Ep. 111 | Model Behavior & a Master Chef

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In this episode, Culinary Arts, PBIS, and the factual information you need to know for this election season.
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From the Heart of Paradise, I'm Matt.
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And I'm Sarah.
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And of course, joining us in studio as always is Kara, Therese, and Nicole helping us produce this amazing show.
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It's been a minute since we have recorded an episode.
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Summer is over.
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School is well underway for the new school year, which means this is podcast episode season time.
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Okay, so you're really gonna like this first segment because you like to cook.
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You're pretty pretty gourmet, I would say.
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I think you it's it's a passion of yours, correct?
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Uh it is a it is a hobby with a curse.
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I I love it, um, but I I can never do enough of it.
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Well, I do want to see you've got some competition.
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Up first on the podcast is Pinnacle alumni Natalie Cordova, who recently finished first place at the Family, Career, and Community Leaders of America National Leadership Conference in July, where basically she got to show off her culinary skills.
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Welcome to the podcast, Natalie.
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Hi, thank you.
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Um, so that's a pretty big deal to win first place.
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There were, uh, if I have this correctly, there were 80 students from 48 states, and and you took home the first place prize.
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Yeah, there was a lot of students, but it was a lot of fun though.
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Uh tell us a little bit about what the competition entailed.
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Um I know that um maybe some of the people listening, uh, and myself included, I don't even know what this kind of a competition would look like, but I'm so interested to find out.
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Well, for the competition I did, I had to prepare two dishes.
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And I only had a time span of an hour to complete a salad, a main dish.
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But it was a lot of fun.
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It was a lot of practice leading up to it though.
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And it was just very nerve-wracking.
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Was part of the practice leading up to it watching shows like Chopped, because this kind of feels like like that kind of a show where you have this limited amount of time to create something amazing.
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I wouldn't say it's exactly like those shows.
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As those shows are very dramatized, like dramatized.
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Yeah, that's the word.
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But when you're in the actual competition, it's a little calmer and you're given the time to focus without having people walking up to you and trying to have conversations.
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Can you tell us what um how did you take home first place?
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Tell us about the salad, the main dish.
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Not only do I want to hear it, but you're also making me very hungry talking about this.
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But we want to hear how did you win this competition?
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I was if I'm gonna be very honest, I was surprised I won as I had an allergic reaction to our dish.
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So I had to prepare a Caesar salad from scratch, and I had to make garlic mashed potatoes, a ribeye steak with a mushroom sauce, and caramelized carrots, but I'm allergic to mushrooms.
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You know what's so crazy?
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I am also allergic to mushrooms, and what I was when you were explaining this dish, I was like, this sounds delicious.
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It does.
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Except for that sauce.
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Yeah, it was really good, but I just didn't try it that much as I didn't want to risk an allergic reaction, but it ended up happening in the end.
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So talk to us how you prepare, not just to go to Washington, DC, which is very impressive, but how do you prepare, get in the mental state, um, get your dish prepared.
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But what did you have to do to get ready to go to DC to compete?
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So what I did to get ready was I just spent a long time with my with my family and my boyfriend.
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And they would just encourage me a lot and say that I've worked to be where I'm at now.
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And that no matter what happens, they will always be proud of me.
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And that definitely helped me a lot.
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Um I didn't think I was ready for both my family and Jeff Thomas thought I was so just having that encouragement and knowing people believed in me made it so much easier for me.
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And there's a lot to be proud of because it's not just the first place uh win, but you also earned in the 25-26 school year the FCCLA chapter president at Pinnacle High School.
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Talk a little bit about that experience.
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What was it like leading that chapter for your school?
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It was a lot of work, but it was very fun.
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I met a lot of my friends that I still have now.
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And it was an amazing learning experience as it taught me how to be a good leader, how to be confident, organizational skills.
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But it also taught me that I don't always have to be work working alone and that it's always okay to have other people there that support me and that I work with.
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I love that.
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You know, can you talk to us a little bit as far as you you mentioned uh I think you should said Chef Thomas.
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Um can you talk a little bit about uh the chef who has inspired you, who I know works at Pinnacle High School, and really what are some other things that have sparked this passion for culinary?
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Apart from my grandpa, Chef Thomas has been my biggest supporter, and he's always pushed me to better myself, I guess.
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And I just think he's the best mentor I've had, and he always believed in me and he's always pushed me to strive for more.
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I hold Jeff Thomas very close to my heart.
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We have other students who are uh obviously uh trying to kind of take the trajectory that that you've kind of forged here, um, going to competitions, maybe leading an organization on campus.
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What kind of advice would you have uh to younger students um who maybe are at Pinnacle or one of the other high schools in in PV now?
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A piece of advice I'd give is definitely have confidence and it's not wrong to ask for help when you need it.
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Everybody is there to help and support you, and at times you'll really need it.
