This resource comes from W.K. Kellogg Foundation’s work that includes recommended tools and resources for implementing racial equity strategies as part of a human resources function. This resource can be valuable to human resources and culture and equity professionals. It may also be useful to any leader doing internal organizational transformation work in school communities.
Many educators are fighting against criminalizing students and are using trauma-informed and restorative justice practices to shift paradigms. Trauma-informed practices must be intentional and focused on emotional calm and stability for students during a time of community trauma. For this change in thinking, educators must realize how the punitive discipline actions demanded of them are harmful.
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The Trauma-Informed, Resilience-Oriented Schools Toolkit from the National Center for School Safety outlines a framework for implementing these approaches in any school or school district. It utilizes tools, videos, professional development slide decks, and concise instruction to explain the concepts of trauma and toxic stress, offers individual
and school-wide strategies for addressing trauma and fostering resilience for students, staff, and families, and to assess the impact of these adaptations throughout the school community. The sections’ topics are presented in the order your school or district will likely start to address them. Sections 1 through 3 in this toolkit for the Informing level of work, which focus on: an introduction to trauma and trauma-Informed, resilience-oriented schools; practices and processes; and building a culture of staff compassion and resilience.
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In a culturally responsive school or district, students’, families’, and educators’ cultures are included in all aspects of supports and services that promote well-being and mental health. Anti-racist policies and practices promote equity and oppose racism and other forms of oppression. Equitable schools and districts provide the climate and resources that enable all students and educators to perform at their highest level. Culturally responsive, anti-racist and equitable (CARE) schools and districts embrace cultural differences and assets; use cultural knowledge to promote wellness and academic success; mediate power imbalances based on cultural identities; and work to dismantle systems of injustice.
The resources in this learning playlist focus on building a positive school climate and are recommended for schools or districts that have already done work in this area and want to continue to move it forward.
In a culturally responsive school or district, students’, families’, and educators’ cultures are included in all aspects of supports and services that promote well-being and mental health. Anti-racist policies and practices promote equity and oppose racism and other forms of oppression. Equitable schools and districts provide the climate and resources that enable all students and educators to perform at their highest level. Culturally responsive, anti-racist and equitable (CARE) schools and districts embrace cultural differences and assets; use cultural knowledge to promote wellness and academic success; mediate power imbalances based on cultural identities; and work to dismantle systems of injustice.
The resources in this learning playlist are recommended for schools or districts starting in this work.
In a culturally responsive school or district, students’, families’, and educators’ cultures are included in all aspects of supports and services that promote well-being and mental health. Anti-racist policies and practices promote equity and oppose racism and other forms of oppression. Equitable schools and districts provide the climate and resources that enable all students and educators to perform at their highest level. Culturally responsive, anti-racist and equitable (CARE) schools and districts embrace cultural differences and assets; use cultural knowledge to promote wellness and academic success; mediate power imbalances based on cultural identities; and work to dismantle systems of injustice.
The resources in this learning playlist focus on building a positive school climate and are recommended for schools or districts that have started to do some exploration in this area and wondering what to do next.
This guide gives school and district leaders, teachers, and other
professional staff a comprehensive overview of trauma-informed
schools and strategies. The guide provides background on adversity, trauma, and the role of schools, describes a system framework for trauma-informed schools and offer a series of guiding principles and strategies that
align with 10 Trauma-Informed Programs and Practices in Schools
(TIPPS) pillars, which are based in research on adversity and resilience.
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Many educators and administrators have limited prior experience with accommodating transgender and gender-variant youth. This website helps when planning for the best interests of the child, as well as for helping other students, parents, teachers, staff, school boards, and the media understand the circumstances and your school’s response. Their materials are available as both web pages and printable PDFs. You may print, link to, or distribute these documents by mail or electronically (without additions or modifications per their copyright notice).
StopBullying.gov is a U.S. Department of Education federal website that provides information on prevention and intervention for children, teens, and adults to respond to bullying. Under the resources tab, Get Help Now, provides specific strategies and tools to inform and guide individuals to help end or prevent bullying.
This framework provides policy recommendations and best practices for improving school safety for children and youth, and includes a section on actions principals can take to promote safe and successful schools.
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