Title II-A Symposium
Address state and federal challenges to professional learning budgets, and maximize the impact of your professional development funding.
Join our Title II-A Symposium.
Learning Forward invites you to join us for a two-day learning event designed to help districts strategically plan, implement, and evaluate their use of Title II-A funding to support comprehensive professional learning in their systems.
Watch this video for a brief overview of our Title II Symposium with comments from attendees.
Symposium Overview
Learning Forward’s Title II-A Symposium is the only professional learning experience specifically developed to support Title II-A grant and program managers. This two-day event helps districts and states strategically plan, implement, and evaluate their use of Title II-A funding to support comprehensive professional learning in their systems.
Title II-A is the only federal funding source dedicated to professional learning for teachers and leaders, providing over $2 billion per year to states and districts to implement effective instruction through the preparation, recruitment, and development of educators. Districts leaders are on the front line to make strategic, evidence-based decisions about the funding they receive to improve teaching and learning for all students.
Well-trained district and state leaders leverage grant funds to strategically support comprehensive system improvement. This symposium supports compliant, intentional, transparent, measurable, and strategic spending aligned to a comprehensive improvement plan, and supports leaders to deliver these federal resources in ways that maximize impact on adult and student learning.
Learning Forward helps you advance the sustainability and integrity of this grant by providing a comprehensive training and support network to Title II-A grant managers. Through a learning experience that blends Title II-A statutory requirements and best practices in planning, implementing, and evaluating professional learning, we provide you with clear and actionable steps to ensure that your system’s professional learning allocations and that those funds are leveraged for maximum impact.
What people are saying about our Title II-A Symposium:
100% of attendees at our Title II-A Symposium reported that their experience met or exceeded their expectation.
What aspects were most beneficial?
Participants who attend this event will:
- NEW: Learn about federal updates with Title II funding and the impact of the current administration’s Executive Orders on K-12 education.
- Plan for strategic utilization of Title II-A funds to support district and state professional learning goals.
- Develop a grant implementation plan that is compliant with statutory requirements and aligned to best practices in professional learning.
- Apply a framework to evaluate the impact of professional development programs and leverage evaluation data to advance strategy.
Who is this for?
Federal programs managers or directors at the district and state levels and their team members, as well as directors of professional learning and their teams, are encouraged to attend.
Why should I attend?
Ensure your Title II funds maximize their impact on teacher growth and student success. This event helps move your system beyond compliance and transforms your grant implementation plan.
Facilitators:
Heather Sauers is the founder of Edvance Collective, a group of educational advocates with state and national experience leveraging continuous growth strategies to advance inclusive instruction, leadership, and systems. As a Maryland native and Baltimore resident, Heather is passionate about improving programmatic implementation that impacts the recruitment, retention, and development of high-quality educators in her community and beyond. Heather has long standing working relationships with SEA Title II, Part A grant managers across the nation to improve the quality of implementation of the Title II, Part A grant. Heather served as the Coordinator of Title II, Part A at the Maryland State Department of Education and continues to provide Title II, Part A grant consultation services to many local education agencies. Heather is an active member of Learning Forward and contributed to the revised Standards for Professional Learning as a member of the District/State Working Group.
