Navigating the Challenges of K12 Digital Learning Environments

This presentation discusses recent research on challenges faced by K-12 students in digital learning environments, such as heightened device usage, media multi-tasking, and near 24/7 hyper-consumption of digital content. It underscores the impact of these distractions on academic performance and explores how AI can improve digital learning effectiveness. The session offers practical insights for educators and administrators to enhance the digital learning environment and boost student success.

Unlocking the Science of Reading: Early Literacy Success Through Online and Print-Based Learning

Get ready to explore key early childhood foundational literacy skills, focusing on two powerful resources - Key Foundations by Hatch and Ignite by Hatch. In this session, we'll explore the importance of early literacy, including seven key foundational literacy skills, and demonstrate how Key Foundations and Ignite collaboratively foster these skills, equipping educators with strategies to build a strong literacy foundation for young learners.

Simplifying Career and College Readiness Monitoring

In order to equip students for success beyond graduation, school districts are incorporating Career and College Readiness programs. Nevertheless, a significant hurdle lies in effectively measuring success and establishing dashboards to monitor student progress. The complexity arises from the scattered nature of data across various platforms, each with its own format. Navigating and consolidating data for individual students can be likened to solving a Rubik’s cube blindfolded.

Join us in this upcoming webinar, where Partners4Results will showcase a streamlined approach for Career and College Readiness monitoring and reporting. Say goodbye to the time-consuming, manual hassles of data integration, and embrace the efficiency of out-of-the-box integration processes. This webinar will demonstrate how easy it can be to create a robust reporting dashboard through a web-based portal, where key indicators are meticulously tracked for a holistic progress overview. Moreover, experience the added convenience of automatically communicating dashboards to students and parents via trackable email. Join us to discover how you can save time and alleviate frustration by harnessing the power of a connected data ecosystem.

Creating a Culture of Safety in School Science Labs

The persistence of hazardous laboratory accidents demonstrates the need for strengthening the culture of safety in school science labs. Please join us to learn about simple things you can do to make the laboratory a safer environment for your students. These include the use of digital safety courses, integrating safety into every experiment and demonstration, and impactful communication with administrators.

Join CDW at the Sheraton Madison Hotel!

Join us for the 2024 Classroom Technology Showcase and discover what the top manufacturers have to offer all in one place. Our partners will have their most sought-after devices, AV equipment and accessories, and systems on display for you to experience first-hand.

In attending the showcase you will:

• Have direct access to representatives from the top education technology providers

• Discover the full capabilities of each solution with a demonstration of their key features

• Understand how each solution aligns with your school district’s strategic goals. 

• Find the right technology that transforms management, instruction, and learning

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In this webinar, we will share tips and takeaway tools for curriculum management, staff evaluations, and master scheduling.

Join presenters Jill Blankenship & Kim Tunnell to learn tips & tricks to make the challenges you face daily easier to overcome!

About the Presenters:

Jill Blankenship joined the EAI family in June 2019, currently serving as Vice President of Account Management. Holding a Doctorate in Educational Leadership, Jill provides a unique lens to the sales and support teams, with thirteen years of public school administration experience, encompassing a total of eighteen years in the Texas Public School System. Whether it is working side by side with campus schedulers, brainstorming with assistant superintendents, or reviewing student driven staffing plans with superintendents, Jill continuously focuses on positively impacting as many students as possible.

Dr. Kim Tunnell joined the EAI team in July 2020 after serving 35 years in public education. Kim served in multiple positions as a classroom teacher of both Math and Reading for 10 years before moving into administration where she served as literacy coach, principal, director of curriculum and instruction, and superintendent. She retired from public education in May 2020, has had her own consulting firm, served on various state committees and organizations, and presented nationally prior to joining EAI. Kim remains passionate about education as the great equalizer for students which serves as the foundation for a democratic society.

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Come see what the fuss is all about in this express demo of Veracity's TMS and take advantage of 30% savings!

About Veracity: Veracity’s mission is to empower K-12 leaders to manage technology investments with confidence through streamlined systems and support, team collaboration, and intentional communication with every stakeholder contributing to student success. Veracity’s K-12 Technology Management System (TMS) is a centralized repository designed to support teachers’ awareness and understanding of purchased and approved software applications, the creation and curation of training resources by coaching staff to encourage adoption and ongoing autonomous learning, and collaboration across technology, instruction, and purchasing teams to eliminate siloed decision making. Learn more at www.veracityvs.com.

Model Positive Behavior and Elevate Student Engagement Through Netflix-style SEL Movies!

Schools and districts are lacking the resources, materials, and support needed to implement comprehensive SEL concepts that really impact students’ behavior and mindset. Teachers and staff are exhausted and need resources that will make an influence. As a consequence, this leaves schools and districts with a very low adoption rate, causing SEL to fail. moozoom is here to help! moozoom’s movie-based behavior modeling will enhance classroom management, boost students' social-emotional skills, and cultivate a more composed and unified school environment, positively impacting teachers' overall mindset as well as students.

A study identified that producing a computer along with its monitor takes at least 1.5 tons of water, 48 lbs of chemicals and 530 lbs of fossil fuel.  This webinar will dig into what does EOL technology mean, what do the options look like for recycling, where do these items end up and how does this impact the environment.

