October 5, 2021
Innovative Solutions
from AESA Business Partners
E-Therapy’s Diana Parafiniuk joined AESA’s Executive Director, Joan Wade for EduTalk Radio’s podcast.

Listen in on how E-Therapy can support your ESA with direct student services, mental health services, or providing an electronic platform for your consultants!
UPDATE: Emergency Connectivity Fund
Last week, the FCC announced an initial wave of Emergency Connectivity Fund Program funding commitments totaling over $1.2 billion. The approved commitments account for approximately 20% of the total amount requested during the initial application filing window and will fund 3,663 applications from 3,040 schools, 260 libraries, and 24 consortia across all 50 states, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the District of Columbia. The FCC will continue to review applications and will be making additional commitments on a rolling basis in the coming weeks. 

SECOND APPLICATION WINDOW OPEN
A second application filing window opened on September 28, 2021, and will close on October 13, 2021. During this window, applicants will be able to submit requests for funding for purchases made between July 1, 2021, and June 30, 2022, to meet the needs of students, school staff, and library patrons who would otherwise lack access to basic educational opportunities and library services. 

For those interested in learning more about the Emergency Connectivity Fund Program please visit www.emergencyconnectivityfund.org and don’t forget to sign up for ECF Program emails. 

The commission will also continue to update its Frequently Asked Questions about the program.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Additional information about the applications filed in the first application filing window is available on the Universal Service Administrative Company’s (USAC) Open Data platform and can be found at ECF FCC Form 471 dataset. 

This dataset contains detailed information from applications filed in the first application filing window which ran from June 29, 2021, to August 13, 2021, including applicant details, requested funds, individual product or service details, and funding commitment information.

For additional ECF open data resources, please visit https://www.emergencyconnectivityfund.org/open-data/.
Pricing with Confidence Workshop
November 3, 5, 8, & 10
Are you looking for some help on how to price your services?
AESA's team of professionals can help!
Pricing is challenging for every organization, yet it is one of the most important and impactful decisions a leader can make. Is it possible to know if you are charging the “right” price? The first step to pricing with confidence is to understand the underlying principles that create a firm foundation upon which to build.
A 4-part virtual series
November 3, 5, 8, and 10, 2021! 

1- 2:30 pm Eastern (noon Central; 11 am Mountain; 10 am Pacific; 9 am Alaska) 
Join Your Colleagues at
AESA Annual Conference
December 1-4, 2021
Houston, TX
Annual Conference Keynote Speakers
A. Hasan Davis J.D., CEO/Founder, Hasan Davis Solutions LLC

Join Hasan on his personal journey out of the school-to-prison pipeline and meet some of the heroic Hope Dealers whose unwavering support engaged, encouraged, and empowered him to transcend his mounting list of “failures” to become an advocate for himself and for others experiencing the most challenging barriers to their own success. Hasan shares his data strategy to prove how educators can close the school-to-prison pipeline.
Ruby K. Payne Ph.D., 
Educator & Consultant on Economic Class
COVID 19 has weakened basic structures necessary to stabilize and manage learning. All learning is double coded - emotionally and cognitively. Educators have had little training in how to develop and understand emotional resources. This session looks at why students explode and strategies to calm them, why discipline works with some students and not others, how to identify sources of potential violence, and the emotional issues adults bring to the setting. 
Ricky Robertson,
Author & Corwin Consultant
Victoria E. Romero, M.Ed 
Equity & Education
As co-presenters, Ricky and Victoria will discuss leading for resilience - the ability to implement schoolwide practices that cultivate social-emotional well-being for staff, students, and families. This is no easy task considering the many stressors, competing demands, and limited resources that schools encounter. In addition to these challenges, rising rates of exposure to adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and trauma have impacted communities across race, socioeconomic class, and geographic regions. 
Please join us in Houston, Texas for AESA's 36th Annual Conference! This conference is the premier professional learning and national networking event for all ESA staff.