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As you plan for summer and next school year, addressing unfinished learning is undoubtedly near the top of your list of considerations. Whether students need to make up missing credits, recover concepts to improve grades, or simply address skill gaps to prepare for next year, offering targeted and effective learning options is key. Join us for a live webinar as we discuss things to consider as you put together your summer and 2021-22 instructional program to address unfinished learning and how Edmentum Courseware can serve as the curricular tool to support your program.

Making the most of summer will be key to helping students make up missing credits and address unfinished learning and skill gaps ahead of next school year. As you make plans for summer programming, Edmentum is here to help. In this webinar, learn best practices for planning a virtual and blended summer program and learn about the range of instructional services that Edmentum offers to help you build a summer program that meets the needs of all of your students.

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Watch our free Reading Eggs product overview and demonstration webinar.

Administering diagnostics successfully is key to getting the most out of your Exact Path implementation. Watch this OnDemand webinar to learn best practices for conducting a winter diagnostic for your learners.

This is a previously recorded webinar.

Now that you’ve made the switch to virtual instruction and state assessments are off the table for this year, how do you know whether students are mastering the standards and making progress? With Study Island, no matter what instructional method you use, you can assess who’s getting it and who needs additional support.

In this recorded webinar, learn how you can use Study Island in a 100% virtual environment to assess standards mastery and provide both synchronous and asynchronous standards-based practice to keep your students engaged, learning, and improving their skills.

It’s become ever more important to ensure that your pre-K through 6th grade students have the tools to reach their literacy goals. Watch this OnDemand webinar where we dig into the need-to-know features of Edmentum’s powerful 3-in-1 learn-to-read program, Reading Eggs, and why teachers – and students - love them. 

This is a previously recorded webinar.

Are you an administrator new to Edmentum Courseware or just want to learn more about the program? In this OnDemand webinar we will show you everything you need to know to successfully get up and running with Courseware as an administrator. Our experts will show you how to navigate key features and share their tips around the course catalog, enrolling students, modifying curriculum and more.

This is a previously recorded webinar from October 8, 2020.

As you know, the recent reports of COVID-19, or coronavirus, has led to the closure of many schools and districts globally. In the unfortunate event that your school or district closes for a short or long period of time due to this virus, we want to help ensure students are able to continue learning from home. Watch this OnDemand webinar to learn how Edmentum can help ensure learning continues outside of the classroom.

This is a previously recorded webinar.

There are many reasons why a district, school, or educator may need to customize a course, e.g., credit recovery, unit recovery, course modifications, and additions, etc. Courseware offers a course customization feature called 'Custom Course Builder' that allows educators to meet the needs of their learners. Watch this recorded workshop where we highlight and discuss how and when to use the custom course builder. 

For many, virtual learning will remain for the rest of the academic school year. Hopefully, you have found your footing and learned what does and does not work for you and your students. Now what? How can you continue to improve on and grow these new virtual teaching skills you have acquired?

In this OnDemand webinar, our panel of virtual EdOptions Academy teachers explore best practices to help you take your virtual teaching to the next level and finish the year strong. During this free webinar we will also provide time for an audience Q&A session.

Are we preparing students for lifelong success? Join us for a live webinar, featuring principal and 2019 MAE Mississippi Administrator of the Year, Dr. Zach Bost, as he discusses how prioritizing social emotional learning and thinking beyond traditional education models transformed expectations, student motivation, and climate in his once struggling elementary school.

Watch our free Exact Path product overview and demonstration webinar.

This workshop, designed for administrators, explores best practices for setting up your Exact Path account. Get your laptops ready and follow along as we cover topics such as setting up of academic years & testing Windows, standards alignment, adding users, diagnostic test scheduling, and how to acquaint your teachers and students. 

So far, this has been a challenging year for educators and students alike due to COVID-19 school closures. With summer just around the corner, many districts are grappling with how to use the next few months to help students get up to speed on their coursework, replace lost instructional days, and make up missed credits. Watch this OnDemand webinar event to hear our Edmentum distance learning experts discuss the best ways to approach building an online summer school program with our virtual learning solutions.

This is a previously recorded webinar.

Have you ever felt torn between two instructional objectives—trying to support individual academic growth AND helping students achieve standards proficiency? It shouldn’t be an either/or decision! In this webinar, we dive into what Exact Path and Study Island have to offer and share examples of how schools and districts across the country are using these programs together to improve student outcomes.

This is a previously recorded webinar.

