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Video archive
Since November, we have recorded the weekly meetings. They are organized by our 7 topics. Please visit, watch, and join us in person next time.
resource list
S4EL participants have crowd-sourced articles, sample plans, and even poetry to support your work. The list is organized by our 7 topics.
Family Outreach
Orgs, Services & Reading Material
ATN GUIDE
Develop and support educators to fight injustice within their schools and communities. Support for families woven throughout.
Disrupting the School-to-Prison Pipeline Section:
See especially p. 7 for Abolitionist Teacher’s Demands.
Articles on Talking to Children about Violence
Talking poinTs
Instant translation app available online for free. A real help for communicating with families in their home languages.
NYU Metro Center
Guidance on Culturally Responsive-Sustaining School Reopenings: Centering Equity to Humanize the Process of Coming Back Together
Disrupting the School-to-Prison Pipeline Section:
See especially p. 13 on school climate and discipline.
Articles on Democracy & Mutual Aid for Families
Will County Parents as Biliteracy Partners (WCPBP)
Platform for multilingual families to have powerful reciprocal relationships with schools.
Disrupting the School-to-prison Pipeline
Could we please give the police departments to the grandmothers?
Beautiful vision of community justice. Clearly translatable to school.
SEL for Strength and Healing, Rather than Compliance
Articles & Toolkits
Dr. Sean Ginwright on healing centered engagement.
The Future of Healing: Shifting from Trauma-Informed Care to Healing Centered Engagement.
Social-Emotional Learning During COVID 19 Crisis: Equity Lens Reflection
Blogpost on equity considerations for Social-Emotional Learning
Reopening Schools Requires More Than Vaccines, Students Need TraumaIn informed Education
Equity- and trauma-informed considerations for re-opening.
Atlanta Public Schools Social and Emotional Learning Wellness Room
A resource site of SEL for adults. Curated by the Atlanta Public Schools SEL group’s Dr. Lindsay Welles Wyczalkowski.
“History Lessons for Hard Times: Why We Can't Just Teach SEL”
ASCD Express article that argues the importance of addressing larger sociopolitical context and history alongside focusing on students' socialemotional health, social-emotional learning (SEL)
Empowering Leadership Crew Culture for SEL
Trauma-informed and culturally responsive practices for supporting both adults and students.
https://eleducation.org/resources/recommendations-for-crew-culture-for-reopening
The Circle of Courage: Building Resilience
Blog post summarizing the Circle of Courage approach.
https://johansonconsulting.ca/2019/06/24/the-circle-of-courage-building-resilience/
Make it stand out.
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Dream it.
It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more. Or maybe you have a creative project to share with the world. Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.
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Build it.
It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more. Or maybe you have a creative project to share with the world. Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.
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Grow it.
It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more. Or maybe you have a creative project to share with the world. Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.
Family Outreach Resources
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Abolitionist Teaching Network
Guide for Racial Justice and Abolitionist Social and Emotional Learning.
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Talking Points
Instant translation app available online for free. A real help for communicating with families in their home languages.
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Grow it.
It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more.
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Sell it.
It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more.
CRT Reponse packet
“CRT is not about blaming individuals and making them feel guilty. In our classroom, when we talk about topics such as inequity, our focus will always be on what we can do to make our school, community, state, and country a more perfect union.”
This packet has draft letters for teachers, principals, and district leaders. Please download and share as broadly as you see fit.