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March 30, 2021

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In this edition:

THREE LEGISLATIVE UPDATES:

A letter signed by AESA to encourage more engagement with rural schools
State by State estimates of IDEA funds from American Rescue Plan
Webinar recordings: Understanding and Implementing the ARP

Letter Asking for More Engagement with Rural Communities

On March 23, 2021, AESA and 16 other allied organizations sent a letter to Secretary Cardona requesting that the Department of Education expand its efforts to increase engagement with rural education stakeholders, promote staff understanding of the challenges facing rural local education agencies, and improve the intra-agency rural education-related policymaking efforts of and between the Department’s senior leadership, White House Domestic Policy Council, and U.S. Department of Agriculture.

State by State estimates of IDEA funds from American Rescue Plan

AESA is pleased to share two resources with approximate state allocations for the IDEA funds coming from the American Rescue Plan Act (ARP). Please find these resources linked below.

Congressional Research Service Memorandum

IDEA Moneywatch

Webinar Recordings: Understanding and Implementing the

American Rescue Plan

Last week AASA invited AESA members to two webinars dealing with the American

Rescue Plan. The recordings are available for all to view using the following links:

American Rescue Plan with AESA’s own Noelle Ellerson Ng and Sasha Pudelski. In this presentation, they discuss the American Rescue Plan and what it means for schools.

PowerPoint

American Rescue Plan: Implementing for Success Take a deeper look at the issues and items to be aware of and to plan for when it comes to using American Rescue Plan funding.

New! AESA Community Group Now Forming:

Galvanizing Culture

About the Newest Community: Galvanizing Culture

A strong and positive culture has a galvanizing effect on an organization's core values, mission, and vision; defines relationships internally and externally; and makes it possible to attract, retain and nurture intrinsically-motivated employees. This community aims to connect ESA leaders to learn about culture and what has worked for others.

Join this community and share information about the culture of organizations!

Here is an example that was posted in the community forum:

https://blog.jostle.me/blog/why-is-organizational-culture-important

Get Involved!

ANNUAL CONFERENCE 2021

Deadline: Thursday, April 15, 2021

Contact with questions: Ann Fiene

E: afiene@aesa.us,

P: 715-966-1688

Submit Your Proposal

AESA Business Partners: You will receive your breakout session proposal link in a direct email. Do not use this link to submit your proposal. Thank you!

Who Deserves Your Nomination?

Download Nomination Packet

Who Couldn't Benefit from Energy Savings?

Resources from the National Association of Energy Officials (NASEO)

NASEO-Energy Services Coalition Training on Energy Savings Performance Contracting (ESPC) is providing AESA members with this recorded webinar which serves as a foundational training course. It covers the basics of ESPC financing for energy efficiency.

During the webinar, the focus was given to how state and local governments can facilitate these investments, and how facility managers can begin the process of enhancing their facility’s energy performance through ESPC.

Webinar Recording

Slide Deck

Links to other ESPC resources are found at https://www.naseo.org/issues/energy-financing/espc.

From AESA Business Partners

Grow Your Microsoft Education Training Muscle to Support Your Local Schools

Thursday, April 8, 2021

2 pm Eastern

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 your ESA can get started on your journey to provide Microsoft Education professional learning offerings to your local schools.

Learn More about StOPit Solutions Plus Grant Funding!

Free Webinar

Wednesday, April 14, 2021

2 pm Eastern

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!

Check-In/

Check-Out:

Creating, Implementing, and Monitoring an Evidence-Based Intervention to Support Students with Behavior Challenges

April 19, 2021

2 pm Eastern

Research has repeatedly shown that Check-in/Check-out effectively decreases problem behaviors and increases academic achievement when implemented as designed. Improve implementation fidelity by training your staff on the essential components of this

powerful intervention.

Join us as we develop a Check-in/Check-out program, discuss and model implementation, and create graphs to progress monitor using Behavior Advantage, making the process both efficient and practical.