Welcome Study Island Teachers! We're excited to introduce you to Study Island. This recorded workshop will familiarize you with what Study Island is and how to use it in your classroom. We'll explore your responsibilities such as creating classes, creating assignments, utilizing instructional resources, and how to get students started.

Summer is a great time for students to get caught up with their academic credits. Edmentum Courseware provides an online solution for schools to implement a virtual, credit recovery, summer school program. Come learn how you can use Edmentum Courseware as a credit recovery option for students.

Set your students up to continue making academic growth this summer! Watch this OnDemand webinar presentation to learn about the different ways you can use Exact Path to keep learning going this summer break. Whether you’re looking for a way to let students autonomously work on their own schedule or create a teacher-directed virtual summer learning program, we’ll explore options for using Exact Path to meet your summer learning goals.

This is a previously recorded webinar from May 19, 2020.

What is normally a three-tiered approach to intervention has become a lot more complex. Readiness differentials caused by COVID-19 school closures have taken the idea of reteaching and recovery and expanded them. Watch this OnDemand webinar where we discuss how digital curriculum is invaluable when serving the range of support needed for not only struggling students but also those who are in Advanced Academic Courses.

This is a previously recorded webinar from October 21, 2020.

In this OnDemand panel webinar + attendee Q&A session, learn from former virtual school administrators, full-time virtual teachers, and Edmentum education consultants about best practices for setting up your online classroom. We focus on practical approaches you can use to prepare for possible e-learning days, conduct engaging online lessons, and maintain effective communication with students and families.

This is a previously recorded webinar.

In this presentation, we highlight how Edmentum Exact Path can personalize learning for students while also supporting YOU as the classroom leader. In this workshop, we:

• Introduce Exact Path
• Review what to expect in the diagnostic assessment
• Breakdown student results
• Highlight learning path & student experience
• Provide best practices for implementing Exact Path in the classroom

The education landscape has shifted – drastically – in the last several months. Schools have had to adjust and adapt to a new normal in a virtual world. Now is the time to start planning forward and recognizing opportunities within the situation to create a better normal for the future. Watch this OnDemand webinar where we discuss moving into a new paradigm for public education and touch on a wide variety of topics for administrators related to staffing, structure, funding and resources. 

 This is a previously recorded webinar.

Perhaps the greatest challenge facing educators today, beyond health and safety, is the need to engage students in distance learning. Finding ways to engage every student in their learning could be the key to student progress and positive outcomes.

Watch this OnDemand webinar and learn how to:

Educators and students aren’t the only ones making the switch to online learning in response to COVID-19 school closures—parents and other caregivers are also navigating this unexpected change. Developing strategies for open, ongoing communication; addressing families’ challenges and concerns; and establishing mutually understood expectations is key to a smooth transition.

Watch this recorded panel webinar plus attendee Q&A session to hear about effective approaches to engage and support parents and caregivers while students are learning online.

Research suggests that loss of instructional time due to COVID-19 related school closures coupled with the yearly summer slide can result in six months to a year of learning losses for students. 

On this webinar, learn ways that you can use Study Island to keep your students learning during the summer break. Whether you're looking for a fully automated program that requires no teacher involvement during the summer, or a guided program with teacher interaction, Study Island has the tools to help your students practice their skills instead of losing them. 

Are you new to Exact Path and have questions, or do you just want to learn more about the program? In this OnDemand webinar, we will introduce you to what Exact Path is all about, show you the lay of the land from the teacher and student perspective, and detail what you need to know to get students up and running quickly.

This is a previously recorded webinar.

To help you support your students' social-emotional needs, Edmentum now offers BASE, an evidence-based social-emotional learning platform with clinical content built by mental health professionals with real-world experience.  Check out this OnDemand webinar to learn more about how BASE can help you and your school support the whole child. 

Meeting the widely varying needs of students on IEPs, 504 plans, and receiving other special education services is a particular challenge for educators navigating the shift to online learning in the wake of COVID-19 school closures. Just as in brick-and-mortar special education classrooms, the key to success is creativity, flexibility, and above all, personal relationships.

Watch this recorded panel webinar plus attendee Q&A session and learn about effective strategies and concrete solutions to help these exceptional students be successful in the online environment.

Courseware Administrators play an important part in ensuring program success. Watch this recorded workshop where we discuss what Administrators need to know in order to start their Courseware implementation off the right way!

School districts across the U.S. are working hard on plans to keep students safe as schools begin to reopen this fall. Families are deciding whether or not to send children back to brick and mortar schools, and homeschooling and enrollment in virtual schools are projected to increase by 10–15% this fall due to lingering COVID-19 concerns. Watch this OnDemand webinar to learn how you can retain students by introducing a virtual school option in your district.

