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Legislative priorities, approved by the Blue Valley Board of Education, are crucial to advocating for our students, educators and community. The priorities address key issues needing attention from legislators. Watch the video below to learn more about why the district makes enhancing student mental health a top legislative priority. Learn more about the Blue Valley's 2024 Priority Legislative Positions at https://lnkd.in/g2Ac4FcH

#UNCPFaculty, want to learn more about supporting student wellness through UNCP's CARE Report system? Check out this recording of a recent session sponsored by UNCP TLC and led by Kyle Smith, "The Faculty Role in CARE Reporting and Supporting Student Wellbeing." Questions? Just ask!

Excited to share that our National Center for School Safety conceptual model is now published in the Journal of School Health: https://lnkd.in/evWMDSwE In the paper, we describe how safety-related programs and policies can affect three interrelated facets of the school environment, which in turn lead to physical and psychological safety and, ultimately, positive youth development (sneak peek below).

Is using the restroom a privilege? A Bathroom Break for Teachers: An Institutional Ethnotheatrical Inquiry Jonathan M. Coker from the University of South Florida dedicated 188 pages to this topic. https://lnkd.in/g47UAwbt Even with someone in my room, breaking away to go to the bathroom is challenging due to my teaching responsibilities. However, it leads to health problems and makes it harder to focus on tasks.  As a teacher: ✅ Can you go any time during the day? ✅ Do you have someone in your room that can cover for you? ✅ Do you need to call the office to get someone to cover your class? Exiting teachers/transitioned teachers: ✅ Was this one of the deciding factors for leaving? Please tag other teachers, existing teachers, and transitioned teachers in this post. https://lnkd.in/gpP_Eiym #teachers #health #education #teaching #InspireEDSolutions#innovativeincubatofeducation#beacon #swissarmyknifeofeducation

The UK education system is supposed to be a place where every child can thrive, but for neurodivergent kids, it can feel more like a daily battle. Scratchy uniforms, overwhelming noise, and teachers who just don’t understand make it a struggle for them to feel safe and supported. As both a parent and a specialist, I see this firsthand every day. So, what needs to change?  Check out the full blog to see what steps we can take to build a system that works for all children: https://lnkd.in/enng3ZJt

This talk is especially for clinicians and educators (parents are welcome to attend too). A great chance to hear about the lived experience perspective of what works and what doesn't when supporting students experiencing school attendance difficulties. Learn about the importance of identifying stressors and reducing them. Learn why the language we use when talking about attendance difficulties matters and how the lens we view the problem through impacts our response and our ability to engage with the student and their family. https://lnkd.in/g94s7wna

Improving Your School's Response to Chronic Absenteeism The goal is to help students feel like they belong, are safe, and have a real chance to catch up and be successful in school. Remember, many students - even skilled students - have real, residual, pandemic-induced academic, social skill, and executive function gaps needing remediation, (as well as socio-economic challenges needing mitigation), *without shame*. *Engage with a group. Consider inviting content teachers, ELL teacher, special education teacher and paraprofessional, front office support staff, nurse, dean, admin, counselor, social worker, students, family members, community partners. *Spend time. Plan for approximately 1-2 hours. *Be curious. Set aside the things you think you know, the arguments in which you feel entrenched, the assumptions you may hold and set a stage of discovery. Engage by asking questions, an openness to dive deeper, humility to be wrong, or at least incomplete, a commitment to a judgment free zone, and a mindset for growth. *Create a plan. Use these guiding questions to identify needs and next steps. *Take action. Implement your plan, monitor the results, and [be willing and able to] adapt as needed. Here is one of many resource toolkits: https://lnkd.in/gaWcPBSs

#NCED The Top Education Issues outlines the Forum’s priorities for education policy decision-making in the coming legislative biennium. This year’s edition measures progress on educator compensation, the teacher pipeline, safety and mental health and more. https://lnkd.in/geF7m3ym

Calling all NYC Department of Education administrators & students! A Queens high school student Alisa Nudar is conducting a research study and wants to learn what you know about your school's period policies and hear about your in-school menstruation experiences! This research consists of two Google Forms: The first is targeted to administrators to test their knowledge about school period policies and the way these policies affect their school. The other is for students to test your experiences with menstruation and menstrual health while at school For teachers and administrators: https://bit.ly/3XwUMAd For students: https://bit.ly/3VOkjDO

Did you recognize something familiar in this episode of Abbott Elementary? We sure did!🏫🎒 A student is caught smoking in the bathroom and faces suspension. As the situation escalates, the teachers realize that the student was never given a chance to explain what happened. The teachers then come together to find an alternative, and instead ask the student "What happened?" so that an open conversation and understanding could occur. Not only was the student not suspended, he was instead given an opportunity to take accountability and grow from the harm that occurred, where relationships were formed and nurtured between students and teachers. #IIRP #RPintheMedia #TeacherAppreciationWeek #RestorativePractices #Education #Teachers #Students #RestorativeQuestions #AbbottElementary