Audience:  Faculty, Administrators, Trustees & Parents

Amid the largest racial justice uprising in American history, educators are wondering how to address issues of inequity, systemic racism and white privilege, and exploring how these issues play out in school and the broader society. In this webinar, we will discuss the role of systemic racism in education from kindergarten through college, and how inequality of access, implicit racial bias, white privilege, and institutional practices which educators often take for granted, all contribute to racial injustice. We will also explore policies, practices, and procedures that can begin to build more equitable institutions, undermine those biases and provide transformative education for all students.

Tim Wise is among the nation’s most prominent anti-racism educators and authors. He has spent the past 25 years speaking to audiences in all 50 states, on over 1500 college and high school campuses, at hundreds of professional and academic conferences, to dozens of corporations, and to community groups across the country about issues of systemic racism and methods for dismantling racial inequity in their institutions.  Wise is the author of nine books, including his forthcoming essay collection, Dispatches from the Race War, due out in December. Other books include Dear White America: Letter to a New Minority and his highly acclaimed memoir, White Like Me: Reflections on Race from a Privileged Son. Named one of “25 Visionaries Who are Changing Your World,” by Utne Reader, Wise has contributed chapters or essays to over 30 additional books and his writings are taught in colleges and universities across the nation.  Wise appears regularly on CNN and MSNBC and has appeared on ABC’s 20/20 and Nightline, as well as CBS Sunday Morning and 48 Hours. He graduated from Tulane University and received antiracism training from the People’s Institute for Survival and Beyond in New Orleans.

10/28 Webinar Registration Fee:
ISACS members: $50.00 per school
Nonmembers: $75.00 per school

Registered schools will receive a link to the recording,
which will be available until December 31, 2020.

Audience:  Faculty & Administrators, Middle & Upper School

In the last six months our schools have faced incredible challenges: responding to safe school opening, the pandemic, and the national calls for racial justice and equity. We are just weeks away from one of the most contentious elections in recent memory and many school leaders are putting plans in place to help their communities navigate the election season during this polarizing time. Farrington will provide suggestions for what schools can plan in the few weeks before the election, on election day, and after the election. She also will discuss strategies for fostering healthy and respectful dialogue in the classroom and broader school community. 

Kristen Farrington is upper school Chaplain at St. Stephen’s and St. Agnes School in Alexandria, VA. Previously, Farrington was the executive director of the Religious Freedom Center of the Freedom Forum Institute where she worked closely with the president of the Freedom Forum Institute to fulfill the mission of the center. From 2012 to 2016, Farrington was head of programs and partnerships for the Tony Blair Faith Foundation in the United States. Previously, Farrington served as chaplain and department chair of religious studies at St. Paul’s School for Girls in Baltimore and St. Timothy’s School in Stevenson, Md. Prior, she served as clergy in parishes in Florida, California, and New York. For over two decades, Farrington has engaged in interfaith communities as religious leader, educator, dialogue specialist, and consultant.  She is an awarded graduate of Yale Divinity School (M.Div.) and Phi Beta Kappa.

Price: 
ISACS members: $25.00/per school
Nonmembers: $50.00/per school

Registered schools will receive a link to the recording,
which will be available until November 30, 2020.

Audience: Faculty and Administrators, K-12

Video is an essential part of a distance learning plan. Not only is video essential to distance learning it is research-based instructional best practice in the age of the Internet. We are teaching a media first generation. A generation who has grown up using video to learn. It's time we take control of this new way of learning and apply it to our current situation and into our future classrooms. This webinar will focus on the research behind creating instructional videos as an educator and why they are an essential piece of any distance learning puzzle. In addition, we will discuss how having students create video is more powerful than any other medium to document learning and  growth. Video Killed the Radio Star and now it's going to kill direct instruction.

Jeff Utecht is an educational consultant who has supported schools in implementing both emergency distance learning as well as sustainable blended-learning environments for over 15 years. In 2011 Jeff was invited to Washington D.C. to work with the State Department in developing distance-learning systems for international schools globally. During the COVID-19 crisis, Jeff supported the State of Washington and over 170 school districts and 10,000 educators in successfully managing emergency distance learning strategies that lead to a long-term blended-learning environment. 

