By Family and Community Engagement, Cat Tompkins
The podcast currently has 19 episodes available.
SAMHSA’s “Talk. They Hear You.” campaign is geared to help parents and caregivers prepare for some of the most important conversations they may ever have with their children. A newly updated app for the cell phone takes parents through scenarios of everyday situations and turns them into opportunities to talk with their children about alcohol and other drugs. Working through the app equips parents and caregivers with the necessary skills, confidence, and knowledge to start and continue conversations about drug and alcohol use as their kids get older. In this podcast, Melissa Ackley and Eric Faw of Chesterfield County Prevention Services share the conversation goals of the Talk They Hear You application and simple small ways to effectively talk to your child about underage alcohol use.
It is estimated that people change careers an average of 5-7 times throughout their working life. The 21st century world is full of career possibilities. Technological advancements will likely increase the 5-7 career average for our students and many occupations they will seek, do not yet exist.
How do we prepare our students for the future workforce? How does a student seek out the most interesting career path that will meet his/her needs? One answer may be considering the Career and Technical Education, or CTE.
CTE facts:
This Engage Chesterfield podcast explores the “W's” of CTE...What is it? Who benefits from it? Where is it available? What is the application process and when can students apply? Can Career and Technical education support your child's dreams? We all want our children to be prepared for their future, to grow and be self sufficient productive members of the community doing something they love. Is the CTE right for your child?
Special thanks to guests:
Chad Maclin, Career and Technical Education Director
Georgia Kasper, Career and Technical Education, Implementation Coordinator
Sarah Jurewicz, Baking & Pastry Arts Instructor
Paul Lathrop, Mechatronics and Robotics Instructor
Helpful links:
CCPS Tech Center Website
Association for Career and Technical Education
How do you want your child to be online? What will his/her digital footprint look like? How should children behave in digital platforms? Often times, we focus on the things that we do not want our kids to do online. For a change, let's ponder what we want them to do online. Let's think about all the positive ways our children and students can interact with technology and use the tools for good. The International Society for Technology Education or ISTE has come up with 5 key competencies that 21st century learners should all possess. Listeners will gain insight to each competency via conversations with CCPS experts Doug Fordham, Kelsey Pacer, Laurie Surles, Teresa Woodroof, and Suzanne Heath. This podcast will give the listener food for thought in helping shape their personal tech use and that of their children.
This episode was recorded prior to the COVID 19 pandemic. Yet, it is still timely as now more than ever, media and technology play a huge role in our kids’ lives. As our children mature and crave more privacy, it can be hard to have a window into their online world. During this podcast, I will interview Barbara Huth, Education Program Manager for Common Sense Education. She will offer you the latest research about what and how much media our kids are using. We'll explore media and tech issues and trends including social media pressures. Then, we'll take a closer look at the perspectives of our kids and share tips and resources to help address these topics with your own child. You'll come away armed with new knowledge, empathy, and insight into the online issues they face and strategies for how to talk about them.
Thanks for listening!
What kind of mindset do you have a fixed mindset or a growth mindset? A person with a “fixed mindset” assumes that our character, intelligence, and creative ability are static givens which we can’t change in any significant way, and if we experience success it is because we are a "natural" at certain tasks. On the other hand, a person with a “growth mindset,” is up for a challenge and sees failure as evidence opportunity for growth. We can manifest a fixed or growth mindset from a very early age, and it affects us in both personal ways and ultimately professional ways. It can even make a difference in our overall happiness.
In this episode of the Engage Chesterfield podcast, you will learn the characteristics of a Growth mindset, the difference between growth and fixed mindset, learn how mindset affects learning, and discover ways that you can help foster growth mindset with your children or students. In addition, our three expert CCPS teachers, Shelby Bartilotti, Paula Spencer, and Erin Guthe share the positive impacts of using growth mindset strategies in the classroom.
Thanks for engaging with us!
Every person counts! In mid-March of 2020, homes across the United States will start receiving invitations to complete the census. Did you know that the census greatly impacts our community? School lunches, plans for roads, supports for firefighters and families are all impacted by the census count and affect our everyday lives! In this podcast, we will discuss this important event with census partnership specialist Justin Beck. He will share facts about how to respond, why your answers matter, and address privacy and security concerns.
We hope that by listening to this podcast you will understand how a complete and accurate count is critical for our community here in Chesterfield Virginia.
For more information on the census, see the website census.gov.
For details on Chesterfield County Public School's event, Statistics in Schools: Every Person Counts, see this event flier.
This podcast episode is all about an innovative teacher recruitment program in our area. If you know of someone who has thought of making teaching a second career, or perhaps a current undergrad student who is thinking of pursuing a master's degree, or a CCPS teacher who would make a powerful mentor...please share this podcast with them! Special guest Kim McKnight, Director of RTR-Petersburg and RTR-Chesterfield at Virginia Commonwealth University, shares the scope of the Richmond Teacher Residency, a program that recruits, trains, and supports teachers for high-needs and hard-to-staff schools. Hear the stories of Ettrick Elementary staff and teachers who have been participants in the program as residents and mentor teachers.
Learn how you can join and make a difference!
A special thanks to all the CCPS educators who opened their classrooms to share their experience. They are truly lifting up our community one classroom at a time.
Megan Bottoms
Sydney Lilly
Diana Rios
Martha Sanchez
Eugenia Scales
Randi Smith
Jasmine Stith
Abby Rose
Do you have a little guy or gal heading off to "big school" this year? If so, this episode of the Engage Chesterfield Podcast is for you! We will share a few things parents can do over the summer to prep for this monumental first day and year of elementary school.
Jana Kline, principal of Alberta Smith ES, shares important self-help skills that kindergartners need and bus riding tips. Kristen Hepburn, CCPS Literacy Specialist talks about everyday tasks and teachable moments that parents can sneak in throughout the day to make learning fun and get their wee one started off on the right foot academically. Leslie Lenhart, Gordon Elementary Kindergarten teacher, informs parents on first-week expectations.
Parents and teachers alike want to children to get on the bus and walk into school that first day feeling comfortable, confident, and excited to learn. Listen and find out how you can support the Class of 2032!
How many times a month is your child missing school? How many times a year? It is something to take note of because without you even realizing it those days can add up quick!
Did you know that missing just 2 days a month or 10% of the school year for any reason is defined as chronic absenteeism in Virginia? Chronic absenteeism can cause big gaps in learning at all levels and it is also a sign of drop out risk. Chesterfield County Public Schools has supports and resources in place to help parents and students with this problem.
In this edition of the Engage Chesterfield podcast, we will:
The end goal of this podcast is to start the conversation making it easier for schools, teachers, and parents to talk about absences. Relationship building can help remove the barriers to attendance issues.
This edition's special guests are Lindsay Mottley, CCPS Principal, Amanda Simons, CCPS School Social Worker, and Ashley Hall and Jennifer Hilliard of Communities in Schools.
The podcast currently has 19 episodes available.