Reimagining Education

Organization: BARR Center (Building Assets, Reducing Risks)

Presenter Names and Titles:

Janice Eldridge, Former Rural BARR Educator & Current Director of Coaching and Secondary Schools

Dick Ungar, Former High School Principal, Athletic Director and Current BARR Coach

Megan Reder-Schopp, Associate Director of Research and Evaluation and South Dakota resident

Josh Omang, Detroit Lakes High School Principal and former resident of White Earth Reservation

Kelly Kalina, Detroit Lakes High School BARR Coordinator

Melanie Holmquist, American Indian College & Career Facilitator/Ojibwe Culture Teacher and former resident of White Earth Reservation

A Minnesota high school is focused on building relationships and achieving better results in their building for both students and teachers. Hear directly from Detroit Lakes High School educators as they share how they are using BARR (Building Assets, Reducing Risks) to prioritize relationships and data to better understand each of their students, focusing on the whole child. Detroit Lakes High School has a high population of Native American students and can share the successes and gains they have made by implementing BARR, a strengths-based educational model that provides schools with a comprehensive approach to meeting the academic, social, and emotional needs of each and every student. Relationships matter AND can produce academic outcomes. Join us to learn how the nation’s leading evidence-based school improvement model can help each and every student succeed.

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