WIZkids: The Initiation, Growth, and Adaptation of an In-Hospital Elementary School Hour During Normal and Not-So-Normal Times
Overview

WIZkids was designed to engage large audiences with innovative, creative, and interactive elementary lessons. In this session, one program outlines its start, the obstacles it has faced, and how it has thrived amid the pandemic. Walk away with the tools to start your own school hour or enhance your hospital’s current model.

Speakers

ANNIE LECLERE, BS Spectrum Health Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital

Annie is a Hospital Teacher/School Liaison at the Dick and Linda Antonini Hospital School Program at Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital in Grand Rapids, Michigan. An Elementary and Special Education graduate from Butler University, she began her teaching career in Avon, Indiana as a special education teacher to high-needs learners kindergarten through fourth grade. She continued her life’s passion advocating for the academic needs of students when starting at HDVCH in 2018, but this time for children with chronic medical conditions. She also serves as an adult leader on the hospital’s Teen Council.

SARAH SMITH, BA Spectrum Health Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital

Sarah Smith is the Dick and Linda Antonini Endowed Hospital Teacher/School Liaison and a Child Life Lead at Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital. Sarah has over twenty years of experience in education and has been advocating for the academic needs of children with chronic conditions since starting in this role in 2011. She developed the hospital’s first Teen Council, implemented an elementary group school program, and helped increase staffing within the hospital’s school program. Additionally, Sarah has served on the executive boards of AECMN and APHOES. In 2017, she was the recipient of the Nan Songer Distinguished Member Award and HEAL Vice President in 2019.

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