1. Lunch Time/Hot Topics November 4, 2015 Division of Learning Services (DLS) Brad Neuenswander Deputy Commissioner

2. Agenda Welcome/Announcements Kansas Volunteer Commission Social, Emotional and Character Development (SECD)

3. Questions Please email your questions to lunchtime@ksde.org. lunchtime@ksde.org Questions/answers will be compiled and shared, via listservs.

4. EMPOWERING ALL KANSANS TO ADDRESS COMMUNITY NEEDS THROUGH SERVICE

5. Brittany Crabtree, Executive Director Kansas Volunteer Commission

6. EMPOWERING ALL KANSANS TO ADDRESS COMMUNITY NEEDS THROUGH SERVICE KSDE Vision Announced on 10/27/2015

7. EMPOWERING ALL KANSANS TO ADDRESS COMMUNITY NEEDS THROUGH SERVICE The Importance of Non-Academic Skills

8. EMPOWERING ALL KANSANS TO ADDRESS COMMUNITY NEEDS THROUGH SERVICE A Closer Look at Interpersonal Skills

9. EMPOWERING ALL KANSANS TO ADDRESS COMMUNITY NEEDS THROUGH SERVICE A Closer Look at Intrapersonal Skills

10. So how do we best equip students with the non-academic skills to understand and face today’s tough challenges? One critical strategy: volunteerism. EMPOWERING ALL KANSANS TO ADDRESS COMMUNITY NEEDS THROUGH SERVICE

11. Young people who volunteer in their communities are more likely to vote, stay actively involved in service, and feel empowered as citizens. Source: White House Blog Jonathan Greenblatt, Director, Office of Social Innovation. EMPOWERING ALL KANSANS TO ADDRESS COMMUNITY NEEDS THROUGH SERVICE

12. Volunteering isn’t only good for the community — it can also be good for the economy. Unemployed people who volunteer are 27 percent more likely to find paying jobs. EMPOWERING ALL KANSANS TO ADDRESS COMMUNITY NEEDS THROUGH SERVICE Source: Volunteering in America Report, 2014

13. Best state in America: Kansas, for its young volunteers Washington Post December 26, 2014 EMPOWERING ALL KANSANS TO ADDRESS COMMUNITY NEEDS THROUGH SERVICE

14. 40.9 percent of Kansas teenagers volunteered between 2011 and 2013, the highest rate in the country. EMPOWERING ALL KANSANS TO ADDRESS COMMUNITY NEEDS THROUGH SERVICE Source: Volunteering in America Report, 2014

15. 35 percent of volunteers said they gave time to religious groups, while 26 percent said they helped educational organizations. EMPOWERING ALL KANSANS TO ADDRESS COMMUNITY NEEDS THROUGH SERVICE Source: Volunteering in America Report, 2014

16. Volunteer Input Orientation & Training Volunteer Reflection Celebration & Recognition EMPOWERING ALL KANSANS TO ADDRESS COMMUNITY NEEDS THROUGH SERVICE So what’s missing?

17. Our Focus Areas Disaster Services Economic Opportunity Education Environmental Stewardship Healthy Futures Veterans and Military Families EMPOWERING ALL KANSANS TO ADDRESS COMMUNITY NEEDS THROUGH SERVICE

18. How we can support you: Training/Technical Assistance Mini-Grant Funding Larger, multi-year grants: AmeriCorps Members STEM Mentor Programs EMPOWERING ALL KANSANS TO ADDRESS COMMUNITY NEEDS THROUGH SERVICE

19. Training/Technical Assistance 1.Volunteer Program Training 2.Volunteer Management 3.Trends in Volunteerism 4.Grant-writing Workshops EMPOWERING ALL KANSANS TO ADDRESS COMMUNITY NEEDS THROUGH SERVICE

21. 2016 Mini-Grant Funding 1.Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service January 18, 2016 - $1,000/grant 2.9/11 Day of Remembrance & Service September 11, 2016 - $1,000/grant 3. Volunteer Program Support Grants Spring 2016 - $1500/grant

