AESA Online News: It's time for Federal Advocacy Conference; Update on AESA's newest business partner!

August 7, 2018

Join Us for AESA's

2018 Federal Advocacy Conference

Why attend? Every voice is important!

This conference provides up-to-the-minute federal policy updates that affect our nation's education and educational service agencies (ESAs). There is time in the schedule for attendees to head over to Capitol Hill to meet with their legislators too. The conference hotel is close to the Capitol, making it easier to attend the meetings and the conference. And, the pre-conference helps participants sharpen their advocacy skills!

September 26-28, 2018

Program Highlights:

Pre-Conference, Wednesday, 1- 4 p.m.

Get Ready for Advocacy

Veteran or novice, everyone is sure to take away an advocacy tip or two. You can immediately apply what you learn to your trips to Capitol Hill later in the week!

New! Legislative Breakfast, Thursday, 7:30 a.m.

Start the day at a legislative breakfast where invited members of Congress will address attendees.

Information Sessions, Thursday & Friday

Providing the latest updates on federal policy issues including:

Higher Education Act and Teacher Shortages

E-Rate, School Connectivity, and Schools

Fiscal Policy in ESSA: Be on the Lookout

State Policy Matters

2018 Elections and What They May Mean for Education

Please note: Attendees are asked to pre-schedule their own meetings with legislators.

Visit the AESA website for more details.

Deadline to register and to secure a hotel room is September 4, 2018.

FREE Federal Advocacy Webinar:

The Final Countdown

Before the Midterm Elections

Federal Policy Update

Tuesday, August 28 at 3-4 pm (EST) via Zoom.

Free Webinar sponsored by AESA

with

Noelle Ellerson Ng,

AESA Legislative Liaison

As we close in on the mid-term elections and the end of this Congress, there are still a lot of moving pieces related to federal education policy and what it all means for the educational service agencies and the public schools you serve.

AESA Legislative Liaison Noelle Ellerson Ng will highlight and outline not only the importance of education administrator advocacy, but also the latest goings on in Congress and the White House, for everything from Perkins Career & Technical Education and E-Rate to federal appropriations and the Higher Education Act, and more.

Members In the News

In the News:

At the July Summer Leadership Conference, Susan Leddick, President of PKR and former AESA Foundation Board member was awarded the Peter C. Young Award from AESA's Executive Council.

In this article, AESA takes a closer look at her work and the service she has provided to AESA and ESAs nationally.

Photo from left to right: Peter Young, Retired AESA CFO; Susan Leddick, President PSR and AESA Foundation Board of Directors, Suzanne Riley, Retired Executive Director Southeast Service Cooperative, Minnesota, and Joan Wade, AESA Executive Director.

About AESA's Award Program

AESA accepts and encourages nominations for its National Award Program. The nomination window is typically in late spring.

Please contact AESA if you have any questions about awards or how to get involved.

Nominations Open for Executive Council

Nominations for AESA's Executive Council are now open through September 21, 2018.

Here is a letter from AESA Executive Council President Phoebe Bailey

All nomination materials can be found on the AESA Website Executive Council page . We urge you to consider running for a council position. Nomination form, biographical statement, signed pledge letter, and a digital picture are due via email to John Bass at jbass@aesa.us no later than September 21, 2018 .

Job Central

Don't miss career opportunities on AESA's Job Central.

AESA Business Partner NEWS

IntelliBoard: AESA's Newest Business Partner

IntelliBoard is proud to partner with the Association of Educational Service Agencies (AESA) to offer its premier reporting and analytics extension for the Moodle™ Open Source Learning Management System and Moodle™/PowerSchool integration to the AESA network.

With over 120 reports, schools can expand reporting options, leadership can see district-wide data, parents have a clear picture of learner success and progress, and instructors can track at-risk learners and activity engagement. Configurable monitor sets display easily digestible graphic displays of data in real time.

Users will feel the strength of empowered learning with our purposefully built analytics for education and professional learning. IntelliBoard provides the best, instantly-available, most-simplified point-and-click access to Moodle™ LMS data to inform your educational business decisions.

With an emphasis on the K12 classroom, IntelliBoard also boasts a custom integration that bridges the gap between your Moodle™ LMS and PowerSchool SIS saving valuable time. Grades are automatically synced between both platforms. When an assignment is submitted, courses are created with a single click.

Students in PowerSchool are instantly created and enrolled into the Moodle™ system, eliminating wasted time replicating data.

Explore the IntelliBoard demo site at demo.intelliboard.net , contact us for a personal tour at intelliboard.as.me or learn more at IntelliBoard.net !

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