Track One: Resiliency Development
Keynote Presentation
Public and Permanent: How to Prevent Cyber Bullying, Sexting, Social Media Abuse & Other Cyber Issues
Richard Guerry, executive director, Institute for Responsible Online and Cell-Phone Communication (IROC2.org)
Guerry will discuss this multi-award winning program, which provides greater awareness of irresponsible and malicious digital behaviors and trends and the method to reduce the risk of becoming a victim of a cyber-crime, cyberbullying and digital exploitation. Participants will obtain solutions to preventing issues like sexting, cyberbullying, poor social media behaviors and many other cyber issues.
Sectional Presentations
Participants will attend two of the following presentations:
Special breakout session:
Tools for Teaching Public and Private
Richard Guerry, executive director, Institute for Responsible Online and Cell-Phone Communication (IROC2.org)
This session will be a follow-up to Guerry's keynote presentation. Guerry will illustrate how to use the IROC2 assessment to teach and reinforce the message of Public and Permanent. Participants should bring questions related to cyber safety and issues prevention to this session.
Using Data to Engage Student Learning
Jon Hisgen, health and physical education consultant, and Emily Holder, Coordinated School Health Programs consultant, Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction
This presentation will discuss the updated set of lessons you can use to engage student learning using youth data sources such as the Youth Risk Behavior Survey. Participants will get a copy of the document to take back to use in their classrooms on Monday.
Link Crew: A Proven Strategy for Student-to-Student Mentoring, Character Building and Improving School Climate
Shelly Learned, Craig High School Link Crew coordinator and Link Crew Coach, Janesville School District
Link Crew is a high school orientation and transition program that increases freshman success. Members of the junior and senior class are trained to be Link Crew Leaders who act as positive role models, motivators, student mentors and teachers who help guide the freshmen to discover what it takes to be successful during their high school transition. As freshman success increases, the benefits to the school climate and culture become apparent; Link Crew schools report having greater student connection, increased extracurricular participation, fewer discipline issues and improved academic performance. Link Crew schools value service-learning and character development achieved through this proven high school orientation program.
Enlisting the Aid of Students in Mistreatment Prevention: Safe Schools Ambassadors in the Antigo School District
Janene Beck-Hafner, director of public services, Unified School District of Antigo
For the past four years, the Antigo School District has implemented the Safe Schools Ambassadors program in both its middle and high school. The program trains students how to intervene in acts of mistreatment that happen each day in our schools. This section will provide information on the specifics of the program and its implementation. Beck-Hafner will discuss the effect of the program on the climate, as well as the programs’ sustainability plan.
The Road to Resilience: A framework for healthy development in adolescence
Lisa Caya, senior lecturer and child youth care coordinator, Department of Psychology, UW-La Crosse
The development of resilience is a key component in helping adolescents overcome the negative effects of exposure to risk and cope with the traumatic events so prevalent in many of their lives. This session will address the definition of resilience, skills and styles inherent in resilient adolescents and strategies for fostering development of resilience in youth.
Senior Mentors
Marc Campbell, social studies teacher, Jackie Olson, teacher, and Kelly Bergum, school counselor, Superior School District
School Mentors (“Superstars”) is a mentoring program from Superior High School that is designed specifically to meet the needs of at-risk freshmen. This program strives to provide academic support, personal accountability and positive relationships to give students the tools to be successful in their education. Senior mentors work with freshmen throughout the school year to help them transition into the high school environment.