22. EMPOWERING ALL KANSANS TO ADDRESS COMMUNITY NEEDS THROUGH SERVICE Multi-year Grant Funding Opportunities 1.AmeriCorps Grants Size varies - $67,000-$491,000 Number of members varies – 5 to 70 2. STEM Mentor Grants $20,000 per grant Number of mentors varies – 20 to 60

23. Quick Review Training/Technical Assistance Mini-Grant Funding Larger, multi-year grants: AmeriCorps Members STEM Mentor Programs EMPOWERING ALL KANSANS TO ADDRESS COMMUNITY NEEDS THROUGH SERVICE

24. Contact Us! volunteer@ksde.org volunteer@ksde.org

25. Contact Brittany Crabtree bcrabtree@ksde.org (785) 296-8447

26. Questions Please email your questions to lunchtime@ksde.org. lunchtime@ksde.org Questions/answers will be compiled and shared, via listservs.

27. Social-Emotional Character Development

28. Social: Human relations and interactions Emotional: Feelings and behavior Character Development: Success skills What Is It?

29. Social and emotional learning (SEL) is the process through which children and adults acquire the knowledge, attitudes, and skills necessary to understand and manage emotions, set and achieve positive goals, feel and show empathy for others, establish and maintain positive relationships, and make responsible decisions. Social and emotional skills are critical to being a good student and citizen. - CASEL, 2015

30.  Emotional Intelligence : Daniel Golman  Character Education: Elias et. al.  Consortium for the Advancement of Social Emotional Learning  KSA 72-8256  Partnership in Character Education Grant  Safe and Supportive Schools Grant  Duckworth (GRIT); Dweck (Growth Mindsets)  Community and Business/Industry Conversations Perspective

31. SEL Indicators Attitude and behavior Attendance and program completion Bullying prevention Character development School based mental health Volunteerism/service learning Climate/student management Success skill development Prevention

32. Kansas State Board of Education (KSBOE) Mission: To prepare Kansas students for lifelong success through rigorous, quality academic instruction, career training and character development according to each student’s gifts and talents.

33. Kansas Model Curricular Standards for School Counseling School Counseling Standards State Board Meeting Spring 2015

34. Standards Framework  Social-emotional domain  Career development domain  Academic domain  Arranged by grade level K-2; 3-5; 6-8; high school

35. Social/Emotional Domain  Overview: These standards guide school counseling programs to help students manage emotions and learn and apply interpersonal skills.  Standard 1: The student will acquire knowledge, attitudes, and interpersonal skills to help them understand and respect self and others.  Standard 2: The student will make decisions, set goals, and take necessary action to achieve goals.  Standard 3: The student will understand personal safety skills.

36. SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL, AND CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS… ANOTHER KANSAS FIRST!!!

37. Why SECD? 1. Aligns with the Social-Emotional Domain of the Ks. Curricular School Counseling Standards 2. 21 st Century Accreditation Model (Responsive Culture) 3. Rose Standards (School Finance Case) 4. How can students academically achieve when they are dealing with bullying, cutting, divorce, single parents, teen suicide, teen dating violence, substance abuse and mental health issues? 5. College and Career Ready

38. Kansas Social, Emotional, Character Development Standards  Approved by State Board April 2012  Ks. was the first state to adopt  Social –emotional learning integrated with character development

39. Durlak Research  Meta-Analysis of SEL programs involving 270,034 Kindergarten – High School Students  SEL Participants demonstrated significantly improved social and emotional skills, attitudes, behavior, and academic performance that reflected an 11-percentile-point gain in achievement.  Durlak JA, Weissberg RP, Dymnicki AB, Taylor RD, Schellinger KB., The impact of enhancing students' social and emotional learning: a meta-analysis of school-based universal interventions. Durlak JAWeissberg RPDymnicki ABTaylor RDSchellinger KB Durlak JAWeissberg RPDymnicki ABTaylor RDSchellinger KB

40.  Increased math achievement  Narrowed reading achievement gap between experimental and control schools  Significant decline in suspensions and expulsions A continuing multi-year experimental research study in over 50 Kansas high schools has shown the following results between 2008-2010:

41. Career, Standards, & Assessment Services Social Awareness Interpersonal Skills Social Skills Development Core Principles Responsible Decision Making and Problem Solving Character Development Self -Awareness Self-Management Personal Skills Development Kansas Social, Emotional, and Character Education Standards

42. College and Career Ready Goal KCCRS component… Students who are college and career ready must identify and demonstrate well-developed social-emotional skills and identified individual and community core principles that assure academic, vocational, and personal success.

