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TRAUMA INFORMED SCHOOLS

In meeting the needs of the Whole Child, schools, teachers and educator preparation programs continue to evolve their practices to address the reality of how trauma impacts children as people and as learners. In this issue, we offer a collection of original articles, videos and tools created by pioneering voices addressing this significant challenge. We hope these resources help frame the issue for you as you continue to learn, teach and lead. See more quality ASCD resources on this topic here.​​

​​Interested in digging deeper? Feel free to contact this issue’s contributing subject matter experts directly! Their contact information is included with each article.​​

​​Have valuable, original contributions you’d like to add to this theme? Want to offer feedback on this issue? 

​​Please email them to Walter McKenzie at wmckenzie@ascd.org. Thank you!​​​

    

Capturing Kids' HeartsR

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10 TIPS TO LEADING IN A CRISIS

by Chris White

1. Realize that you're the thermostat in most rooms you enter.  Regardless of your title at work, if you are reading this you have influence.  Your words carry weight and even your silence on a topic can speak volumes.  When you are positive (or not), other people follow along.  Own this and be more intentional next time you kick off a discussion, answer a phone call or share something in a virtual conference call.
2. Be optimistic AND realistic.  Don't mislead people or minimize the reality, but still be a source of hope.  If you are positive about the future it will spill over to others.
3. Make sure your language centers around people not just work challenges.  When discussing a recent setback or challenge, make sure your words revolve around the people impacted.  Talk about your team, not just work processes and recovery strategies. 
4. Check in with people...and really listen.  Even if you are busy, a quick check in could mean a lot, such as sending someone a text or leaving a voice mail to let them know they are valued and remembered in this season.  When you ask someone in person "How are you doing?" or "What has been the hardest part of this?", be sure to validate their feelings and concerns.
5. Stresses can be constructive-how you think about them is the key.  You can view today's challenges as a workout or a threat.  you can see them as a chance for you to get stronger or as a perilous danger to avoid at all costs.
6. Shift focus to what you can control.  It's easy to get caught up in countless outside factors and what-if's, so fight that reflex.  Redirect your energy and conversation to the parts you do have a say over.
7. Remember there are likely bigger problems out there...without minimizing yours.  Be careful of using this one as a reason to suppress your own emotions, but it's still constructive to remind yourself that we need to keep our own challenges in perspective.  Stop and think about what you do have and it can help you deal with what you don't.
8. Realize that fuses are shorter.  With the stresses people are under, be aware that fuses will likely be shorter and that others may be more on edge.  And don't forget this includes your fuse length too!  
9. Allow yourself to feel.  Be careful of just suppressing your emotions, especially your "negative" ones - they won't just evaporate!  Give yourself permission to grieve and be disappointed.
10. Give yourself grace.  These are unchartered waters so don't let an internal opponent win.

For additional guidance on leading through crisis, please watch our recent webinar with General Robert "Van" VanAntwerp (Ret.),

The Privilege to Lead:  An educator's guide to growing through adversity.  

Please click here

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State Superintendent Tony Thurmond Working with State and National Leaders to Study Possibility of Schools Reopening Earlier

            SACRAMENTO—State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond today announced that he is working with groups of leaders from throughout California and the nation to study in-depth the questions that must be answered, and what measures must be in place, before it is determined whether schools can safely re-open as early as July.
            “We look forward to working closely with Governor Gavin Newsom and our partners in education to ask the right questions and seek the urgent answers schools need to determine their next steps in this new, uncharted future,” said Thurmond. “We share the Governor’s aspirations for re-opening our schools as soon as possible. If we are going to do this, it can only be done when we are sure we can protect the health and safety of everyone in our school communities.
            “Our students, families, teachers, and classified staff have been amazing and inspiring in their hard work to shift to distance learning under unprecedented circumstances,” Thurmond added. “Even if schools re-open sooner than anticipated, it’s possible we will need to continue some form of remote learning to maintain social distancing. What will that look like, and what resources need to be in place to make that possible? Our broad coalition of leaders from across California and beyond will rise to this challenge by seeking answers to these hard questions.”
Thurmond has convened a statewide working group of collaborators charged with exploring what factors need to be considered before schools can safely re-open, and what must be accomplished to protect the health and safety of students, families, teachers, and classified staff. The group includes the Governor’s Office, superintendents from throughout California, the State Board of Education, the California Office of Emergency Services, the Department of Finance, California Health and Human Services, employee group leadership representing teachers and classified staff, and associations representing school administrators and business officials.

            Additionally, Thurmond has invited state school chiefs from throughout the country to examine considerations and best practices for reopening schools, drawing from their experiences across the nation.

The California Department of Education is a state agency led by State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond. For more information, please visit the California Department of Education’s website. You may also follow Superintendent Thurmond on Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube.

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