Online News: Invitation from Dept of Ed

April 20, 2021

From the US Department of Education

The U.S. Department of Education invites states to participate in a Summer Learning and Enrichment Collaborative. The Collaborative will support states and districts in:

Using American Recovery Plan resources—including the 1 percent of state funds reserved for summer learning and enrichment and the 20 percent of district funds dedicated to addressing the impacts of interrupted instruction—to accelerate learning and effectively address the summer learning and enrichment needs of students, especially underserved students and those disproportionately affected by the pandemic;

Identifying and implementing evidence-based summer learning and enrichment strategies that address students’ social, emotional, mental health, and academic development; and

Building partnerships across states, districts, communities, philanthropy, and nonprofit partners, bringing together diverse stakeholders to collaboratively create and sustain successful programs.

They are inviting states to bring together state-level advisory teams to participate in the

Collaborative, including State Educational Agency (SEA) representatives, school districts,

community-based organizations, philanthropy, and other important partners to create and sustain successful programs together.

AESA members may want to consider contacting their state departments to participate in this important work.

From AESA Executive Search Services:

Executive Director Opening

The Metropolitan Educational Cooperative Service Unit, located in the suburbs of Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota

is searching for its next executive director.

Review this Career Opportunity on the AESA Website

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Is it Time You Joined the Community?

Here's is a sample of the conversations happening in the AESA Community:

Teaching and Learning

Group leader: Heather Fish

Director of School Improvement Services, CESA 5

Portage, WI

Have you seen any creative and scalable strategies that your ESA or school districts use to address the learning disruption that occurred due to the pandemic? If so, we would love to hear about it! Thank you!

Executive Assistants - You are invited to play "Virtual" tag!

Group Leader: Ann Fiene, AESA Executive Assistant

Contact: afiene@aesa.us

I was thinking we could play a game of virtual Administrative Professional Tag.

As the game goes, someone in the group is "It" and has to tag the next person to be "It." In the role of "It," you share a professional tip or "Aha Moment" that you found very beneficial in your everyday work OR in your whole career.

Then, you tag the next person to be "It," they share a tip, and so on. I think we'll find we have a lot in common and we'll learn some new tricks along the way.

Anyone else want to play? Contact Ann or join the community today.

Galvanized Cultures

Group leader: Mike Haynes, Agency Administrator, CESA 10, Chippewa Falls, WI

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.

Join the AESA community to share and converse about building organizational culture, learn tips, and ask your questions of others who share the same challenges.

We are all in this together, and together we are better! Get started today!

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Mark Your Calendar:

AESA 2021 Summer Leadership Conference

Discovering New Pathways

ESAs are doing it again: This time in the face of a pandemic.

After more than a year of redesigning services and rethinking service delivery models, take a pause to discover the journey others have taken during this very remarkable year.

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!

Thank you to the AESA Foundation for its continued support of this event.

This is a blended conference. Registrants can choose to attend in-person or via Zoom. It is the same price for either delivery model - just $495! All the sessions will be available for remote attendees including the Learn on Location events.