Coronavirus Support | SafeSchools Training
The current coronavirus outbreak, called COVID-19, has dominated the news cycle since late 2019, and it’s normal and understandable to feel anxious about the recent spread of this disease. This course is designed to give a brief overview of the rise and nature of this new virus. Topics covered include symptoms and risk factors; what you can do to help reduce your chances of becoming infected; and where to find reliable news and information about the COVID-19 outbreak. The situation surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic is changing constantly, and the latest guidelines may vary state to state. Please refer to your local government resources, the Centers for Disease Control, and the World Health Organization (WHO) for the latest, up-to-date information.
Pandemic Flu | SafeSchools Training
This course is designed to educate all staff members on the threat of Pandemic Flu. This course will cover the definition of key terms such as pandemic, the value of precaution over panic, the importance of following policies, the threat of pandemic and how viruses originate and spread, the history of pandemics, Swine Flu and the H1N1 strain, and practical considerations for employees.
Facilitated Training Session of the ArkansasIDEAS Course "Foundations in Special Education: Roles and Responsibilities"
This training resource page contains all of the videos and training materials needed to facilitate a face-to-face version of the following ArkansasIDEAS professional development course: Foundations in Special Education: Roles and Responsibilities (SPC17010).
About this Training:
This course is the third module in a series of three. The purpose of the series is to introduce and clarify various topics related to the foundations of special education.
In this course, Dr. Dia Jackson of American Institutes for Research presents an overview of instructional best practices in special education service delivery and the roles and responsibilities commonly held by special education professionals. Dr. Jackson discusses several topics including collaboration, instructional strategies, and more. She also describes the type of professional development teachers should be receiving.
This course was recorded on December 14, 2016 at AETN studios in Conway, Arkansas.
Paradigm Shift: Seeing Students Through a Trauma-Informed Lens
This training resource page contains all of the videos and training materials needed to facilitate a face-to-face version of the following ArkansasIDEAS professional development course: Paradigm Shift: Seeing Students Through a Trauma-Informed Lens (HWC21001).
About this Training:
Research has shown that adverse childhood experiences, or ACEs, are more common for children in Arkansas than any other place in the nation. Children who have endured one or more ACEs are at a greater risk for health complications as they age, but they are also at a greater risk of struggling in school and social settings. Students with adverse childhood experiences or childhood trauma can benefit immensely from teachers and administrators who work through a trauma-informed lens. Just one caring adult can change a child’s life.
In order to implement trauma-informed practices in schools, we must first change our perspectives surrounding trauma. This course aims to create a paradigm shift in school personnel by discussing the biological ways trauma impacts the brains and bodies of growing students, then increasing understanding and empathy for students who have endured childhood trauma and adversity. It will also compel educators to ask different questions, be curious, and engage with students using a new mindset.
By taking this course, school personnel, counselors, nurses, and administrators can better understand how to lead trauma-informed practices within any school setting. While we learn that being trauma-informed is crucial in leading a successful educational experience, we also discuss just how important it is to take care of yourself. Because having empathy and compassion can be exhausting, this course highlights forms of self-care and self-compassion to ensure that you’re providing a healthy environment for your students.
From Extra to Essential: Family and Community Engagement in Arkansas Schools
This training resource page contains all of the videos and training materials needed to facilitate a face-to-face version of the following ArkansasIDEAS professional development course: From Extra to Essential: Family and Community Engagement in Arkansas Schools.
About this Training:
Today’s classrooms are filled with children of many ethnicities, cultures, and languages. To fully support our students, we must tap into the range of assets, experiences, and perspectives within our families and communities. Research shows us that when schools, families, and communities work together to support learning, children tend to do better in school, stay in school longer, and enjoy school more. What are we doing in Arkansas to co-create with parents, guardians, and invested community partners in our students’ development, wellness, and learning?
In this course, host Alyson Courtney and Arkansas Department of Education’s Freddie Scott take us on a tour around the state and through the Essentials of engagement. These Essentials are: Communication, Equity, Safe and Friendly Schools, Innovation, Leadership and Support, and Partnerships and Relationships.
This course meets the requirements of Act 603 of 2003 for the 2022-23 school year.
Identification of Students for Gifted and Talented Services
This course is designed as training for all teachers to clarify the process of identifying students for gifted and talented services in the state of Arkansas. Mary Kathryn Stein, Program Coordinator for the Arkansas Department of Education, and Krystal Nail, Program Advisor, review the definition of giftedness, tackle the top ten myths in gifted education, give an overview of the state's identification process, and provide clever reminders of how to work with gifted students in the classroom.
Meeting the Affective Needs of Gifted Students
This course is designed to address the unique affective needs of gifted students. It provides tips and practical suggestions for how to best meet these needs within a regular classroom setting. Presenting this course is Mary Kathryn Stein, Program Coordinator, and Krystal Nail, Program Advisor, from the Arkansas Department of Education Office of Gifted & Talented and Advanced Placement. The presenters of this course hope to dispel the myth that gifted children can take care of themselves and replace it with the belief that gifted children deserve to have their potential developed.
Teaching about the Holocaust
"Teaching about the Holocaust" is a course designed for educators of students in middle and high school. This course helps educators not only understand the importance of teaching Holocaust education but also how to approach this difficult and dark period of history. Educators will be guided through the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum's best practices for teaching about the Holocaust, practices which are not only relevant for teaching about the Holocaust, but which are reflected in effective teaching in general. Throughout this course, educators will also be given an overview of Holocaust history for a greater understanding of how Nazis rose to power in Germany and gradually increased persecution of Jews and other groups of people.
This course is intended for Arkansas educators of students in fifth through twelfth grade. This course meets the requirements of Arkansas Act 611 of 2021, which requires that Holocaust education be taught in all public schools.
Informed Choices = Injury Prevention - Safe Teen Driving
This course features a presentation made at Pulaski Technical College on November 8, 2012 for the Informed Choices = Injury Prevention Conference. The Injury Prevention Center of Arkansas Children's Hospital hosted the day-long event.
Throughout this course, the national and state crisis of motor vehicle fatalities amongst teens is discussed. Officer Chip Goree of the North Little Rock Police Department and Maury Long of the Injury Prevention Center at Arkansas Children's Hospital review the latest statistics regarding teen drivers in Arkansas. Officer Goree and Mr. Long also outline the many strategies that Arkansas is using to combat unsafe driving.
Informed Choices = Injury Prevention - Illicit and Prescription Drug Abuse Prevention
This course features a presentation made at Pulaski Technical College on November 8, 2012 for the Informed Choices = Injury Prevention Conference. The Injury Prevention Center of Arkansas Children's Hospital hosted the day-long event.
The course details the national and state epidemic of youth drug abuse. Three leading experts, Fran Flener MSH, Laura James, M.D., and Jeffery Moran Ph.D., discuss the latest data, statistics and efforts Arkansas is taking to reduce one of the biggest threats to teen health. They explain that the most commonly abused drugs by teens nowadays are prescribed medications. Each presenter describes, in detail, the ill effects of teen drug abuse and provides suggestions for recognizing and preventing it.
The content in this course is graphic in nature.