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Thursday, June 18, 2020
7:00 pm Eastern
(6:00 pm Central; 5:00 pm Mountain, 4:00 pm Pacific)
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As lifelong readers and leaders, we all know the importance of reading and literacy…well beyond the pre-k12 classroom where it is often assigned. AESA Executive Director Dr. Joan Wade and Janelle Bailey, State Director of the Wisconsin Academic Decathlon first met at the United States Academic Decathlon (USAD) National Competition in Frisco, Texas, in 2018. They reconnected a year ago at the USAD National Competition in Bloomington, Minnesota, and escaped at the end of dinner to explore a Barnes and Noble bookstore together. Their friendship was sealed among the rows of books as they talked about their favorite books and suggested new ones to take home. Out of this friendship, the
AESA/CESA 7 Reading Leaders Book Club
was created! Joan and Janelle invite you to join this brand new
free
virtual book club. The first book on our reading list is
American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins
. We will discuss this book on
June 18, 2020, at 7:00 pm EST
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Please join us by registering
HERE
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Click on the logo to learn more about CESA 7 Reads . . .
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AESA Program Evaluation Affinity Group
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The Program Evaluation Affinity Group focuses on program evaluation and its use in education settings. We will explore ways of quantifying the impact and demonstrating the effectiveness of the various programs offered at educational service agencies (ESAs). Our group is comprised of coordinators, analysts, and directors who utilize data and evidence to support decision making. Help us grow our group and share it within your ESA!
If you have an interest or your work involves any of the following: evaluation, research, assessment, accountability, strategy, professional learning, or building capacity, then join us for our upcoming meeting on Wednesday, June 17, 2020 at
1:00 pm EST, 12:00 pm CST, 11:00 am MST, 10:00 am PST, and 9:00 am AKST.
The session will last from 45 minutes to an hour and you can use this link to join:
June 17, 2020
The topic for this meeting will be evaluating the professional development of teachers and our guest speaker will be
Dr.
Shelby Danks, Director of Impact of Illustrative Mathematics
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We hope to see you at one of the upcoming meetings: June 17, August 19, and October 21. Check out our community:
AESA Community
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Business Partner: MindShine Technologies
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New app, IOTI, helps administrators communicate reopening plans to parents and teachers to develop powerful online instruction.
Interactive Object Triggered Information, IOTI from MindShine Technologies, can offer a unique, AI powered, easy way for principals and teachers to communicate with their students and parents by simply opening the app and pointing at objects that are tagged with information/instruction. IOTI makes individual instruction possible by simply tagging an object with individual help and sharing that instruction with a single student.
The IOTI smart phone app could provide great help to schools as they work to figure out their future.
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3 critical areas to consider:
1) EFFECTIVE, EXCITING, INDIVIDUAL ONLINE INSTRUCTION
Schools had little time to develop effective online instruction. And trying to provide individual instruction for struggling students, as teachers can do, face-to-face in their classrooms, using a web conference software, is very tough. We can demo how IOTI can help.
2) REOPEN PLANNING
As districts make plans to reopen this fall, communication to the home needs to be accurate and motivational. IOTI allows administrators to link videos, audios, pictures to a single object, perhaps a district logo'd magnet and each time they send an update, the parents receive a notification. No need to keep sending a new text, email, vmail....it is all linked to one object by the IOTI app.
3) PUBLIC CONFIDENCE
In order for parents to feel safe and confident enough in school district efforts around sanitizing and structuring schools and staff, more communication will need to be sent home in an interesting format, IOTI. Sending a series of district efforts to build public confidence all linked to an IOTI object can help.
Learn how IOTI can help your schools with a 30-minute web demo. Please contact Bob Darby, founder of MindShine Technologies, an AESA Business Partner at
bobdarby1020@gmail.com
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In This Week's AESA e-Classroom
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Thursday, May 21, 2020 @ 3:00 pm Eastern
Mentoring & Induction Can Make a BIG Impact on New Teachers
Presenters (l to r): Tyler Youngers, Educational Consultant, Jordan Menning, Educational Consultant, Kristin Wilshire, Educational Consultant, and Jody Still-Herbold, Educational Consultant, Northwest AEA, Sioux City, IA (learn more about the presenters)
How can we build the capacity of our new teachers to ensure equity and excellence in their teaching and learning? Discover how an effective mentoring and induction program can make a difference. We will share the history of mentoring in Iowa, how the program has evolved at our organization, and what elements we've added to support an effective mentoring and induction program. You will walk away from this session with key concepts to implement at your state's organization or local school district.
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More Upcoming Online Professional Development Opportunities:
(click on the title to register)
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AESA e-Classroom Sessions are
Available for Purchase
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Designing an Employee Generated Continuous Improvement Strategic Plan
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Are you looking to design a new future for your organization? You won't want to miss how Dr. Lolli Haws did exactly that at Green Hills AEA in Iowa! This webinar is available to you now!
Contact AESA Executive Assistant
Ann Fiene to order a recording of this session.
All AESA e-Classroom sessions are recorded and available for purchase. Go to the
AESA e-Classroom webpage to see upcoming and archived sessions.
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Join Your Colleagues at this Special Online Meeting, organized by AESA for Member ESAs
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COVID-19: Preparing your ESA for an Uncertain Future
May 27, 2020
2 pm EST
ESA executives have spent the past few weeks in triage as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, moving operations to a virtual environment and making decisions about upcoming activities, meetings, events, PD, and general operations.
Planning for the future is the next logical step. It’s time to start asking questions like these: If we postpone our PD or change it to virtual, how will that impact attendance and revenue? How do I stay connected to the school districts in my region? How will that impact my cash flow? Should I take advantage of a government loan program? How should I manage my payroll expenses?
This webcast will explore how ESA executives are developing a plan with multiple options to address the rapid changes occurring in these challenging times.
Panelists:
Pam Wells, Executive Director, Region 4 ESC, Texas
Craig Burford, Executive Director, Ohio ESC Association, Ohio
Sheryl Weinberg, Executive Director, SERRC, Alaska
Mike Cook, Executive Director, ESSDACK, Kansas
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The 2020 Summer Leadership Conference is Going Virtual!
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Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, we are transitioning the 2020 Summer Leadership Conference to a virtual event! The AESA Virtual Summer Leadership Conference, “New Times Ahead: Reflect, Reset, Refresh,” will be held on the same dates, July 20-23, 2020, with an altered schedule. We are excited to bring you valuable content on timely topics using a different delivery method. The registration fees have also been reduced:
$150 per individual/$575 per organization (limit of 8 registrations)
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PLEASE NOTE REGARDING REGISTRATION FEE PAYMENT:
$150 per individual/$575 per organization with a maximum of 8 attendees. Any registrants beyond 8 will be charged the individual rate. Your organization will be invoiced after the event in accordance with the above registration fee structure. If you prefer to pay via credit card, arrangements can be made with Ann Fiene after the event.
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AESA Annual Conference
December 2-5, 2020
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December 2-5, 2020
Hilton Orlando, Florida
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Virtual Summer Leadership Conference
July 20-23, 2020
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Educators' Call to Action Conference
September 28-30 2020
Hyatt Regency on Capitol Hill
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AESA Annual Conference
December 2-5, 2020
Hilton Orlando, Florida
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