This is a previously recorded webinar.

The current pandemic has opened our eyes to a new way of teaching, learning, and has called for a new way of Leadership. In times of uncertainty and drastic change, finding new ways to effectively support a wide range of staff, students, and families is no easy feat.

In this OnDemand webinar, our panel of district and school leaders discuss how they’re supporting teachers and students, effectively evaluating technology and resources, and what they have found essential amid this pandemic.

This is a previously recorded webinar

Are you being asked to become a virtual teacher overnight? Are your students trying to find out how to learn at home, share a device, and take care of siblings at the same time? Recent school closures are undoubtedly raising stress levels across the board. In this recorded webinar, learn what you can do as an educator to help yourself cope and then in turn help your students, as you all enter uncharted waters together.

Watch this OnDemand webinar to learn more about the latest stimulus packages and explain what this new funding means for school reopening, learning loss, and your school district.

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With the abrupt switch to distance learning, experts suggest some students will lose the equivalent of a full school year of academic gains by the time they return this August or September. That likely leads you to ask—how do I prepare for the new school year when the knowledge gap will be larger than ever?

Our goal is to continuously evolve Edmentum Courseware to address the needs of educators and students in this ever-changing educational environment. This November we are rolling out two exciting enhancements built based on your feedback! Join us for a deep dive into these new features.

This is a previously recorded webinar from November 19, 2020.

This March, we’ve received hundreds of questions from educators pertaining to navigating virtual instruction. In pursuit to get those questions answered we put together a panel of online education experts.

In this Q&A our experts touch on questions like, what does instructional time look like in the virtual classroom? How do you approach instruction that is more hands- on like labs and math problems? How do we help parents who are struggling to facilitate learning? And more!

This is a previously recorded webinar.

In a year filled with summative testing and accountability uncertainty, we can all agree that grade-level standards proficiency matters most. Watch this OnDemand webinar to learn strategies that ensure students achieve standards mastery in Study Island--including using data to target learning and how to build customized assessments that target essential standards.

This is a previously recorded webinar.

This summer, the Reading Eggs program you know and love added Fast Phonics, a brand new learning area focused entirely on synthetic phonics instruction! Taking place in a fun-filled Yeti World, Fast Phonics is designed for emergent and early pre-K through 2nd grade readers, as well as older elementary students with gaps in their core reading knowledge.

Watch this OnDemand webinar to learn more about Fast Phonics and how teachers may use it to drive instruction.

This is a previously recorded webinar from September 16, 2020.

Are you new to Study Island and have questions or just want to learn more about the program? Check out this OnDemand webinar! We dig into Study Island and share everything you need to know to get your implementation off to a great start.

This is a previously recorded webinar.

Are you a new Courseware Instructor needing to get familiar with using the program?  Are you a returning Courseware Instructor needing to get reacquainted with the platform?

You've started using Reading Eggs with students, they have even completed at least one map worth of lessons! Now what? In this OnDemand webinar, we'll show you how to take your Reading Eggs and Reading Eggspress implementation one step further to ensure the data you're collecting is being used to guide targeted instruction.  

This is a previously recorded webinar.

Edmentum has been partnering with TRIO Programs for years, and we have a deep understanding of the many ways educators and administrators use our solutions to structure their programs. In this OnDemand webinar, learn how TRIO programs have successfully utilized our all-inclusive solutions for tutoring, coaching, and supporting students through the learning process.

Watch our free Study Island product overview and demonstration webinar.

Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, many Career and Technical Education (CTE) programs across the country relied on face-to-face instruction for skill development and hands-on practice. Under current circumstances, that is no longer ideal or in some cases even possible. Whether you are in an in-person, remote, or a blended learning environment, the pandemic’s impact on CTE programs, students, and educators are significant. In this OnDemand webinar, we break down key considerations and emerging best practices to help you provide high-quality CTE for your students.

The COVID-19 school closures have left many high school educators and administrators scrambling to move their entire student populations into an online learning environment. But what about students who were already struggling to keep up even before the mandatory school closures—specifically, students at risk of not graduating with their class this spring?

This March, our partner BASE Education, will release 25 brand new social-emotional learning courses targeted toward students in grades 1-5 to support learning around universal topics such as respect, coping strategies, digital safety, bullying, and more. Watch this OnDemand webinar to learn more about our exciting new offering, explore how SEL can be implemented in the elementary classroom, and get a first-hand peek at the courses themselves!

This is a previously recorded webinar.