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But just always have confidence in yourself and never bring yourself down, even if you don't feel like it's you're doing enough because you are doing enough.
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So as we start wrapping up, um we want to ask you a few more questions, but obviously, what are your plans now that you've graduated, Pinnacle?
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Talk to us about your next steps and are you gonna stay in culinary?
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So my next next steps are I'll be going to college to study food science and environmental sustainability, and I'm going to become a full-time culture chef for M Culinary Concepts, which is the biggest catering company in the Southwest.
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And I'm just very excited as catering is something I love to do.
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And I just look forward to also continuing my studies as me and Chef Daniel, the culture chef from culinary.
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We both believe it'll benefit me in the long term, both in my career and outside of culinary.
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In the kitchen though, I I do have to know.
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What is what's your favorite meal to prepare for yourself?
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And then what is the meal that uh friends and family ask to have prepared the most?
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My favorite meal to prepare for myself, it's spicy noodles with hard-boiled eggs and cheese.
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Delicious.
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But for my family and my friends, a meal they definitely ask for a lot is tamales, because I've perfected how to make really good tamales.
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And apart from that, it would I would definitely say chicken Alfredo.
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My mom asks for it basically every night.
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Well, we will have to cut this interview uh now because I am so incredibly hungry.
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Uh talking about chicken Alfredo.
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Um, delicious.
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I mean, um, what a fun way to experience high school.
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I'm I'm glad that you uh had that opportunity.
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Um and obviously from uh PV schools, thanks for representing the district and Pinnacle High School so well.
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Again, taking home first place is quite a big deal.
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Very impressive.
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Congratulations again, Natalie.
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Thank you.
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So, Matt, obviously earlier this week we had the opportunity to talk to Sally Hensel, who's from Professional Development, and she told us everything we need to know about the PBIS coalition and all the amazing awards that some of our schools just.
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That was pretty impressive.
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Let's take a listen.
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You know, recently several of our schools won uh or were recognized with an award for PBIS.
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How much do you know about PBIS?
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You know, when I was teaching, we it was kind of new.
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So not a lot of schools did it, not a lot of districts did it, but I know that we're doing positive behavioral interventions and supports.
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And the one thing I learned as a teacher is people always say it's not that it's a program, but it's like a way of thinking.
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And it's how we it's not a curriculum, but it's how we interact with students.
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And it's certainly uh kind of one of those foundational things in PV schools.
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You see them, uh the elements of PB uh PBIS uh in all of our schools, really.
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Uh we're not the experts in PBIS, though.
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So we'll be learning a lot uh along the way uh with everyone listening.
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Uh welcome to the podcast, though, someone who can speak much more intelligently about PBIS, Sally Hensel.
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Uh, she's a professional development specialist in our professional development uh department.
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Hi, Sally, welcome.
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Thank you.
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I'm glad to be here.
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So as we kind of talked about uh jumping into this segment, we want to know a little bit more about PBIS.
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What is it, uh, and then how does it look here in PV?
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Well, PBIS is uh definitely something that we have at a number of our schools, branching off into tier two and tier three.
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It is an evidence-based uh program and system at its heart.
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It's about building strong relationships uh and supporting all students.
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Uh we never want to assume our students know what those expectations are in the same way that we teach two plus two equals four.
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We want to make sure that uh those behavioral expectations are explicitly taught.
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What does a positive behavior look like?
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How can we reinforce those behaviors?
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And how can we provide additional supports for students who may need that?
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Uh PBIS is highly effective, it's evidence-based, and it's in over 27,000 schools in the United States.
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Wow, that's impressive.
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So clearly I said it wrong at the start.
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I think I said not a program, but it is a program, but it's not a curriculum, correct?
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It's more of a way of thinking.
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And from my understanding, it's geared a lot more toward, again, positive reinforcement and um rewarding students for doing the right thing.
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Would you agree?
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Yes, it's definitely it's definitely a tiered framework, is probably the best way to consider it.
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It's data driven.
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So we're always looking at data.
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We're looking at evidence-based practices organized within a system that we'll see uh results in positive outcomes.
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Outcomes such as greater teacher retention, right?
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We know that uh teachers can feel more burnout if there are more behavioral issues that need to be addressed.
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We know that academics uh is a positive outcome.
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Uh teachers can get down to the business of teaching and students can get down to the business of learning.
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Uh, we see improvements not only in behavior, but overall school safety and definitely an improved culture for everyone at our PBIS schools within that data-driven framework.
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So earlier I had mentioned that we recently found out that several of our campuses received some honors related to PBIS, uh, PBIS.
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13 actually uh is the number of campuses that were honored.
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What does that signify for the implementation of PBIS here in PV?
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Well, I hate to kind of brag about the professional development department.
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Please do, please do.
