Who I am: 

I'm Jenna Morano (she/her), the comprehensive school psychologist at Harrison Park Middle School. This is my first year at HP and my 7th year as a school psychologist. I am Mexican American and was born and raised in Northern California. I am a first-generation college graduate (Go Bears! Go Ducks!) and started my career in education as a 1st grade teacher in the Bay Area before relocating to Oregon for graduate school. In my free time I love hiking with my family and trying new restaurants. 

What I do:

I support students with their learning, behavior, and social emotional skills so they can do their best in school. I can provide individual counseling services, social skills groups, and Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) groups. I love working with families, teachers, and students and hope that I can help make school a more welcoming and accessible place for all our diverse learners.  

How to contact me: 

You can reach me via text (preferred) or phone call at my google voice number: (503)218-3886 or by email: jmorano@pps.net If you're in the building please feel free to stop and see me in suite 184. 

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PPS Comprehensive School Psychologist Vision: All Portland Public School (PPS) students are provided equitable access to a culturally responsive and socially just education that prepares them to be compassionate critical thinkers, able to collaborate and solve problems, be prepared to achieve their goals, and lead a more socially just world.

PPS Comprehensive School Psychologist Mission: Portland Public Schools (PPS) comprehensive school psychologists’ mission is to center student and family strengths and voice, especially the voices of Black, Indigenous, People Of Color, and Multilingual students and families, to model collaboration and compassion through relationship building with staff, students, and families and to ensure that ALL students have equitable access to realize the graduate portrait. School psychologists collaborate with school teams to achieve this mission through enhancing Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS) implementation in their school including:

• • Providing direct services to students and families to amplify student and family voice, strengths, and partnerships

  • Supporting Teachers/staff and school communities (consultation & collaboration)

  • Participating in MTSS Teams

  • Supporting school teams data-informed decision making to facilitate equitable practices and outcomes

Key Program Outcomes:

• Increase Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS) fidelity including Tiered Foundational Reading Instruction & Assessment

• Reduce Disproportionate Special Education Identification

• Reduce Disproportionate Discipline