On November 18-20 leaders in alternative education will come together to learn and share best practices and policies for serving at-promise students. Those 16-24 who have been disengaged from pursing a high school diploma because of challenges that traditional schools have not addressed. Join us at the RAPSA Forum along with:
- Tyrone Howard, UCLA, Evidence Based Practices for Supporting At Promise Students
- Keyisha R. Holmes and Student Leader Voices, Riverside County Office of Education; Multiple Perspective Engagement to Heal Injustice, Promote Hope and Resiliency, and Leverage Unity
- Bweikia Steen, George Mason University, Virginia; Starting young: Meeting the needs of African American children by listening to African American male teachers
- Ali Moore, Future Focused Education; Cynthia Ramirez, Technology Leadership High School and Nathan Hoge, Health Leadership High School, New Mexico; A Guiding Compass for Equity and Positive Youth Development: Putting the Leadership Schools Network’s Culturally and Linguistically Responsive Framework into Practice
- Marisol Rerucha and Dr. Carolyn Gery, Colorado; Equity is the destination and healing is the driver
- Carolina Ramirez, EdTrust West, California; Hear My Voice II: Supporting Success for Parenting and unhoused Women of Color
- Taera Childers, Learn4Life, California; A Trauma Informed Response to COVID-19
- Stacy Ault, Veena Nath, and Michael Watkins, California; Advancing Equity & Anti-Racism Through Social Emotional Learning (SEL)
- Dr. Amy Lansing, UC San Diego; Capacity Building and Inclusive Leadership: Moving Beyond Trauma Informed Education Models
- Dr. Gene Kerns, Renaissance, Wisconsin; Understanding Focus Skills: The Game-Changer for Student Growth
- Nate Howard, Movement BE and Liz Hessom, SIATech; Transformative Social-Emotional Learning
- Yasin Khan, UC Berkley; Young and Essential Workers During the COVID19 Pandemic
- Dr. Ramona Bishop and Tricia Blum, Charter School Capital, Oregon; Models of success in distance learning
Join us at the RAPSA Forum along with these presenters and more!
Dr. Joelle Hood and Thriving YOUniversity Return to the Forum!
Each year Joelle Hood and her team make mastering the serious issues of Social Emotional Learning fun. Join them again as both presenters and co-sponsors of the Forum and the RAPSA Happy Hour Gift Box!
In their highly engaging session, participants will walk away with key ideas about the neuroscience of belonging and behavior, and research-based strategies to help themselves and students learn how to identify and calm their emotions, focus their attention and strengthen their self-management skills.
