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Already Ready For What Will Come - SEL For A Culture Of Care Is your school prepared to care for all of the students, staff, and families in your community? Sadly, your school might be the only point of care for many. Be already ready--Establish a compassionate cultural foundation for strong relationships and holistic skills to weather stress, trauma, and promote well-being for your entire school population. Help your school or district use available resources to create a compassionate culture of justice and care for all by leaning into this book’s approach to leadership and social emotional learning. Discover a collaborative visioning process to elevate compassion through dialogue, policies, and protocol. Readers will find: • Practical strategies for working with parents and communities • Activities for the whole school • An implementation framework for elementary, middle, and high school • Deeper understanding of trauma, ACEs, and mental health concerns • Support for teachers’ mental health • What not to do – practices that don’t work, and why • In-depth case studies and vignettes Read this and usher in transformational and compassionate change that may be the difference in whatever today, tomorrow, or the next day may bring.
Best Practices for a Healthy School Climate and School Culture
Best Practices for a Healthy School Climate and School Culture
Key Principle #2
Student mental health and well-being is interrelated with staff well-being and school climate and culture. By addressing self-care, increasing mental health literacy, developing a collective vision, and furthering a sense of belonging and community, complete with mental health supports, schools can take critical steps to alleviate stress and trauma and develop resiliency in children and youth.
How Can Schools Improve Children’s Well-Being?
School leaders are beginning to recognize that a sustainable and effective approach to positive school culture and climate—two interrelated, but distinct aspects of schools—requires a collaborative approach to foster holistic well-being. Students, families, staff, school and district leaders, and community stakeholders work in ...
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