Time: 1:00 - 3:00 p.m. MT

Location: Virtual

Registration Link: https://marzanoresearch.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_0-s_kyMAQWmucCLcaCBcTA

Description: The Cross-REL Rural Education Working Group will present on current REL rural education research and tools. This event will feature nine presentations with a focus on actionable takeaways. The presentations are:

• Alternative Career Readiness Measures and Rural Districts in Texas (REL Midwest)
• Using Data from Rural California Middle-Skill Supply and Demand Study (REL West)
• Self-Study Guide for Career Readiness in Secondary Schools (REL Southwest)
• Aligning Educational Offerings with Entry-Level Skills for STEM Jobs (REL Mid-Atlantic)
• The Palau Partnership for the Improvement of Teaching (REL Pacific)
• Community Math Night Facilitator’s Toolkit (REL Appalachia)
• Is It Working? Introduction to Program Evaluation and Data Collection in Rural Alaska (REL Northwest)
• A Toolkit for Assessing Learning Changes After Spring 2020 COVID-19 School Closures (REL Midwest)
• The Program Evaluation Tool Kit (REL Central)

Partnership or Research Alliance: Cross-REL Rural Education Working Group

Audience: The audience for the webinar will be rural practitioners from SEAs, LEAs, intermediary agencies, schools, and school boards; researchers; university faculty; and other stakeholders who are interested in the event.

Speakers:

• David Yanoski, REL Central
• Steven Tedeschi, REL Central
• Susan Burkhauser, REL Southwest
• Kevin Smith, REL Southeast
• Ashley Pierson, REL Northwest
• Hella Bel Hadj Amor, REL Northwest
• Jonathan Margolin, REL Midwest
• Mary Rauner, REL West
• Elizabeth Blesson, REL Mid-Atlantic
• Daniel Brenner, WestEd
• Ben Cronkright, REL Pacific
• Lucia Tabelual, Palau Ministry of Education
• Dominique Bradley, REL Midwest
• Susan Burkhauser, REL Midwest
• Sarah Rand, REL Midwest
• Josh Stewart, REL Central
• Jeannette Joyce, REL Central

Report Citation: Burkhauser, S., Mellor, L., Garland, M., & Osman, D. (2021). Alternative career readiness measures and rural districts in Texas (REL 2021–066). U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, Regional Educational Laboratory Southwest. https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/edlabs

Rauner, M., Goss, M., Huang, M., Meyer, L., & Torre Gibney, T. (2020). Supply and demand for middle-skill occupations in rural California in 2018–20 (REL 2021–040). U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, Regional Educational Laboratory West. https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/edlabs

Smith, K. G., Lee, L., Carr, M., Weatherill, A., & Lancashire, H. (2020). Self-Study Guide for Career Readiness in Secondary Schools (REL 2020-035). Regional Educational Laboratory Southeast. REL Mid-Atlantic (n.d.). Aligning educational offerings with entry-level skills for STEM jobs. https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/edlabs/regions/midatlantic/app/partnerships/ReadinessForCareerEntry (Unpublished)

Friedman, K., Kassner, L., Araoz, C., & Dempsey, K. (anticipated September 2021). Community Math Night Facilitators’ Toolkit. U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, Regional Educational Laboratory Appalachia. https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/edlabs/ Bel Haj Amor, H. (2020). How REL coaching helped improve data collection at a CTE program in Alaska. U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, Regional Educational Laboratory Northwest. https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/edlabs/regions/northwest/blog/coaching-helped-data-collection.asp

Bradley, D., Burkhauser, S., & Goldston, C. (2020). A toolkit for assessing learning changes after spring 2020 COVID-19 school closures. U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, Regional Educational Laboratory Midwest. https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/edlabs/regions/midwest/training-and-coaching/covid-19-learning-changes-toolkit.aspx

Stewart, J., Joyce, J., Haines, M., Yanoski, D., Gagnon, D., Luke, K., Rhoads, C., & Germeroth, C. (20XX). Program evaluation tool kit: Quick start guide (REL 20XX–XXX). U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, Regional Educational Laboratory Central. https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/edlabs