentation and the recording\, earning your CE certificate\, and using our new accessibility features. \nJoin the Technology in Schools community to network with educators\, participate in online discussions\, receive invitations to upcoming edWebinars\, and view recordings of previous programs to earn CE certificates. \n\n \n\nMilestone C and Stemi provide project-based\, career-connected STEM/Tech programs for middle and high schools. From software to engineering to drones and robotics—our curricula\, professional development\, and continuous coaching allow teachers and schools to easily bring new-age tech into their classrooms and to their students.
URL:https://home.edweb.net/webinar/technology20221017/
CATEGORIES:Technology for Learning
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SUMMARY:Personalized Learning: The Why\, How\, and What
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Eric Sheninger\, Associate Partner\, International Center for Leadership in Education\nModerated by Siobhan Nordstrom\, Senior Product Marketing Manager\, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt \nSponsored by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt \nWatch the Recording\nLearn more about viewing the live presentation and the recording\, earning your CE certificate\, and using our new accessibility features. \nHow are you or your school making learning personal? If all kids are doing the same thing the same way at the same time\, a change of course is warranted. Personalized learning is not about putting all kids in front of a device at the same time on an adaptive learning tool to “collect” data. It’s about a fundamental shift from the “what” to the “who” to emphasize personal ownership of learning through relevant contexts and applications. The goal is equity for all. In this session\, viewers explore blended strategies and examples on how to personalize learning with and without technology in any classroom. \nThis recorded edWebinar is of interest to teachers\, school and district leaders\, and education technology leaders of the elementary and middle school grades. \n  \nAbout the Presenter \nEric Sheninger is an associate partner and thought leader on digital leadership with the International Center for Leadership in Education. As the award-winning principal of New Milford High School\, Eric oversaw the successful implementation of several sustainable change initiatives that radically transformed the learning culture at his school while increasing achievement. His efforts to implement technology as a mechanism for transforming teaching\, learning\, and community engagement have led to the formation of the Pillars of Digital Leadership\, a framework for all educators to initiate sustainable change to transform school cultures. Eric is the author of Digital Leadership: Changing Paradigms for Changing Times and UnCommon Learning: Creating Schools that Work for Kids. \n \nAbout the Moderator \nSiobhan Nordstrom is a senior product marketing manager for Houghton Mifflin Harcourt and is certified in Adult Continuing Education. She is passionate about improving educational outcomes for all and inspired by the important work educators do. \n \nLearn more about viewing the live presentation and the recording\, earning your CE certificate\, and using our new accessibility features. \nJoin the Inspire Learning & Engagement community to network with educators\, participate in online discussions\, receive invitations to upcoming edWebinars\, and view recordings of previous programs to earn CE certificates. \n\n \nThe learners of today will shape the world of tomorrow. HMH brings learning to countless students and teachers—transforming lives\, supporting communities\, and making our society more just and inclusive for all. We offer a connected system of research-backed solutions\, where assessment drives instruction and learning can be personalized to meet students’ needs. Our engaging\, equity-minded content and customized PD are designed to elevate the potential of every learner.
URL:https://home.edweb.net/webinar/learning20221017/
CATEGORIES:Personalized Learning
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SUMMARY:How to Select Decodables for Your School That Follow the Latest Science of Reading Research
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Sara Rich\, Former Award-Winning Principal\, Current CEO\, Just Right Reader; Christy Lamb\, Elementary School Principal and Co-Founder\, The Modern Principal; and Heidi Anne Mesmer\, PhD\, Professor and Program Leader of the Reading Specialist Program\, Virginia Tech \nSponsored by Just Right Reader \nWatch the Recording\nLearn more about viewing the live presentation and the recording\, earning your CE certificate\, and using our new accessibility features. \nWe know research shows the importance of phonics and phonemic awareness for later reading success\, but how do you take the research and apply it to the decisions you make to support your district\, school\, or classroom? \nIn this edWebinar\, the presenters address an important part of the equation by walking you through how the latest Science of Reading research applies to selecting high-quality decodables that support phonics curricula and reading achievement. They discuss what to look for in texts and materials according to the latest Science of Reading research\, and how to apply that research to selecting decodables for your school. \nThis recorded edWebinar is of interest to PreK-5 school and district leaders\, teachers\, and librarians. \n \n \nAbout the Presenters \nSara Rich is the founder and CEO of Just Right Reader. She is an award-winning former principal of 20+ years whose success in turning schools around came from focusing on early literacy and reading achievement. She has traveled to more than 35 states to train teachers and principals in reading and writing-skill development. After her own daughter struggled with reading\, Sara started Just Right Reader with the mission to make reading fun and for students to learn to read with engaging decodables that are representative of students in America’s schools. \n \nChristy Lamb is the co-founder of The Modern Principal\, where they discuss practical strategies for doing the