Events and Webinars
Check out industry events we’re attending and impactful conversations we’re hosting.
Upcoming and Previous Webinars
Upcoming Webinar: Insights from the Enrollment and Application Process
Join us for an in-depth session where we explore valuable lessons learned from managing school enrollment and application processes. Gain practical strategies to enhance efficiency, fairness, and family engagement, followed by an interactive Q&A to address your unique challenges.
Recorded Webinar: Empowering Staff for Student Recruitment—Effective Strategies and Incentives
Access actionable insights including the importance of staff engagement, training workshops, effective communication of enrollment goals, incentives for staff engagement, promoting collaboration, involving staff in community outreach events, and leadership's crucial role in recruitment efforts. Don't miss this chance to empower your team and elevate your recruitment game! Register now to join us on this exciting journey.
Recorded Webinar: Words Matter - Crafting Messaging to Improve Enrollment
Unlock the power of words and learn how to effectively communicate the impact of your charter school within your community. Save your seat for this live interactive discussion designed for charter organizations seeking to increase enrollment through strategic messaging and communication strategies. The session will be led by Isral DeBruin, Director of Communications at City Fund.
Recorded Webinar: 2024 Enrollment Trends
As we welcome 2024, Avela invites K12 school district administrators and education professionals to an insightful start-of-the-year webinar. Get ready to unpack the key trends that will shape the landscape of enrollment and application software in the coming years.
Lyman Millard, Partner at Bloomwell Group and seasoned expert with over two decades of experience in the charter school sector, joins Avela for a discussion with practical ideas for districts, charter networks, and individual schools to improve enrollment. We’ll step through campaign-tested strategies to engage new families from initial interest in your school(s) to accepted offer!
Recorded Webinar: Improve Enrollment from the Inside Out
Avela teamed up with Uriel Berrum from ScholarLead to present a live webinar on focused on strategies to boost enrollment. Just in time for 2024 planning, this interactive discussion offers practical ideas from K-12 school marketing and enrollment experts.
From building community awareness to simplifying application processes and providing personalized guidance, this session is a must for administrators, enrollment coordinators, and school leadership teams. Don't miss the chance to elevate your enrollment approach and create a positive experience for prospective families.
Recorded Webinar: Strategies to Boost Enrollment
Recorded Webinar with ScholarLead
Recorded Session: Empowering Families - A Discussion on Informed School Selection
Recorded Session from ExcelinEd National Summit on Education
Check out this insightful open discussion dedicated to strategies communities can take to help families navigate the diverse educational landscape. This session, centered on families and students, was led by Scott Evans, Director of Family and School Engagement for MySchoolsTucson. We explore the key insights and practical ideas he has to offer. We discuss ways to collaborate to empower families with the resources and knowledge necessary to make informed educational decisions.
Recorded Webinar: Equitably Improve Enrollment
Panel Discussion with the team behind Newark Common App
Continually improving enrollment is hard work. Enhancing experiences for families and developing better processes for schools never stops, especially in communities with an abundance of school options. However, with the right strategies, tactics, and tools, it can be easier.
View the recording from this virtual panel discussion, where the Newark Common App Team from New Jersey Children's Foundation, shares insights from the launch of their enrollment system and a practical roadmap to help you equitably improve your enrollment.
Matching 101
Student Assignment Algorithms and Market Design
Let’s kick off Back to School season with Matching 101. How to bring different players together in the best possible way is a key economics problem. In the 1960s, David Gale and Lloyd Shapley studied different matching methods theoretically and, beginning in the 1980s, Al Roth explained how markets function in practice. In the 2000s, Parag Pathak began applying this science directly to school enrollment and won the John Bates Clark Medal for that work. In this webinar, Parag will provide a simple overview of the science and economics behind school lotteries, matchmaking, and market design .
Best Practices in Student Assignment
Wednesday, June 30, 2021 - 11:00am PT / 2:00pm ET
Join us to learn ten actionable tips for your ‘22-’23 enrollment cycle - what you need to know before setting policies or contacting parents. Avela Co-Founder and MIT Professor Parag Pathak has advised dozens of major US school districts on student assignment processes and will his tips and tricks.
Watch the recording below. Transcript, slides, and analysis will be available soon.
Enrollment Reform in the Wake of COVID-19
Thursday, May 27, 2021 - 11:00am PT / 2:00pm ET
MIT Professor and Avela Co-Founder Parag Pathak shares the current evolution of enrollment reform in the wake of Covid-19, with a lens on social equity and descreening.
View the recording, slides, transcript, and analysis on our blog at the link below.
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