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The professional development department has really taken on the reins of supporting the implementation of very specific professional development for tier one PDIS leadership teams, tier two leadership teams, and this year we've added tier three leadership teams to our repertoire of professional development.
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A shout out to those teams.
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They had their first training about a week ago.
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Um they're definitely ready to move on to tier three.
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So professional development has really committed to supporting the training for these leadership teams so they can go back to their sites and do this important work.
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So we know that we have our model PBIS school for the state.
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Shout out to Desert Shadows Elementary School.
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It's huge.
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Um, but we also want to say that this is not necessarily a new thing.
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We have legacy schools in our district.
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They continue to refresh and refine their systems.
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As a matter of fact, the sites who are in tier one leadership training, um, they're not new to PBIS.
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What they're interested in doing is refreshing and polishing and refining.
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Um, so our schools are innovators in PBIS when we have all these leadership teams in the same room together.
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They're innovators in terms of how they share what they're doing.
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And other schools are like, that's a great idea.
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I want to tackle that, or what's working for uh you all.
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Um and it's I think it's important to note that applying for these awards is completely voluntary in PV schools.
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There are certain school districts that may require the schools to do so.
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We really leave this up to the sites and they embrace it.
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So the fact that it's something that the schools volunteer to do and that we have such a huge representation in the state is a huge honor, really, for our sites.
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So talk to maybe the parent who's listening, and I'm sure they hear their students talk about it.
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We obviously know about it being being educators, but what are some tangible examples that someone might see within a school or a classroom that would be that would signify PBIS, such as kids getting recognized, rewarded, or just overall implementation?
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Well, I think uh what parents may see is that they'll see uh if they go to a campus, they'll see all of the framework display displayed.
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It's very transparent.
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What is our shared expectation?
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What are our shared expectations and our language that we use here on this campus?
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If we're at Greenway, we know that we roar, we know that rattlers rise, for example.
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Um, and so students should be very well versed.
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We do uh tiered fidelity instrument walkthroughs.
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We go to schools, we talk to staff members, we talk to students.
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They should be able to speak the language, so to speak, that it's not about a gotcha that PBIS is really proactive and making sure that expectations are explicitly taught, and that because of that, it's important to acknowledge what students and staff really are doing in terms of supporting those behavioral expectations.
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And so parents may see maybe a student brings home like some sort of reward from the acknowledgement system, and that's really great to support a home.
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Like, way, way to go.
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I really love how you are showing being respectful at school.
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What does that look like in terms of in the classroom versus the media center versus the cafeteria?
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Um, and so that whole system that's in place within that framework should be evident not only in just the signage, for example, um, but just being able to talk to staff members, talk to their students.
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Um, it should be very clear what the expectations are and how they are celebrated on campus.
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And then what that does is when that's really done well, it really helps identify who are our students who might just need a little bit more support.
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Um, and we can find that um support so students, all students uh can feel successful at school.
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You touched on it a little bit, but are there things that parents and families can be doing to support this work at home?
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I know you talked about staff and students supporting the work, but uh we we know that it it takes a village, right?
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Uh to get a student through their educational journey.
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What can be done at home?
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I think it is uh being aware of what those expectations are and supporting those at home and celebrating your child too, as far as um knowing that um that at this school we are we are safe, we're respectful, we are responsible.
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And then what does that actually look like at home too?
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You know, um that maybe those are the expectations at school, but here at home, we make sure that our room is clean or that we're contributing to the chores or that we're being kind to each other.
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Um, and then also if you happen to find that your students may need maybe um a check-in and checkout, maybe they need an additional like a tier two support just to know that there are a lot of people on board and and cheering the student on for the greatest amount of success, um, that um that parents and guardians that they're participating in that so that the student um feels that support.
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Um, again, so we can really get down to the business of learning and achieving and just really being aware.
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We we don't want this to be um, you know, confusing or unclear for our students and our families and our for our staff.
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There should there should be a lot of transparency there, a lot of communication from schools.
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So I encourage parents to PBIS is often embedded within staff handbooks or I'm sorry, parent students' handbooks.
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And so the more they familiarize that um with themselves and what's going on at their school, they can support that at home as well.
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So students are getting similar messaging as far as what the expectations are.
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I really love that.
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Yeah, I mean, you kind of mentioned it, and and I think this is important to highlight this uh this has an impact on student success academically because this is kind of creating that environment that's a successful learning environment.
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It's it's a massive piece of it as far as when students come into a classroom, for example, and they know what the expectations are.
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Um, I've seen it, I've I have a um Center for Teacher Development camera in a second grade classroom at Desert Shadows Elementary, our uh model PBIS site.
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Students come in, they have clear expectations, they know what they need to do, there is positive uh acknowledgement um happening.
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And what's occurring is that students then have a great feeling of like, I belong here, I know what is expected of me, and now I can focus on the learning.
