Past Webinars
Past Webinars
Recordings of past webinars, plus related SREB resources on these education topics
Education Recovery Process Guide
K-12
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As recovery funding flows to states, districts, colleges and schools from ESSER 1, 2 and 3, SREB is publishing a Recovery Response Protocol to help education leaders tasked with creating plans to use the funding.
This webinar reviewed the guidance in three phases: 1) serving immediate needs, 2) innovative planning for systematic improvement, and 3) assessing the effectiveness of programs and adjusting as needed.
Education Recovery Process Guide
Postsecondary
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As recovery funding flows to states, districts, colleges and schools from ESSER 1, 2 and 3, SREB is publishing a Recovery Response Protocol to help education leaders tasked with creating plans to use the funding.
This webinar reviewed the guidance in three phases: 1) serving immediate needs, 2) innovative planning for systematic improvement, and 3) assessing the effectiveness of programs and adjusting as needed.
Administrative Efficiencies Enhance the Mission
Emerge Stronger Webinar Series
Panelists from the University System of Georgia and Huron explored how to structure administrative services to maximize resources to invest in academic, research, community and student missions. They also discussed how to determine the cost effectiveness and impact of services for students, faculty and other constituencies
Aligning Faculty Effort to Institutional Mission
Emerge Stronger Webinar Series
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During this webinar, participants explored bringing about administrative efficiencies while protecting the academic core in the long run, aligning faculty effort with both mission and financial viability, and understanding the full costs of delivering academic and other programs and administrative services.
Considerations for a Post-Pandemic Higher Education
Emerge Stronger Webinar Series
This opening session of the series provided an overview of the systemic challenges colleges and universities already faced that have become more pronounced because of the pandemic. During this session, participants learned about emerging trends in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and case studies of transformative approaches that address near-term challenges and long-term sustainability
Better Teacher Supports and Compensation
Rethinking Teacher Workforce Solutions Webinar Series
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This webinar focused on innovative policy strategies for supporting teachers in their practice and creating sustainability models to maintain these supports permanently. It featured an analysis of teacher compensation packages and methods. SREB debuted its new Teacher Compensation Dashboard and research brief.
Redesigning Teacher Licensure
Rethinking Teacher Workforce Solutions Webinar Series
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This webinar explored revolutionary policy ideas from Education Human Capital Roundtable panelists, such as how to:
- Remove barriers to licensure
- Redesign for a clear trajectory from apprenticeship to advanced roles
- License student teaching for all pathways
- Learn from mistakes on tiered certification
Expanding and Diversifying Pathways Into Teaching
Rethinking Teacher Workforce Solutions Webinar Series
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This webinar explored policy ideas for both the short term and long term, to recruit and prepare a more diverse teacher workforce and open more pathways to those who want to teach. It covered early recruitment and dual preparation partnerships, rethinking curricula and schedules, and revamping student teaching.
Supporting College Students During COVID-19
Postsecondary Webinar Series
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Colleges and universities have had to rethink the way they engage students during the COVID-19 pandemic, from enrollment through graduation. Hear about innovative practices from student affairs leaders at the University of North Carolina System and Lincoln University of Missouri.
THE #REALCOLLEGE SURVEY:
How Institutions Can Better Understand and Meet Students' Needs
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Student homelessness and food insecurity was already a growing crisis before coronavirus, but the pandemic is making the situation even worse. Read the latest #realcollege report.
Expanding Work-Based Learning Experiences
Tools and Mechanisms: Reach More Students Using Technology
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Preparing students to be career-ready is important and complex work. Educators, workforce development leaders, and industry representatives need simulated workplace programs and other virtual solutions to expand work-based learning opportunities in rural and hard-to-serve communities.
Opening Doors Through Work-Based Learning
Policies: Adopting Measures to Support Work-Based Learning
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Work-based learning has been identified by many organizations and researchers as a necessary educational component or preparing students for success in adulthood. Kentucky has created a policy solution for challenges to work-based learning such as workers’ compensation and liability insurance.
Industry-Education Partnerships for Local Workforce Needs
Process: How to Forge Partnerships
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Industry sector partnerships are an essential strategy for workforce development in states, as they bring business partners together with the public sector to guide the preparation of workers for the high-demand jobs most critical to local economies.
Connect Emergency Responses To Longer-term Workforce Efforts
Bouncing Back From COVID-19 Using Education and Workforce Dollars
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The sixth webinar in the Bouncing Back from COVID-19 Using Education and Workforce Dollars series covered how state leaders can ensure that their short-term emergency measures to address COVID-19 contribute toward achieving the state’s long-term vision for a thriving workforce and healthy economy. Presentations highlighted Alabama’s work in this area and included ways to align ESSA, Perkins V, WIOA, CARES Act and state and grant dollars.
Make Education and Training Programs More Tech Savvy and Flexible
Bouncing Back From COVID-19 Using Education and Workforce Dollars
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In the fifth webinar in the Bouncing Back from COVID-19 Using Education and Workforce Dollars series, SREB presenters shared strategies for readying workers to succeed in workplaces that are increasingly technology dependent. They also discussed how education and training programs can leverage technology and flexible formats so they can maintain programs when traditional formats are not practical.
Help Businesses Prepare Workers to Fill Critical Positions
Bouncing Back From COVID-19 Using Education and Workforce Dollars
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In the fourth webinar in the Bouncing Back From Covid Using Education and Workforce Dollars series, SREB presenters discussed how state leaders can help businesses upskill new and longer-term employees to fill positions critical to the state’s economic recovery. SREB also spotlighted how states can address issues of equity and braid multiple funding sources to support this work. Leaders in Indiana shared their exemplary efforts in this area.
Help Students Earn Credentials to Fill Critical Jobs
Bouncing Back From COVID-19 Using Education and Workforce Dollars
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The third webinar in the Bouncing Back From Covid Using Education and Workforce Dollars series covers strategies to help students gain postsecondary knowledge and skills to fill jobs critical to the state’s economic recovery. SREB presenters explored strategies for strengthening dual enrollment programs and helping new graduates maintain their educational momentum even when families struggle to afford tuition.
Help Low-Skilled Adults Earn Credentials for Critical Jobs
Bouncing Back From COVID-19 Using Education and Workforce Dollars
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The second webinar in the Bouncing Back From Covid Using Education and Workforce Dollars series explores how states can help workers with low skills earn the credentials they need to secure and succeed at jobs critical to the state’s economic recovery. SREB presenters discussed strategies for targeting grants to individuals and postsecondary institutions and for addressing issues of equity.
Gauge Workforce Frequently, Prioritize Action Together
Bouncing Back From COVID-19 Using Education and Workforce Dollars
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Presenters made the case for analyzing data in rapid cycles to identify actions to spark workforce improvements and keep an eye on equity. The webinar covered partners to engage, including industry-sector partnerships, and spotlights how states can braid multiple federal and state funding sources for the work.
One In Five:
The Student Parent Experience and its Impact on College Success
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One in five college students today is a parent, and yet they remain a largely invisible population. The vast majority of institutions do not track parenting status and therefore do not know how many student parents they have at any given time. Postsecondary success for these students is critical and far-reaching: when a student parent earns their degree, it has ripple effects that span two generations, impacting the parent’s employment opportunities and lifetime earnings potential, along with their child’s chances for achieving academic and career success.