Well-being directly affects students’ motivation, engagement, and learning and has a long-term impact. Skills such as self-awareness and self-management are also critical for effective collaboration and learning. Supporting overall student and educator well-being, creates a foundation for equitable education environments. In part two of this webinar series, attendees will learn how to: Develop and enable…
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The more than $1 billion esports industry has exploded in the past few years and colleges have seen its potential both in gaming and career development. For school and district leaders who look to – support student athletes, prepare students for the multitude of careers esports has created and easily outfit an eSports arena for…
Personalized learning is more critical than ever to help students recover lost learning and social-emotional growth as well as assist educators in dire need of solutions. While advances in edtech have helped make personalized learning techniques more efficient, scalable, and achievable for educators over the last decade, many strategies were forced to take a back…
Equity was a priority for school systems prior to 2020; however, the pandemic has focused attention on the continuing need to create more equitable education environments. The interruption of in-person learning environments has impacted everyone, but has particularly challenged those with specific learning needs. Students deserve the resources and support they need to fully engage…
With cyberattacks increasingly aimed at educational institutions, student and educator safety is a top priority. Schools need versatile solutions that update, adapt, and scale to support everyone, in and out of the classroom. In this webinar, cybersecurity and school district IT experts will share tips on how to implement the Microsoft tools and systems to…
Hiring additional reading and math coaches, counselors, school psychologists, and other support staff is a key strategy for meeting students’ academic and social-emotional learning needs. However, when school systems use federal funding for personnel expenses, they must have a plan in place for tracking and reporting the time and effort that employees spend on grant-funded…
How districts can take advantage of the great federal funding cashout. As school district leaders across the country cautiously look forward to post-pandemic teaching and learning, they are also eyeing what may be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to upgrade their technology infrastructure and classrooms with next-gen solutions like interactive displays, laptops, and more. In 2020 and…
Blended and hybrid learning models were first introduced to extend personalized and flexible learning options to selected individuals or groups of students. But with onset of the pandemic, widespread adoption of blended and hybrid models suddenly became a necessity across all student populations. Two years later, how have districts overcome the initial challenges and applied…