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The LAVA Leadership Weekly Newsletter, 19 April 2021
Elementary & Middle School "Caching Treasure" Summer Camp!
Check out the poster (with a QR code to begin registration), and the parent permission forms! Email completed parent forms to cfryberger1@saisd.net or rrasco1@saisd.net
** Buses will be provided for students who attend Harris MS, Briscoe Elementary, and Woodlawn Academy. Students from other campuses will need to make arrangements to get to one of these three campuses. Times will be communicated soon!
High School Summer Camp Info - coming next week!
This Week's Theme: ADVOCACY
Advocacy is the act or process of supporting a cause or proposal. Advocacy is active, not passive.
There are many types of advocacy, and today we will look at the most common types: Self-Advocacy, Group Advocacy, Citizen/Community Advocacy, and Professional Advocacy.
- Self-Advocacy: refers to an individual’s ability to effectively communicate his or her own interests, desires, needs and rights. It recognizes that people are experts by experience and involves them in speaking out for themselves about the things that are important to them. It means that people are able to ask for what they want and need and to tell others about their thoughts and feelings.
Goal: is for people to decide what they want and to carry out plans to help them get it. - Group Advocacy: involves people with shared experiences, positions or values coming together in groups to talk and listen to each other and speak up collectively about issues that are important to them.
Goal: to influence public opinion, policy and service provision. - Citizen/Community Advocacy: Citizen advocates are ordinary members of the local community. They are unpaid and usually operate with support from a coordinated scheme. Citizen advocacy partnerships are long term, not time-limited, and last for as long as the citizen advocate and the individuals want them to.
Goal: aims to involve people in their local community by enabling them to have a voice and to make decisions about the things that affect their lives. - Professional Advocacy: Such advocacy is issue-based and the advocate may only need to work with the person for a short time.
Goal: Paid independent advocates support and enable people to speak up and represent their views, usually during times of major change or crisis.
This Week's Video: "Top 10 Activists Who Made a Difference"
Leadership "Word Play" - Play Along!
30-Day Challenge - Earn a Prize!
Instructions:
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Join the 30-Day Challenge!
Did You Know...?
Check out some other interesting facts about advocacy HERE.
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For Something Different - "How Can You Change Someone's Mind?"
Your LAVA Leadership Specialists
Mrs. Carlyn Fryberger
Interests:
Reading, Hiking, Target Archery, Violin
Areas of Expertise:
Creativity & Innovation, Gifted Education, Leadership, Chemistry, Geosciences, E-Learning
Family:
Married for 18 years (Wade), Son (Heath, 16 yrs), Son (Owen, 13 yrs), Turtle (Carl)
Work Experience:
G/T Specialist (8 yrs), HS Chemistry Teacher (13 yrs)
Education:
B.S. Environmental Chemistry (Millersville Univ.), M.S. Geosciences (Mississippi State Univ.), Grad Certificate in Secondary Education (Millersville Univ.), Grad Certificate in Creativity & Innovation (Drexel Univ.)
Email: cfryberger1@saisd.net
Location: Burnet Learning Center - San Antonio Independent School District (SAISD) Central Office, 406 Barrera Street, San Antonio, TX, USA
Mrs. Randi Rasco
Interests:
Reading, Baking
Areas of Expertise:
Twice Exceptionality, Gifted Education, Leadership
Family:
Married for 16 years (Kevin), 3 Dogs (Havoc, Muggs, Jon)
Work Experience:
Private Practice Counselor (10 yrs), College Professor (2 yrs), Special Education Teacher (2 yrs), School Counselor (4 yrs), G/T Specialist (5 yrs)
Education:
B.S. Psychology (Southwestern Oklahoma State Univ.), M.A. Counseling (Univ. of Mary Hardin-Baylor), Grad Certificate in Professional School Counseling (Regent Univ.)
Email: rrasco1@saisd.net
Location: Burnet Learning Center - San Antonio Independent School District (SAISD) Central Office, 406 Barrera Street, San Antonio, TX, USA