Attention New CEOs! This webinar is for you.
Get acquainted with all your AESA membership has to offer!
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NEW CEO
INTRODUCTION TO AESA
Free WEBINAR
Thursday, January 27, 2022
3 pm Eastern
(2 pm Central; 1 pm Mountain; 12 noon Pacific; 11 am Alaska)
Did you know that AESA has more to offer than just the annual conference? So. Much. More!
Join Executive Director Joan Wade and Chief Operating Officer John Bass to learn about member services such as executive searches; Business Strategy Framework; How to Price Your Services; and networks for small ESAs, entrepreneurial ESAs; and the Women's Leadership Network.
Find out about all that is included with your membership to help your organization grow and better serve the schools and school districts in your region!
Cant’ attend live? Register anyway and we will send you the recording after the webinar!
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AESA is Proud to Support
AASA Learning Recovery and Redesign Guidance
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Our friends at AASA recently released the next set of resources for Learning Recovery and Redesign Priorities that focuses on what is in school districts' recovery plans (including ESSER spending plans). |
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What's Happening in the
AESA Communities of Practice?
Here is a snapshot of coming topics!
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Entrepreneurial ESAs: Next Session January 25, 2022 |
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AESA is excited to announce that we have partnered with three innovative ESAs to facilitate the 2021-22 Entrepreneurial ESA Community of Practice. Andy Pechacek, Doreen Marvin, Joan Wade, John Bass, and the leadership teams from ESC 20 in San Antonio, Texas; Sourcewell in Staples, Minnesota; and Hamilton County ESC in Cincinnati, Ohio, will lead six 90-minute sessions throughout the year. The topics will include:
Innovation and Solution Design
- Voice of the customer
- Understanding your customer
- Learning about and responding to your markets
Clarity About Who You Are and Where You Want to Have a Presence
- Learning how your processes support or hinder your innovation strategy: budgeting, governance, human resources (talent management)
- Establishing the long view of service areas and markets
- Understanding your brand
- Branding as a component of innovation and market reach
The ESA Context of Developing and Delivering New Services and Products
- Collaboration and competition among ESAs
- Legal and communication implications for ESAs
Next session:
January 25, 2022: Sourcewell, Staples, MN, leads the discussion about being clear who you are and where you want to have a presence.
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Small ESAs Community of Practice:
New Sessions Start in January
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The Small Educational Service Agency (ESA) Community of Practice is your place to network and learn with other ESAs with few employees. This network will invite speakers from other ESAs to lead conversations about their work as practitioners.
The community of practice is your think tank to generate ideas on growing your services and expanding your practices.
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Topics include:
- How to set prices for your services
- Model communication plans
- Business office support
- Developing a cooperative purchasing program
- E-Rate support
- Grant writing services for you and your customers
- Strategic planning
- Service design and delivery
- How to withstand competition
- Customer voice/needs assessments
- Other topics selected by the community of practice members
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Dates
Sessions will be held virtually approximately every six weeks for 60-minutes each session. All sessions will be scheduled from 2 – 3 pm (EST).
1. January 28
2. March 11
3. April 21
4. June 2
5. July 14
6. August 25
7. October 6
8. November 17
9. December 22
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Membership Fee
Annual individual membership to the Small ESA Community of Practice is $150.
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What the Data Says:
Government Accountability Office (GAO) Report Finds A Rise In Violent Crimes And Hate Speech In Schools Pre-COVID
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Violent crimes and hate speech motivated by race, national origin, and sexual orientation had been on the rise in nearly every school prior to the pandemic, according to a report recently published by the US Government Accountability Office (GAO). The study surveyed 4,800 school administrators and found that annually in school years 2014-15, 2016-17, and 2018-19, one in five students between the ages of 12-18 encountered bullying related to their race, national origin, religion, disability, gender, or sexual orientation.
In response to the surge of violent crimes, nearly every school district has adopted or increased social-emotional learning (SEL) programs, according to GAO. An additional 18,000 schools adopted SEL programs between 2015-16 and 2017-18, and the use of school resource officers had increased by 2,000 schools. Staff training played a critical role in improving school climate and safety.
At the same time, rising awareness of racism and sexism in schools and society, in general, might be leading more people to report some incidents stemming from them, said James A. Densley, a professor of criminal justice at Metropolitan State University in St. Paul, Minn. He wrote to EdWeek, “We could take any reported increase in hate crimes at face value and as a bellwether for the state of our society right now, or we could say that hate crimes have always been under-reported and these data represent a course correction that includes changes in public perception.”
This study does not address the school years affected by COVID but provides an accurate baseline for pre-pandemic school climate. Looking at long-term data, a joint report from USED and DOJ in 2019 shows that school climate and safety have significantly improved over past decades, including decreases in theft, assaults, and other violent offenses.
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Pricing with Confidence
Four Virtual Workshops Start January 5!
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What to Expect:
Join in these fast-paced and thought-provoking sessions designed to help you find the answers you are looking for!
- Is your ESA charging the right price for the goods and services you deliver?
- How do you know?
- Is it possible to know if you are charging the “right” price?
This workshop delivers four virtual, 90-minute sessions with Doreen Marvin and Andy Pechacek designed especially for ESAs!
Dates:
Wednesday, January 5, 2022
Friday, January 7, 2022
Wednesday, January 12, 2022
Friday, January 14, 2022
Time:
Virtual - 1 pm Eastern (12 noon Central; 11 am Mountain; 10 am Pacific; 9 am Alaska)
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Virtual Federal Advocacy Committee Meeting
January 18 and 19, 1-4 p.m. ET
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Each year, members of the AESA Federal Advocacy Committee work together to formalize AESA's Federal Legislative Agenda.
Membership of AESA's Federal Advocacy Committee is comprised of one representative from each state that has an ESA as a member of AESA. The representative to the committee is selected by the ESAs of that state.
The AESA priority agenda represents the federal advocacy work that focuses on ESAs specifically. This is the meeting to set the legislative agenda for 2022!. It is important that your state is represented.
Contact Dr. Joan Wade, AESA Executive Director, if you have questions about this event or want to get involved.
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January Reading Leaders Book Club |
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Next Meeting:
January 20, 2022
7 pm Eastern (6 pm Central; 5 pm Mountain; 4 pm Pacific; 3 pm Alaska)
January's Selected Book:
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