job while reforming the system as school leaders. She is an elementary principal in a PreK-5 building with the district’s gifted program. She knew she wanted to be in education after learning that for-profit prisons were using third-grade African American boys’ reading levels to determine the number of prisons to build in the future. Christy has since held many roles and leadership positions between elementary and middle school serving as an ELA teacher\, instructional coach\, reading specialist\, admin intern\, assistant principal\, and principal. Up until the 11th year of her career\, she had never had the same job/classroom/building/district two years in a row. She now craves collaboration with professionals both in and out of education to help make her dream of an equitable learning environment a reality. \n \nHeidi Anne E. Mesmer\, PhD\, is a Professor in Literacy in the School of Education at Virginia Tech. She has studied beginning reading materials\, text difficulty\, phonics\, and struggling readers since 1999. Her research has appeared in Reading Research Quarterly\, The Educational Researcher\, Elementary School Journal\, and Early Childhood Research Quarterly. She has written and directed eight grants aimed at improving reading instruction in K-5 classrooms. Dr. Mesmer is the recent author of Alphabetics for Emerging Learners\, as well as Letter Lessons and First Words: Phonics Foundations that Work\, Teaching skills for complex text: Deepening reading in the classroom (Teachers College Press\, 2016). She regularly consults with school districts\, state departments of education\, and publishers. \nHer research has been supported by a National Academy of Education/Spencer Postdoctoral Fellowship\, and an American Educational Research Association/Institute of Education Sciences grant. She is the recipient of the Outreach Award\, from the College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences at Virginia Tech\, and the Promising Scholar Award\, from the School of Education\, Virginia Tech. She delivered the George Graham Lecture in Reading at the Curry School of Education\, University of Virginia. \n \nLearn more about viewing the live presentation and the recording\, earning your CE certificate\, and using our new accessibility features. \nJoin the Teaching Reading and Writing community to network with educators\, participate in online discussions\, and receive invitations to upcoming edLeader Panels. \n\n \nJust Right Reader’s mission is to make reading fun and for students to learn to read with engaging decodables that are representative of students in America’s schools. When students want to read and feel successful\, their achievement rises!
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CATEGORIES:English, Language Arts, Writing,Reading Skills,Science of Reading
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SUMMARY:Tips for Constructing Meaningful and Compliant IEPs
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Dr. Clarissa Rosas\, Associate Professor\, Education Chair\, Special Education\, Concordia University; and Dr. Kathy Winterman\, Director\, School of Education\, Xavier University \nSponsored by Brookes Publishing \nWatch the Recording\nLearn more about viewing the live presentation and the recording\, earning your CE certificate\, and using our new accessibility features. \nEvery special education team needs to know how to create effective IEPs that improve student outcomes and meet legal requirements. Learn how in this engaging edWebinar from two experts\, Dr. Clarissa Rosas and Dr. Kathleen Winterman. The presenters share practical tips for planning and implementing IEPs from their newly revised book\, The IEP Checklist: Your Guide to Creating Meaningful and Compliant IEPs\, Second Edition. \nThis recorded edWebinar is of interest to PreK-12 teachers and school and district leaders. \n \nAbout the Presenters \nClarissa E. Rosas\, Ph.D. holds a doctorate from the University of New Mexico with a focus on bilingual/multicultural special education and educational administration as well as a bachelor’s and a master’s degree from the University of San Diego. Her 40 years of experience in the field of education in three different states includes teaching general education; special education\, both mild to moderate and moderate to intense; English as a second language; and bilingual multicultural education. Dr. Rosas also has served as an administrator at the district\, building\, and university level. Her expertise and research interests include developing innovative programs and curriculum to prepare preservice and in-service teachers to meet the social and educational challenges of children with disabilities who come from vulnerable populations. \n \nKathleen G. Winterman\, Ed.D. has over 30 years of experience working in the field of special education. Her experience includes teaching as an intervention specialist serving children ages 3-10 in inclusive settings\, serving as an elementary principal\, associate professor\, special education program director\, and director of the School of Education at Xavier University\, and holding seven licenses from the state of Ohio. She is a published author where her areas of research interests include teacher preparation\, IEP preparation\, early childhood special education\, autism\, educational leadership\, the use of instructional technology\, and services for students with mental illnesses. \n \nLearn more about viewing the live presentation and the recording\, earning your CE certificate\, and using our new accessibility features. \nJoin the Teaching All Students: Practical Strategies for Inclusive Classrooms community to network with educators\, participate in online discussions\, receive invitations to upcoming edWebinars\, and view recordings of previous programs to earn CE certificates. \n\n \nFounded in 1978\, Brookes is an independent\, highly respected educational publishing company with a strong focus on helping all people—with and without disabilities—reach their potential. We publish 50+ new titles a year on screening and assessment\, early intervention\, inclusive and special education\, autism and other disabilities\, literacy\, behavior\, communication\, and more.
