Iowa BEST: Behavioral, Equitable, Social-Emotional, Trauma-Informed Health in Schools Summit The Iowa BEST Summit is designed to highlight educators’ collective need to bolster support and care across the educational system, and to build shared capacity to get there. The sessions will deliver resources and practical solutions around social-emotional-behavioral health. #IowaBEST2021
The summit is co-sponsored by the Iowa Department of Education and the University of Iowa College of Education.
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Youth Participatory Evaluation (YPE) allows our students to become evaluators. Born out of the Distrsict's agreement with the Office of Civil Rights, YPE students in each high school choose a research question that is important to them and relates to their education, school climate, and/or student engagement. The team then tries to answer their question by collecting voices at their school, amplifying what they hear, and taking action. Youth recommendations contribute to school, district, and community discussions and decisions. We believe youth have expertise that needs to be heard. This session will be co-led by MPS student. We will provde an overiw of our model as well as ideas on how to adapt for your local context.
