Achieving Kids

The subject of today's podcast is talking with Amy Andrews and two Wylie ISD seniors plus a former graduate about their perspectives, questions, thoughts, and questions about graduating high school and heading to college. They share great tips, advice, and insights into what to consider when choosing a college. We are so grateful to have such wonderful students and graduates to help educate us along the way! Episode Guests: Amy Andrews, Wylie ISD District Counseling Coordinator Devin Chaky, WHS Graduate, current student at the University of Texas in Austin Mikalah Hodge, WEHS Senior Madisyn Butler, WHS Senior

The subject of today's podcast is talking with Dr. Kelly Jameson and three Wylie ISD seniors about their insights, perspectives, and advice to the modern student. They share potential pressures, challenges, and an encouraging word to our current students and families. We believe that building strong relationships between our students, families, and staff is the cornerstone of our success. We are so grateful to have them working towards that goal each and every day! Episode Guests: Dr. Kelly Jameson, Psychologist Jackson Schwarte, WEHS Senior Trinity Singer, WEHS Senior Victoria Okafor, WHS Senior

The subject of today's podcast is talking about the shift in expectations for today's students and student athletes. Our coaches talk about the differences they have noticed with our current students and players compared to what it was like when they were growing up. Learning how to leverage the relationships they have with their staff and their players is a way to help guide the students in the right direction, even though they might be facing new challenges along the way. Episode Guests: Coach Marcus Gold, Head Football Coach at Wylie East High School Coach Jimmy Carter, Head Football Coach at Wylie High School

The subject of today's podcast is talking through what our expectations need to be with ourselves and each other when entering a new school year. After learning so much during the pandemic, we want to be equipped with what we need to do to help our students and families feel safe and prepared for school. We talk about what to do with fears, anxieties, and how to be supportive with one another. Episode Guests: Dr. Kelly Jameson, child psychologist & dynamic speaker drkellyjameson.com/ Dr. Kim Spicer, Deputy Superintendent, Wylie ISD

The subject of today's podcast is learning about resources that are available for our families and paying for college. Dr. Vinson's wife Cristy shared a Facebook group called Paying For College 101 and we were blown away by the community to learn about financial aid, college search, applications, loans, and so much more! Debbie Schwartz is the founder of Road2College and Paying For College 101 and shares some great tips and teaches us to educate ourselves as early as possible. Episode Guests: Debbie Schwartz - Founder, Road2College Amy Andrews - Counseling Services Coordinator, Wylie ISD To learn more about Debbie, her work & resources, and join the Paying For College 101 Facebook page, please visit their website: https://www.road2college.com/ To join the Facebook group, please visit this website: https://www.facebook.com/groups/PayingForCollege101/

The subject of today's podcast is learning about what opportunities Collin College and the Wylie Campus provides our students and families in Wylie ISD. Our dual credit classes in the high schools, a community center at the Wylie Campus, and post secondary opportunities that are preparing our students and graduates for leading workforce industries are local and available. Learn the history of Collin College, the heart of their leadership, and the goals for the future. Collin College consists of multiple campuses that feature everything from medical and nursing programming to advanced technological fields to their fire and police academies and so much more! They are ready to educate any student for the relevant and ever changing fields in industry. Episode Guests: Dr. Bob Collins, Board President of Collin College Dr. Neil Matkin, President of Collin College Dr. Kim Spicer, Deputy Superintendent of Wylie ISD To learn more about Collin College and the Wylie Campus, please visit their website: https://www.collin.edu/campuses/wylie/

The subject of today's podcast is learning about what we can do to help ourselves and our children/students/athletes identify and overcome the "human related issues" that are holding us back from maximizing our ability. Today's guest, Brett Ledbetter, interviews high performing athletes, teams, and coaches from multiple sports to learn what it takes to grow and survive in high stakes environments. The lessons learned can be applied to our kids, athletes or not, with modern and practical ways to remember what's really important, handle adversity, and become achieving kids. Episode Guest: Brett Ledbetter, thought leader, high performance consultant & dynamic speaker https://whatdriveswinning.com/ Achievement Profile: web.wylieisd.net/dashboard Have your student login with their district username & password. To learn more about the process Brett uses with What Drives Winning and other topics mentioned, please visit these resources: https://whatdriveswinning.com/ Person Over Player video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HK1pJPgE3So Questions he asked parents when their children began in his basketball program (that can be applied to any situation): 1. What do you want your child to get out of the sport experience? 2. What do you think your role is as a parent to make sure that comes true?

