ASAC 2022

Session I: Hybrid Learning – The New Trend in Education

• Overview: The Art of Combining Face-to-Face and eLearning to Accelerate Student Recovery
• How it Works: The Details of Effective Learning Acceleration – The Key Is V.I.
• Implementation: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly — The challenges most Superintendents and School Leaders will encounter.  How to succeed with teacher shortages and methods to get your A-Team on board.
• Impact: What Results and Outcomes Should you Expect?

Session II: Accelerate Learning to Keep Students On Grade Level – Even During a Pandemic

Session III: Methods to Pandemic-Proof Your School District

• Overview: Create a safe and effective hybrid learning environment for in-classroom instruction. Be prepared to transition completely virtual overnight and still effectively educate students without additional demands being placed on teachers.
• How it Works: Logistics of a smooth transition to online learning for students, teachers, and parents.  How to build a germ-fighting Electronic Classroom to offer safe and creative learning environments for students.
• Implementation: Professional development for teachers, and logistics of on-boarding students.  Grant funding and programs – ensure that your district takes full advantage of funding opportunities to support hybrid learning.

Session IV: Ransomware – Today’s Greatest Threat to Schools

• Overview: High-level briefing on methods to safeguard your district against ransomware threats.  How to manage and motivate your technology staff to make sure your district is ransomware attack ready.
• The Problem: In 2021, 67 individual ransomware attacks affected 954 schools and colleges, potentially impacting 950,129 students. It is estimated that these attacks cost education institutions $3.56 billion in downtime alone.  These costly and often devastating incidents are becoming commonplace occurrences in districts across the country.
• The Solution: Hear from the Cyber Security experts at IST on the best practices and strategies to protect your district against cyber and ransomware attacks.  Learn how to put the necessary safeguards in place so that your district is prepared to withstand these technology invasions.
• BrainShare: Panel discussion with the experts