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Educational Leadership in Time of Change and Uncertainty

One thing we can all say with certainty is these are uncertain times. In this presentation by Andrew Gardner, Principal at Jackson Junior High School, you’ll hear methods and strategies for educ...

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Educator Session on Hybrid Organizing

No matter where you are in America, delivering instruction can feel like a roller coaster ride, hanging upside down and going sideways too fast, or even too slow, and keeping up with all the piv...

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Community of Inquiry Model (COI) for Learning Online

Dr. Travis Taylor, Instructional Technology Specialist at Little Rock School District explains the three core areas of the model, social presence, cognitive presence, and teaching presence, and ...

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Educator Sessions on Hybrid Organizing

“Vetting Resources for Data Governance,” with Ivy Nelson, Education Technology Manager at Belton School District #124 in Kansas City. Hear how this district accelerated their technology timeli...

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"Going Digital: Continuous Improvement and School Support in 2020" & “The New Bouquet of Safety Protocols”

Districts around the nation have been pivoting in response to unprecedented circumstances for education amidst a global pandemic.  For Shelby County, this pivot meant creating the circumstances ...

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OoRah Leadership: Transform yourself if you want others to follow

Dr. Michael Steele, Executive Principal at Metro Nashville Public Schools invented OoRah Leadership because he kept seeing too much failed leadership. When he was in his doctoral program, he lis...

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Tennessee - Local Panel of Administrators: Our Digital Transition

Education is in a period of intellectual change and culture shift. As we work our way through the rigors of the pandemic and the many changes involved in a hybrid or fully remote environment, it...

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Schooling during COVID-19: Turning obstacles into opportunities

Dr. Powers, Headmaster will shares how he and his staff at Pinkerton Academy took the obstacles they faced and turned them into opportunities to learn and work in ways they would not have though...

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D.C. - Local Panel of Administrators - Our Digital Transition

In this special panel discussion by top administrators, Dr. PJ Caposey, Superintendent of Meridian CUSD 223, Dr. Amy Hunt, Chief Academic Officer, of Park City School District, and Senator Howar...

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Arlington Public Schools Journey to Virtual Learning

During this presentation you will hear how Heather Hurley, Personalized Learning Specialist at Arlington Public Schools prepared students and teachers to move to virtual learning for the beginni...

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Providing Real-Time Robust Feedback from Anywhere

There are so many aspects of learning that are impacted by the shift to remote and hybrid learning- equity and the digital divide, SEL and trying to get our students connected, and even basic ef...

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Our Story at Powhatan

Rural counties can offer options to families, provide meaningful professional development, and stay true to instructional models and best practices in a time of uncertainty and great stress. Lea...

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Educator Session on Models & Practice - Keller ISD

Hear some of the ways that Keller ISD prepared their teachers as the COVID pandemic arrived on the scene. You’ll also hear some of the takeaways that the district is currently working on and the...

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Our Story at Trenton ISD

Here is our experience with the logistical and technical challenges of reopening a school district on time. What are the best practices being used in moving to hybrid, the behind-the-scenes logi...

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North Texas - Local Panel of Administrators - Our Digital Transition

None of us are as smart as all of us, and this panel of experts from three of Texas’ most innovative districts (Dallas ISD, Garland ISD and Sulpher Springs ISD) have learned a lot as they start ...

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The Search for the New Normal

There is not a clear path, nobody out there is an expert on how to overcome the challenges of pandemics in PK-12 education. We have been called into action to overcome what is likely the most in...

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Planning for Unknown Possibilities

This presentation will explain how our district chose to prepare teachers for virtual learning with a two-part plan that involved a quasi-virtual learning experience and a personalized approach ...

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Hybrid/Virtual Planning and Organization - Leadership and Teams Together are Key

  You can learn a lot from a district like the North Bergen School District. Their presentation, Whole Team Approach is Key in Building a Hybrid Plan , is a step by step approach to getting i...

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Educator Session on Models & Practice

  The first step to teaching remotely is getting your teachers and students comfortable with learning online. When offering his teachers PD, Dr. Gaskell quickly learned that the old rules may ...

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Educator Session on Hybrid Organizing

  Marlboro Township Public Schools (MTPS) is a 5000-student district in Monmouth County, NJ. They are technology-rich and have been working on their digital transition for the past eight years...

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