Student Success Through High School and Community College Pa

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Student Success Through High School and Community College Partnerships 12-8-2022

• This professional development session conducted for Kappa Delta Pi (Honor society for educators), looks through the lens of Kannapolis City Schools (KCS) and Rowan-Cabarrus Community College (RCCC) in North Carolina, with attendees learning how to build successful partnerships between local education agencies and community college partners.
• This successful partnership has culminated in KCS being recognized for the NC Works Award of Distinction as an Outstanding Innovative Partnership, CTE Regional Director of the Year, and Game Changer Award recipient. Building on lessons learned through the KCS-RCCC partnership, we will share how each educational entity has worked to ensure that the dynamics of diversity, equity, access, and inclusion are a priority in the partnership.
• We offer an interactive activity focused on diversity, equity, access, and inclusion to identify the core values and beliefs of the participants and their respective educational agencies. 
• Additionally, we will share how we choose dual enrollment career and technical education pathways that are taught on the high school campus, and how we are continuing to expand our equity and access focus through locally articulated credit.   
• Keywords: Diversity, Equity, Inclusion; Culturally Responsive Teaching; Community Engagement 
• One-sentence summary: Learn how to build successful partnerships between local education agencies and community college partners.

• Diversity Equity and Inclusion Conference Presentation 11-18-2022 Rowan-Cabarrus Community College G.U.I.D.E. Conference Growth, Understanding, Inclusion, Diversity, and Equity (G.U.I.D.E.)   A Journey of Identity: A Recipe Worth Sharing-Found in Food     
• This presentation was an open dialog relative to food, aligning in detail why food has been a chosen as a topic of interest. Food has been chosen as a topic through personal experiences due to the presenter’s cultural-familial upbringing.     
• Food as love and why:     The parents of the presenter grew up with very little food.  One parent was raised in the mountains of Greece during the German-Turkish alliance when Germany invaded Greece in the 1940’s.  One chicken egg was used to feed seven siblings.  The other parent grew up in a Catholic Charities group home with minimum food choices, and offerings.  This led to an idea of safety and security in having an abundance of food in the pantry as a comfort to the presenter’s family home and upbringing.    Family gatherings with a wide variety of foods were common. Weight, health, and social settings were all impacted due to these ideas within the presenter’s childhood. This background information on the presenter builds the foundation of conversation on how food will be discussed.         
• The goal of the presentation was to provide a lens into demonstrating the significance of food on students, faculty, and staff from a cultural, academic and lifestyle implications perspective. An awareness of food from a dining, and social standpoint is portrayed for educational leaders toward creating a holistic environment with physical emotional health & wealth at the forefront.  
• The feedback provided from many, highlighted feelings of reflection on their own cultures and how they see food. 

   Mr. Hurther Baker, Senior Lead Maintenance Technician 

A candid conversation on serving, careers within technical positions, and MANY amazing answers to a viewer led interview. 

  Nichole Mitchell is an  Entrepreneur and a Dual Enrollment Coordinator .  A jack of all trades and master of none. "I like to believe I am a person who is always willing to jump in and learn something about almost anything, and despite knowing that I may never truly master one thing, I still keep learning."   

NSL Sits down with Nichole and talks about finding oneself, and learning how to refocus. 

  Dr. Stephen “Steve” M. Cathcart, Chief Human Resources Officer, he has facilitated workshops all over the United States as well as internationally. He is an expert in many areas of employee development including leadership, diversity, and performance management. Steve has a unique blend of experience in both the public and private sectors. He has worked and consulted for Fortune 500 companies, government entities, and non-profit agencies. He is also an adjunct professor in the Department of Leadership Studies and Adult Education at North Carolina Agricultural & Technical University.  • A lifelong resident of North Carolina, Steve was educated in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg public school system. He earned a Bachelor of Arts in History and a Master of Science attained from North Carolina Agricultural and Technical University, where he is currently an adjunct professor in the Masters of Adult Education Program. Also, he earned a Doctor of Education in Adult & Community College Education from North Carolina State University. 

Joyce Milling is a Youth Apprenticeship Coordinator

with Apprenticeship NC, serving 23 counties across the southern part of NC. She has

helped to develop a variety of youth apprenticeship programs, a few include, Drone

Technology, Early Childhood Education, Manufacturing, IT, Pre-Nursing, and

Veterinary Medicine. She previously served as the Associate Dean of Students at

Warren Wilson College where she oversaw both Residence Life and Housing as well

as Student Conduct. Joyce also loves hiking, scuba diving, and learning about

different ways we can have a positive impact on preserving our natural world and

the people in it.

Mr. Chris Sargent is the Head Strength and Conditioning Coach for Potsdam State. He is also the owner of 3 S Training (Sarge’s Sports Specific Training) He has presented at St ate level on the importance of sleep.

 Leslie Shaffer Hereba, LMHC [Licensed Mental Health Counselor] https://www.herebamentalhealthcounseling.com/ Clinic Director / Owner Leslie is a self-employed small business owner doing BIG THINGS! She is the clinical director and owner of a group private practice in Syracuse, NY. She currently both manages the practice and works with individual clients. Leslie believes that a healthy work place is the key to success and encourages both healthy staff and therefore, healthy clients. She runs her practice through the Holistic Model of Wellness approach, which refers to the integration of physical, psychological and spiritual aspects of a person and thus to the integration of body, mind and spirit, which is assumed to be the base of wellness. She holds the belief that we are all a sum of all our experiences, thoughts, feelings, systems, and supports. Her practice is deeply rooted in person-centered therapy and other evidenced-based theories which ground in the basic thoughts that the client knows themselves best and the importance of creating an authentic relationship for healing to flourish. Leslie is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) with extensive clinical experience ranging in various ages from children, teenagers and adults. She works to help clients build skills and strategies that they can utilize to manage current struggles and discomfort. She is a mother, a lover of warm weather and sunshine, dance classes, cooking gluten-free and exploring alternative methods of healing. 

 Brad Holda's role is to set other people up for success, to serve others, and to utilize my unique God-given skills, talents, and abilities to better the community. His roles include: son, father, husband, Career Coach, tennis coach, and gig economy extraordinaire. Mr. Holda is the owner of InvestNU, which is a career advancement organization that sets the next generation up for success through career/life coaching and professional preparation.