Edmentum’s May Webinars: Summer Learning, Taking Virtual Teaching to the Next Level, and More!
Edmentum’s May Webinars: Summer Learning, Taking Virtual Teaching to the Next Level, and More!
Edmentum holds monthly webinars of informative and educational topics that are great opportunities for all educators to conveniently fulfill professional development requirements and stay on top of the latest Edmentum news. As a bonus, we even offer a downloadable certificate of attendance that can count toward a CEU certification (where applicable).
This month, we have webinars focusing on finishing the year strong and building strong virtual summer school programs. Register today to deepen your knowledge as our Edmentum experts share their expertise.
Virtual Learning in Grades K-5: Best Practices from Calvert Learning to Support Elementary Students
Learning in the elementary grades is all about interactive, hands-on instruction and collaborative experiences—which means recent school closures have been especially difficult for K-5 educators to navigate. However, with the right teaching strategies in place and appropriate support from adults at home, virtual learning can be effective for elementary students. Edmentum’s Calvert Learning has been providing these kind of successful non-traditional learning experiences for over a century through carefully curated, project-based K-5 curriculum and expert educator support.
Summer Virtual Learning with Study Island
Tuesday, May 12, 2020 – 11:00 AM Central Time
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, join us to 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.
Best Practices for Taking Your Virtual Teaching to the Next Level
Tuesday, May 12, 2020 – 2:30 PM Central Time
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? Join us for a live discussion with our panel of virtual EdOptions Academy teachers, as we explore best practices to help you take your virtual teaching to the next level and finish the year strong.
Tips for Building an Online Summer School with Courseware and EdOptions Academy
Wednesday, May 13, 2020 – 11:00 AM Central Time
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. Tune in to this live webinar event to hear three of our Edmentum distance learning experts discuss the best ways to approach building an online summer school program with our virtual learning solutions.
Summer Virtual learning with Exact Path
Tuesday, May 19, 2020 - 11:00 AM Central Time
Don’t let the traditional summer learning slide coupled with the newly termed “COVID slide” leave your students in trouble next school year. Join us for a live webinar presentation to learn about 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.
Study Island 101: Getting Started and Exploring the Basics
Tuesday, May 26, 2020 – 11:00 AM
Are you new to Study Island and have questions or just want to learn more about the program? Join us for this free, live webinar plus audience Q&A session! We'll dig into Study Island and share everything you need to know to get your implementation off to a great start.
We hope to see you on our webinars! If you cannot attend any of the dates or times of the live webinars above, don’t worry; if you register, we’ll send you the presentation recording once it is available.
Last month, we also held several live webinars on various topics that will help you navigate this new virtual instruction landscape. Check out the OnDemand recordings now!
