AESA Online News

March 2, 2021

The Business Strategy Framework for ESAs

You won’t want to miss this exclusive AESA Workshop.

Learn how to grow your services with the

Premiere Business Strategy Workshop for ESAs!

The three key areas investigated in all options include:

• Customers - how to create value

• Competition - how to capture value

• Partners - how to deliver value

Get Results!

Real ESA results of the Business Strategy Framework reported by ESAs who have used the strategy include:

• Program Growth from $50K to over $2M annually in only one program area in one agency.

• Revenue Growth from $28M to over $40M in entrepreneurial activities over 5 years.

• Increased Competence of program staff to make wise investments and other business decisions.

Now is the time to register your team of six (or more)!

If your ESA team wants to build a background and understanding of business strategies to grow your organization, then don't miss this once- a-year opportunity!

Scholarships for ISTE’s Online Teaching Academy

ISTE was recently awarded funds from Zoom Cares to provide educators with scholarships for the ISTE U Online Teaching Academy, which builds skills and helps to improve the delivery of effective and engaging instruction in digital learning environments. The content takes participants beyond a simple understanding of how tools work to ensure that they have the knowledge and confidence to implement evidence-based teaching practices.

Additional details can be found here on the ISTE U Online Teaching Academy flyer and syllabus. The academy fee is normally $129 but the scholarships cover the entire cost for educators.

Imagine the Buying Power

Imagine the buying power and expertise of 29 state purchasing cooperatives working together. We're the team that brings you competitive bid purchasing contracts so you can legally purchase without having to go to bid yourself.

Learn More!

Roadmap for Reopening Schools

Opportunity Labs recently released Roadmap to Recovery, a resource to promote recovery and renewal. The roadmap includes essential actions to address unfinished learning and student well-being.

Press Release

Passage of American Rescue Plan Urged by

Key Education Organizations

AESA Legislative Update

Last week, 19 national education groups, including AESA, sent a joint letter to congressional leaders expressing their support for the American Rescue Plan. This plan appropriates $128 billion in new, flexible funds for school districts over the next two-and-a-half school years.

This funding will enable school districts to sustain and enhance their support for students learning remotely, as well as ensure schools that are open for in-person instruction have healthy, welcoming environments throughout the calendar year.

From our AESA Business Partners

Schools and workplaces trust STOPit Solutions to protect the physical, social, and emotional safety and well-being of their students and employees by equipping them with our tailored Safe360 Technology and Education to uncover the unseen, intervene on the imminent, and prevent the preventable. To date, over 6,000 K-12 schools nationwide use STOPit Solutions Safe360 resulting in thousands of lives being intervened upon and saved.

Learn More about this Solution Plus Grant Funding!

Join AESA Business Partner STOPit Solutions for a webinar to learn more about its Safe360 suite of safety and mental wellness products AND how to take advantage of 2021 federal grants to offset school ESA-related costs. In 2020, over $6.6M was awarded to ESAs in nine states!

Today! Tuesday, March 2, 2021

2 pm Eastern

(1 pm Central; 12 noon Mountain;

11 am Pacific; 10 am Alaska)

Wednesday, April 14, 2021

2 pm Eastern

(1 pm Central; 12 noon Mountain; 11 am Pacific; 10 am Alaska)

NASEO-ESC Webinars on Foundations of Energy Savings Performance Contracting

The National Association of State Energy Officials (NASEO) and Energy Services Coalition are co-hosting a webinar open to all interested members.

What: Energy Savings Performance Contracting (ESPC)

When: March 4, 2021, from 2 - 3:30 p.m. Eastern

What you will learn:

Energy Savings Performance Contracting (ESPC) offers states, localities, public infrastructure, and institutional facilities an opportunity to finance energy efficiency investments by leveraging energy, water, and operational cost savings over time. While ESPC projects have financed over $50 billion in energy-saving investments over the last three decades, estimates by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory show there could be over $300 billion in additional cost-effective ESPC projects nationally.

Large facilities such as state and municipal buildings, universities, K-12 schools, and hospitals, as well as highway, street, and parking lot lighting, are particularly well suited to these investments.

This foundational training course, offered at two separate times, will cover the basics of ESPC financing for energy efficiency. The focus will be given to how state governments can facilitate these investments and how facility managers can begin the process of enhancing their facility’s energy performance through ESPC.