Thank You Teachers!
You change the world.
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Teachers, join Project Tomorrow during this year’s Teacher Appreciation Week, May 3-7, by participating in the Speak Up survey.
Let your voice be heard on the education issues impacting you, your students, and schools. By participating you will be eligible to receive prizes and awards.
Learn more:
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Legislative Advocacy
AESA Comments On EANS Program Implementation
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On April 23, AESA sent a letter signed by 15 other national education, disability, and secular organizations to the U.S. Department of Education on the implementation of the American Rescue Plan’s Emergency Assistance to Non-Public Schools (EANS) program. Our comments were premised on two driving realities: First, a student in poverty is a student in poverty whether they are enrolled in a public or non-public school. Second, to the extent, federal policy appropriately supports and prioritizes federal funding for the neediest of students and the mechanisms of identifying, counting, and reporting students in poverty should look the same for both public and non-public schools. You can read the comments here. |
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In a series of articles, AESA is featuring the work of its members and how they have helped local partners meet the many challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic. This is the 3rd in the series.
Michigan Association Launches Effort to Connect
All Michigan Students to the Internet during Pandemic
This past year, the team at the Michigan Association of Intermediate School Administrators (MAISA) spent an unprecedented amount of time planning with educators across the state to support learning during the extraordinary pandemic period. As educators and students rapidly turned to online learning, it was quickly realized that there was a large hole in the equity of internet connectivity in Michigan.
Read more about how they jumped in to proactively be part of the solution!
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Career Searching?
See AESA's Job Central
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The Metropolitan Educational Cooperative Service Unit, located in the suburbs of Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota is searching for its next executive director. |
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Check out Job Central for other postings! |
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AESA National Award Program Nominations Now Being Accepted
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Executive In Residence
Applications due May 15, 2021
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There is no other professional development program that will prepare you for a career as an ESA executive leader like AESA's Executives in Residence year-long program. Get ready to make your move! |
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Did you know the AESA Community Platform is a place to share work, ask questions, and access new resources? |
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Registration Open!
AESA 2021 Summer Leadership Conference
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Discovering New Pathways
AESA’s 2021 Summer Leadership Conference is packed with ideas. Be inspired by the new pathways already taken and spark your own ingenuity to imagine possibilities for your agency's year ahead!
This is a Blended Conference
We miss you! For those of you who are traveling, we are hosting this as a live session. Not comfortable or can’t travel? You can attend remotely and we will make sure you get all the content including a tour of one of these two fabulous museums for the Learning on Location program.
Learning on Location: Check out this special feature of this year's conference!
On the afternoon of July 21, after a morning of learning, participants will travel to one of two locations.
Through the exploration of either Dallas’s Holocaust and Human Rights Museum or the Dallas Museum of Art, SLC participants will learn from the staff of Region 10, Richardson, Texas, about how to develop partnerships with informal education entities, how to design learning for teachers and other educators through the experiences, and helpful hints for starting your own Learning on Location-style program.
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Registrants may choose to attend in person or via Zoom. It is the same price for either delivery model - just $495! |
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Recorded Webinar:
Get Help with Your Budgeting Challenges
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While you continue serving your employees in the midst of unprecedented health
and economic challenges, you may also find yourself dealing with significant budget challenges.
Join Steve Bresler, PlanMember Regional Sales Director, to learn more about how accumulated leave programs work and how they can lead to significant tax savings for both you and your employees.
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Two Free Webinars from Microsoft |
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Teaching and Learning with Microsoft 365 for Education
Thursday, May 13
2 p.m. Eastern
(1 pm Central; 12 noon Mountain; 11 am Pacific; 10 am Alaska)
with
Geri Gillespy, Ed.D.
Senior Program Manager
WW Education Engagement Team
Overview:
Join us for this virtual session as we discuss how educators can leverage the tools and applications available in Microsoft 365 to create impactful and collaborative learning environments in hybrid and blended learning models.
Learn about designing learning spaces to engage student thinking. (Environment).
See examples of how to use Microsoft tools to support student instruction, engagement, and interventions. (Instructional Toolbox).
Build a culture of outreach and support for all students (Structures for Learning).
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Grow Your Microsoft Education Training Muscle to Support Your Local Schools
Monday, May 24, 2021
2 Eastern
(1 pm Central; 12 noon Mountain; 11 am Pacific; 10 am Alaska)
with Magdalena Ojeda,
High School Assistant Principal
South Texas ISD
Join Maggie Ojeda from Texas Region 1 ESC as she shares their journey to become certified Microsoft Innovative Educator (MIE) Trainers. She will discuss why this was valuable to the ESC, how they got started, examples of successes with local schools, and opportunities for growing revenue for their service center. You will leave the webinar with actionable next steps on how you can get started on your journey to provide Microsoft Education professional learning offerings to your local schools.
More about Maggie
Magdalena Ojeda is currently serving as a high school assistant principal at South Texas ISD. Maggie just transitioned from supporting educators as a learning resources integration specialist at Region 1 ESC in Edinburg, Texas in which she had the opportunity to grow services to assist the local area in impacting teaching and learning with technology. She has served in public education for 20 years in such roles as an elementary teacher, technology integration specialist, college readiness supervisor, A.V.I.D. director, and English language arts-reading specialist. She has conducted STEM camps for 6th-12th grade levels and has pioneered e-sports in education in the Rio Grande Valley region.
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Reading Leaders Book Club |
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Next Meeting:
May 20, 2021
7-8 pm Eastern
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May Book:
by Patricia Engel
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Mark Your Calendars: Upcoming AESA Events |
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Summer Leadership Conference
July 21-22, 2021
Region 10 ESC
Richardson, TX
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Educators' Call to Action Conference
September 15-17, 2021
Hyatt Regency on Capitol Hill
Washington, DC
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AESA Annual Conference
December 1-4, 2021
Marriott Marquis
Houston, TX
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