Damien Sweeney and Micki Ray assume new positions at Kentucky Department of Education
Check out the article on Kentucky Teacher.
Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) Commissioner Jason E. Glass announced that Damien Sweeney, Ed.D., and Micki L. Ray assumed new roles at KDE beginning Sept. 15. Sweeney now serves as the director of diversity, equity and inclusion and Ray is now the chief academic officer, both in the Office of Teaching and Learning.
What does this mean for school counselors in Kentucky?
Fortunately, KDE will be hiring a new program coordinator for comprehensive school counseling. This position will be overseen by Sweeney in order to continue the momentum we have on implementing the Kentucky Framework of Best Practices for School Counselors and other guidance on a variety of topics, including graduation requirements, the Individual Learning Plan and accelerated learning.
 Infinite Campus National Training Week
 Compassion Resilience Toolkit Facilitator Training
The Compassion Resilience Toolkit is a flexibly implemented set of resources to build awareness of compassion fatigue and strategies to increase compassion resilience in adults from a system and individual perspective.
The resources include activities for large group, small group or team-based use, as well as for individual reflection. Included in the 12 sections are activities for leaders and staff on realistic expectations, setting compassionate boundaries, building a culture of compassion, self-care strategies and links to further learning.
The training of facilitators prepares you to bring the toolkit resources to your colleagues. This training is offered as four 3-hour virtual components for a total of 12 hours. Attend as a team to ideally include: one school administrator and 3-4 people who will facilitate with staff.
The training includes clarification of leadership roles, rationale for the work, a look at how to inspire culture change through the toolkit and tips for implementing the toolkit resources matched to the realities of your current organizational commitments and goals.
The free Virtual Training Dates are (and you must attend all of them):
- Part 1, Day 1: Oct. 12, 9 a.m.-noon ET
- Part 1, Day 2: Oct. 13, 9 a.m.-noon ET
- Part 2, Day 1: Nov. 30, 9 a.m.-noon ET
- Part 2, Day 2: Dec. 1, 9 a.m.-noon ET
 Taking Care of Yourselves
How self-compassionate are you? Take the survey here and make sure you take a look at the bottom of the survey regarding self-compassion strategies you can try.
Please take care of yourself, counselors. We care deeply about you.
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