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Wednesday, October 10,2018
dawsonnews.com I DAWSON COUNTY NEWS I 3A
Teaching and technology discussed
at second day of learning academy
By Jessica Brown
jbrown@dawsonnews.com
The inaugural 1 Dawson
Learning Academy recon
vened at the Professional
Development Center On
Sept. 18 for the second day
of presentations where
those in attendance learned
about teaching instruction,
technology and services
offered to students to help
them achieve the ultimate
goal of graduation.
“We’ve done a lot over
the last couple years to real
ly work towards providing
our students with the best
opportunities and choices
as they go through our
school system and get
ready to graduate,” said
Nicole LeCave, executive
director of Teaching and
Learning.
Some of the changes in
the school system over the
last three years have been
introducing dual enrollment
and post-secondary oppor
tunities as well as targeting
kindergarten through sec
ond grade students to pro
vide a strong foundation as
they continue their path to
graduation.
The perception that grad
uation is achieved in one
linear way and that the end
goal is going to a four-year
college was also overhauled
as LeCave explained the
expansions of online cours
es, high school credit for
eighth graders, Advanced
Placement courses, the ben
efit of the nontraditional
Hightower campus and
credit recovery for strug
gling freshman so that they
can still graduate with their
classmates.
Technology was also a
big focus of the second day
of the academy as LeCave
and Executive Director of
Technology Roman Gaddis
outlined how the 1:1 initia
tive, now in its third and
final phase, has impacted
students and the way edu
cation is taught in 2018.
The 1:1 initiative rolled out
three years ago with the
goal of providing each stu
dent in the school system
with an iPad.
“Having the iPads in the
hands of our students really
does foster a way for us to
have 21st century learning,”
LeCave said. “Twenty first
century learning is that
we’re preparing students to
go into the workforce or go
to college and be successful
in these areas.”
By using iPads, students
are able to engage in the
four C’s: communication,
critical thinking, creativity
and collaboration, which
will help them as they pre
pare for college courses or
job training in the work
force, LeCave said.
“Our goal is to make
sure that technology doesn’t
become about just teachers
doing things that are fun
and letting kids do games
and things like that,”
LeCave said. “We want to
make sure and this has been
our sole focus since we
started the 1:1 is that the
standards drive instruction.
Technology is just a way to
enhance that instruction.”
With the ease of access
for all students, the iPad
was an easy choice for the
school system which now
has over 3,900 iOS devices
between the teachers and
students.
“At the end of the day,
the committee felt like the
iPad was the best device for
assessment and instruction
and it’s the most equitable
device meaning if you have
a student with disabilities
they can use the iPad just as
well as a student with abili
ty can,” Gaddis said.
Gaddis also touched on
some new programs in
place to keep students safe
and alert school officials of
potential trouble.
In 2018 the school sys
tem began paying for
Gaggle, a monitoring ser
vice that will alert school
officials at the district office
and at the individual cam
puses if a student has sent
communications from their
school Google accounts
that indicate potential harm
or bullying.
“In the case where there
may be evidence of harm or
self-harm or bullying it
sends an email to three of
us at the district office and
the school APs and princi
pals, whoever they have
designated,” Gaddis said.
Gaddis said that since the
beginning of the school
year, his department has
averaged one message
expressing self-harm per
week.
“This is worth every
penny,” he said. “I’m glad
we have it. It’s kind of one
of those responses, inter
vention things we can do.”
Having Gaggle as a way
to intervene is just one of
the many ways Dawson
County Schools has been
proactive about the mental
health of the students.
Janice Darnell, director
of Student Support, spoke
about the school system’s
mental health services pro
vided by her department.
According to Darnell,
faculty and staff, as well as
a large number of students,
went through suicide
awareness and prevention
training to learn how to rec
ognize symptoms and pro
vide appropriate health.
Along with counselors at
every campus, this year the
school system entered a
partnership with Avita
Community Partners,
which provides a mental
health counselor at Dawson
County High School and
the junior high school.
The Positive Behavioral
Interventions and Supports,
or PBIS, initiative has also
been implemented at all
campuses and aims to pro
vide behavioral expecta
tions and reward those who
demonstrate each set expec
tation.
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