Price: 
ISACS members: $50.00 
Nonmembers: $75.00 

Registered schools will receive a link to the recording,
which will be available until November 30, 2020.

Audience: Faculty, Administrators & Parents (including general education and special education teachers, administrators, and support staff such as school psychologists, OTs, and speech pathologists)  

When thinking about what schools and teachers do, we tend to focus on the content they teach: reading, math, English, history, science, foreign languages, etc. But without executive skills, students’ ability to master that content and to demonstrate mastery is limited. If the pandemic has exposed anything, it has shown both educators and parents that the skills required to execute tasks are integral to learning and can no longer be overlooked. This presentation will briefly review those skills and then focus on how they can be explicitly taught by embedding them in lessons and routines, whether students are being taught in person or remotely.

Dr. Peg Dawson has over 40 years of clinical practice, and has worked with thousands of children and teens who struggle at home and in school. At the center of their struggles are often weak executive skills. Along with her colleague, Dr. Richard Guare, she has written numerous books on this topic for educators, mental health professionals, and parents, among them Smart but Scattered, Smart but Scattered Teens, Executive Skills in Children and Adolescents, and Coaching Students with Executive Skills Deficits. Dawson is also a past president of the National Association of School Psychologists, and the International School Psychology Association, and is a recipient of NASP’s Lifetime Achievement Award.

Price: 
ISACS members: $25.00 
Nonmembers: $50.00 

Registered schools will receive a link to the recording,
which will be available until November 30, 2020.

Audience: Faculty and Administrators, Grades 4-12

This webinar will focus on using Google Apps in the classroom with students, grades 4-12. This free educational service encompasses a powerful set of tools that are revolutionizing education. Combining these tools with other free Google products like Google Maps and Google Earth only enhances the learning for students. Join Jeff Utecht, a Google Certified Trainer in a hands-on session providing real lessons you can use in classroom now as we discuss how Google Apps changes the learning environment. From science notebooks to collaborative notes and classroom newspapers we’ll get our hands dirty with what these powerful tools have to offer. Participants will need a Google Account.

Jeff Utecht is an educational consultant who has supported schools in implementing both emergency distance learning as well as sustainable blended-learning environments for over 15 years. In 2011 Jeff was invited to Washington D.C. to work with the State Department in developing distance-learning systems for international schools globally. During the COVID-19 crisis, Jeff supported the State of Washington and over 130 school districts in successfully managing emergency distance learning strategies that lead to a long-term blended-learning environment. 

Price: 
ISACS members: $50.00 
Nonmembers: $75.00 

Registered schools will receive a link to the recording,
which will be available until November 30, 2020.

Audience: Faculty & Administrators, Grades 2-12

How do you engage students in active learning activities that are meaningful and creative, allowing for student agency and individualized learning opportunities? In this webinar, we will explore some of the most innovative tools for improving instruction and learning outcomes. Hyperdocs (also referred to as Choiceboards and Learning Menus) can provide flexible student choice in learning paths and how they demonstrate understanding. And, as an extra, we also will explore other creative and innovative ideas and tools and apps, including Adobe Spark. Leave with a wealth of ideas to implement with your students.

Audience: Faculty & Administrator, PK-2^nd grade

Join this session to get ideas for interactive and engaging activities for young learners using Seesaw and Google for Education. We will explore Seesaw activities to engage young students in active learning, then lesson ideas using G Suite with the “littles” will be shared. We also will explore some activities from the “Everyone Can Create” book for Early Learners. Finally, we’ll take a peek at some of the tried and true apps for active learning with young students. Come ready to share your best ideas as we spend time together exploring best practices and creative lesson ideas. Leave with a wealth of new ideas you can implement right away with your students!

Audience: Faculty & Administrators, Grades 2-12

Do your students have Chromebooks and you want to know more about how to support them on this device? This webinar is an exploration of Chromebooks with tips, tricks, shortcuts, apps, extensions, photo editing, and the basics of using Chromebooks and the Chrome OS. It’s a great overview for educators as well as one you can turn around and use with your students.