Beyond Point Solutions: Building a Connected Special Education Tech Stack
In many districts, special education technology has grown one purchase at a time. A reading support here, a specialized curriculum there, and it can be hard to see how the pieces fit together or whether every student who could benefit is being reached.
This session will explore four questions administrators can use to take stock of their own technology, drawing on the Everway portfolio many New York districts already know in part through Read&Write, Unique Learning System, and SymbolStix. We'll then walk through a single school where each tool has a role to play, and where the connections between them come into view.
What you'll learn:
- Where might our district be doing the same job twice, with overlapping tools and workflows addressing the same student need?
- What does each additional platform ask of our staff and our students?
- Are the tools we already own reaching every learner who could benefit from them?
- What does one connected picture of a student look like, from instruction through progress monitoring to the IEP?
Join this 60-minute session where we will walk the full continuum of support, show how the pieces connect inside a single school, and send you home with a one-page reference built around the four questions.
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Meet the speakers
Emilie Koss
Solutions Specialist
Emilie Koss is a former special education teacher with 15 years of experience supporting students with severe to profound autism and moderate to severe intellectual disabilities. Throughout her time in the classroom, she used Everway solutions to provide accessible, differentiated instruction and meaningful learning opportunities for her students. Emilie now serves as a Solutions Specialist at Everway, where she has spent the past two years partnering with educators and districts to implement tools that support inclusive learning and student success.
Dan Kerins
Account Executive
Dan Kerins, is an Account Executive with Everway who works to supports school districts in NYS in utilizing a wide range of supports for students with disabilities. Dan has a background in education and assessments, strong technical expertise, and 10 years experience providing professional services to educators in a variety of settings. He has a passion for utilizing technology to support learners from all walks of life, with the ultimate goal being to produce better, and more equitable, educational outcomes. When not at work, Dan is an avid sports fan, mediocre golfer, and trivia champion.
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