SOUTHWEST CENTER NEWS
March 2021
The Southwest Center and Educator Preparation Programs at KSC are here to support you!
|
|
|
Summer Graduate Education Options at KSC
Interested in pursuing a graduate degree in Principal or Teacher Leadership? Do you want to be certified to teach Special Education? KSC can meet your needs.
We are accepting applications for the Educational Leadership M.Ed., Post Masters M.Ed. , Curriculum and Instruction, or Special Education options. Our Educational Leadership and Special Education programs are nationally accredited and meet New Hampshire certification standards (grades K-12).
Summer 2021 courses include:
Email Steve Bigaj (or call 603-358-2782) if you are interested in customizing a graduate course for yourself or your school or district, or for more information about our programs.
Email Lance Neeper (or call 603-358-2589) for information about Special Education options. |
|
Inspiring Conversations In Education Conference
Save the Date
The 9th Annual Inspiring Conversations in Education (ICE) conference has been rescheduled to Saturday, May 1, 2021. This year our annual conference will be held virtually.
For more information, contact KSC Education Department Chair Darrell Hucks (or call 603-358-2012) |
|
|
Implicit Bias Webinar Series
Dr. Dottie Morris is continuing her monthly webinars to explore implicit bias, the attitudes and stereotypes that affect our understanding, actions, and decisions in an unconscious way. The unconscious aspect is really important and we are learning together how to become aware of it and co-create more inclusiveness.
We are pleased to offer these webinar at NO COST. They will be recorded and available on the KSC Southwest Center website for later or repeat viewing as well.
Audience: K-12 educators, including classroom teachers, specials teachers, paraprofessionals, and administrators. Parents and general public too!
Dr. Dottie Morris, PhD, is Associate Vice President for Diversity and Equity at Keene State College. She has worked with undergraduate and graduate students as counselor, teacher, academic advisor, and advisor of student groups. Over the past two decades, she has demonstrated a consistent and persistent dedication and devotion to diversity, inclusion, multiculturalism and social justice.
|
|
Challenging the Call-Out Culture
Monday, March 15th
4:00-5:15 pm
Conversations that could have been learning opportunities are too easily turned into bitter battles these days. What would it mean to call someone in instead of calling them out? How can we have uncomfortable conversations based in compassion? This webinar will stand on its own and also will be excellent background for Loretta Ross’s presentation, Speech, Healing, and Reconciliation - Creating a Calling In Culture, on Tuesday, March 16th at KSC, part of the Sidore Lecture Series.
|
When Implicit Bias Runs Amok
Wednesday, April 14th
4:00-5:15 pm
Our own implicit biases and assumptions can separate and divide us unnoticed. Genocide is the horrific end of a trajectory that begins with low level aggressions that can have their start in implicit bias. What can we do to remember those who suffered unimaginable tragedy, and to prevent future atrocities? We can become aware and we can learn to speak up. April is Genocide Awareness Month.
|
|
|
|
Brain-Based Approaches to Managing Overwhelming Stress
Webinar Series with Dr. Cassie Yackley
|
|
|
Join us for the next webinar in our series, Brain-Based Approaches to Managing Overwhelming Stress, with Dr. Cassie Yackley. The webinar is $25 and includes CEUs and access to a recording of the webinar for two weeks after the live date.
Note: KSC faculty, staff and students may attend at no cost - please email Betsy Street for a discount code to use during checkout.
Transcending Crisis & Trauma: How Meaning-Making Facilitates Healing
Wednesday, March 10, 2021
4:00-5:00 pm, $25
Stress and adversity are part of the human condition and thus cannot be avoided. However, the sense we make of these experiences is critical to growth and healing. We will look at the “trauma-responsive framework” (TRF) as a powerful method for making meaning of traumatizing events such as the current pandemic. Using a pandemic example, we will present a three-part process of 1) describing someone’s experiences as they are related to what we observe in their behavior, 2) normalizing the stress response or trauma impacts in the behavior we are observing, and 3) conveying a sense of safety, connection, and hope for their future.
Registration deadline is 11 am on March 10, the day of the webinar.
|
|
We have a new payment system and you will have to set up a new account. If you have questions about the process, please view/download instructions. We will send out Zoom links one week ahead of each webinar. |
|
About the presenter: Cassie Yackley, Psy.D. has spent more than 25 years committed to understanding and effectively addressing the impact of traumatic/adverse experiences on children, caregivers/families, and systems. She brings together recent discoveries from developmental neuroscience, attachment, implementation science, and reflective practice to help audiences develop skills of relationship and self-awareness. She was a keynote speaker at KSC's 2019 Summer Educator's Institute. www.cassieyackleypsyd.com/
|
|
Educational Resources for Educators & Families
Check out these resources for helping students, teachers and families navigate the Covid pandemic:
|
|
Learning is Fun at Kids on Campus! |
Keene State College’s Kids on Campus is a wonderful opportunity for children in preschool through high school to enjoy fun, hands-on learning on a college campus. Read more about the exciting classes we have planned at www.keene.edu/kids, and watch for registration information coming later in March.
|
|
|
KSC has partnered with VESi to provide online courses for CEUs
Courses offered for 2.7 or 4 CEUs with fees starting at just $325.
|
|
SW NH Principals Collaborative & SW Student Services Leaders
The SW NH Principals Collaborative and Student Services Leaders groups provide support to leaders in the southwest region of New Hampshire through regularly scheduled meetings to discuss pertinent issues, share resources, and participate in professional development opportunities. The groups currently meet virtually on a monthly basis. If you are a principal or student services leader in our region and would like to join either group, please contact Betsy Street for more information.
|
|
Additional Professional Learning Offerings |
|
High 5 Adventure Learning Center
Virtual Workshops
Activities that Focus on Emotions in a Virtual Setting
March 10th from 1:00 - 2:30 pm OR March 11th from 6:30 - 8:00 pm (EST), $109
Escape Zoom
March 17th from 1:00 - 2:30 pm OR March 18th from 6:30 - 8:00 pm (EST), $109
|
|
60-minute Webinar / FREE, Friday March 12, 3:00 pm (EST)12:00 noon (PST)
This March, in honor of the International Women’s Day, Antioch University BA Program invited a group of esteemed panelists to discuss women leading change. They are change agents who have initiated or led changes in organizational life or society in general.
|
|
SOUTHWEST CENTER FOR EDUCATOR SUPPORT AT
KEENE STATE COLLEGE
Contact: Steve Bigaj
sbigaj@keene.edu / 603-358-2782
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
