May 12, 2021 1:00 pm | Webinar
Excellence Together: How Six Families Found Hope and Success in Distance Learning, and Applications for Hybrid & Traditional Learning

To help the amazing educators and families serving students with disabilities, the Excellence Together team at WISH Community & Academy Schools developed a four-part video series. Across each video, they showcase stories from six families with elementary, middle, and high school-aged children with disabilities learning in inclusive environments. The series highlights practices grounded in research […]

April 20, 2021 1:00 pm | Webinar
Distance Learning: New Data Reveals Challenges & Strategies to Reach Students who Learn Differently

In 2019, NCLD and Understood published Forward Together, a report identifying the three critical teacher mindsets and eight key practices that can help educators meet the needs of the 1 in 5 students who learn differently. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, students and teachers’ experiences have been drastically changed since the report’s publication. Now that […]

April 6, 2021 3:00 pm | Webinar
Reading and Dyslexia in a Digital World: The Perspective of a Reading Warrior

“We were never born to read” is the opening of Dr. Maryanne Wolf’s much-lauded book, Proust and the Squid: The Story and Science of the Reading Brain. In this edWebinar, Dr. Wolf will address how the human brain has evolved over time to make sense of words on a page, weaving a tapestry of research from […]

March 18, 2021 2:00 pm | Webinar
Data Decisions: How Assessments Affect Students with Disabilities

Join the Educating All Learners Alliance for a discussion with Zeta Schools, NCLD, and the Data Quality Campaign on what data your school should be collecting, larger implications for school assessments, and how we can transform student learning in the next year.

March 3, 2021 7:00 pm | Webinar
The Semantics of Mathematics & the Importance of Relationships in Support Class

Join us for a webinar where we’ll share best strategies to implement math instruction in a virtual and hybrid classroom.

February 25, 2021 3:00 pm | Webinar
Research and Reflections: What We’ve Learned on Social Emotional Supports for Students

How are educators meeting the basic needs of students to have health, safety, and social connectedness during the pandemic? The American Institutes for Research (AIR) launched a nationally representative survey for school districts and charter management organizations (CMOs) leaders to find out. In this webinar, the Educating All Learners Alliance and the American Institutes for Research will partner together […]

February 22, 2021 4:00 pm | Webinar
UDL in Distance Learning: Meeting Each Learner’s Variability

Universal Design for Learning (UDL) is simply “a way of thinking about teaching and learning that helps provide all students with an equal opportunity to succeed.” And, while all students can and do benefit from its multi-modal focus and use in the classroom, this is especially true for students who learn differently. That’s because UDL […]

February 9, 2021 6:00 pm | Webinar
Creating IEPs: Understanding Learner Variability and the Role of Empathy

One in five children have learning and thinking differences, and among students with identified learning disabilities, 70 percent spend at least 80 percent of their school day in the general education setting. For all students who learn and think differently to thrive, all teachers need to understand their learner variability and tailor support. This edWebinar […]

February 2, 2021 3:00 pm | Webinar
Hybrid and Remote Learning with ReadWorks

Come learn: The content and curriculum ReadWorks offers and how to use it effectively with hybrid learning—that is, learning that happens at home and in school—and remote learning, How to get started with digital classes, Best practices to prepare you for hybrid and remote learning

January 26, 2021 12:00 pm | Webinar
Educating Special Needs and ELL Students and Equipping Their Teachers During COVID-19

Even without COVID-19, school districts face the constant challenge of how to use resources to best meet student needs. The pandemic has amplified these challenges, especially for English language learners, special needs students, and the teachers and staff who serve them. Listen in on a panel discussion between school business officials and the National Center […]