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NYS PTA
A recent NYS Council of School Superintendents survey found two-thirds of chief school officers identify mental health services as a top funding priority, up from 52% the previous year. Improving mental health services was overwhelmingly the most widely cited priority for educators. In it's position statement supporting School-Based Mental Health Services for Students, the NYS PTA highlights this information as well as recommending our 1:250, school counselor to student ratio. The full position statement is here and can be shared with colleagues.
NYSSCA
The following positions are open for nominations:
(for a description of roles and responsibilities, click here, or read NYSSCA's Bylaws, Governing Policies, Finance Policies and Nominations and Elections. All can be found on the Governance Tab of our website)
Nominations: (submitted through an electronic submission form here)
President-Elect-Elect
(4 year term: President Elect-Elect, President-Elect, President, Past President)
VP Secondary
(2 year term)
VP Directors
(2 year term)
Regional Governors
(3 year term)
Region 1: Nassau, Suffolk Counties
Region 3: Dutchess, Orange, Sullivan, Ulster Counties
Region 5: Clinton, Essex, Franklin, Hamilton, Herkimer, Jefferson, Lewis, Oneida, St. Lawrence Counties
Region 7: Broome, Chemung, Chenango, Delaware, Otsego, Schuyler, Tioga Counties
Region 10c: Bronx, Kings, New York, Queens, Richmond Counties
Western NY Comprehensive Care Center for Eating Disorders (WNYCCCED)
Current research shows that almost 50% of teenage girls and 25% of teenage boys experience body dissatisfaction and that 50% of teenage girls and 30% of teenage boys use unhealthy behaviors to control their weight, including skipping meals, fasting, smoking cigarettes, vomiting and taking laxatives. Without timely identification, intervention and treatment, these behaviors can lead to a clinically significant eating disorder, a potentially life-threatening situation. Because school staff who are concerned about a student's eating or weight loss behaviors need access to prevention, recognition and intervention information from experts in the field, the Western NY Comprehensive Care Center for Eating Disorders (WNYCCCED) provides tele-mentoring support to school-based staff at no cost through a grant funded by the NYS Department of Health.
School-based Project ECHO® Eating Disorders is an ongoing, online learning community using Zoom web conferencing. Administrators, school nurses, dietitians, school psychologists and counselors, social workers, health educators, physical education and dance teachers, athletic trainers, coaches and others are welcome to participate. Sessions run for 60 minutes on the second Tuesday morning of each month. Social Work CEUs are available at no cost.
If you are interested in participating in these Project ECHO® clinics, please here to register.
For more information about School-Based Project ECHO, please visit our website or contact our Project Coordinator Jim Witmer at Jim_Witmer@URMC.Rochester.edu or by telephone at 585-275-2936.
Cameron Impact Scholarship
Applications for the four-year, full-tuition, merit-based Cameron Impact Scholarship are officially open for the CLASS OF 2021.
The Cameron Impact Scholarship is a merit-based undergraduate scholarship for incomparable individuals who have the ability to make real, tangible contributions to their families, friends, and the greater society.
- Merit-based
- 10-15 scholarships awarded per annum
- Four-year, full tuition scholarship (actual dollar amount varies based upon school selection)
- Freedom in choice of school and area of study
ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
- Accepting applications for the Class of 2021;
- have a cumulative unweighted GPA of 3.7;
- excel in extracurricular activities;
- exhibit strong leadership qualities;
- demonstrate active participation in community service;
- be a citizen of the United States.
Click here for more information and the application.
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Education DIVE
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NBC News
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EdSouce
Geovanna Veloz, a senior at Mission High School in San Francisco, has always known she wants to be a nurse. What she didn't know was how to get there. Her parents couldn't help much. Immigrants from Mexico, they speak limited English, work long hours and don't have much experience with education. Neither went to high school at all, in fact.
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The Hechinger Report
Ava had always felt comfortable at the small, private K-8 school she attended just north of Boston. But in high school everything changed. Ava first began to experience anxiety and depression after her parents divorced, when she was still in grade school. These problems increased as she entered her teen years, and became even more severe in ninth grade, when she enrolled at Cambridge Rindge & Latin School, a vast campus with nearly 2,000 students.
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University of Warwick via Science Daily
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eSchool News
As the nation faces a STEM worker crisis, renewed focus is paid to the shortage of young women who pursue engineering career paths in higher ed and who go on to remain in the engineering field. But rather than focusing on the factors that push young women out of engineering, researchers are instead looking at factors contributing to women's success in engineering education and careers.
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MindShift
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Reuters
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eSchool News
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Education Week
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Education World
New research suggests that students' may inaccurately believe and report that they have learned less when they participate in active learning, despite other recent studies indicating that they acquire and retain more in those settings. Those student attitudes might lead educators to believe it is less effective, experts say, despite contrary evidence, creating a cycle that causes schools to rely on more traditional methods.
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