Preparing Our Students to be College and Career Ready
Format
Poster Presentation
First Presenter's Institution
Parkwood Elementary
Second Presenter's Institution
Parkwood Elementary
Third Presenter's Institution
N/A
Fourth Presenter's Institution
N/A
Fifth Presenter's Institution
N/A
Location
Poster Session (Harborside)
Strand #1
Social & Emotional Skills
Strand #2
Academic Achievement & School Leadership
Relevance
This poster session will highlight how the use of Habits of Mind help to develop the skills necessary to be college- and career-ready. It will also document how Habits of Mind help to increase student achievement.
Brief Program Description
Academic achievement has increased for students utilizing Habits of Mind by increasing our school score from a D to a C and from not meeting growth to exceeding growth
Summary
Parkwood Elementary is a K - 5 International Habits of Mind Learning Community of Excellence. Since embedding the habits, our school has raised student achievement. Teachers and administrators integrate habits of mind daily in classroom lessons, office discipline and interactions between staff and students and among staff members. By utilizing a common vocabulary, habits helps to provide the foundation for student learning, interactions, and behavior.
Evidence
Student achievement continues to grow utilizing habits of mind for students K - 5. These habits and dispositions provide our students with the skills required to be college and career ready, based on workforce and university research.
Biographical Sketch
Linda Kopec is the principal at Parkwood Elementary School in Onslow County. She has been an administrator for over seventeen years. Prior to that, she served as a school counselor. She holds a Masters Degree in School Administration from East Carolina University, A Masters in Counseling Psychology from Texas A & M, Central Texas and a Bachelors degree in Psychology and Political Science from University of Maryland University College, European Division. Ms. Kopec is a Licensed Professional Counselor, Nationally Certified Psychologist, Nationally Certified Clinical Psychotherapist, Nationally Certified Counselor, Nationally Certified School Counselor and holds K - 12 Curriculum Specialist, School Administration, and School Counselor certification in the state of North Carolina. She serves on the NC Principal and Assistant Principals Association Board, the NC School Counselors Association Board and on the NC ACT Advisory Council.
Keyword Descriptors
Social Emotional Learning, Academic Achievement
Presentation Year
2019
Start Date
3-5-2019 4:00 PM
End Date
3-5-2019 5:30 PM
Recommended Citation
Kopec, Linda and Stutler, Ann, "Preparing Our Students to be College and Career Ready" (2019). National Youth Advocacy and Resilience Conference. 114.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/nyar_savannah/2019/2019/114
Preparing Our Students to be College and Career Ready
Poster Session (Harborside)
Academic achievement has increased for students utilizing Habits of Mind by increasing our school score from a D to a C and from not meeting growth to exceeding growth