Inform, Inspire & Improve: NYKids 2022 Engagement Round Up and Invitation for Feedback
By Jessie Tobin & Kristen C. Wilcox
Happy New Year from NYKids! We are thrilled to embark on a new era of accomplishing our mission to inform, inspire, and improve with our partners across the state, nation, and world (and welcome your feedback to 4 quick questions). This past year was an especially meaningful and exciting year for the NYKids team as we finished our study of COVID-19 effects on the educator workforce and continued to expand our network of continuous improvement partners.
2022 Engagement Highlights
During 2022, over 5,000 new visitors interacted with our website, and they came from various regions, states, and countries. The majority of our website users were from New York State, but we had significant numbers of users from Virginia, California, Texas, Ohio, Massachusetts, North Carolina, Washington, and Florida. Across the globe, website visitors came from countries such as China, Canada, the Philippines, Brazil, the UK, and Japan.
The NYKids team is so grateful for users’ engagement with our research reports, articles, blogs, podcasts, and continuous improvement resources. Our most viewed content in 2022 was on our Research Results page, which highlighted educator experiences throughout the COVID-19 pandemic and promising practices of educators’ adaptations and innovations amid pandemic-related challenges.
Website users were also highly interested in our blogs focused on supporting the school bus driver workforce, principles of Improvement Science, and community-school partnerships. If you haven’t seen these yet, we welcome you to check them out.
2023 Events and Offerings
The NYKids team has a number of upcoming events and offerings and we will be sharing highlights from them in the coming months. We welcome all who can attend these events. They are:
The Comparative and International Education Society Annual Conference; February 18th – 22nd in Washington D.C.
NYKids’ Maria Khan and Kristen C. Wilcox will be presenting on…:
Remote Schooling during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Case Study of Impacts on Children in a High Poverty, High Diversity School
Improving Educational Equity through Research-Practice Partnerships and University-School Collaborations in the Post-Pandemic
The New York State Council of School Superintendents (NYSCOSS) Winter Institute, March 5th – 7th in Albany, NY.
NYKids’ Kristen C. Wilcox and Sage Colleges’ Francesca Durand will be presenting on…:
Empowerment: Research Results on Adaptive Leadership During Change
American Educational Research Association 2023 Annual Meeting; April 13th – 16th in Chicago.
NYKids’ Aaron Leo, Kristen C. Wilcox, and Sage Colleges’ Francesca Durand will be presenting on…:
Family Engagement During the Pandemic: Challenges and Opportunities
Diverse Stakeholder Empowerment and Adaptive Leadership in K12 Schools During Crisis
Carnegie Foundation Summit on Improvement in Education, 10th Anniversary; April 23rd – 25th in San Diego.
NYKids Maria Khan and Jessie Tobin will be presenting on…:
Addressing the Differential Impacts of COVID Via a RPP Network
Feedback and Suggestions
NYKids is eager for what is in store for 2023 and, in advance, we greatly appreciate your feedback and suggestions regarding what you would like to see more of from us.
We have 4 quick questions in our feedback form inviting you to chime in on what you would like to see from NYKids this year.
All respondents will be included in a raffle to receive a hard copy of our most recent report as well as a NYKids staff-guided tutorial on the performance tracker database or other research report of your choosing. Please participate by clicking on the link below (we promise it only takes a minute or two tops).
Thank you for your interest in NYKids! We invite you to follow us on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook for announcements and we encourage you to reach out to nykids@albany.edu if you have any questions, feedback, or interest in signing up for continuous improvement support.
