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<strong>Thursday, May 5, 2022 12:00 p.m.-1:00 p.m.</strong><strong>
Schoolography:  Heart Talk For School Boards
</strong>Join VSBA for a live webinar with retired Virginia educator, Bill Pike. Bill has seen public education from a variety of angles in Virginia and has served as a teacher, assistant principal, principal, and school board member. This presentation will make you laugh, ponder, and maybe drop a tear. He will also share insights from his fourth book—Schoolography:  Heart Talk For School Boards.

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<strong>Cost:</strong> Free
<strong>Date and Time:</strong> May 5, 2022 12:00 p.m.-1:00 p.m.
<strong>Presenter:</strong> Bill Pike, Author, Schoolography

<strong>Tuesday, May 17, 2022 12:00 p.m.-1:00 p.m
</strong><strong>Paid Webinar Series: Virtual School: The New Normal
</strong>Beginning the 21-22 school year, seventeen rural school divisions in southwest Virginia teamed up to provide a virtual learning opportunity for students. The Region VII Virtual Academy partners with Virtual Virginia and Multidivisional Online Providers (MOPs) to provide instruction to over 1,000 students. This presentation dives deeper into how R7VA got started and the logistical day-to-day operations, as well as identifies the hurdles and successes of the program.

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<strong>Cost:</strong> $160 per registration (Includes Two Webinars)
<strong>Date and Time:</strong> May 17, 2022 12:00 p.m.-1:00 p.m.
<strong>Presenter:</strong> Dr. Keith Perrigan, Superintendent, Bristol Virginia Public Schools, Robert Graham, Superintendent, Radford City Public Schools, Matt Hurt, Director of Comprehensive Instructional Program, and Katlin Kazmi, Region 7, Virtual Academy Director

<strong>Wednesday, May 11, 2022 12:00 p.m.-1:00 p.m.
</strong><strong>Paid Webinar Series: Implementing a Year-Round School Calendar
</strong>Hopewell City Public Schools is the first in Virginia to move an entire school division to a year round school model, and the 2021-2022 school year has been their first year using the new calendar. In this presentation they will share their experiences of designing, building, and implementing a “Balanced Calendar”, and will demonstrate an approach that is different both to how time is used and how additional learning opportunities are offered. You are invited to come with questions as Hopewell leadership shares what they are doing, how they have done it, the challenges they have faced, and what has worked well.

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<strong>Cost:</strong> $160 per registration (Includes Two Webinars)
<strong>Date and Time:</strong> May 11, 2022 12:00 p.m.-1:00 p.m.
<strong>Presenter:</strong> Dr. Melody Hackney, Superintendent, Hopewell Public Schools and Byron Davis, Director of Balanced Calendar and District Communications, Hopewell Public Schools

<strong>Tuesday, June 7, 2022 12:00 p.m.-1:00 p.m.
</strong><strong>How Has The Support Cap Impacted Us?
</strong>Do you have an understanding of how the Support Cap has impacted your Division? Join Jim Roberts, Retired Division Superintendent, Chesapeake City, Tom Smith, VASS Legislative Liaison, and Jeff Carew with Frontline Education to learn the historical background of the Support Cap, how it’s calculated, current efforts, and how you can see, specifically, the financial impact on your Division over the years.

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<strong>Cost:</strong> $160 per registration
<strong>Date and Time:</strong> June 7, 2022 12:00 p.m.-1:00 p.m.
<strong>Presenter:</strong> Jim Roberts, Retired Division Superintendent, Chesapeake City Public Schools, Tom Smith, Former Superintendent, Fluvanna County Public Schools, and Jeff Carew, Managing Director, Frontline Education

<strong>Tuesday, June 14, 2022 12:00 p.m.-1:00 p.m.
</strong><strong>Purchasing Fundamentals 101: What Board Members and School Districts Should Know
</strong>School districts are tasked with the responsibility of procuring goods and services at the lowest cost, quality, or best value. Districts must address a variety of procurement needs. This session, “Purchasing 101 - What Board members should know” is offered as a general component of understanding purchasing fundamentals what school board members should know about public procurement.  Also, the benefits, value, and opportunities a school district can leverage within a cooperative purchasing model, ending with questions Board members should ask.

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<strong>Cost:</strong> Free
<strong>Date and Time:</strong> June 14, 2022 12:00 p.m.-1:00 p.m.
<strong>Presenter:</strong> David Ricketts, National Director, BuyBoard

<strong>Tuesday, June 21, 2022 12:00 p.m.-1:00 p.m.
</strong><strong>How Virginia School Divisions Are Closing the Digital Divide for Students
</strong>Kajeet and VSBA launched the 2022 Virginia Education Broadband Grant earlier this year to support school divisions across the commonwealth as they address the digital divide for students, also known as the ‘Homework Gap’. During this webinar Kajeet will discuss key insights and takeaways from the applications, including challenges faced when connecting students, the importance of mobile connectivity, funding, and trending solutions. Plus, winners of the 2022 Virginia Education Broadband Grant will share how they are leveraging the awarded funds to close the digital divide in their school divisions.

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<strong>Cost:</strong> Free
<strong>Date and Time:</strong> June 21, 2022 12:00 p.m.-1:00 p.m.
<strong>Presenters:</strong> Tina Craun, Account Manager for Virginia, Kajeet and Collette Johnson, Senior Business Development Executive for Virginia, Kajeet

<strong>Tuesday, June 28, 2022 12:00 p.m.-1:00 p.m.
</strong><strong>COVID-19: What it Takes to Develop a Virtual Academy from the Ground Up in Two Months
</strong>Learn take-a-ways from one division and how they used low-tech tools to develop a virtual academy in a period of two months to service over 1600 students during the pandemic using resources already available to the division. The presenters will provide you with invaluable lessons to think about when initiating, planning, and implementing a virtual academy from the ground up. Take-a-ways will include organizational resources to think about, what the communication plan should look like to staff parents, and/or guardians, and details to consider when planning lessons at the classroom level.

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<strong>Cost:</strong> Free
<strong>Date and Time:</strong> June 28, 2022 12:00 p.m.-1:00 p.m.
<strong>Presenter:</strong> Dr. Lisa Chen, Director of Virtual Academy and Middle School Education, Louisa County Public Schools
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<blockquote>Disclaimer:
Please be advised that the Virginia School Boards Association webinars are open to individuals in Virginia who are associated with a public school division unless prior permission has been granted. These webinars will be recorded and the recording is available on request. If you need other accommodations, please contact VSBA</blockquote>