What are Pronouns?
A helpful video using the voices of youth on what pronouns are, why they matter, and how to use new ones and support your trans friends and students.
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Cultivating Relationships in Secondary Schools
The science of learning and development demonstrates the value of positive relationships for student success and well-being. This brief describes structures that secondary schools can integrate to cultivate conditions that enable healthy attachments to grow. Specifically, it highlights structures that can foster personal teacher–student relationships, including those that create small learning communities, promote safety and belonging, support culturally sustaining and relevant education, and foster student voice and agency. In addition, it describes structures that enable relationship-building between and among staff and families so that relationships can become more fully embedded into a school’s culture and fabric. School structures can create opportunities for relationships to develop, but those structures are only as powerful as the interactions within them.
Recognizing Healing-Centered Community Practices as a Complement to Trauma-Informed Interventions and Services
This brief from the Praxis Project showcases the importance of addressing community trauma through identifying and making space for healing-centered practices that communities have evolved over time, acknowledging and understanding the roots of trauma, and addressing the persistent, structural causes of trauma. It describes how trauma shows up in our communities and institutions, how it can be addressed through community- centered healing, and the role that trusted partners can take in supporting community healing. Download a free copy of the brief from this link.
Students Exploring Gender Identity
Teachers play an important role in establishing and maintaining healthy environments for students to learn and grow. As leaders and guides in setting and maintaining the culture of their classrooms and school communities, teachers are critical in establishing welcoming, respectful, and safe environments, explaining expectations for student interactions, and modeling inclusive language, which continues to evolve over time. This primer and podcast help teachers understand how they can support students who are exploring gender identity.
Grant Writing for Education
This website is geared towrd the curriculum, Character Strong, but has compiled federal funding eligibility resources, funding details, and grant opportunities, along with writing tips to help you secure funding to purchase and implement other SEL curriculum.
Supporting Schools During and After Crises
Resources to support the use of a multi-tiered systems of support (MTSS) framework to support students, families, and educators during the transitions back to school during and following a crisis
Applying Universal Design for Learning Supports Inclusive Education
Ensuring education is inclusive of young people with diverse needs and abilities takes intentional practice; UDL can help educators design experiences that benefit all students. This article provides some introductory examples of UDL practices that can be used in a variety of settings. This is not an exhaustive list but rather a starting point, because there is so much more we can do to design learning experiences that are more inclusive and equitable.
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Re-framing and Understanding Staff Resistance to Advance Positive School Climate
This guide examines some common root causes of staff resistance, such as burnout, a lack of trust, and fear. It offers actionable strategies for leaders to mitigate the effects of resistance by encouraging them to recognize such resistance as a source of vital information that productively illuminates important gaps or opportunities in initiative implementation. By reframing their approach as one of openness and curiosity, leaders can create favorable conditions for school staff to support the school climate initiative. Questions throughout the guide provide opportunities for leaders to reflect on the best staff engagement approaches.
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What Does a Trauma-Sensitive Middle/High School Look Like?
Watch this video to get an idea of what a trauma sensitive secondary school looks like.
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Positive Behavioral Interventions of Support (PBIS)
This site describes Tier 1 systems, data, and practices, which support everyone across all settings. They establish the foundation for delivering regular, proactive support and preventing unwanted behaviors.
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