43. Curriculum Examples

45. *Gaumer Erickson & Noonan, University of Kansas, Center for Research on Learning (2015)

46. Habits of Mind One of the three “keys for success” stressed in the Kansas College and Career Ready Standards  Habits of Mind  Collaboration  Focus on Instruction

47. Habits of Mind 9. Thinking and communicating with clarity and precision. 10. Gather data through all senses. 11. Creating, imagining, and innovating 12. Responding with wonderment and awe 13. Taking responsible risks 14. Finding humor 15. Thinking interdependently 16. Remaining open to continuous learning 1. Persisting 2. Managing impulsivity 3. Listening with understanding and empathy 4. Thinking flexibly 5. Thinking about your thinking 6. Striving for accuracy 7. Questioning and problem solving 8. Applying past knowledge to new situations Bena O. Kallick & Arthur L. Costa

50. KSDE Recommendations Follow school improvement process Assess your needs Evidence based Tiered approach Use data to inform decision making Multiple measures for evaluation

51. Career, Standards, & Assessment Services

52. How Do You Teach? Perseverance Leadership Drive Craftsmanship Enthusiasm Grit Hope Problem Solving

54. Career, Standards, & Assessment Services

55. Kansas Schools of Character Awards  Character Education Partnership (CEP) Grant  11 Principles of Character Education  Applications are submitted and reviewed  Honored over 50 Kansas Schools this past May   Sue Kidd, Coordinator for Kansas Character Development Initiative, at skidd.kschared@gmail.com or Topeka City of Character at http://www.topekacharacter.org/kansas-school-of- character.htmlskidd.kschared@gmail.comhttp://www.topekacharacter.org/kansas-school-of- character.html

56. Accountability

58. Student Growth Measures For SECD

59. Resources

60.  CASEL (www.casel.org)www.casel.org  Kansas Character Development Initiative (http://www.kssecd.org/)http://www.kssecd.org/  Edutopia (http://www.edutopia.org/social- emotional- learning?gclid=CP_9hMmk8sgCFV U2aQodY98IMg)http://www.edutopia.org/social- emotional- learning?gclid=CP_9hMmk8sgCFV U2aQodY98IMg  Character Lab (https://characterlab.org/)https://characterlab.org/  Character.org (http://character.org/)http://character.org/  Growth Mind Sets (http://qedfoundation.org/fixed-vs- growth-mindsets/)http://qedfoundation.org/fixed-vs- growth-mindsets/  Measuring SEL- Univ. of Minnesota (http://www.extension.umn.edu/yout h/research/sel/docs/issue-brief- measurement-resource.pdf)http://www.extension.umn.edu/yout h/research/sel/docs/issue-brief- measurement-resource.pdf  Topeka City of Character  http://www.topekacharacter.org/k ansas-school-of-character.html http://www.topekacharacter.org/k ansas-school-of-character.html  TASN (WWW.KANSASMTSS.ORG)WWW.KANSASMTSS.ORG  ASCD (http://www.ascd.org/professional- development/pls/social-emotional- learning-and-character- education.aspx)http://www.ascd.org/professional- development/pls/social-emotional- learning-and-character- education.aspx  Committee for Children (http://www.cfchildren.org/second- step/social-emotional-learning)http://www.cfchildren.org/second- step/social-emotional-learning  Whole Child (AIR) (http://www.gtlcenter.org/sites/defau lt/files/TeachingtheWholeChild.pdf)http://www.gtlcenter.org/sites/defau lt/files/TeachingtheWholeChild.pdf  KSDE Sites (www.ksde.org)www.ksde.org

63. Thanks for all that you do for Kansas kids!! ------------------------------ Kent Reed 785-296-8109 kreed@ksde.org

64. Contact Kent Reed kreed@ksde.org (785) 296-8109

65. Questions Please email your questions to lunchtime@ksde.org. lunchtime@ksde.org Questions/answers will be compiled and shared, via listservs.