Webinar: Serving At-Promise Students During the Covid- 19 ......May 05, 2020  · Senior Year 2.0: Postsecondary Planning and Transitions 1. College Decisions! May 1st: Do It Virtually!

Webinar:

Serving At-Promise Students During the Covid- 19 Emergency: Enabling How are you Handling Graduations and Other Senior

Activities?

Presenters: Leslie Talbot, Talbot Consulting

andLiz Hessom, SIATech High School

Date:May 1, 2020

Senior Year 2.0: Strategies for High School Graduation & Senior Activities

Presentation by: Leslie Talbot, Founder & PrincipalTalbot Consulting

Introductions & Agenda

Webinar logistics and engagement

Show of hands: Who has joined us?

Inventory of senior events

Social and emotional supports to students and families

Senior Year 2.0

Creating memories

Closing thoughts: Visit resources section3

Inventory of Senior Activities

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The BIG One: Graduation Prom and other dances

Grad Night / Senior Trips Spring plays, recitals, and other performances

Academic competitions Competitive athletic event

College acceptances, planning, and enrollment

Workforce development and employment placements

What else?

Guiding Teens and Families Through Social and Emotional Challenges

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1. Recognize the need for mourning the loss of traditions Take the mourning seriously Resource: NPR –Teens and Young Adults Feel Lost: How to Help Remember: This is challenging for families to watch and manage their teen’s

disappointment also

2. It’s challenging enough to help young people figure out how to transition to the next life phase. Now, it must be managed within conditions of unknown and uncertainty

3. Acknowledging teens’ feelings: Sadness, disappointment, anger, fear, depression, isolation, etc.

4. Promote physical not social distancing: Coping strategies, virtual Morning Meetings, Schedule 1:1 check-ins using Google Forms, senior signing days via Zoom and streamed on Facebook/Instagram

5. Capitalize on adolescent righteousness

Senior Year 2.0: Postsecondary Planning and Transitions

1. College Decisions! May 1st: Do It Virtually! Some colleges postponing decisions to June 1st

2. College visits: Drive-thru and virtual visits

3. College decision-making: Follow colleges’ social media

4. Revisit Financial Aid in light of COVID-19: Tips

5. Teen employment

6. Gaining new skills

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Creating Meaningful and Lasting Memories

1. Inspiration from a CA high school

2. Create a digital yearbook

3. Plan a virtual prom/dance (also Teen Vogue)

4. Create a time-capsule activity

5. Recognize athletes (get it sponsored!)

6. Create a virtual senior stories montage

7. Share senior projects and capstones8. Others?

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SIATech Virtual Graduations

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Virtual Ceremonies

Real Learning for Real Life

Sites are planning to hold virtual commencement ceremonies via Google Meet.

Closing Thoughts:

This unprecedented time will create big feelings

Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around. -Leo Buscaglia

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RESOURCES

Guidance, Supports, Activities, and Strategies

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Social and Emotional Supports and Resources

Your students/teen are not alone: View YouTube Teen Diaries

The healing power of music and dancing

On being grateful (scroll the public gratitude journal)

Facing fears: The unknown and uncertainty

Yoga: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0FxPT0O0SA

Meditation: https://chopracentermeditation.com/article/6-oprah_deepaks_21_day_meditation_experience

Leadership development tips

Inspiring emotional intelligence quotes

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Senior Year 2.0: Postsecondary Planning and Transitions

1. College Decisions: May 1st: Decision Day – Do It Virtually! Some colleges postponing decisions to June 1st

2. Revisit Financial Aid in light of COVID-19: Tips FAFSA deadlines extended Asking for more aid Asking for more aid Federal loans: forbearances granted and interest frozen

3. Teen Employment: COVID-19’s significant effects on teen employment

Who’s Hiring? Companies hiring. Remote employment

4. Gaining New Skills: Remote job training tips

Certification courses, exams, and credentials (stay away from the private, for-profit): Udemy: OSHA, Pharmacy Technician 15

CONTACT:

Leslie Talbot: [email protected]

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RAPSA provides ongoing webinars and other professional development opportunities for leaders serving opportunity youth.

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