Brightway’s Blog
Articles and information about successful students, schools, families, and communities.
Students Succeed in Life with Pre-Employment Transition Services
Brightways Learning is a Certified Rehabilitation Provider for Pre-Employment Transition Services (Pre-ETS) program through the Alaska Division of Vocational Rehabilitation (DVR).
Pre-ETS is for students with disabilities ages 14-21 who are on an IEP, 504 Plan or are “potentially eligible” for DVR services.
4 Tips to Increase Student Resiliency
Within the Kaleidoscope Connect framework, we do not ask youth, “How smart are you?” Instead we ask, “How are you smart?” By looking through this strength-based lens, we celebrate the unique talents and intelligences that every youth has.
To help youth grow their resiliency, here are 4 tips to support them in the development of their individual intelligences:
From Loners to Leaders
Kimejoe Lambeth and Eugene James are 15-year-olds from rural Alaska, living on Prince of Wales Island. In most respects, they are typical teens.
But what sets them apart is their strong commitment to making a difference in the lives of other kids, and the leadership skills they have developed and polished over the past three years by taking part in our Kaleidoscope Connect activities.
ClassBright: Simple and Effective Teacher Evaluation
Like many other - particularly rural - school districts, we were initially struggling with our state’s teacher evaluation requirements and the limited options available. However, Brightways Learning, once again, came through for us like no other education vendor could.
Student & Community Success with Kaleidoscope Connect
Kaleidoscope Connect’s Integrative Youth Development (IYD) framework immediately resonated with us, because it focuses on building resilient youth by helping them develop important social and emotional skills including self-awareness, self-management, relationship-building and responsible decision-making.
Why I Count on Brightways Learning for Our District's Key Needs
I would never have expected a small nonprofit organization based in Montana to be able to provide me with some of the vital keys that are contributing to the growing success of my school district.