Each year, ܹ̳ identifies some of the nation’s most exceptional school district leaders and their impact on student success in its special report. Now, we’ve asked them to bring their insights to bear on K-12 schooling’s most critical challenge: The COVID-19 pandemic.
In this online summit, you’ll be able to interact with experts on teacher hiring, district leadership, technology, mental health, and social-emotional learning who are tackling the new challenges the coronavirus has created for districts. You’ll be able to share practices with peers and come away with insights on how to ensure that learning, social supports, and food services continue even when your buildings are closed. Register today to participate, network, and connect with the
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ܹ̳’s 2020 Leaders to Learn From provide takeaways on how they’re addressing the on-the-job challenges created by the coronavirus.
Leadership in Finance
Leadership in Food Services & Equity
Leadership in Mental Health and Social-Emotional Learning
Leadership in Closing Gaps
Leadership in Educational Technology
Leadership in Teaching and Learning
Leadership in Teacher Recruitment & Hiring
Leadership in Serving Homeless Students
Create Your Plan to Efficiently Identify Needs & Accelerate Learning for All Students
As districts navigate COVID-19 school closures, educators need the ability to quickly diagnose each student’s needs, align targeted whole child supports, and monitor progress. Teams need to strategically use resources and support a wide range and increased volume of student academic, social-emotional, and behavioral needs. Although much about the coming year is uncertain, we can still create a proactive, flexible plan for providing equitable and expedited data-driven decisions that accelerate learning for each and every student. Join us to discuss your questions and develop a plan for your team.
Attend this webinar to have your questions answered as you seek to further connect with your schools, teachers, students, and the community during this challenging time.
Leadership During Remote Learning: Maintaining Communication, Consistency, and Culture
As students transition to learning from home, it’s important to recognize that the pressure to succeed remains, now amplified without their usual means of support. Trenton Goble, vice president of K-12 strategy at Instructure, moderates a discussion with two district leaders as they share insights on how to:
• Maintain a supportive culture for remote learners.
• Create consistency in instruction.
• Ensure communication processes are in place that answer students’ top questions and provide the support they need.
Attend this webinar to have your questions answered as you seek to further connect with your schools, teachers, students, and the community during this challenging time.
Distance Learning: Connectivity, Security, and Collaboration
Many of you are leading the charge in the response to the coronavirus, and Verizon is grateful for the opportunity to partner with you. This pandemic has served as a reminder for why we do what we do: to deliver the solutions, services, and expertise that are critical to your missions, as shown by our work with Los Angeles Unified School District to bridge the digital divide and deliver distance learning solutions.
Join us in our virtual room to learn more and to ask us questions about how we can support your school in its efforts to respond to COVID-19.
Back-To-School After COVID-19: How to Lead a Schoolwide Intervention
From RTI to MTSS, this discussion will help districts prepare educators for schoolwide intervention upon re-entry. Plus, experts offer guidance on adapting to the intervention challenges educators will face when students return to school. Join Istation’s DeAn Jeffrey and Ginger Brawley, former principals and now part of Istation’s professional development team, as they provide takeaways on how to approach intervention challenges created by the coronavirus.
In this discussion, two leaders will share evidence-based strategies for leading an effective schoolwide intervention process. Learn how to use data to drive decision making, implement the intervention process with fidelity, create schedules that ensure adequate time for intervention, monitor the impact of instruction using the PLC process, explore varying approaches to intervention, and more.
Leadership: Supporting and Growing Capacity & Excellence in Distance Learning Environments
Instructional leaders are supporting a rapid shift towards distance learning and thinking about equity, learning continuity, and students’ needs. During this discussion BetterLesson educators share best practices, actionable resources, and learnings from district partners on the keys to making this shift successfully. Join this discussion to create a roadmap for:
• Creating success for teachers and students
• Assessing progress & planning for ongoing support
• Facilitating change management and growing instructional leadership