Illinois Affinity Group Facilitators
Helping educators of Color to create safe, supportive, and transformative spaces through affinity groups
Professional Development
Illinois ACEs Response Collaborative
This organization provides trainings on childhood adversity and resilience, historical trauma, burnout, and trauma-informed care have reached 1,200 people from community-based organizations, hospitals, FQHCs, schools, foundations, and more. They also are the region’s hub for the ACE Interface Train-the-Trainer curriculum, a nationally recognized program developed by Dr. Rob Anda and Laura Porter. We have trained four cohorts of presenters and now have four master trainers and 85 presenters.
How to Become a Trauma-Informed District or School
The Ohio Department of Education and Workforce’s Mental Health and Trauma Training Library contains training videos from Department led conferences and webinars to help support the ongoing education of school staff on various topics such as: Trauma Sensitive Schools, Classroom Strategies for Supporting Students, School Wellness, Safety and more.
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Healing Centered Engagement Toolkit
Learn more about Dr. Shawn Ginwright’s Healing-Centered Engagement Tooklit. Flourish equips schools, youth agencies, foundations, and local governments with strategies, trainings, and tools that enhance learning and healthy development for youth.
Gender Inclusive Schools
Gender Inclusive Schools provides parent and educator training to proactively create safe learning environments for LGBTQ+ young people. Their website has resources on sample policies, practices, and interpretations of state and federal laws that affect LGBTQ+ young people.
Educator Wellness Webinars
This 4-session recorded webinar series includes handouts and resources on educator well-being and to support educators tap into their resiliency skills, increase self-compassion, create self-care routines, build a practice of gratitude and appreciation and celebrate – even those small successes – to support wellbeing.
Cultural Inclusiveness and Equity WISE
Cultural Inclusiveness and Equity WISE (Well-Being Information and Strategies for Educators) is a free 3-part online and self-paced training,and the companion training to Classroom WISE.
Creating a Safe and Respectful Enviornment in Our Nation’s Classrooms
This training toolkit is made up of two modules that address bullying in classrooms. Specifically, it is designed for trainers to assist teachers in cultivating meaningful relationships with students while creating a positive climate in the classroom.The first module is “Understanding and Intervening in Bullying Behavior,” which addresses how to identify and effectively intervene when bullying occurs (including tips on de-escalation). The second module is “Creating a Supportive Classroom Climate,” which considers effective strategies to build a classroom climate where bullying is less likely to occur.
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Collective Well-Being Project
For a fee, Mindful Practices provides professional
development convenings, offers EdTech tools fostering both
individual & collective well-being, and a diverse array of courses and certification programs, available both online and in-person.
Coalition to Support Grieving Students
The Coalition to Support Grieving Students is a collaboration of the leading professional organizations representing a wide range of school professionals who have come together with a common conviction: grieving students need the support and care of the school community. Their website has lots of resources for schools, including free webinars, handouts, and information on staff self-care.
