Service
Goal of this section
Educators serve and care for students, families, and communities by centering their voices, building on their experiences, and understanding their needs and strengths. Educators balance competing interests and mitigate challenges by practicing restorative justice, civil discourse, social-emotional intelligence, self-reflection, and facilitating courageous conversations centering on complex issues of educational justice and systemic inequities.
SELStandardsandBenchmarksOnePager.pdfReview of Social and Emotional Learning Standards
(~2 read)
In reviewing the Washington State SEL Standards one-pager, think about these questions:
How do I incorporate growth in these areas into my classroom expectations?
How can I check in on or assess student's growth in these areas?
How can I model these behaviors for students in my communications with them, their families, and the broader community?
Embracing a New Normal: Toward a More Liberatory Approach to Family Engagement
(~10 minutes)
This is a useful resource in its entirety, but direct your attention to pages 11-15 for an important discussion on Family-School Relationships.
Carnegie Report - Family Engagement.pdfHere is a list of potential questions that you can ask families when engaging in trust-building conversations with families (taken from page 17):
What are you most proud of about your child?
What are your hopes and dreams for their experience in school?
What experiences have you had with schools in the past?
What do you want to contribute, and what do you want to learn about?
What do you want to know about us?
Doing Life Where You Teach
by Edutopia
(~5 minutes)
In reading this article, consider these questions:
Why is it important to be engaged in the community where my students are?
How might I understand my students behaviors or backgrounds better if I understood more about their (or our) community?
How do I currently think about community engagement or connection? What are other ways I might consider engaging in my community?
Internal Restorative Justice Practice
by Tacoma Public Schools
(~5 minutes)
Restorative Practices are an approach that helps students and staff to strengthen relationships, build community, and prevent conflict. At the heart of this practice is community circles.
Clicking the link below, review the Tacoma Public Schools resource on Restorative Practices.
Are you Consciously creating a culture of respect?
(~14min video)
As you watch this video take note on:
Are you creating a space that is respectful of all students?
Is respect apart of your classroom norms?
Do you understand the impact your classroom culture can affect your students?