Available free
of charge on MomsTEAM's new SmartTeams concussion website, the #TeamUp4ConcussionSafetyTM program, developed by MomsTEAM Institute as part
of its SmartTeams Play SafeTM initiative with a Mind Matters Educational Challenge Grant from the National Collegiate Athletic Association and Department
of Defense, is designed to do just that: to increase reporting by athletes
of concussion symptoms by engaging coaches, athletes, parents, and health care providers in a season - long, indeed
career - long program which emphasizes that immediate reporting
of concussion symptoms - not just by athletes themselves but by their teammate «buddies» - not only reduces the risk the athlete will suffer a more serious brain injury - or, in rare cases, even death - but is actually helps the team's chances
of winning, not just in that game, but, by giving athletes the best chance to return as quickly as possible from concussion, the
rest of the season, and by
teaching that honest reporting is a valued team behavior and a hallmark
of a good teammate.
A real - time electronic poll
of BME teachers attending the seminar found that: 78 % do not think the work and contribution
of BME teachers is recognised and valued by schools; 58 % do not think treatment
of BME teachers has improved in the last decade; Only 36 % feel outcomes for BME pupils have improved in the last decade; 98 % feel that racism continues to be a serious problem in the UK today; 53 % do not see themselves still being in the
teaching profession in the next five years, with 31 % saying they are planning to change
career and the
rest saying they plan to retire or take a break from the profession.
He
taught and studied art at the University
of Mississippi with David Smith, Jack Tworkov, and Reginald Neal; was an Assistant Professor at LSU and SUNY; and was later recruited by Jack Tworkov to
teach at Yale before serving as the Chair
of the Art Department at the UMASS, Amherst, where he remained for the
rest of his academic
career.