The subject of today's podcast is learning about why passion is important and what it looks like in reality. Dr. Kelly Jameson teaches us what we can do to allow our kids to be involved in telling us with their time, energy, and actions what they are interested in and what they care about. Dr. Jameson gives great ways to examine ourselves as parents and how what we can do to help our kids grow into who they are meant to be and have happy, hopeful, and achieving lives. Episode Guests: Dr. Kelly Jameson, child psychologist & dynamic speaker drkellyjameson.com/

The subject of today's podcast is learning about the four different parenting styles and which one is the most helpful in raising healthy and achieving kids. Dr. Kelly Jameson teaches us what we can do to evaluate which parenting style we truly have and questions to ask to get honest feedback to help our self-awareness. Dr. Jameson gives great ways to examine ourselves as parents and how what we do when we have differing parenting styles as our spouse. Episode Guests: Dr. Kelly Jameson, child psychologist & dynamic speaker drkellyjameson.com/ To learn more about the basics of the parenting styles, check out this resource: https://www.verywellfamily.com/types-of-parenting-styles-1095045. There are many valuable resources online to help us all become the best parents we can be!

The subject of today's podcast is holiday expectations during the pandemic. Dr. Kelly Jameson teaches us what we can do to continue or create holiday traditions and how important this is - especially during 2020! Dr. Jameson gives great tips and ideas to make this holiday season special! Episode Guests: Dr. Kelly Jameson, child psychologist & dynamic speaker drkellyjameson.com/

The subject of today's podcast is learning what emotional intelligence is, how we can develop it, and what we can do as parents to support that growth in our children and ourselves. Dr. Kelly Jameson teaches us about emotional intelligence and how it can help us in our relationsips. Episode Guests: Dr. Kelly Jameson, child psychologist & dynamic speaker drkellyjameson.com/

The subject of today's podcast is learning the importance of respect and responsibility and the huge role dignity plays when building strong relationships. Dr. Kelly Jameson teaches us about de-escalation and how being the adult is hard but it's our job, so we need to do it well. Episode Guests: Dr. Kelly Jameson, child psychologist & dynamic speaker drkellyjameson.com/

The subject of today's podcast is learning about how we can help our children and ourselves during the time of Covid-19. Stress can come in all forms and Dr. Kelly Jameson gives us great insight on how to handle that and be able to thrive even in the midst of hard times. Episode Guests: Dr. Kelly Jameson, child psychologist & dynamic speaker drkellyjameson.com/

The subject of today's podcast is learning about grief, what to expect with our students who are grieving, and how we can help. Grief can take several forms and our students can experience grief from any kind of loss. It might look differently from our elementary age students to our high school students, but there are ways we can support each other during a difficult time. Episode Guests: Dr. Kelly Jameson, child psychologist & dynamic speaker drkellyjameson.com/ Amber Teamann, principal at Whitt Elementary, Wylie ISD Virdie Montgomery, principal at Wylie High School, Wylie ISD To take a look at the grief resource Dr. Jameson mentioned, please visit this site: https://whatsyourgrief.com/

The subject of today's podcast is learning about social awareness and how complicated it can be. Everything from managing friend groups, remembering the developmental level of the child, and how emotional intelligence comes into play. Social Awareness is part of social & emotional learning. Episode Guest: Dr. Kelly Jameson, child psychologist & dynamic speaker drkellyjameson.com/ To learn more about emotional intelligence, check out this resource around the research of Daniel Goleman: https://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/newLDR_45.htm