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Um managing behavioral problems and issues can be very overwhelming.
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Um, and so when everyone's on the same page and we're speaking the same language, we have this consistent uh environment and those shared expectations, um, and students are aware of when they are meeting them, um, that then teachers can actually do the work that they're meant to do.
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Which is to be teaching on the academic side.
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Yeah, I love this.
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And I think it's just so you said it at the very beginning that you know, we assume kids know a lot of this stuff.
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And they they don't always.
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We have to teach it just like we teach what two plus two equals.
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It's important for us really to implement this.
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And I think it provides confidence to kids.
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I think it provides security.
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And overall, I think they just function better in the classroom and in life when they have guidance and clear expectations.
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I think that's wonderful.
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Okay, so before we go, um, Matt, I want you to give a big shout out to all of the schools who are recently recognized.
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I'm I'm putting Matt on the spot.
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I'm gonna see how well you can do this because it's 13 different schools.
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Let's go.
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Yeah, this is actually a good problem to have.
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I can't memorize them all because we have we have too many that have done so well for the school.
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You can read it.
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I am gonna read them because I don't want to leave anybody out.
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Uh huge congratulations and shout out to Quail Run Elementary School, James Peeley, Sun Kids Preschool, Sandpiper, Cactus View, Copper Canyon, Greyhawk Elementary Schools, Greenway Middle School, Larksburg Elementary School, Liberty, Palomino Primary, Sonor and Sky Elementary School, Boulder Creek Elementary School, and as mentioned, Desert Shadows Elementary School.
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Very good.
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I was hoping you would memorize it, but it's hard.
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I know.
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I like to put you on the spot.
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We always like it when we have too many honors to be able to memorize.
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Uh it's a really good problem to have.
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Well, Sally, thank you so much for joining us today.
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Um, it's it's been wonderful learning about this, and we look forward to celebrating all the PBIS schools and all the amazing things happening here in PV schools.
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Thanks for having me.
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Thanks again, Sally.
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Uh kind of cool to get the behind-the-scenes learn a little bit more about such a foundational um uh program in the district.
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Yeah, and again, congratulations to all the schools who won these impressive awards.
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And up next, we're gonna move into your favorite segment.
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Shout outs.
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Big shout out to Whispering Wind fifth grade teacher Kimberly Tornquist.
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She was selected to attend the Founding Forwards 2026 Celebrating America 250 Revolution and Independence Teacher Seminar this past July, where only 50 educators got accepted nationwide into this very competitive program.
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We are incredibly proud to have her representing PV Schools.
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Shout out to the Paradise Valley High School Tri-M Music Honor Society.
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These students organized a benefit concert and raised over$1,500 for charity.
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The society regularly shares their passion for music by visiting elementary and middle schools across PV schools to young uh students who are interested in music and music theory.
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Thank you for making such a positive impact in your community.
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And Echo Mountain Intermediate Principal, oh I should say shout out to Echo Mountain Intermediate Principal Elizabeth Rankin, who was awarded the Copper Apple Award from the Office of School Improvement from the Arizona Department of Education.
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This certificate is awarded to principals who demonstrate improvement on academic achievement through the Project Momentum Framework.
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And shout out to the outstanding 11 students from Paradise Valley High School's nursing services and CREST bioscience programs.
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All students earned acceptance and successfully completed the highly competitive leadership initiative's summer immersion programs.
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Your dedication, hard work, and passion for healthcare and bioscience are truly inspiring.
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And for our final shout-out today, a shout out to all of those who have registered for Parent Square.
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Through the launch of this new mass messaging system, many newsletters, posts, and two-way communication have been sent to and from families and schools.
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We encourage all families to go ahead and download the ParentSquare app or to activate their accounts.
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Go to ParentsSquare.com and sign up today.
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You know, Sarah, November is coming up, so obviously we are in the midst of election season and knowing factual information is pretty important.
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It is.
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So we have several ways for our community to find out about two elections that PV Schools has on the ballot this year.
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One is the MO override and one is the DAA override.
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All the information that you could ever want to know about these two elections are on the district website, pbschools.net forward slash elections, or you can go to pbschools.net and you can get to that same page from the district's homepage.
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There's also an opportunity tonight at 6 to 7 p.m.
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at Pinnacle High School in their lecture hall C, where the community can get a in-person uh presentation.
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They'll learn everything they need to know about MO and DAA overrides, have an opportunity to ask questions.
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Uh some district staff will be on hand uh to do that.
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Uh so again, that's tonight at uh 6 to 7 at Pinnacle High School if you're interested in finding out more.
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Uh all the information that's presented during that presentation is also going to be on the website.
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Perfect.
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Yes.
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Hopefully we will see everyone tonight at Pinnacle High School.
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Yeah, and with that, uh, that's been today's podcast.
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