Ensure Access and Opportunity for All: SPCR Webinar 4 Videos

Video 1: How can SEAs ensure access and opportunity for all?
Elisabeth Lembo, Education Program Specialist, Department of Education; Danielle Crain, SPCR Project Lead, NCC; and Chris Dwyer, SPCR SME, NCC, provide a preview of the content and reflection questions state educational agencies (SEAs) can use to think about their current work around ensuring access and opportunity for all. 

Video 2: How can SEAs employ levers to encourage LEAs to increase access and opportunity?
Chris Dwyer, SPCR SME NCC, shares examples of levers SEAs can use to encourage local educational agencies (LEAs) to increase access and opportunity.

Video 3: Prioritizing investments using equity indicators
Clarissa McKithen, SPCR SME NCC, discusses the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) key indicators of access and opportunity.

Video 4: Dr. Aubree Webb, Research and Policy Analyst, Massachusetts Department of Education
Dr. Aubree Webb, Research and Policy Analyst, Massachusetts Department of Education, discusses the student learning experiences report, which led to policies designed to help LEAs with data analysis and use to determine access to qualified teachers.

Video 5: Mellynn Baker, Assistant Commissioner for Strategic Planning and Student Success
Mellynn Baker, Assistant Commissioner for Strategic Planning and Student Success, Louisiana Board of Regents, shares policies enacted to ensure access to rigorous course work, specifically dual enrollment.

Video 6: Framework for Resource Allocation Reviews
Dr. Ventura Rodriguez, NCC Partner ERS, discusses a framework SEAs can use with LEAs to incorporate access and opportunity into resource allocation reviews.

Video 7: How can SEAs reflect on progress toward equitable actions?
Carol Keirstead, SPCR SME NCC, wraps up the session by sharing ways SEAs can reflect on where they are in the progress of moving toward equitable actions.