Voices of Youth in Chicago Education (VOYCE) is a youth organizing alliance led by students of color from across Chicago. Through VOYCE, young people have been leading a movement to transform what safety means in schools and communities, advancing a vision for healing-centered schools and communities.
Creating and maintaining positive school climates. Resources, including framework, training and consultation to help schools make progress on becoming creating a more trauma responive environment.
When it comes to student trauma, there is much that is beyond educators’ power, but there is also a great deal they can do to build a supportive and sensitive classroom environment. This article shares eight practical strategies teachers can use to help these students feel safe and ready to learn.
Article about K–12 research (2023) on benefits of family-school partnership and engagment and provides strategies for putting effective partnership into practice.
The Case for Strong Family and Community Engagement in Schools Read More »
Tips to help guide a teacher or school in making outreach decisions to increase parent engagement; includes an infographic about these 8 P’s of parent engagment.
Learn about the components of Morning Meetings, an engaging way to start each day, build a strong sense of community, and set children up for success socially and academically. Each morning, students and teachers gather together in a circle for twenty to thirty minutes and interact with one another during four purposeful components.
Guide to engagement with families of students with disabilties
The Importance of Family Engagement: Students with Disabilties Read More »
Two-page guide to help guide teachers in building and maintaining postive relationships with their students, with tips on setting clear expectations, keeping perspective on meaning behind behaviors, and getting to know students.
By prioritizing communication with families at the start of the school year, educators can foster strong parent engagement, break down barriers, and provide support for all students. This bundle of articles offer ideas for family engagement.
Teacher-Parent Communication Strategies to Start the Year Off Right Read More »
As research tells us that 85 percent of teachers report that work-life imbalance was affecting their ability to teach and at least 30 percent of teachers leave the profession within their first five years of teaching, this article asserts that educators’ emotions matter for five primary reasons and supports the need for adult SEL.
Teachers Are Anxious and Overwhelmed. They Need SEL Now More Than Ever Read More »
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