I hope this finds all of you finding time for some relaxation and rejuvenation! This summer continues to be busy as we have been hosting summer school and professional development at various levels!
One of the biggest projects we have going on this summer is the development of our Social/Emotional Learning Curriculum as we continue to work towards being a Trauma Informed School. We have a team of about 25 teachers in the elementary and junior/senior high school combined learning and working together to develop this curriculum. Our first few days were spent with viewing many professional development videos on Conscious Discipline. It was really a great training and we cannot wait to share more with you. Here are a few of my take-a-ways so far:- To Discipline means to "teach" or "train"/ Punishment is not teaching
- Student cannot learn unless their brains are regulated.
- Will require a Transformational Change - a change to mindset and skill set!
- Students learning from how adults interact with each other (especially parents) is more important to child development than how you treat a child
- Q-TIP - Quit Taking it Personally!
- Shift from making judgement statements ("That behavior is bad.") to noticing statements ("I like it when you ask questions in class.")
- Important to understand our brain states and know how to stay regulated and how to help our students stay regulated.
- 2 parts of discipline students need: quality relationship building and skills to help solve problems
- Emotions are mirrored (contagious) - make sure we are creating a positive image for others to take on!
Our goal with this curriculum is to teach lessons across grades K-10 that are aligned to this work. In our building, Ty Guillaume and Adam Stowe will be delivering most of the lessons through the history courses, with help of counselors and PBIS (Commodore Pride) along the way. Even though most of the curriculum is delivered in history courses, it will take our entire team to ensure we are supporting and teaching students skills throughout the day. We all look forward to sharing more with you and learning together! Together we can make a strong impact on student learning!
Perry Central Updates:
Commodore Manufacturing - Josh Craney's Commodore Manufacturing/Advanced Manufacturing pathway continues to make news across the state as we continue to find ways to embed Work Based Learning (authentic learning) opportunities in the classroom!
* Commodore Manufacturing was nominated by a community member for the Perry County Chamber Applause Award! A team will be attending the banquet on June 21st to see if they are winners! Congratulations to Josh and his students!
* Mary Roberson, Josh Craney, Susan Miller (from Jasper Engines), and Jody attended the EWIN Career Pathway Summit on Wednesday in Indianapolis. We were invited to present our Work Based Learning (Internship and Commodore Manufacturing) opportunities as well as a presentation about Commodore Manufacturing. We were the only school asked to present twice! It was a great event!
* Summer School: Josh has been running summer school through Commodore Manufacturing. Students received their first pay check this week as they are working and earning in the classroom!
New Chromebooks - The IT student crew is hard at it! They are working on unpacking and setting up 400 Chromebooks for next school year! Thanks to this team, along with Jason Barnett, Phil Zellers and Jamie Guillaume for their work!
Brennan Malone was hired for our junior-high math position! He is a recent graduate from Indiana State University and Tell City High School. He is excited to return back to Perry County to teach our junior high students and help with coaching!
Hailei Gehlhausen will be a USI graduate in December and graduated from Forest Park High School. She will be student teaching in the fall at Jasper High School, but has already been in the building this summer working on developing her scope and sequence and lesson plans for her classroom. She is very excited to be at Perry Central to start her teaching career!
Melissa Toothman is a familiar face that will be moving to the special education life-skills room! We are excited to move Melissa to this role. She has a passion for students and many great ideas!
Adam Stowe is a Tell City High School graduate and has been teaching for several years in Meade County, KY. He will be teaching several history courses this upcoming school year. We are excited to bring him back to Perry County!
Professional Development - Thanks to everyone for spending their summer learning!
* Maria Sweat attended the Indiana Youth Institute College and Career Counseling Institute in June!
* Bo Gibson to PLTW CEA Training in June!
* Jason Barnett, Brennan Malone & Dawn Lynch will attend ILEARN at the SIEC in June!
* Mackenzie Petty & Abbie Brockman will attend ILEARN for ELA at the SIEC in June!* Josh Craney - MSSC Instructor Training in July!
* Carrie Guillaume - State FFA Convention in June!
* Kelly Cash, Lauren Blake, Adam Stowe, Ty Guillaume, Dana Harris, Abbie Brockman - SEL Curriculum Development June and July!
* Phil Zellers, Ray James to bus driver training in June!
More to come!!
Important Summer Dates:
July 19 - New Teacher Training - 11:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. High School Library
July 25 - 27th - Laurie Ferry work for math teachers (detailed schedule will be coming out soon - High School will not meet everyday)
July 31st - Back to School Retreat - Lori Desautels
August 1st - PowerED Up Conference
August 1st - 7th Grade Orientation
August 2nd - Back to School Cookout
Don't forget your Book Study!!
I will send more information about Professional Development Opportunities in early July for your planning. :-)
