Attendance Works and its national partners are launching the 10th annual Attendance Awareness Campaign webinar series for 2022. The free, four-part series will emphasize the power of using chronic absence data to recover from challenges heightened by the pandemic.
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As district leaders, we know that student voice is critical to implementing effective whole child supports. The Ohio Association of Student Leaders and the Ohio Department of Education are hosting student-led roundtable discussions on Ohio's Whole Child Framework. Students in…
Join us for the first Urban Network meeting of 2022.
The meeting will be held virtually. Please follow this link to register for the free event and receive your Zoom invitation.
Date: Mar. 3, 2022
Time: 10 a.m. - 12 p.m.
The Urban Network meeting is open to all board members, superintendents, treasurers and other staff of Ohio urban school districts. It is the premier advisory voice to OSBA,…
The Capital Conference learning session nominations are open. Please encourage school board members and district administrators and staff, as well as our partners, to submit session nominations. The deadline is March 1 at 5 p.m. For information and tips on nominating sessions and a link to the online nomination form, visit http://conference.ohioschoolboards.org/2022/call-for-session-presentations/
Middle schools throughout the state are partnering with the Ohio Statewide Family Engagement Center at The Ohio State University to help parents get tips and advice to have those important "money talks" with their middle school-aged children as part of a research study on financial conversations in families.
To access these free tools, please click on this link where you can sign up and learn more about the Money Talks online modules for parents:
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BASA, OEA, OSBA, OASBO, OFT, and OAESA, invite a team from your school district and community to an Introduction to Community Learning Centers, a 90 minute, virtual presentation.
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Students who are absent from school miss important learning opportunities that can be difficult, or impossible to make up. Engaging students is the key to getting them focused and ready to learn.
Attendance Works is offering a three-session virtual training for elementary and secondary school leaders and staff to provide proven, evidence-based tiered strategies to engage students and promote attendance using a team approach. The series cost is $300 per person. Group sessions will meet every two weeks on assigned dates.
Participants will learn:
Are you promoting the great work of the students in your district? OSBA Senior Student Achievement Consultant Kim Miller-Smith joins the podcast to discuss the association's work to advance student achievement throughout the state. Listen at https://bit.ly/37pYzle or on your favorite podcasting app…
The Ohio Department of Education released Supporting Student Attendance and Engagement guidance for districts and schools in the Back to School Resources section of its website. This…
The Ohio School Safety Center (OSSC) has learned of a new October social media challenge that impacts Ohio schools and, specifically, staff and educators.
Some TikTok users have devised a monthly list that includes various pranks or “challenges” to take place at school. For example, in recent weeks, there have been incidents of school vandalism as part of the "devious lick" challenge.
The published challenge for the month of October asks students to “…
