2024 RISE Conference

The impact of father/male involvement in schools is very important to a child's development and educational career. Research shows that when fathers are engaged in children's education, student grades and test scores improve, attendance increases, and students are more involved in school activities. There is a major shift in the roles of fathers in the households: increase in single fathers, stay at home dads, and step-fathers. We as educators must look for more and better ways to involve fathers and males in the school community. Come join me in taking steps to enrich our students lives and school community.

Join us to find out what free resources are available through a partnership with the Cabarrus Soil & Water Conservation District. We will do a few hands-on activities to demonstrate what is available through our in-school programs, professional development, and student contests.

If you've noticed a trend about teachers being willing to open up about the ever-increasing stress in the workplace, you're not alone! However, we often do a poor job of regulating those stressors. Participants in this session will have the opportunity to document and analyze the sources of their stress and be provided with realistic ways to maintain a healthy positivity in the classroom through a manageable work-life balance. Teachers, administrators, and support staff can all benefit from this message.

The impact of father/male involvement in schools is very important to a child's development and educational career. Research shows that when fathers are engaged in children's education, student grades and test scores improve, attendance increases, and students are more involved in school activities. There is a major shift in the roles of fathers in the households: increase in single fathers, stay at home dads, and step-fathers. We as educators must look for more and better ways to involve fathers and males in the school community. Come join me in taking steps to enrich our students lives and school community.

Join us to find out what free resources are available through a partnership with the Cabarrus Soil & Water Conservation District. We will do a few hands-on activities to demonstrate what is available through our in-school programs, professional development, and student contests.

Cabarrus County Schools cites student wellness as one of its main objectives. There are many ways to promote wellness at the school level. This workshop will focus on how arts-integrated social-emotional activities can create relatable, authentic spaces that enable students to connect with their emotions.

Presenters will engage the audience through case study break-out groups, ensuring an interactive, hands-on learning experience that provides attendees with concrete practice and resources to take back to their classrooms. Attendees will learn about art-based activities that can be utilized for social-emotional development, differentiated instruction, and the creation of authentic spaces. In breakout groups, case studies will be provided for participants where the group will brainstorm how they can use art-based activities to support the students.

Art-based activities can make learning more approachable by presenting concepts visually and tactilely. It promotes active, experiential learning that helps students to develop concrete experiences. There are often times when one does not quite have the words to describe what is happening, but they are able to express it through another modality. Art activities help students develop critical thinking skills, and can help with emotional regulation. This can help create more equitable learning spaces for all. The art modalities covered in this workshop will include sculpting and painting as well as technologically-infused tools such as flocabulary lyric lab and arti. This workshop will provide tools for staff in k-12 across disciplines with the goal of presenting new strategies to use when working towards the county mission of student wellness.

The purpose of this session is to share how we implemented a school-wide Staff Mentoring program to support students in 4th and 5th grade who rated themselves low on the student wellness survey. Specifically, in the areas of sense of belonging and/or indicating having no supports in their life. We used the Panorama intervention called, 2 x 10, and matched students with parent permission to a staff mentor. During this session we will share the resources we used, what worked well, the lessons we learned as well as input/feedback from those involved in this intervention (family members, staff members and students). As a result of attending this session, those interested should be ready and equipped to start a similar program at their site.