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Building A Positive Culture Around Mental Health, Kevin Kusy
Building A Positive Culture Around Mental Health, Kevin Kusy
Staff Publications & Research
Creating a safe and open environment for students and staff to talk about mental health and wellness is a key to developing healthy, productive students. This session will discuss how to effectively develop and sustain mental health interventions within an educational setting.
2019 Diversity Climate Survey, Illinois Mathematics And Science Academy
2019 Diversity Climate Survey, Illinois Mathematics And Science Academy
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: Resources
In April 2019, a survey regarding diversity and school climate was administered by the Office of Equity and Excellence. This survey was adapted from the National Climate Survey developed by the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network (GLSEN). There were a total of 529students that took the survey. Those students that had incomplete surveys (n = 15) or who marked all possible choices for sexual orientation (n = 8), race/ethnicity (n = 2), or reasons for being unsafe (n = 3)were excluded from the data analysis. Of the remaining 501 authentic responses, there were 159 Sophomores, 173 Juniors, 135 Seniors, …
Moving The Needle On Diversity: Why It Matters, José M. Torres
Moving The Needle On Diversity: Why It Matters, José M. Torres
Publications & Research
It is imperative that leadership in business, education and other fields reflects the reality of our more diverse world and the need for more multifaceted and creative thinking.
2019 Annual Report Of The Work In Imsa’S Archives, Marti Guarin, Christian Nokkentved
2019 Annual Report Of The Work In Imsa’S Archives, Marti Guarin, Christian Nokkentved
Archives' Annual Report
The IMSA Archives, housed in the Leto M. Furnas Information Resource Center, serves to collect and preserve materials relating to the history and ethos of the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy. The Archives includes both special and general collections with materials about IMSA’s establishment, led by Dr. Leon Lederman and Governor James Thompson. There are materials about the Academy's opening in the fall of 1986 and its development since, as well as about its ideas and programs and how they evolved. We have sample curricula, presidential speeches, samples of student work, as well as material about and from partnership programs …
Unplugged, Krisha Patel '21, Jonathan Gao '21, Jason Li '21
Unplugged, Krisha Patel '21, Jonathan Gao '21, Jason Li '21
Student Leadership Exchange (SLX)
Technology has infiltrated every aspect of our lives. Regardless of financial conditions, most people have a cellphone in their hands at all times—usually a smartphone. TVs are installed in almost every single room in the typical American household and very often powered up with a marathon of a favorite show, playing episode after episode without pause. Kids become obsessed with the latest video game consoles and games, paying exorbitant amounts to be the first of their friends to get their hands on them. Even many parents compulsively check and post updates to a variety of social media sites throughout the …
Discussing Multiculturally Competent Counseling With Gifted And Talented Students, Kevin Kusy
Discussing Multiculturally Competent Counseling With Gifted And Talented Students, Kevin Kusy
Staff Publications & Research
IMSA strives to advocate for students of all cultural backgrounds and wants to meet or exceed multicultural counseling competencies established when working with talented students. Current competency based counseling models address multicultural concepts but do not integrate framework to include social justice advocacy. This presentation will attempt to start to bridge the gap to more inclusive-based counseling work with talented students
Who Is A Gifted Or Talented Student?, Kevin Kusy
Who Is A Gifted Or Talented Student?, Kevin Kusy
Staff Publications & Research
Identifying our high functioning, talented students. Discuss some of the current challenges these students face. Identify ways for counselors to provide multicultural competency when working with these students and for teachers to learn how to better encourage social/emotional development in the classroom.
Diversity Plan: Academic Year 2018/2019 Status Report, Illinois Mathematics And Science Academy
Diversity Plan: Academic Year 2018/2019 Status Report, Illinois Mathematics And Science Academy
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: Resources
This has been a year of transition, moving from the 2014 Board Approved Diversity Plan to the development of its’ next rendition, the Equity and Excellence plan, as directed by the 2018 Board Approved Equity and Excellence policy. During this year of transition, the shift in who is driving this work has moved from a voluntary Diversity committee to the Senior Leadership Team (SLT). To ensure that previous Diversity initiatives continued, there were focused Project Teams who implemented aspects of the diversity plan throughout the year, but not at the same magnitude as in previous years. The focus of this …