You won't want to miss this year's
Annual Conference in Houston, TX!
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E. Robert Stephens Award Presented to
Dr. Mary Ann Dewan, Superintendent of Santa Clara County Office of Education
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Featured in the photo from left to right: Dr. LK Monroe, Superintendent of Alameda County Office of Education; Dr. Mary Ann Dewan, Superintendent of the Santa Clara County Office of Education and AESA's 2021 E. Robert Stephens award winner; and John Bass, Chief Operations Officer, AESA. |
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Dr. Mary Ann Dewan, Superintendent of the Santa Clara County Office of Education in San Jose, California, has received the 2021 E. Robert Stephens Award from the Association of Educational Service Agencies (AESA). The award was presented by John Bass, AESA COO, at the California County Superintendents Educational Services Association (CCSESA) fall membership meeting in San Francisco, California.
The award recognizes contributions that advance the understanding of regional educational agencies through research, writing, and publications at the regional, state, and national levels. Dewan was nominated for the award because of her role in the development of the Ways 2 Equity Playbook, which was released by the Santa Clara County Office of Education in 2020.
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CDC Informational Webinar:
Vaccines for Children
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The CDC has recommended emergency use authorization of the Pfizer vaccine for children ages 5-11. The CDC conducted a webinar last week discussing the recommendation: |
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Learning Network to Support School Leaders:
COVID Screening Testing Programs
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The Department of Education, CDC, and the Rockefeller Foundation launched a learning network to support school and district leaders in starting or strengthening screening testing programs.
The network will be a forum to ask questions, hear directly from other school leaders who have done this work, and engage some of the nation’s top experts on technical issues. The series is designed to help schools in setting up testing programs – whether they are just starting or looking to share best practices.
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Additional resources from the Rockefeller Foundation:
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AESA Joins Other K-12 Education Groups Urging Revised Guidance On
"Compensatory Services"
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AESA joins other K-12 education groups to urge the Department of Education (DOE) to issue a revised guidance document clarifying the accurate use of the term "compensatory services" and when that term and its use are appropriate in the Return to School Roadmap released by the DOE on September 30. We reiterate the distinction between compensatory services and interrupted learning, recovery services, or other terms in use that explain the appropriate statutory/legal process in which IEP teams are currently engaged.
The Council of Administrators of Special Education (CASE) included a memo with a comprehensive review of Section D in the context of the pandemic, school closures, and ongoing national circumstances. While helpful, AESA, AASA, CASE, and other K-12 education groups believe Section D provides a new and incorrectly expanded interpretation of "compensatory services" and is in conflict with applicable case law and the language of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA).
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ESA Postings in AESA's Job Central |
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Is Your New Career Waiting? |
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November Reading Leaders Book Club |
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Next Meeting:
November 18, 2021
7 pm Eastern (6 pm Central; 5 pm Mountain; 4 pm Pacific; 3 pm Alaska)
If you loved A Gentleman in Moscow or Rules of Civility, please join us in reading, for our November 18 meeting, Amor Towles' newest novel, The Lincoln Highway.
The time is June of 1954, and the place--at least where it starts--is Nebraska. But the tome of 576 pages covers just ten days' time and promises to take us on an adventure both geographically and thematically and all in the promise of Towles' great characters and literary styling.
Eighteen-year-old Emmett Watson has just been delivered home by the warden and from a juvenile work farm where he'd served 15 months' time for involuntary manslaughter. With no parents there waiting for him, he plans to pick up his eight-year-old brother Billy and head to California. BUT, two of Emmett's friends from the work farm have snuck into the warden's trunk and go along for this ride and they have very different ideas for Emmett, which result in a journey toward New York instead.
Grab your copy soon and join us for the adventurous read.
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Administrative Support Professionals . . . It's Time to Prioritize You!
Thursday, November 11, 2021
2:00 pm Eastern
(1 pm Central; 12 noon Mountain; 11 am Pacific; 10 am Alaska)
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It's been almost two years since "COVID" became a permanent part of our vocabulary. While much of "the storm" seems to have passed, the aftermath lingers. Now the question is, what have we learned and, more importantly, how can we thrive moving forward?
Join Todd Whitthorne, the Chief Inspiration Officer at Wondr Health, for a lively discussion on how to maximize both your physical AND emotional health...and why taking care of YOU should be a priority right now.
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Don't Miss AESA's Annual Conference! |
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Register today for AESA's Annual Conference!
AESA's premier professional learning and networking event with keynote presenters, over 90 breakout sessions, exhibit hall, and special events!
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