Monthly Virtual Learning Series
AASA Learning 2025 Systems can participate in monthly virtual networking and learning opportunities, featuring practical strategies, proven practices and real life examples from districts across the country.
Virtual learning opportunities occur the first Thursday of each month and are open to all Learning 2025 leads and their teams.
2023-24 Monthly Virtual Learning Series Calendar:
| Date | Topic(s) | Featured Speakers & Program Details |
| August 14, 2023 | Mental Health & Social Emotional Learning | We will be joined by Academy Award winner Goldie Hawn, who is renowned for her storied acting career but for decades has also dedicated her energies to promoting children’s mental health. MindUP, the program she champions, is designed to give schools, communities, and families a framework for helping kids cultivate “the mental fitness necessary to thrive in school and throughout their lives". Goldie will discuss the importance of mental health supports in school systems and, together with Tony Sanders, Illinois State Superintendent, will give specific examples of what’s working in districts across the country |
| September 7, 2023 | Preparing Students for Their Futures | National Thought Leader: Jean-Claude Brizard, CEO of Digital Promise Lighthouse Spotlight: Michelle Miller, superintendent, South Fayette Township School District (Pa.) |
| October 5, 2023 | Future-Ready Strategies Lighthouse Spotlight: Academic Success, Real World Experiences | Thought Leaders:
Discussion Leader: Kim Cantu, Mansfield School District (Texas) |
| November 2, 2023 | Generative AI Lighthouse Spotlight: Unwavering Commitment to Opportunity for All | Thought Leader: Gennaro R. Piraino, Superintendent, Franklin Regional School District (Pa.) Discussion Leaders:
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| December 7, 2023 | Remake Learning Lighthouse Spotlight: Personalized Learning Through Systemic Redesign | Thought Leaders:
Lighthouse Spotlight: Laura Jacob, Superintendent, California Area School District Discussion Leader: Ken Wallace, Superintendent, Maine Township (Ill.) |
| January 4, 2024 | Strategic Redesign of Systems Lighthouse Spotlight: Nurturing 21st Century Learners | Thought Leader: Calvin Watts, Superintendent, Gwinnett County Schools (Ga.) Lighthouse Spotlight: Jessica Lombard, interim superintendent, and Amy Maccrindle, assistant superintendent, Huntly Community School District |
| February 1, 2024 | Portrait of a Graduate Lighthouse Spotlight: Removing Barriers, Empowering Learners | Thought Leaders: Karen Garza and Michael Duncan, Battelle for Kids Lighthouse Spotlight: Jeff Dillon, Wilder School District (Idaho) |
| March 7, 2024 | Social Emotional Learning | TBD |
| April 4, 2024 | Role of Superintendent in Instructional Leadership | Thought Leaders: Josh Starr and Jessica Huenziga, International Center for Leadership in Education |
| May 2, 2024 | Executive Functioning | Thought Leaders: Ellen Galinsky and Paul Galazo, Mind in the Making |
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