BAY-ARENAC ISD
Education Excellence

Do you know how to recognize the signs of mental illness in a young person?
Would you know how to respond if you did?
What if there was something you could do to help youth in your community?
 

ABOUT THE COURSE

Youth Mental Health First Aid (YMHFA) is a basic public education program that teaches individuals how to help a youth in crisis or experiencing a mental health or substance use challenge. Using an interactive format, this 8-hour course utilizes role-playing and simulations to demonstrate how to assess a mental health crisis, provide initial help, and connect young people to professional, peer, social, and self-help care.

• Risk factors and warning signs of a variety of mental health challenges common among adolescents, including anxiety, depression, psychosis, eating disorders, AD/HD, disruptive behavior disorders, and substance use disorder.

• A core five-step action plan to support an adolescent developing signs and symptoms of mental illness or in an emotional crisis.
  

PRESENTER
Katrina Brock, LMSW, CAADC, CCS
List Psychological Services

Did you create a Google classroom during the shutdown?  But now you want to continue using it for the fall & have it ready just in case schools go virtual again. 

This network supports our 31n schools in developing systems for implementation of PBIS, Social Emotional Learning Curriculum, and Direct Mental Health Services for students.

 Our “BAISD SEL Network” will run throughout the 2019-2020 school year and continue through the 2020-2021 and 2021-2022 school years. The “Behavioral Health Assessment Team” from each qualifying building will be required to be a part of this network.

Our BAISD 31n buildings are Linsday Elementary, Kolb Elementary, Pinconning Central Elementary, Standish-Sterling Jr/Sr High and Bay City Academy.

The BAISD Reading Now Network Leadership Team is a group of local literacy leaders coming together to create a vision for Literacy in our region. This team will focus on the implementation of the Essential Practices for Literacy Instruction, coordinator of our work with The Reading Now Network (RNN), and evaluation of reading data and alignment of resources to best support our schools. This team will assist in the coordinator of Literacy Rounds and Essential Coaching Practices.

 Each district has elected members to serve on this Leadership Team.

The Bay-Arenac ISD (BAISD) has established an Arts Network to support and grow arts education in the GLBR. The Arts Network partners with Michigan Arts Education Instruction & Assessment (MAEIA), the Office of Academic Excellence, The Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs, as well as many local organizations to provide content specific professional growth opportunities. Annually, the BAISD sponsors two all-day sessions scheduled in the fall and spring. Additional sessions and workshops are provided throughout the year. The BAISD is proud to sponsor and support this innovative arts initiative.   

Arts Network Objectives:

• Provide professional development that supports exceptional arts education.
  
  
• Improve access to arts education within our districts.
  
  
• Build partnerships and collaborations with community resources (people, facilities, and funding available for arts education programs)
  
  

Dates/Times: 
August 14, 2020  --  2:00 - 4:00 pm (Virtual)
November 3, 2020 -- 8:00 am - 3:00 pm
(Specific Fine Arts sessions to be offered and registered through SCHED App.)
April 19, 2021 -- 8:00 am - 3:00 pm

Location: November 3, 2020 & April 19, 2021 - TBD

The event Flyer is linked here.

This workshop will look at the Creative Curriculum, which is widely regarded as a forward-thinking, comprehensive, rigorously researched curriculum approach that honors creativity and respects the role that teachers play in making learning exciting and relevant for each child.

This workshop will look at TS Gold Assessment, which is widely regarded as a forward-thinking comprehensive, rigorously researched assessment measure. This assessment focuses on preschool age children and their development in the areas of cognition, social-emotional skills, mathematics, literacy, fine and gross motor skills, and language skills.

Date:  August 26, 2020
Time:  8:30 am - 3:30 pm
Location:  Bay-Arenac ISD Educational Service Center