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Recent Professional Development workshops held at Puterbaugh and Indianola

Shown below are photos from recent Professional Development workshops provided by GEAR UP staff at Puterbaugh Middle School and Indianola Public Schools.

Puterbaugh Middle School teachers watch a video during the recent Love and Logic professional development workshop presented by GEAR UP Education Coordinator Brianna Brassfield. Brassfield presented Unit 5, Developing Positive Teacher/Student Relationships. The workshop was provided free to the partner school faculty and administration. In 2017, Eastern received a $17 million GEAR UP grant and is serving over 3,000 students and teachers in 39 area partner schools.

Eastern’s GEAR UP Education Coordinator Brianna Brassfield shares Love and Logic information with teachers at Indianola during a recent professional development workshop. Brassfield presented Units 6–9 which included Setting Limits with Enforceable Statements; Using Choices to Prevent Power Struggles; Quick and Easy Preventative Interventions; and Guiding Students to Own and Solve Their Problems. The workshop was provided free to the partner school faculty and administration. In 2017, Eastern received a $17 million GEAR UP grant and is serving over 3,000 students and teachers in 39 area partner schools.

Eastern’s GEAR UP Education Coordinator Brianna Brassfield presents “Ruby Payne—10 Actions to Educate Students” to Indianola teachers during a recent professional development workshop. Included in the actions are: Build a relationship of mutual trust; Teach students the hidden rules of school; Analyze the resources of your students and make interventions based on resources the students have access to; Teach formal register, the language of school and work; Teach abstract processes; Teach mental models; Teach students how to plan; Use the adult voice and refraining to change behaviors; Understand the family resources and dynamics in order to impact interventions; and Teach how to ask questions. The workshop was provided free to the partner school faculty and administration. In 2017, Eastern received a $17 million GEAR UP grant and is serving over 3,000 students and teachers in 39 area partner schools.

Clayton GEAR UP Students tour East Central University

Thirty Clayton junior and senior GEAR UP students recently toured East Central University in Ada, OK. Students began the tour with a welcome informational session

Atoka GEAR UP Students tour Grayson College

Thirty-five GEAR UP juniors from Atoka High School recently traveled to Denison, TX, to tour Grayson College. Assistant Director of Enrollment Management Derek DeYonge greeted

Howe eleventh grade GEAR UP students tour the University of Arkansas Fort Smith

Howe eleventh grade GEAR UP students recently traveled to Fort Smith, Arkansas, to tour the University of Arkansas (UAFS). After a brief introduction, Admissions Advisor