This past week I had the opportunity to attend the AVID Summer Institute 2017 in San Antonio, Texas. Once again, this was a wonderful learning experience. The AVID Summer Institute is composed of strands and site team meetings; the strands are specific to your role on campus or content area, while the the site team meetings are based on your campus. This summer I attended the strand titled, "Advancing the AVID Elective in MS/HS". The wonderful thing about this strand was that all of the members present were the AVID elective teacher at their campus and were searching for ways to improve the elective to better benefit the students. It was great to have the time to engage in conversation with members from one of my professional learning networks face-to-face in a structured setting. Through discussion and collaboration, we were able to draft up many ideas and set goals for the upcoming school year.
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Earlier this week I had the opportunity to attend a Youth Mental Health First Aid training. This was such an eye opening experience because I had never realized just how REAL and COMMON mental health issues and disorders are. More importantly, I had never realized how much damage can be done if we fail to recognize the signs and get the youth the proper help that they need. This immediately placed a heavy burden on my shoulders as I thought about all of the students I have had and all of the students I will have in the future; it seemed like too much to handle! I was comforted to learn that it is not my job to diagnose my students, nor is it my job to "fix" their problems. It is however my job to let them know that I care, speak up, and lead them to the help that they need. It is my job to help keep them safe. I encourage all fellow educators as well as parents to seek more information on youth mental health and if at all possible sign up for a course by visiting the YMHFA website. View the video below for a quick introduction to the concept of youth mental health.
This past week I had the opportunity to attend a conference hosted in my district for Conscious Discipline. It was a week PACKED with research based information as well as strategies we could immediately put into practice. The video below features Dr. Becky Bailey, the developer of the Conscious Discipline (CD) program summarizing what the CD program is all about.
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