Check out the top 2024 edWebinars and edLeader Panels of the year! edWeb presented over 400 new programs in 2024 on so many timely topics in PreK-12 education.
A superintendent’s or principal’s role in fostering early literacy extends beyond setting a budget for materials and hiring the right teachers. They play a critical role in setting priorities, providing proper coaching for teachers, and ensuring equitable access. During the edLeader Panel “Supporting Literacy Success as a K-5 Leader,” education leaders detailed key practices for superintendents and principals to ensure effective literacy programs in their schools.
Educators know that getting students engaged is a real challenge. Engagement is down across America, with less than half of high school students feeling engaged. So what is the key to fixing this? The answer is student voice.
The COVID-19 pandemic significantly altered student growth, social development, emotional well-being, future preparedness, and overall behavior. In addition to a slow academic recovery, myriad students are exhibiting behaviors often associated with learning disabilities. The question is whether students’ experiences reflect temporary setbacks or learning needs requiring long-term specialized support.
Educators want assessments to be instructionally useful and provide data they can use to help students learn, but not all assessments do that. So what do instructionally useful assessments look like?
In a recent edWebinar hosted by edWeb, a panel of high school seniors from Livingston High School (NJ), each with different career aspirations, discussed the transformative role of artificial intelligence (AI) in education and their future. Ella, Ashley, Oishik, and Parker offered unique insights into how AI has influenced their academic lives and shaped their views on their prospective fields. The panel was moderated by Robert Rolling, Livingston’s PreK-12 Supervisor of Business, Technology, and Engineering and a leader in the district’s AI policy and curriculum development, who gave an overview of the Livingston Schools District’s approach to managing AI.
According to our nation’s students, the value of using technology for learning is clear—when used effectively, it helps them develop the skills they need for future success. Less than one-third of students say they have regular access to interactive technologies such as virtual labs, multimedia tools, augmented reality, coding resources, and AI tools that foster critical thinking, creativity, and problem solving. Students report that their best use of digital resources for learning happens on their own time, outside of school, most often through their smartphones.
As school technology gets more sophisticated, so do cybercriminals, but school leaders can’t sit back and wait for someone to hand them solutions. During the edLeader Panel “Cybersecurity in School District Settings: A District Leadership Approach,” three innovative superintendents discussed strategies to try and stay ahead of cyber issues even when the landscape is constantly evolving.
During the edLeader Panel “The Role of MTSS in District Improvement: Aligning Vision and Action,” three top-notch current and former district leaders discussed change management, focusing on how a Multi-Tiered System of Supports (MTSS) can provide an organizing framework for accomplishing strategic goals. The panelists shared practical strategies to help anyone from seasoned K-12 superintendents to up-and-coming administrators accomplish their district goals and lead confidently.
If we want students to succeed in college and the workforce, they need to be familiar with STEM and CTE, but that’s easier said than done. As important as building sustainable STEM programs is, it can also be very difficult.