Newsletter Archive

May 2021:

Closing out the year

https://www.smore.com/z0g28

• Collect all intervention materials

• Document interventions (links to resources)

• Retention: A handout with information to reflect upon when discussing the topic and a summary of research

Summer 2021: PBIS Team Planning Tools

https://www.smore.com/xunzd

Suggested priorities for SCHOOL Level PBIS Teams:

1. Review Core Practices (links to resources)

2. Prepare for mental health needs by learning about Interconnected Systems Framework

Suggested priorities for DISTRICT Leadership Team:

• Explore efficient & effective ways to integrate academic, PBIS, SEL, cultural relevance, & evidence based classroom practices, following implementation science!

May 2021: Impact!

https://www.smore.com/rwvg0

• PBIS leadership teams kept school communities connected and supported

• Second Step SEL implementation success at Phelan, with video

• RTI interventions continued during distance learning

• Wellness team interventions & data on student concerns, suicide risk assessments, more...

• Link to the newly updated WCSD PBIS & MTSS Google site

• Download the May Happiness Calendar

• A song of appreciation

March 2021: Trauma Informed Reopening

https://www.smore.com/4qe6m

• 3 Core components of trauma-informed practices

• Video & resources for community building & crisis response circles

• Tips for updating your behavior expectations matrix

• A poem to provide perspective: "In Twenty Years Time..."

• Links to relevant PD for further exploration or refreshers

• Results of the "Grief & Loss In Our Schools" survey

Feb 2021:

Towards Recovery

• The Sixth Stage of Grief: Finding Meaning

• Reconnect to your "Why"

• Reflecting on how we have been transformed

• Videos, poem "The Road"

• Resources for educator mental health

Dec 2020: Unbroken

• Data: School Climate Survey & suicide risk assessments

• Research summaries: COVID Learning Loss

• Personal Wellness Plan

• Wisdom from children's literature

September 2020: Healing Ourselves

• Coping styles

• Coping strategies (get grounded, set boundaries, gratitude)

• Second Step resources

August 2020: Anchor In The Storm!

Community Cares Recognitions from the CA PBIS Coalition, including samples of how Whittier City schools stepped up during the pandemic crisis.

PBIS Team summer planning tools

Support student engagement, classroom management, & staff resilience

April 2020:

A Little Grace..

https://www.smore.com/9kg6d

Coping with a whole heart; tools for resilience

March 2020: It Matters To Kids

Data from Whittier City's PBIS & RTI initiatives

Nov. 2019: Lean on Each Other

https://www.smore.com/fgx3c

Ingredients of positive and supportive school culture

August 2019: Community is Strength!

Community building ideas for staff and students

Summer 2019: Resilience!

Update on Wellness Program implementation and outcomes

Spring 2019: Wellness Matters!

Data reflecting the impact of the Wellness Program

Fall 2018: Trauma Informed Schools

• Launch of Wellness Program

• Second Step Resources

• Trauma Informed Practices resources

Winter 2018: Winter Boost!

https://www.smore.com/e76nj

• Silver Awards all around!

• Classroom Management resources to refresh routines

Spring 2017: Classrooms!

https://www.smore.com/qjjv2

Resources for evidence based classroom management & preventative strategies

Winter 2017: Positive School Climate

https://www.smore.com/5c88d

• Get your happy on!

• Kindness campaign resources

• Happy teacher resources

Fall 2016: Relationships!

https://www.smore.com/1mnj3

• Collective teacher efficacy

• Strategies for building relationships with and among students