URL:https://home.edweb.net/webinar/inclusiveeducation20221017/
CATEGORIES:Special Education
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SUMMARY:Emergent Bilinguals in the Public Education System
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Sara Nájera\, Language Curriculum Specialist\, Lexia Learning; and Javier A. Ruiz\, Senior Language & CRSP Specialist\, Lexia Learning \nSponsored by Lexia Learning as part of Emergent Bilingual Week October 17-21. Learn more.\n \nWatch the Recording\nLearn more about viewing the live presentation and the recording\, earning your CE certificate\, and using our new accessibility features. \nWhat does it mean to grow up as an Emergent Bilingual in today’s educational system? As we kick off Emergent Bilingual week\, Lexia curriculum and language experts Sara Nájera and Javier Ruiz explore the Emergent Bilingual experience in the context of the American public school system. \nThe challenges Emergent Bilinguals face are often invisible to English-only speakers. With more than five million Emergent Bilingual students in our classrooms today\, it is important to take a step back and ensure that all students are getting the support they need to succeed. In this edWebinar\, Sara and Javier provide new context and perspective on how the public school system treats Emergent Bilinguals\, and what we\, as educators\, can do to help every student thrive. \nViewers learn: \n\nHow Emergent Bilinguals are defined and identified\, and the impact of those labels\nWhat ongoing systemic barriers Emergent Bilinguals face in the public education system\nHow educators can better meet Emergent Bilinguals’ linguistic and academic needs\n\nThis recorded edWebinar is of interest to K-6 teachers\, ELL/ESOL specialists\, school and district leaders\, and education technology leaders. \nThis edWebinar is part of Emergent Bilingual Week: Accelerate Language\, Accelerate Literacy. \nThis five-day event\, October 17th – October 21st\, consists of a series of webinars that explore important aspects of supporting emergent bilingual students\, including the acceleration of English language learning\, the role of oral language in literacy instruction\, language learning efficacy and research\, how educators can leverage artificial intelligence to support Emergent Bilingual students\, and much more! Register for the Week. \n\n\nAbout the Presenters \nSara Nájera\, BA Bilingual Education\, is a curriculum specialist of educational content for Lexia® English Language Development. For the past six years\, she has worked with Emergent Bilinguals in Texas\, Florida\, and Italy as a classroom teacher\, reading interventionist\, and ELL lead. Most recently\, she has worked on developing curriculum for a revolutionary edtech program that promotes the opportunity for bilingualism. Having been an emergent bilingual\, Sara is passionate in helping provide equitable instruction for all multilingual learners. \n\n \nJavier A. Ruiz is a Senior Language & CRSP Specialist at Lexia Learning. He holds a Masters in TESOL from New York University and has graduate experience in education policy and teacher professional development from Columbia University and Bank Street College of Education. He has designed and implemented nationally recognized curricula and educator mentoring programs across the United States\, focused on supporting Emergent Bilinguals. A native of Peru and an EB himself\, Javier is committed to breaking down the systemic barriers that prevent students from accessing their full potential. \n\nLearn more about viewing the live presentation and the recording\, earning your CE certificate\, and using our new accessibility features. \nJoin the Supporting Emergent Bilingual Students community to network with educators\, participate in online discussions\, receive invitations to upcoming edWebinars\, and view recordings of previous programs to earn CE certificates. \n\n \nLexia® Learning\, a Cambium® company\, is one of the most impactful and highly respected reading-technology companies in the world. Founded over 35 years ago\, Lexia’s research-proven programs help educators deliver personalized reading and language instruction for millions of K–12 students across the world. \n\n 
URL:https://home.edweb.net/webinar/bilingual_ed20221017/
CATEGORIES:ELL/ESL Language Acquisition
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