Overview

September 14

Providing support for students struggling with mental health is a well-known challenge for education communities. Learning institutions are doing their best, but with recent staffing shortages and years of pandemic-related disruption compounding an already surging crisis, school systems need a solution.

One way to support students experiencing mental health crises is by providing in-the-moment support around the clock. Integrating a mental health crisis line into school services means students can get the help they need whenever they need it.

Join us for a 30-minute webinar on September 14 to learn how Gaggle’s ReachOut mental health crisis line can help provide immediate support for thousands of students nationwide.

During this webinar, you’ll learn:

How students experiencing anxiety, depression, bullying, abuse, and suicide ideation can connect to a trained crisis counselor who is familiar with the student’s school district and the resources available to them.
How to integrate SMS text, web-based chat and phone call support services so students can communicate however they feel most comfortable.
How school staff can leverage data from the crisis line to provide extra support to the students who need it.

Speakers

Michael Ralls

Principal, ACE Advising & Consulting

Michael Ralls has worked in public education as a teacher, school counselor, and administrator for 33 years. He last served as Director of Social Services for the North Clackamas School District in Clackamas County, Oregon, a District of 33 schools and 18,000 students. During his tenure at North Clackamas School District, Michael created a district-wide, school-based social services model to provide a coordinated system of care for all 18,000 students. He led the construction of four school-based health centers, and also directed the homeless services, crisis response, school counseling, social worker, and threat assessment programs for his former District.

Jeff Patterson

Chief Executive Officer, Gaggle

Jeff Patterson is the founder and CEO of Gaggle since 1999. Gaggle provides an early warning system to identify students in crisis and helps protect nearly 6 million students.

Annmarie Lehner

Leader, K-12 Business Development & Strategy, Amazon Web Services

Annmarie is the K-12 Business Development and Strategy Leader at AWS where she leads a team of technical/sales Business Development Managers who are influencing major policies, funding agencies, and engaging primary education institutions as they consider cloud platforms to drive down costs and innovate their Districts. Prior to joining AWS, Annmarie worked in technology and leadership roles in K12 Public Education for more than 30 years, serving for more than 10 years as the Chief Information Technology Officer (CITO) and Chief of Staff to the Superintendent of Schools at the Rochester City School District (RCSD) in upstate NY.

Tom Ryan — Moderator

Senior Fellow, Center for Digital Education

Tom Ryan has recently retired from Santa Fe Public Schools, in New Mexico, as Chief Information and Strategy Officer. He has co-founded, K12 Strategic Technology Advisory Group, to assist district leaders deliver educational success with technology, which is led by experienced school technology leaders. He has expertise in strategic planning and leadership, designing digital learning environments, technology infrastructure reviews. Dr. Ryan has a Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction. He has served as CIO in large and very large public-school districts and has 40+ years of experience and expertise in teaching, leadership, technology integration and blended/online learning program development.

Webinar

Support your students mental health with a 24-7 Crisis Line