Josh Varner

Be Their Hero!

Jody Rakness

August 10, 2023

On Friday, August 11 at 8:00 AM in the WMS Auditorium, Josh Varner will share a powerful, inspiring message on trauma informed care. Help us give Josh a Warrior Pride Welcome!

Keynote: Be Their Hero!

(All Staff)

Two out of every three students in the United States are impacted by a traumatic event.  When students experience trauma or an extremely stressful situation, it's normal and natural for them to have a hard time coping afterwards.  I'm passionate about teaching educators how to support individuals impacted by trauma.  Josh specializes in inspiring teachers that they can support these students and be the hero in their life journey.  

During this training we will learn:

1.  Learn how many students are impacted by childhood trauma and how to identify them.

2.  Learn how the brain and body respond to trauma and how that impacts student behavior.  

3.  Leave with a  ‘Call to Action’ and be equipped with many specific tools that are easy to use to support their students.

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Session II: Manage the Unmanageable

(All Staff)

Recent studies have shown that it has never been more stressful to be an educator than it has over the past two years.  Teacher burnout is at an all time high.  So many of our stressors are out of our control (pandemic, lack of subs, increased student issues) but we can control how we manage our increased stress load.  During this presentation you will learn how stress is stored in the body and evidence based ways to release it.  

During this training participants will learn:

  1. How stress gets stored in the body
  2. Evidence based practices that complete the stress cycle
  3. How to make an individualized stress management plan that meets the needs of each person. 
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Session III: Student Support Plans
(Administrators, Counselors, Principal Assigned Curriculum Leaders)

Every challenging student has different needs to help them be successful in the school environment. During this training we will examine common challenging situations and practice making plans to help these students thrive..

During this training participants will learn:

  1. Identify students' strengths.
  2. Identify the root cause of the behavior.
  3. Create individualized student support plans designed to address problematic behaviors.