K-12 WebinarsOrganizer
COSSBA
Consortium of State School Boards Associations
COSSBA is the Consortium of State School Boards Associations, a national network of state school boards associations serving locally elected school board members and public school districts across the United States. COSSBA offers webinars, conferences and resources on school governance, safety, literacy, equity and student support.
www.cossba.org ↗Upcoming webinars
- Wed, September 9
Current Online Behavioral Trends and Updates: Safer Schools Together
The second in a quarterly series of webinars on student online behavior and how school districts can keep students safe, presented by Safer Schools Together in partnership with COSSBA at no cost to members. Early identification of concerning online behavior on social media is a critical component in mitigating and preventing school and community violence. Sessions support Digital Threat Assessment (DTA) efforts with timely intelligence on the evolving digital landscape, including strategic updates on major social media platforms and emerging risks, real-world case examples, trends in student communication, early warning signs and risk-enhancing behaviors, data insights for resource allocation, student mental health considerations, analysis of digital leakage from past incidents, and a live Q&A with SST Threat Analysts.
- Wed, September 30
Listening First: From Student and Community Voice to Meaningful Action
A Unified Boards Alliance (UBA) prerecorded webinar with guest Chris McNutt of The Human Restoration Project. Schools collect more data than ever, yet numbers alone cannot fully explain how students and community members experience learning or why certain patterns emerge. This webinar explores why meaningful listening matters and what an authentic process looks like, from holding empathy-centered conversations to identifying key themes. It examines how qualitative "thick data" complements traditional measures by adding context, stories, values and perspectives often missing from dashboards and surveys. Participants are introduced to Polaris Education, a human-first platform designed to help schools understand conversations at scale and create a timely feedback loop between communities and decision-makers.