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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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Jenny Durham

Centerville CSD
Teacher Leadership
jenny.durham@centervillek12.org
This is my eighth year as a PK-12 Instructional Coach in the Centerville Community School District. Previously, I taught Title 1 Reading for four years and was a First Grade teacher for eighteen years. I graduated from UNI with a Bachelors’s degree in Elementary Education. My Master’s degree is from Morningside College.
Tuesday, November 2
 

8:00am CDT

Check-In Memorial Hall - Community Choice Convention Center

9:00am CDT

Opening Remarks Grand BallroomDr. Ann Lebo

9:15am CDT

Prioritizing Efforts to Address Social, Emotional, Behavioral and Mental Health Needs of Children and Youth: Why Now? Grand BallroomDr. Renee Bradley

10:30am CDT

Check & Connect: An Evidence-Based Student Engagement Intervention Hy-Vee Hall Room 103Shelli Blazic

11:45am CDT

Lunch Hy-Vee Hall C

1:00pm CDT

Align, Integrate, Eliminate: Creating an Effective and Efficient System (Part 2) Hy-Vee Hall Room 101Kelly Perales Evidence-Based Practices for SEB and the Life Course Model Hy-Vee Hall Room 104Steven Evans

2:30pm CDT

An Introduction to Iowa's Social-Emotional Learning Framework Room 319-320Kay Augustine • Wendy Trotter • Marianne Rodriques Finding the "Fuel" for Learning and Emotional Well-Being – “How” We Can Enhance Learner Engagement while Supporting Educators’ Well-Being (Part 3) Hy-Vee Hall Room 108Jen Townsend • Emily Rubin Maximizing the Effectiveness of Equitable Tier 2 Classroom Interventions Hy-Vee Hall Room 107Julie Owens
 
Wednesday, November 3
 

8:00am CDT

Check-In Memorial Hall - Community Choice Convention Center

9:00am CDT

Only Connect: Systems Thinking for Social, Emotional, and Behavioral Health Grand BallroomJacob Priest

10:30am CDT

Trauma-Informed School Practices to Support Resilience During Times of Collective Stress and Trauma Hy-Vee Hall Room 101Mary Crnobori

11:45am CDT

Lunch Hy-Vee Hall C

1:00pm CDT

Accelerating Literacy: Teacher Tools & Scaffolds Room 312Jaci Jarmes • Leigh Bellville Exploring Emotions with Sesame Street in Communities Resources Room 321Sarah Welch Intensifying Interventions for Academics and Behavior Room 311Joseph Wehby