Webinar Recording – Recovering from the Pandemic
Watch or re-watch our latest webinar where we teamed up with the Council of Chief State School Officers, the Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning, and the American Institutes for Research.
MAEC’s Recent Book Chapter: Using Social-Emotional Learning and Literacy Tools to Bridge the Gap During and Beyond COVID-19
MAEC staff recently authored a chapter in Handbook of Research on Supporting Social and Emotional Development Through Literacy Education about our work with the Collaborative Action for Family Engagement during summer 2020. MAEC’s Marianna Stepniak and Susan Shaffer, working with psychologist Seth Shaffer, explored the resources and tools that MAEC developed through its Family Room webinar series and Learning at Home… Read More »
Practitioner’s Perspective: Data Collection in a Post-COVID World
MAEC’s Director of Evaluation, Kasia Razynska, examines how her work has changed during COVID-19, identifies her concerns for the 2021-2022 school year, and makes the case for a new system of data collection and analysis in K-12 schools. How did your work change during COVID-19? In the past two years, some of the academic… Read More »
MAEC’s Reads: September 2021
Welcoming the new school means welcoming more opportunities to learn, grow, and read! MAEC staff is committed to excellence and equity, at work and beyond. Reading helps us to explore our content areas and strengthen our capacity to be the best leaders and organizers we can be.
Recording- Data Collection After COVID-19: What Needs to Change?
This webinar identified specific data that schools should collect and strategies to interpret data in order to combat opportunity gaps and learning loss along the lines of race, class, English language status, gender, and ability.
Webinar -Thriving, Not Just Surviving: How Teachers & Counselors Can Support Trans & Non-Binary Students at School
In this webinar, the third segment of MAEC’s “Thriving, Not Just Surviving” series, K-12 teachers and school counselors will share the practices, norms, and activities they bring to the classroom to support LGBTQIA+ students, especially trans and non-binary students.
Hispanic Heritage Month
MAEC celebrates National Hispanic Heritage Month! It is a time to appreciate and honor the colorful cultures, rich histories, and diversity of American Latinx communities. Check out our resources, book recommendations, and lesson plans that we have available!
Recording Available- A Conversation with Students: Reimagining Education
MAEC’s recent conversation with students explored learning during the pandemic and how students reimagine education. Watch (or re-watch) this webinar to hear from the students
Recording Available – From Voices to Action: Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) Families’ Responses to Pandemic and School Reopening
Over the summer, MAEC’s CAFE surveyed AAPI families to hear about their experiences and thoughts about the pandemic and school reopening. This webinar highlights and analyzes the survey results to help educators, administrators, and community leaders gain insights into the perspectives and challenges of AAPI families as many communities reopen with in-person schooling.
MAEC supports immigrant students and DACA
On Friday, July 16, a federal judge ruled that the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program (DACA) is unlawful. DACA is an immigration policy that enables undocumented students who were brought to the United States as children to stay and work without deportation. This decision would halt new DACA applications and prevent the Department of… Read More »
