HHS Mask Distribution To Schools Underway |
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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services will be providing up to 125 million cloth masks to states for distribution to schools. The Administration intends for these masks to support students, teachers, and staff in public and private schools when reopening and emphasizing students who are low-income or otherwise with high needs and schools providing in-person instruction.
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Please make school districts in your region area aware! |
Please make the school districts in your region aware that they can immediately begin requesting masks from state health departments for adults. All states have received white, reusable, and washable masks for adults and districts in need of additional masks can request them anytime. A few states are already in receipt of reusable, washable masks for youth/children, but most of these masks are still being manufactured and distributed. It is expected that many more states will have youth size masks available in the next two weeks, and by early November, all states will have both youth and adult size masks available for distribution to schools.
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Two affinity groups merge into one community!
We are excited to share with you that AESA’s Open Education Resource (OER) Affinity group and the Blended and Personalized Learning Affinity Group joined together to form a new AESA Community for Innovative Learning. All members of each group will continue to have access to the AESA platform.
Members of both groups will now see “Innovative Learning” listed under “My Communities” in the AESA platform. All resources previously maintained in each group will now be visible from within the Innovative Learning combined group. The platform will continue to be used to collaborate, share, and discuss technology, blended and personalized learning, open education resources, virtual learning, and other innovative themes.
Plans for the first combined virtual meeting are in discussion. Your input is needed to create a dynamic session to meet all of our needs. Login to aesacommunity.aesa.us, navigate to the Innovative Learning Community, post a "Discussion" with your thoughts, reply to others, and share in the collaborative space.
Once you log in, be sure to update your profile, check any badges that have been added to your profile and add contacts from the membership for ease in communicating. We look forward to reading your ideas and problems of practice!
"See you in the community!"
Sally Lindgren, Director of Technology & Innovation, Great Prairie AEA, Iowa
Beth Kabes, Platform Lead, AESA, Nebraska
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Find the many professional opportunities specifically designed for ESAs waiting for you there!
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Connecting the Dots &
Moving the Needle Through Systems Thinking
Thursday, October 22, 2020 3 pm Eastern
(2 pm Central; 1 pm Mountain, 12 Noon Pacific; 11 am Alaska)
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This session answers the question, “Why should educational leaders become systems thinkers?”
Leaders must remember that they lead in an open environment that includes exchanges across an educational system that is heavily impacted by outside forces. An educational system consists of teachers and staff, students and their families, legislators, post-secondary institutions, community members, school boards, businesses, etc, working interdependently toward sustainability. Educational systems are "open" and have permeable boundaries that permit an exchange with multiple environments. This session provides innovative practices that can have an impact on improving communications and relationships. This session will also provide the opportunity for leaders to collaborate and share best practices regarding "Connecting the Dots" and "Moving the Needle" in their organizations through Systems Thinking.
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) recently announced that they would extend flexibilities to allow free meals to continue to be available to all children throughout the entire 2020-2021 school year. Specifically, the USDA’s move will enable school districts to continue to leverage the Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) and the Seamless Summer Option (SSO) to provide no-cost meals to all children through June 30, 2021. Additionally, the move will permit districts to serve meals outside of the typically required group settings and meal times; waive meal pattern requirements, as necessary; and allow parents and guardians to pick up meals for their children through June 30, 2021.
Many AESA members have supported school districts in the distribution of meals while remote learning is in effect.
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The purpose of this network is to learn with other Entrepreneurial ESAs as a Community of Practice.
Sessions will be held virtually six (6) times per year, 90-minutes each session.
Additionally, the network participants will be intentional about meeting at AESA national events. All sessions will be held from 2 – 3:30 pm (EST) as follows:
November 3, 2020; January 12; February 9; March 9; May 11; June 8, 2021
Topics:
Entrepreneurial Partnerships
Sales/Marketing
Internal Processes
New Products/Services
Artificial Intelligence
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Let the learning continue! |
The Annual Conference will be held on December 2 – 4, 2020
Just like always, the conference features keynote speakers and over 80 breakout sessions! Visit the AESA Annual Conference Webpage for the schedule and descriptions of the breakout sessions.
All breakout sessions will be recorded and available to paid participants after the conference.
Registration fee: $450 per person.
The first 300 registered guests get a gift! Register today!
(That is less than half the onsite registration fee and you save on travel costs!)
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Reading Leaders Book Club
November 19, 2020, 7:00 pm Eastern
All reading leaders welcome!
Join us! The new October read for Reading Leaders Book Club is "Anxious People" by Fredrick Backman.
The group will meet on October 15 to discuss the book. It's great conversation with a great group of leaders!
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From AESA's Business Partners |
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PlanMember Legislative Update - A Recap on New Plan Rules
In the Fall 2020 edition of the PlanMember Legislative Update for school districts and nonprofit employers, industry-leading 403(b)/457(b) consultant Ellie Lowder provides a recap on new plan distribution and loan rules, as well as discusses administering the payroll tax cut, the new required rollover notice, and what plan sponsors can do if they missed the 403(b) plan document deadline.
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Lead author of The Distance Learning Playbook For Parents, Rosalind Wiseman, recorded a webinar based on the book to help parents through remote and hybrid learning.
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Meet AESA's Newest Business Partner!
Naturally Slim
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New Business Partner!
Naturally Slim
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Have you been struggling with how to get healthier?
Is the health and wellness of the people you work and live with important to you?
If so, you will want to meet AESA's new business partner Naturally Slim!
Please watch the video!
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