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Partnership Opportunity - Digital Education Resources Buying Consortium with MISBO
Ready to make your digital resources work harder and save your school some serious money? Join Team MISBO for a fun, info-packed session all about the MISBO Digital Educational Resources (DER) Program—included with your ALDS membership! With partners like EBSCO, DiscoveryEd, BrainPop, Gale, NoodleTools (and plenty more), you’ll get access to hundreds of top-notch products your school already loves. Bonus? In 2024, participating schools saved an average of $5,311! We’ll also cover the perks that make your life easier: Single invoice for multiple partners (yes, just one!), Easy online ordering & renewals, Subscription management, Problem assistance and resolution, Delayed billing until July, and so much more!
Partnership Opportunity - Mid-State Group - A New Way to Look at Health Insurance and Fractional Services
he Mid-State Group supports Health Insurance Options through a captive health solution. The Mid-State Group's Captive is unmatched because of it's: Stability and Financial Strength, Predictible Costs with No Surprises, Zero-Trend Renewals, Exclusive Savings and Rebates, and Tailored Benefits. Mid-State Group also offers grouped HR consultation, as well as fractional HR and grouped fractional CFO opportunities.
DEIB Reset: Why is DEIB Work Important in LD Schools
Osamagbe Osagie - Carroll School and Samantha Fletcher - The Siena School
Unlocking Potential: A Different Approach to School Hiring
Kirk Smothers and David Calamaro - Delaware Valley Friends School
The College Transition Experience
Sponsor Spotlight - Pathlitics
Designing and Implementing a Sustainable Mission-Driven Faculty Compensation System
Cliff Kling – Mission and Data, ALDS Trustee
Head of School Compensation and Contracts — Opportunities and Challenges
Cliff Kling – Mission and Data, ALDS Trustee
Leveraging RULER Programming (Yale University Center for Emotional Intelligence) in Real Time: What Works and What Doesn't
Sam DePalo, High School Director and Michaela Sands, Ruler Education Director - The Jones Gordon School
AI as Assistive Technology for Writing Tasks
Sally Garza, Director of Technology - Lawrence School
AI for LD School Enrollment Marketing Success
Trevor Waddington – The Truth Tree
How Mentorship Can Support and Empower Your Students
Sponsor Spotlight – SuperPower Mentors
Communicating the Value Proposition to Families before They Know They Need It
Sponsor Spotlight – Finalsite
Building Thinking Classrooms in Mathematics, Grades K-12: 14 Teaching Practices for Enhancing Learning
Megan Hilbert — CESA 6
The Hidden Cause of Frustration in LD Schools: Assessments That Don’t Fit
Sponsor Spotlight – True Progress
Managing Enrollment at LD Schools of Any Size
Jamie Williamson – Windward School
A Deep Dive into Building Thinking Classrooms in Mathematics K-12
Extended Speaker Series – Megan Hilbert — CESA 6