High 5
Our weekly picks for advancing your career
March 29, 2021
1. Communications Concepts & Concerns Series
Learn from the “Master of Disaster” himself Tom DeLapp in a new Communication Concepts & Concerns series on ACSA’s Online Learning Center. DeLapp has helped school districts successfully communicate through sex scandals, budget cuts, 10 teacher strikes, collective bargaining impasse situations, numerous campus shootings, and many other crises. Now, he is sharing his knowledge on five key communication issues facing school leaders in this on-demand series of videos.
When: On-demand
Cost: $29 each session, or buy more and save
Where: bit.ly/3pvXYHy
2. Legislative Action Day
This year’s virtual Legislative Action Day will bring ACSA members together for a two-day advocacy event. ACSA staff, along with experts in the field, will provide members with briefings and guidance on current issues in education as well as offer the tools to directly lobby the Legislature.
When: Monday, April 12 and Tuesday, April 13
Cost: Free
Sign up: bit.ly/legactionday2021
3. Registration open for Virtual Summer Institutes
Join ACSA for three days of intensive leadership training designed for experienced, new and aspiring principals. Hear from nationally-recognized speakers and share in facilitated small groups how you can apply the knowledge in your schools and communities, both virtually and as our schools begin to reopen. Learn how these experts suggest we look at re-imagining schools and learning for the future.
When: June 28 – July 1, 2021 Where: Virtual event
Cost: $249 ACSA members
Register: bit.ly/summerinstitute2021
4. Best Practices for Administrators Collection
Got 15 minutes? Check out these new nano-learning courses from ACSA’s partners at CORE. Learn best practices to use within your school and district for improving academic instruction. Take one, two or all six of these on-demand courses available on ACSA’s Online Learning Center.
When: On-demand
Cost: $15 (discount pricing available for purchasing multiple courses)
Register: onlinelearning.acsa.org/cart-collections/best-practices-for-administrators
5. Be a 21st Century Leader
ACSA is pleased to offer Leading Edge Flex Certification, a self-guided online professional learning experience designed to help educators build digital skills to be 21st century leaders. Complete certification at your own pace in an online environment filled with missions that support you and your specific role as an educator.
Cost: $250
Where: onlinelearning.acsa.org/products/leading-edge-flex