KidStrong 2016 Concord University Graduate Assignment Option 1 Track 1: Education Assignment: Graduation 20/20 Assignment Name Part A Part B Graduation 20/20 Assignment: Dropout prevention Implementation Plan Contact: Debbie Harless (304) 558-2696 Due Summer 2016 Identify any dropout prevention interventions or programs being implemented in your school that benefits the GRADUATION 20/20 Initiative. Write a plan for implementation that addresses at least one dropout prevention intervention or program. Due Spring 2017 Reflect on your implementation of this plan. Share your program outcomes and successes and obstacles working on this initiative. Option 2 Track 1: Education Assignment: Foundations of Literacy Assignment Name Part A Part B Foundations of Literacy Assignment: Balanced Reading Diet Implementation Plan Contact: Charlotte Webb (304) 558-9994 Due Summer 2016 Attend all three days of the conference. Identify the components of a balanced reading diet. Create a plan that includes strategies for each component and how you will implement this plan in your classroom or guide teachers at your school or administrators in your district on implementing a balanced reading diet. Due Spring 2017 Reflect on your implementation of this plan. Share your program outcomes and successes and obstacles working on this initiative Option 3 Track 1: Education Assignment: Health Education Assignment Name Part A Part B Health Education Assignment Contact: Josh Grant (304) 558-5325 Due Summer 2016 Using information gleaned from attending the Health Education track sessions please choose at least one program / initiative that was presented at the conference that fit under the broader areas from the list below and create a plan for implementation in your classroom, school, or district. Drug Education initiative Nutrition Education Initiative Human Growth and Development initiative CPR Initiative Due Spring 2017 Reflect on your implementation. Share your program outcomes and successes and obstacles working on this initiative. Option 4 Track 1: Education Assignment Physical Activity for Classroom Teachers and Administrators
Assignment Name Part A Part B Physical Activity for Classroom Teachers and Administrators Assignment: Remaking Learning through Physical Activity Implementation Plan Contact: Josh Grant (304) 558-5325 Due Summer 2016 Using information gleaned from attending the variety of sessions on Physical Activity for Classroom Teachers and Administrators please choose at least one program/ initiative from the list below and create a plan for implementation in your classroom, school, or district. Active Academics / Physical Activity & Academic integration Classroom Brain Boosters / Energizers Minds in Motion Let’s Move Active School’s / Let’s Move WV Due Spring 2017 Reflect on your implementation of this plan. Share your program outcomes and successes and obstacles working on this initiative. Option 5 Track 1: Education Assignment: Physical Education Assignment Name Part A Part B Physical Education Assignment: Taking it back to the Gym and beyond Implementation Plan Contact: Josh Grant (304) 558-5325 Due Summer 2016 Using information gleaned from attending the Physical Education track sessions please choose at least one program/ initiative from conference and create a plan for implementation in your classroom, school, or district. Due Spring 2017 Reflect on your implementation of this plan. Share your program outcomes and successes and obstacles working on this initiative. Option 6 Track 1: Education Assignment: Parent Education Resource Center (PERC) Assignment Name Part A Part B PERC Assignment: Supporting All Students and Families Through School and Community Support Implementation Plan Contact: Nancy M. Cline 304-558-3199 ext.53021 Due Summer 2016 Attend all three days of the conference. Choose one of the two goals you developed during the conference for your PERC. Create at least 2 strands to address the one goal. In this assignment you share both strands but will develop only one of those 2 strands to use as a part of your PERC programming plan. Identify 3 sources of countywide school data that support addressing that particular strand. Create a plan that includes strategies, programs, and/or supports that will be a part of the implementation of that yearlong strand. Read two articles from educational journals (and cite both) that have research upon which you are basing your strategies, programs, and/or supports. Explain what agencies and/or personnel should be a part of implementing this strand of your plan. Include how you will evaluate the success of this part of your program’s plan. Due Spring 2017 Reflect on your implementation of this plan. Share your program outcomes and successes and obstacles working on this initiative.
Option 1 Track 2: Support Services Assignment: School Health Services Assignment Name Part A Part B School Health Assignment (School Nurses, RNs, etc.) Supporting Students and Families through assistance with enrollment into health insurance coverage and preventive care maintenance. Contact: Rebecca King (304) 957-9833 Due Summer 2016 Shortly after attending the KidStrong conference, please read the Vermont model on page 2 of the document called “Thinking Outside the Box: Building and Sustaining School Health Programs in State Health Agencies without Dedicated Funding” at . Develop a short implementation plan of how you will complete the “Part B” assignment below and incorporate it into the 2016/17 school year. Due Spring 2017 During the 2016/17 school year, incorporate the following health information into the Student Enrollment or Emergency Information Cards: 1) insurance status (insured or not?); 2) name of their primary care physician and dentist; and 3) date of last well exam and dental exam. As the information is received begin to locate resources and assist students and their families with enrollment/reenrollment into insurance coverage and finding medical and dental homes. Utilize state and local resources to connect students and families to coverage. Suggested resources are located at . Option 2 Track 2 Support Services Assignment: School Counseling Assignment Name Part A Part B School Counselor Assignment: Delivery Systems Implementation Plan Contact: Barbra Brady (304) 558-3199 Due Summer 2016 In your own words, describe each of the four School Counseling Program Delivery Systems (Personalized Student Planning, Integrated delivery of the WVSSS, Responsive Services & Student Supports) found on pages 2 – 4 of . Using information gleaned from this conference, write a 2016-17 school-year plan to improve one component of each of the four delivery systems. One component of the Responsive Services plan must include how you will improve upon your School Crisis Prevention and Response Plan to address the Mental Health needs of students in your school. Due Spring 2017 Reflect on your implementation. Share your successes and obstacles working on this initiative.