001so it's always fun when we get to start our meetings with human resources recommendations and probably get to invite new people to be a part of our bcsc community so I'll turn to Dr pleek I request approval of the HR recommendations as presented this evening thank you thank you all right thank you very much so is there a motion to approve those recommendations as we have them in our packet SoMo thank you Mr Hofstra wire is there a second are there any particular questions individuals have it was a wonderfully long list all right without any questions all those in favor of our human resource recommendations as presented to us if you'd signify by saying I I those opposed then there you go they have passed unanimously thank you we have two more so thank you
002Doctor let's go right and wonderfully long is much better than awfully long right yeah in terms of that descriptor um we do have two positions that I want to place in front of you tonight for approval and I will start with Multicultural coordinator um with both of these positions both these individuals are here so once we approve them hopefully based on my recommendation we can have them say order two for us my first recommendation is the Multicultural coordinator position and we are recommending Mrs Angie Kirkham for that position Angie received her BS degree from in elementary education from iupuc in 2009 she has 13 years of teaching experience three years for greater Clark County Schools a year for Jennings County and nine years for bcsc at Clifty Creek Elementary School in 2018 Angie was named
003the ark teacher of the year a very prestigious recognition here in our community and in 2021 just last year she was Clifty Creek's teacher of the year through our recognition program Andrew will bring great experience to us both from the classroom as well as her her background that includes two years of service as the chairperson of the minorities Affairs committee for ISTA and she has also developed a skill set directly for this position through conversations on advocating for racial equity advocating for students with disabilities mentoring teachers as they face challenges with students and families from various backgrounds so her passion to serve the underserved and underrepresented populations of our Corporation was evident when we took her through the interview process we are glad to recommend Angie for this very important position for bcsc all right
004so we have a recommendation before us or if I may have a motion to accept this recommendation for Angie Kirkham so move thank you Miss day off try or Sarah II second thank you Mr Grimes are there any particular questions among my board members colleagues all right all those in favor of having Angie join our team as a multicultural coordinator if you'd signify by saying I all right as opposed there you are congratulations thank you if I could have Angie perhaps come to the podium thank you Angie congratulations so microphone right in front of you there Auntie awesome thank you can't use my teacher voice all right first I want to say thank you so very much for this opportunity I have enjoyed working at bcsc and representing all of the underserved students and underrepresented
005students that have come across my classroom and I'm glad to be able to do this at a greater level I was asked what were some of my top priorities so first and foremost as an educator I know I need to develop relationships so I need to meet with the various groups that serve our students our underrepresented students and as well as the families and the students themselves and staff members I'd also like to get in touch with the for guide team the guide teams that have been in place and also with the diversity Council so um I want to get again say thank you for this opportunity and I'm super excited I can't lie I'm a little bit nervous as well and I think that's normal so thank you again thank you thank you all
006right thank you for that approval sure the next one is director of Wellness another really important position for us and actually a new one that we are putting in place in in many ways we'll take the place of Dr Moore and help us move the counseling Council initiative forward but it is also more than that if we as we again we've established this this new position to help our school corporation in many ways the recommendation is for Kristen Beck Kristen received her bachelor's degree from IU in special education in 1997. so Kathy I hear they have a pretty good education program down there absolutely in Bloomington she was super master's degree from Butler in School counseling in 2004 her professional career includes nine years as a special education teacher and seven years as a school
007counselor with Franklin schools she joined bcsc in 2013 as a counselor at Columbus East High School and has served East as the Director of counseling since 2016. we are excited to have Chris to become this first director of Wellness that she is passionate about connecting students and staff to resources that help address their emotional mental and physical well-being she knows the importance of building and maintaining relationships with others is eager to collaborate with Community agencies and individuals in an effort to address the needs of all within our school corporation we believe her work aligns with our strategic plans specifically in the areas of healthy safe and welcoming environment environments that key Focus area and she will continue as I said the work with counseling counts and expand it so that every learner has access to
008the resources they Thrive so Kristen is who I am recommending so I would appreciate a recommendation or excuse me approval of that recommendation all right so we have a motion before us to appoint Kristen back as our new director of Wellness um do I have a motion to accept them so thank you missed one is there a second thank you Mr Bryant any particular questions of Dr Roberts about this one all right all of those in favor of having Kristen Beck join our team saying I I as opposed congratulations Kristen we haven't bitten anybody in a really long time good evening I am thrilled to have the opportunity to be the director of Wellness for bcsc the counseling counts Grant through Lily created a collaborative and comprehensive system of supports for students particularly in the
009area of mental health I look forward to continuing and expanding that work I am also eager to maintain develop and coordinate Services programs and resources that will help support the overall well-being of all bcsc employees I'm proud to work for a district that is not only dedicated to providing a top-notch education for its students but is also passionate about the mental emotional physical health and General Wellness of its students families and staff members and I really like to talk and meet people so I'm really looking forward to connecting with with many in our community and um yes so it's starting with Heather Carson I've already bothered her thank you very much awesome thank you congratulations congratulations again congratulations to Angie and Kristen two very important positions for a school corporation we look forward to working
010with them and moving our students forward in so many ways thank you so we have the opportunity for recognitions and we'd like to um cure on our Columbus North girls track team yeah thank you Dr so uh in June we had the opportunity to recognize our boys track and field state champions in some cases but others were Podium uh recipients um and so we recognized the boys back in June were doing so with the girls here tonight and I just want to mention that Lily Baker finished sixth in the 800 meters and Julie keisler finished sixth in the 3200 meters then pictured here are second place finishers in the 4 by 800 meter relay uh Brianna Newell uh Catherine Rumsey we mentioned her mom earlier Lily Baker and Julie Klaus are the four girls that
011are featured here against second place in the four by eight hundred meter relay so congratulations to Columbus North girls track for an outstanding finish the team finished 18th over