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Help Freshmen Succeed

Help Freshmen Succeed. American School Counselor Association Conference – July 2, 2013 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Karl D. Liedtka, Lebanon School District • Secondary School Counselor • Supervisor K-12 Counseling Programs Kliedtka@lebanon.k12.pa.us • (717) 270-6733.

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Help Freshmen Succeed

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  1. Help Freshmen Succeed American School Counselor Association Conference – July 2, 2013 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Karl D. Liedtka, Lebanon School District • Secondary School Counselor • Supervisor K-12 Counseling Programs Kliedtka@lebanon.k12.pa.us • (717) 270-6733

  2. http://cedars.lebanon.k12.pa.us/groups/karlliedtka/

  3. Where is Lebanon? Where Karl grew up We are here VACATION

  4. Where is Lebanon?

  5. Lebanon School District • Demographic Profile • Area: 81.9 square miles • Total Population (2010 U.S. Census Bureau estimate): 25,477 • Enrollment 2012-13: 4,893 • Ethnic Diversity • White: 36% • Black: 6% • Hispanic: 52% • Native American: .18% • Asian: .84% • Multi-Racial: 4.13% • Free and Reduced Lunch: 80% • Post-Secondary Education Rate: 16 year average: 66%

  6. How did I get here? • Freshmen are challenging (crazy) • more discipline referrals than 10-11-12 • more personal/social visits than 10-11-12 • more “drama” • more failed classes • more agency referrals • They are high maintenance • but not usually high profile – Seniors!

  7. How did I get here? • Challenges • Transition to high school • Hormones • Learning the delicate social cues • Reaction to this • Initially – not effective • Brain Science • Frontal Lobe, Cerebellum, Limbic System • Under construction

  8. Brain Under Construction Limbic System Prefrontal Cortex Regulates decision making, problem solving, control of purposeful behavior, emotions More sensitive to stimulation “risk taking” than in the adult brain. Cerebellum Regulates initiation and timing of movements. http://www.ted.com/talks/sarah_jayne_blakemore_the_mysterious_workings_of_the_adolescent_brain.html

  9. Where do you start? • Needs assessment • Created needs assessment • Surveyed faculty and students • Identified the most concerning issues • LFS lessons • A system used to organize attention • Active, dynamic, get their attention, commercials, snap shots, sound bites, entertaining, social. • Lessons………………..Show and Tell

  10. Why LFS? • Everybody’s Doing It • District wide movement to LFS • Part of the Team - Don’t allow marginalization • Easier access to classes • Less You - More Them • The more they do the more they learn – James Brown • Basic principles of LFS- • Movement, Interaction, Deeper Understanding • Flexibility • LFS allows you to go to plan B, C…..D etc

  11. Why Care? • Have to teach students why having good grades is important – before they are taught becoming better students. 3-2-1 Did you know – video Themes and Ideas Cause and Effect

  12. Study Skills 3-2-1Work Smart ArticleStudy Skills GuideStudy Skills – Power PointExtended Thinking - Prompt • Work Smarter Not Harder – Well, maybe a little. • use a butter knife to cut a pieces of wood

  13. Goal Setting • S.M.A.R.T • S.M.A.R.T Video

  14. Time • They have to gain an understanding of the importance of time – before they try to manage it. • 86,400 – video • Attack Your Day - video

  15. Procrastination Students have to know how common it is and what it looks like before they can improve upon it. Ellen – video How to procrastinate like a pro Types of procrastinators

  16. Procrastination Prioritization • Students have to know how common it is and what it looks like before they can improve upon it. Ellen – video How to procrastinate like a pro Types of procrastinators • Discussing priorities is difficult – we often tell them WHAT to value…not WHY it is of value…..FREEDOM? Sneakers! Do what you have to do

  17. Decision Making • Emotional? – video • Distracted?-video • Expectations-video • Decisions – Graphic Organizer • Decision - Cartoons

  18. Conflict Resolution • Things look different when you slow down – videos Soggy FaceMiscommunication-1 DropletMiscommunication-2 Things look different when you examine them more carefully Pic 1Escher Pic 2 Pic 3

  19. Cyber Smarts • Once posted you lose control • Think before you post

  20. Questions? http://cedars.lebanon.k12.pa.us/groups/karlliedtka/

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