The SMHS is back for 2023!
Virtual program: September 28
Since its inception in 2019, the MASSP Student Mental Health Summit has worked with nearly 4,000 educators and students in developing school resources and programs around this crucial topic. Facilitating this event virtually allows most school teams to listen, learn, and develop student-centered programming to proactively meet the greatest needs of your students and staff. We will face new educational and personal challenges on the horizon, particularly when it comes to student mental health. SMHS seeks to provide a unique opportunity for principals, counselors, student leadership advisors, and student leaders to come together to discuss and seek solutions to student mental health issues impacting our schools.
What will it look like?
VIRTUAL STUDENT MENTAL HEALTH SUMMIT
IT’S A STUDENT COVER! This year, we raised the bar for student voice and tapped some of Michigan’s most passionate students to help guide our discussions! This year’s SMHS planning committee was led by the Michigan Student Delegates Council to ensure that proper collaboration and insight from the student perspective remains our primary goal. Whether it’s student facilitators, small group discussion panels, or student-centered programs, students are leading the way during SMHS ’23! Students will feel at home and work alongside educators and peers to make our school communities healthy, happy places to learn and grow.
Mental health and well-being remains one of the top educational priorities for our students and educators. In an effort to remove as many barriers to this impactful conference as possible, we have moved this program to a virtual space. Our goal is to highlight critical areas of academic content, curriculum, and programs that any interested student or educator can access, regardless of where you live in Michigan. The MASSP Virtual Student Mental Health Summit will provide the same incredible content, keynote speakers, and dozens of new concepts and programs for use in your school building. Our virtual program also allows all participants to view each recorded keynote presentation and breakout session, instead of choosing from a series of simultaneous presentations.
SMHS+ (two additional webinars included!)
All Student Mental Health Summit registrations also include two follow-up webinars (SMHS+ webinars in January and May.) Adding new school-wide programs and additional goals to an already busy plate can be difficult to manage. Knowing that our SMHS provides many resources and initiatives that schools will want to implement, our SMHS+ webinars will focus on expanding on these key concepts from our September summit, but will also create space for additional support and follow-up progress throughout the year.
Capitalize on your momentum and help create the best environment for your staff and students with SMHS+.
Who should be present?
A team of 6 people from each school, including: the principal, advisor, student leadership advisor and more than 3 student leaders.
Appointment):
- SEPTEMBER 28 (9:30 a.m. – 2:15 p.m.)
- SMHS+ webinars (included with all registrations)
Location:
Quick agenda
Data Trends and School Rating Survey
Kevin Fischer: Student mental health trends by the numbers
Parade of ideas!
A panel of students and educators sharing the best of the best mental health ideas and programs for students
Spotlight session: Passion for action!
Bringing the Project Planning Model to Life – Best Practices for Successful Implementation of New Initiatives
Keynote speaker
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Dr Eve Miller, Director of Research for FranklinCovey Education
Mental Health Summit Small Group Topics
Break down these school assessment surveys and identify the focus areas your school plans to focus on for the 2023-2024 school year. This document will serve as a roadmap for you to select which breakout sessions your team plans to attend live and which ones can be viewed later.
A call for presentations will be issued seeking schools with programs in place to share best practices on the following topics:
- Community Resources and Support Networks
- Stress release, mindfulness and school/life balance
- Effects of digital media
- Supporting students with chronic health conditions
- Supporting Students Diagnosed with Mental Illness
- Depression/anxiety
- Suicide Awareness and Responsiveness
- Trauma Informed Schools/ACES Programs
- Addiction: indicators and prevention
Do you have a school program or an interesting topic to share? We want to hear from you!
Call for Presenter Form (seeking middle and high school submissions)
Registration and cost
Do not wait ! Registrations are on a first come, first served basis and will remain open until September 22 at 3:00 p.m. or once we reach maximum virtual capacity restrictions. Schools are permitted to enter teams consisting of (6 participants total for one team prize): principal, advisor, student leadership advisor, and 3 student leaders. mSchools are allowed to register more than one team if they plan to register more than 6 participants in total. . MASSP/MASC/MAHS will bill schools for the total number of teams registered. This form must be completed by a staff member advising the group. The cost of registration is shown below:
September 28: (9:30 a.m.-2:15 p.m.)
- Location: Your home, office or school!
- Investment: $249 per team (6 educators/students total) | $49 for additional individual registration
Schools are permitted to register teams consisting of a maximum of (6) educators and students. Schools are permitted to register more than one team if they plan to register more than (6) educators and students in total, or add more registrations on an individual basis.
