Title
Attacking the Chaos Caused by Social Media in CTE
Session Code
2187
Venue
Phoenix Convention Center
Room
129 A/B
Description
Do you believe that mental health issues and social media are intertwined in creating some form of chaos in your school? At the Susquehanna County Career and Technology Center, the teachers and administrators have developed a defined strategy to combat the negative social and emotional stressors in the students’ lives. Through a professional development program surveying the effects that the COVID Pandemic and social media has had on our students’ lives; the school’s staff has created a plan to help students become reality-based thinkers who can tackle the consequences of overdone media coverage and social media itself. The school believes that this reality-based thinking will lead students to recognize that too much information without reliable support may be harmful to their mental health and well-being. This session will share with participants how the school arrived at its strategy and how the school is implementing the strategy for all students in all program areas.