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Teaching Students: Serving the Whole Student
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Teaching StudentsAre drop-out recovery and teaching students mutually exclusive? We think not. Learn how a focus on the best strategies to teach students and to help students master core academic content, think critically and problem solve, collaborate, communicate effectively, self-direct learning and adopt an "academic mindset" can more re engage, retain and prepare opportunity youth for college and careers. These and other related competencies will be explored from schools that have successfully adopted and used them and allowed students to graduate on validations and portfolios.
Our own Social Emotional Wellness is the best prevention/intervention tool that we can offer when teaching students, yet stress among teachers is on the rise. Over half of teachers in the United States, report severe stress in the workplace. Research shows that this stress often leads to high absenteeism and turnover, and lowered efficacy in the classroom and longevity in the profession. In this highly engaging workshop, the facilitator will explain the latest research on the neuroscience supporting Social Emotional Wellness and Mindfulness for educators, and take participants on an experiential journey to see how awakening their own attention and self-reflection will enhance their ability to create positive change within themselves, influence positive change on their school/district climate and culture, and enhance their ability to serve the whole child needs of each student. A range of stressful situations impact our students’ school readiness and academic functioning (e.g., homelessness, parental incarceration, teen pregnancy, truancy). Data from education systems and government commissions illustrate that insufficient support for principals; professional development for all staff; and rewards for skills are core issues underlying professional attrition, with students’ stress-related needs and behaviors posing challenges to the resources available to education systems. Trauma Informed Systems have the potential to address many of these student, teacher and staff needs but may also be perceived as burdensome or met with resistance while teaching students. These articles about teaching will address: 1) the key elements required to develop and maintain a Trauma Informed System; 2) why “soft skills” matter as much for educators as students; and 3) what types of knowledge transfer are most beneficial for professional development. There will be time for small group brainstorming on key challenges identified by the audience as facing Alternative Education providers. |
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AAPF 17
Join educators and education policy advocates from across the country to learn and collaborate on education articles and alternative school accountability. It is not that schools don't want to be measured, it is that schools want measures to be appropriate and accurate. This annual education policy conference provides attendees with answers and inspiration to tell the true story of their school, staff, and students. |
Conference Registration
Don't miss the top education conference on alternative school accountability. The Alternative Accountability Policy Forum brings some of the top education policy advocates in the nation. There will be presentations and discussions on many articles about education including: Education Policy and Data, Dropout Prevention, Teaching Strategies, and Learning Strategies. |
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