Webinars

2023 Webinars

Our webinars are free and open to the public but you have to register to attend.

Upcoming webinars

February 16, 7-8:30 p.m. Resilience Film Screening. Join us for this award-winning, 60-minute film, Resilience: The Biology of Stress & The Science of Hope! This powerful movie is a conversation starter and a perspective-changer. This documentary examines how abuse, neglect, and other adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) affect children’s development & health outcomes in adulthood. The film pioneers individuals who looked at the ACEs research and the emerging science of Toxic Stress with the goal of using this information to avert ACEs or reduce their impact on children. Register here.

More dates for Resilience screenings. All are from 7 pm – 8:30 p.m.

March 9, 7-8:30 p.m. School Psychologists & Community Mental Health Services: What Our Students Need Now! Join us to learn what services school psychologists provide to children in NC’s public schools. Our panelists are a school psychologist in the Wake County school system and a former school psychologist in private practice that currently works with Wake public schools. Panelists will explain the scope of services and programs offered and their impact on K-12 school success. Register here.

Completed webinars

Unpacking the 2022 State Budget. (August 17) In the recent short session, the NC General Assembly made several adjustments to the previous budget, and Alexandra Sirota, Executive Director of the NC Budget and Tax Center, walked through the changes that affect education in NC. Where was funding increased, what are the implications of the changes, and where do we still need more effort?

Privatization and the Assault on Public Education. (May 19) In this in-person event at the Hunt Library, NCSU, authors Donald Cohen and Tim Tyson discuss the problems associated with privatizing public goods such as education.

NC Pre-K: Possibilities and Barriers. (May 12) Discussion about NC’s (and federal) Early Childhood Education (ECE) policies and the NC Pre-K program with Elizabeth Byrum, Policy Analyst with NC Child, and Dawn Dawson, Senior Director, Office of Early Learning, Wake County Public Schools.

Special Education: Supporting Students’ Abilities When a Disability Exists. (March 24) Panel discussion with school psychologists, special education teachers, and parents to discuss the current crisis in providing special education services to our students and ways we can improve the system.

Teacher Pipeline: What Are We Going to Do? (March 10) Bryan Proffitt, Vice President of the NC Association of Educators, and Amanda Boshoff, Principal of Salem Middle School discuss NC’s teacher pipeline problem and strategies to address it.

NC School Social Workers in Action. (February 24) The value of school social workers has never been more evident and critical than during the last two years. Learn more about the role social workers play in providing students and their families the services they need to stay in school and be successful.

School Social Workers in NC: Needed More Now Than Ever. (February 7) The value of school social workers has never been more evident and critical than during the last two years with COVID, virtual learning, families losing jobs, homes, and loved ones to COVID, along with the increase in the numbers of students reporting mental health issues.

Overview of School Social Workers in NC & Registration

Child Poverty in NC. (January 20) A conversation with Gene Nichol and Heather Hunt, researchers with the NC Poverty Research Fund at UNC Law School. They discuss sobering data from their new must-read report “The persistent and pervasive challenge of child poverty and hunger in NC.”