Program Description:

What does student success mean at Buffalo State College, what are the individual ways that we cultivate student success at the college, and how can we as individuals apply these practices to our own work to support the students we serve? Join us as we learn from our colleagues their definition of student success and the specific practices you as a staff or faculty can apply to better support the intellectual, personal, and professional growth of our students. Each conversation will involve a 10 – 15 minute presentation from a staff or faculty member focused on their definition of student success and effective practices that others can apply to their work with students. These conversations will then be followed by a 45 – 50 minute facilitated conversation by a member of the Title III Taskforce about how we can apply these practices to our individual work with students, colleagues sharing similar practices found to be effective, and building off of the ideas presented to elevate these practices across campus.

Speaker Bio:

Stanley Simmons is the Coordinator of the Buffalo State Say Yes department and serves on multiple committees within the Buffalo Say Yes Organization.  He is the instructor of the Dignity For All Students Act (DASA), Schools Against Violence in Education and the Alcohol and Other Drugs seminars here at Buffalo State.  Stan holds a Masters degree in School Leadership and a Bachelors degree in Elementary Education along with certifications in Mindfulness Meditation and Prime for Life Drug and Alcohol awareness instruction. Before going into the field of education he earned a certification in Fashion Clothing and Textiles and achieved the distinction of master tailor.  Stanley worked as an Assistant Principal and Dean of students in the public school system.  He is a member of one of the largest humanitarian  organizations in the world, Rotary International.  He is a past president of the Buffalo Sunrise Rotary club and currently the vice chair for the international exchange student program overseeing Belgium, France, Italy and Spain.  In addition to Stanley’s many professional accomplishments, he is an executive board member for the Ralph C. Wilson, Explore and More Children’s Museum and regularly volunteers at the Buffalo Food Bank, Tour De’ Cure fundraiser for the American Diabetes Association and Kevin’s Guest house. In Stan’s remaining spare time he is writing a children’s book and a book on school safety.   

Presenter: Stanley Simmons