The subject of today's podcast is learning about self-management and what we can do to become manage our emotions and use our emotional regulation skills to become our best selves. Everything from taking care of our overall health to realizing that sometimes we can be wrong. :) Self-management is part of social & emotional learning. Episode Guest: Dr. Kelly Jameson, child psychologist & dynamic speaker https://drkellyjameson.com/ To learn more about the VIA Character Survey and to take it for free, please visit here: https://www.viacharacter.org/www/

The subject of today's podcast is learning about self-awareness and what we can do to become more self-aware as adults and how to help our kids. Everything from identifying our emotions to how to model talking about our thoughts & feelings with our kids. Self-awareness is part of social & emotional learning. Episode Guest: Dr. Kelly Jameson, child psychologist & dynamic speaker https://drkellyjameson.com/ To see examples of the feelings and emotions posters that Dr. Jameson mentioned in the podcast, please visit here: https://www.amazon.com/emotions-poster/s?k=emotions+poster

The subject of today's podcast is learning what our School Resource Officers can provide our students and how our kids can advocate for themselves if they have a concern. Parents you won't want to miss out on hearing about the incredible opportunities our Wylie Police Department offers for students in our district. Episode Guests: Sergeant Randy Hooker, Wylie PD - Wylie ISD SRO Supervisor Angie McIntosh, Crime Victim Advocate, Wylie PD To learn more about the opportunities our students can get involved in, please visit https://www.wylietexas.gov/about_us/divisions_and_units/school_resource_officers.php

The subject of today's podcast is learning what we as parents can expect when their kids transition from one campus to another and how we can prepare them (and ourselves!) for these major milestones. We are excited to welcome back Dr. Jameson to hear her expertise! Episode Guests: Dr. Kelly Jameson, Therapist

The subject of today's podcast is learning insider information about what it is really like to be a college freshman! A group of Wylie East High School 2018 graduates came back to let us know how their first semester of college is going and what they have learned! It's an episode you won't want to miss! Episode Guests: Cooper Andrews, Texas Tech University Micah Clayton, Southern Methodist University Abel Elias, University of Pennsylvania Chanel Hawkins, University of Texas

Our subject for today's podcast is hearing about our Texas State Board of Education and what is coming next from the Long-Range Plan for Public Education. Episode Guests: Donna Bahorich, Chair of the State Board of Education Barbara Goss, Wylie ISD School Board Vice-President Mitch Herzog, Wylie ISD School Board President Suzi Kennon, Wylie ISD Parent and Texas PTA President-Elect For more information about the Long-Range Plan mentioned by Donna Bahorich, please visit: https://tea.texas.gov/SBOE/long-range_plan/

Our subject for today's podcast is what dual credit is and how your child can benefit from taking college classes in high school. Episode Guests: Raul Martinez, Associate Vice President of K-12 Partnerships, Collin College Maureen Cervantes, College & Career Counselor, Collin College Dr. Kim Spicer, Deputy Superintendent, Wylie ISD For more information on 504 accommodations at Collin College, please visit the ACCESS website: http://www.collin.edu/studentresources/disabilityservices/index.html

Recorded on August 15, 2018. Featuring Texas Education Agency (TEA) Commissioner Mike Morath and Dr. David Vinson, Superintendent of Wylie ISD.

