White Paper Released
Reinvesting And Rebounding: Where The Evidence Points For Accelerating Learning
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AESA, AASA, and Corwin have released a new white paper, "Reinvesting and Rebounding: Where the Evidence Points for Accelerating Learning."
Specifically, the paper covers how in the age of post-pandemic teaching and learning, educators can leverage their expertise to accelerate student learning and achievement by meticulously deciding what ideas, content, and skills are crucial for our students to understand and practice. The brief provides a dive into tips, tools, and data-driven evidence from education experts that will aid readers in the following areas:
- Assessing where to invest funds to maximize learning recovery;
- What action items to implement immediately to support acceleration;
- How best to support the nurturing of teacher morale and student engagement;
- Understanding how the investments we make today will have a lasting impact on the future of education.
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Legislative Advocacy
Bring On The Broadband:
Connectivity Post-COVID
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The homework gap is/was perhaps one of education’s worst-kept secrets, a phenomenon by which nearly 12 million students were routinely unable to complete school assignments at home because of inadequate or non-existent access to broadband. The issue was blown wide open in the wake of the COVID pandemic. As schools shuttered and moved online, millions of students were unable to even access—let alone engage in—remote learning.
As the pandemic wore on and Congress negotiated a flurry of emergency supplemental bills, a bipartisan agreement on support for the homework gap quickly emerged but wasn’t able to get over the finish line until the sixth and most recent package, the American Relief Plan (ARP). We’ll use this month’s article to talk about that funding and a related program in the December 2020 package (CARES II) that provides support to families, helping them afford internet in their homes.
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Member Spotlight:
Cochise County, Arizona
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Connecting the Dots in K-12 Education
as We Create a New System of Educating
In an inspiring interview, member Jacqui Clay, Superintendent of Schools, Cochise County, AZ, describes educational leadership in her rural and diverse southern Arizona county. Hear her interview on the American Consortium for Equity in Education podcast.
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Considering a Career Move?
Check out these Postings from AESA's Executive Search Services
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Region 16 Educational Service Center, Amarillo, Texas is searching for its next executive director. The application deadline is June 7, 2021.
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Apply by May 21st to be the next executive director of Metro ECSU, in Arden Hills, MN.
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Visit AESA's Job Central for these and other job opportunities!
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AESA National
Award Program Nominations
Due June 15, 2021
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Executive In Residence
Applications due May 15, 2021
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There is no other professional development program that will prepare you for a career as an ESA executive leader like AESA's Executives in Residence year-long program. Get ready to make your move!
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Did you know the AESA Community Platform is a place to share work, ask questions, and access new resources? |
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New Community Forming for the Western Region
Are you from Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Kansas, Montana, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, or Wyoming?
The Western Region Community is for you! It provides a platform to share issues and innovative strategies. Join us to find out how neighboring ESAs are addressing your questions.
Community Co-Leaders:
Maria Jaramillo, Executive Director
Central Region Education Cooperative
New Mexico
Pat Sublette, Executive Director
Columbia Gorge ESD
Oregon
Meeting Schedule: Quarterly (dates TBD)
Western Region CEOs who currently have an active profile in the AESA Community will be automatically added to the group. If you haven't joined the AESA Community, use the "Login/Register" button to create a user profile and request to join the Western Region Community.
Contact AESA Platform Lead Beth Kabes or AESA Executive Assistant Ann Fiene if you need assistance.
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Registration Open!
AESA 2021
Summer Leadership Conference
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Discovering New Pathways
AESA’s 2021 Summer Leadership Conference is packed with ideas. Be inspired by the new pathways already discovered and spark your own ingenuity to imagine possibilities for your agency's year ahead!
This is a Blended Conference
We miss you! For those of you who are traveling, we are hosting this as a live session. Not comfortable or can’t travel? You can attend remotely and we will make sure you get all the content including a tour of one of these two fabulous museums for the Learning on Location program.
Learning on Location: Check out this special feature new to this year's conference!
On the afternoon of July 21, after a morning of learning, participants will travel to one of two locations.
Through the exploration of either the Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum or the Dallas Museum of Art, SLC participants will learn from the staff of Region 10, Richardson, Texas, about how to develop partnerships with informal education entities, how to design learning for teachers and other educators through the experiences, and helpful hints for starting your own Learning on Location-style program.
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Registrants may choose to attend in person or via Zoom. It is the same price for either delivery model - just $495! |
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Two Free Webinars from Microsoft |
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Teaching and Learning with Microsoft 365 for Education
Thursday, May 13
2 p.m. Eastern
(1 pm Central; 12 noon Mountain; 11 am Pacific; 10 am Alaska)
Presenter: Geri Gillespy, Ed.D., Senior Program Manager, WW Education Engagement Team
Overview:
Join us for this virtual session as we discuss how educators can leverage the tools and applications available in Microsoft 365 to create impactful and collaborative learning environments in hybrid and blended learning models.
Learn about designing learning spaces to engage student thinking. (Environment).
See examples of how to use Microsoft tools to support student instruction, engagement, and interventions. (Instructional Toolbox).
Build a culture of outreach and support for all students (Structures for Learning).
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Grow Your Microsoft Education Training Muscle to Support Your Local Schools
Monday, May 24, 2021
2 Eastern
(1 pm Central; 12 noon Mountain; 11 am Pacific; 10 am Alaska)
Presenter: Magdalena Ojeda, High School Assistant Principal, South Texas ISD
Join Maggie Ojeda from Texas Region 1 ESC as she shares their journey to become certified Microsoft Innovative Educator (MIE) Trainers. She will discuss why this was valuable to the ESC, how they got started, examples of successes with local schools, and opportunities for growing revenue for their service center. You will leave the webinar with actionable next steps on how you can get started on your journey to provide Microsoft Education professional learning offerings to your local schools.
More about Maggie
Magdalena Ojeda is currently serving as a high school assistant principal at South Texas ISD. Maggie just transitioned from supporting educators as a learning resources integration specialist at Region 1 ESC in Edinburg, Texas in which she had the opportunity to grow services to assist the local area in impacting teaching and learning with technology. She has served in public education for 20 years in such roles as an elementary teacher, technology integration specialist, college readiness supervisor, A.V.I.D. director, and English language arts-reading specialist. She has conducted STEM camps for 6th-12th grade levels and has pioneered e-sports in education in the Rio Grande Valley region.
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Reading Leaders Book Club |
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Next Meeting:
May 20, 2021
7-8 pm Eastern
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May Book:
by Patricia Engel
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Mark Your Calendars: Upcoming AESA Events |
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Summer Leadership Conference
July 21-22, 2021
Region 10 ESC
Richardson, TX
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Educators' Call to Action Conference
September 15-17, 2021
Hyatt Regency on Capitol Hill
Washington, DC
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AESA Annual Conference
December 1-4, 2021
Marriott Marquis
Houston, TX
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