From Surviving to Thriving: A Roadmap to Innovation, Student Success, and Less Overwhelm

About this episode

This episode discusses how educators can transition from a reactive to a proactive approach in managing assessment pressures and student success.

This edWeb podcast is sponsored by Varsity Tutors. The edLeader Panel recording can be accessed here. Spring assessment season brings pressure, stress, and endless demands, but the educators and districts who navigate it best aren’t doing anything magical. They’ve built systems that work all year long. This edWeb podcast brings together academic solutions advisor Angele Hodges and EdTech educator Lindy Hockenbary to explore what separates schools in reactive mode from those operating with con...

People in this episode

Guests: Angele Hodges, Lindy Hockenbary

Topics covered

• innovation
• student success
• assessment
• educational systems
• stress management

Keywords

• education
• assessment season
• stress
• academic solutions
• EdTech

Sponsors

Varsity Tutors

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