Our goal today is to help our parents and all other Texans understand the Texas School Report Card. We are so excited to have the Commissioner here with us! Episode guests: Commissioner Mike Morath, TEA Commissioner of Education Dr. Kim Spicer, Wylie ISD Deputy Superintendent For the TEA Resources metioned in the podcast, please visit: https://tea.texas.gov/A-F/

Our Subject for today’s podcast is how to get your child and yourself ready for Kindergarten. Our goal today is acknowledge the anxiety faced by both and children when they are first starting school, and to talk about ways to help. Episode guests: Emily Jones McCoy, Dugout Reporter for the Texas Rangers, Co-owner of Posh Play Mat, & author of A Place for Everyone Vicki Skipwith, Wylie ISD Kindergarten Teacher Scott Winn, Wylie ISD Assistant Superintendent of Human Resources & former Elementary Principal To see Emily's book, please visit her website: http://poshplaymat.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=9

Our Subject for today’s podcast is keeping students safe online while using social media platforms. We have partnered with the Department of Homeland Security to address the most common ways students are exploited and who is at risk. Episode guests: Special Agent Andrew Peters, Department of Homeland Security Karaline Klakamp, Wylie East student Easton Kerr, Wylie High student To see the resources referenced by Agent Peters, please visit this website: https://www.ice.gov/topics/iGuardians

Our Subject for today’s podcast is student anxiety and stress and emotional and psychological impact they have on a student and their achievement in school and life. Our goal today is to address the most common issues relating to what creates anxiety and stress and expert advice regarding how adults can help kids effectively manage stress and anxiety. Episode guests: Dr. Kelly Jameson, psychotherapist Tanya Smith, Wylie ISD parent Stacie Smith, Wylie ISD parent To see Dr. Jameson's resources, please visit her website: http://www.drkellyjameson.com/

Our Subject for today’s podcast falls on the heels of the latest school shooting. In Wylie ISD, we have a standard that every student have at least one positive relationship with an adult as a method of engaging kids and deterring acts of violence. Most students who commit these acts are isolated individuals without connection or support. By engaging our kids with kindness, caring and love will give them the hope and happiness necessary to thrive in a positive way. In Wylie, we actually measure student/teacher relationships 3 times per year to identify and help those who feel isolated. Our focus today is to learn about the value of caring, kindness and engagement and reflect on one parent’s experience of losing a child to an incident like what happened in Florida. Darrell Scott, parent of Rachel Scott and is the founder of Rachel’s Challenge. Rachel was a victim of the Columbine School Shooting in 1999. In Rachel’s diary, she wrote "I have this theory that if one person can go out of their way to show compassion, then it will start a chain reaction of the same. People will never know how far a little kindness can go." Darrell’s life has been dedicated to Rachel’s Challenge to bring kindness and caring to the world in a chain reaction that has touched over 5,000,000 lives. Episode guests: Darrell Scott, father of Rachel Scott, founder of Rachel's Challenge Mike Williams, principal of Wylie East High School Virdie Montgomery, principal of Wylie High School Barbara Goss, Wylie ISD parent, Board Member Heather Leggett, Wylie ISD parent, Board Member Ian Halperin, Executive Director of Public Relations For the Love & Logic parent resource referrenced by Mr. Scott, please click here: https://www.loveandlogic.com/ For the 180 Connections resource referrenced by Mr. Scott, please click here: https://goo.gl/mTxvk6 Information and advice contained in this podcast should not be used in any legal capacity whatsoever, including but not limited to defining, interpreting or establishing policies or procedures of a school or the district. No guarantee is given regarding the accuracy of any statements or opinions made on the podcast. Wylie ISD does not endorse any of the products or services referenced and guests on this podcast are not compensated.

Our Subject for today’s podcast is sexting and the impact it can have legally, from school discipline perspective and emotional impact on a student and their achievement in school and life. Episode guests: Mike Leasor, Partner of Leasor, Crass, Attorneys at Law Scott Winn, Assistant Superintendent For Student Services Stacie Smith, Wylie ISD parent Stephanie James, Wylie ISD parent For the powerpoint referrenced by Mr. Leasor, please click here: https://goo.gl/7iWfFn Information and advice contained in this podcast should not be used in any legal capacity whatsoever, including but not limited to defining, interpreting or establishing policies or procedures of a school or the district. No guarantee is given regarding the accuracy of any statements or opinions made on the podcast. Wylie ISD does not endorse any of the products or services referenced and guests on this podcast are not compensated.