Presented by Al Lainio, CEO & Founder of Digital RED

We all want the best life outcomes for all of our students. Today, a high school degree is not enough to equip our students for a future in which they will have to compete with increased AI and low-cost foreign labor. Students need to understand that one of the following four outcomes provides them the best chance for health, happiness, and a financially secure future: a two-year degree, a four-year degree, certification in a trade, or a career in the military. Providing students a ‘Why to Try’ strengthens school culture and improves engagement. When students understand the lifelong implications of maximizing their high school experience and plan for their post-secondary destination, everyone wins. Learn how CESA Purchasing partner OnToCollege has partnered with over 750 schools to help get these messages to students through their engaging test prep and college/career readiness tools.

Presenter: Rob Mason

Rob has a bachelor’s degree in Physics and a Master’s degree in Educational Leadership. He has been teaching high school Physics and coaching football for 29 years. His passion for the mission of helping young people get to college with minimal debt comes from his own experiences. As the son of a single mother, he knew his college choices were limited unless he worked hard to achieve excellent grades and test scores in high school. His grades and scores earned him two scholarships covering all of his undergraduate tuition, so he obtained his Physics degree from Hastings College with zero debt. Rob's teaching skills/experience and his passion to help students succeed after high school is also put to great use as he teaches OnToCollege students. Rob is married to his wife Joni. He enjoys playing with their dogs, biking, hiking, and craft beer.

Join us to learn more about fostering Social-Emotional Learning in Early Learning Programs through Technology Tools & Learning Environments.

Meet our Presenter:

Meghann Hickey, MS Ed., began her career as a Lead Teacher in a Massachusetts infant/toddler program. She honed her policy skills as a Policy Associate at ECEC in Washington, D.C., tracking state and federal legislation. Then, at the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC), she trained educators to meet high-quality standards within the Accreditation of Early Learning Programs division. Meghann then worked at Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), developing online training modules for early educators under the Ready to Learn grant. She manages Hatch Early Learning's Professional Development, driving tech integration in early education. Meghann holds a Master's in Early Childhood Studies from Walden University and a Bachelor's in Family Studies from the University of New Hampshire, with dual minors in Education and Deaf Studies.

The Science of Reading is a hot topic in special education right now. In this webinar, Dr. Jessica Godsey will discuss the Science of Reading and how educators can reference the research to implement effective reading instruction in the classroom. TeachTown's K-12 ELA is aligned to the 5 principles in the Science of Reading.

Presenter: Jessica Godsey, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, Senior Editorial Director

Jessica Godsey, Ph.D., currently serves as TeachTown’s Senior Editorial Director of Curriculum Development. She received her master’s degree in Speech-Language Pathology from The University of Memphis and her Ph.D. from the University of South Carolina. Prior to joining TeachTown, Jessica served students with language and literacy disorders in a variety of clinical and school settings. She also taught courses in language development and disorders and supervised students at Western Michigan University. Additionally, Jessica has co-authored a reading program for students with dyslexia and speaks frequently about the Science of Reading.

Since 1984, Hatch has partnered with educators to extend their impact and address learning loss through purposeful practice and data stories. In this webinar we will cover the significance of social-emotional learning and executive functioning skills development as they relate to early childhood learning programs. A potential solution for these needs will be shared and attendees will leave with both online and offline solutions for implementation.

Demco’s team of Interior Designers and Learning Environment Consultants have decades of experience helping schools and libraries create flexible and engaging spaces, including Early Childhood spaces. In this webinar, we will cover emerging trends in Early Childhood Space Design and how Demco can help you redesign your spaces.

Simplify your Special Education plan. Valuable insights into the world of virtual therapy and how it can solve many of the struggles that school districts face, such as limited access to quality therapists, increasing caseloads and compliance issues. 

This panel will focus on how educational leaders place importance on self-reflection, trust-based observations and evaluations to support new and veteran teachers alike. 

This panel will focus on how educational leaders place importance on self-reflection, trust-based observations and evaluations to support new and veteran teachers alike. 

• Are you a district level school counseling leader with a background other than school counseling? Need ideas on how to best support your school counselors’ professional growth?

• Has your school counseling team ever attended teacher professional development and thought “how does this apply to my role?”

• Looking for structure or a framework for your counseling program to help you feel less overwhelmed?

• Does the word data make your school counselors a little anxious and you’d like them to get more comfortable with it?

• Would you like to demonstrate the results of your school counseling program with your administration, colleagues, and community but you aren’t sure where to start?

• Are you ready to make your school counseling program more proactive?

During this interactive session, district-level school counseling leaders and practicing school counselors explore relevant and engaging professional development opportunities for school counselors that focus on utilizing data to move their school counseling programs from random acts of guidance to intentional school counseling. By increasing their data proficiency, school counselors (and district leaders) will learn effective ways to hold themselves accountable, align school counseling programs to your school’s improvement plan and advocate for systems change while providing a multi-tiered, multi-domain system (MTMDSS) of support for ALL students.

How can you foster an 'engineering mindset' that will help students solve problems and design solutions that go beyond the classroom? In this webinar, Braydon Moreno, founder of Robo 3D Printers, will discuss how to redefine STEM education using 3D printing technology to develop that engineering mindset and encourage students to think differently about how they perceive the world.

Our team will share strategies for weaving 3D printing into core instruction, information on curriculum at mystemkits.com, and resources to nurture the engineering mindset.