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Service Descriptions:
New administrators are paired with experienced leaders to provide personal, one-on-one support to help them survive during their first few years of leadership.
Trained, experienced member assistance advocates protect the due process rights of school leaders. Discounted legal assistance is also available on a case-by-case basis.
ACSA offers opportunities for leadership at a local, regional and state level, including serving on committees and councils, planning events and serving on regional and state Boards of Directors.
Professional Liability Coverage
Enhanced coverage, above and beyond what is offered at most school districts.
Membership in ACSA gives you the opportunity to network with educators in your region at the local level and across the state.
Unique discounts and special offers from trusted partners amplify the value of your ACSA membership.
Are you prepared for a strike? ACSA offers strike preparation training to school districts, including step-by-step guidance on what to expect and how to prepare should a teacher strike occur.
Members have access to our Resource Hub and a wide range of vetted tools and resources from ACSA's partners, and they receive the award-winning publications EdCal and Leadership magazine.
Support members affected by natural disasters. Help by making donations through relief agencies that ACSA has partnered with. You can also sign up to be part of a support network to provide temporary shelter, friendship, and stability for an affected educator.
Equity and Value
Resources and Readings
Memorial Halls Top Books on Racial Justice
Santa Cruz Public Libraries Booklist:
Black Lives Matter: resources for kids, tweens, and families
Today's Parent: 27 books to help you talk to your kids about racism
EmbraceRace: 31 Children's books to support conversations on race, racism and resistance
Charis Books & More: Books to teach white children and teens ho to undo racism and white supremacy
School Library Journal: Social Justice: Fifteen titles to address inequity, equality, and organizing for young readers | Great Books
Oakland Public Library: Listen, Learn, Participate: A #BlackLivesMatter Resource Series
Common Sense Media: Books about racism and social justice
Social Justice Books: The best selection of multicultural and social justice books for children, YA, and educators.
Children's Book Council: A Collection of Juneteenth Reading Lists
Titles (ebooks) you can borrow from SCPL:
A is for Activist, Innosanto Nagara (ebook)
Something Happened In Our Town, Marianne Celano (audio)
Separate is Never Equal, Duncan Tonatiuh (ebook)
Ruth and the Green Book, Calvin Alexander Ramsey (ebook)
Viola Desmond Won’t Be Budged, Jody Nyasha Warner (ebook)
We Are Different and Alike, Cynthia Geisen (ebook)
What’s Racism?, Amy B. Rogers (ebook)
American Civil Rights Movement, Emily Mahoney (ebook)
Rise Up! The Art of Protest, Jo Rippon and Mari Copeny (ebook)
Estadounidenses Asombrosos: Thurgood Marshall, Kristin Kemp (ebook)
Influencing Care and Wellness
Resources
SEL can be a powerful lever for creating caring, just, inclusive, and healthy communities that support all individuals in reaching their fullest potential. Systemic implementation of SEL both fosters and depends upon an equitable learning environment, where all students and adults feel respected, valued, and affirmed in their individual interests, talents, social identities, cultural values, and backgrounds. CASEL's School Guide to SEL and Equity
By grounding SEL in a focus on equity, educators can further promote the conditions that enable all children to build on their unique assets and abilities and reach their full potential. America Institute of Research's SEL and Equity Infographic
Emotions drive learning, decision-making, creativity, relationships, and health. The Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence conducts research and teaches people of all ages how to develop their emotional intelligence. Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence - RULER Tools
Child Mind Institute: Mindfulness in the Classroom
How can you help your students develop a growth mindset? How can they build resilience and keep trying even when something is hard? Many families are working through these same challenges with their kids at home. And tackling them in partnership with families leads to better outcomes for your students.
"Understood": Growth Mindset Activities
"The Trifecta: Developmental Relationships, Equitable Environments, and SEL are the Three Things Young People Need Right Now."
Click here to link to the re-made webinar.
SEL Resources for Educators from W. Baron