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Amid growing recognition that strong academic skills alone are not enough for young people to become successful adults, this report offers wide-ranging evidence to show what young people need to develop from preschool to young adulthood to succeed in college and career, have healthy relationships, be engaged citizens, and make wise choices.
True Inclusion: Collaborate with Your School Nurse
Michelle Rogge, RN, BSN, ESA Barbara Peoples How often do you include the school nurse in your health education program? How many conversations have you had with your school nurse surrounding student health conditions, health content, and guest speaking opportunities? School nurses have so much to offer that many educators may not realize.
Wed, March 10 2021 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
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The Developmental Relationships Framework
The Developmental Relationships Framework, produced by the Search Institute, has identified five elements—expressed in 20 specific actions—that make relationships powerful in young people’s lives.
How to Build Resilient Teams
How to Build Resilient Teams
- How do you bring a group of people together and, within a few days, get them to know and understand each other, recognize that their paths are intertwined, and care deeply for each other? The answer to this question is the answer to how we build resilient teams and to how we create schools where all children thrive.
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Relationship Mapping Strategy -
Just Released! A new online version of our popular Relationship Mapping Strategy. Use it for your school, community organization, or religious group to help ensure everyone has a strong connection to someone else during these challenging times.
Webinar: The Roles of Culture and Collaboration in Preventing Suicide and Substance Misuse in Indigenous Communities
Webinar Overview- Both suicide and substance misuse continue to be significant issues within indigenous communities, but effective solutions are available and within our reach. Through local community partnerships and cultural practices, we can successfully reduce the multiple, shared factors that impact many health issues, including behavioral health challenges.
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Holocaust Remembrance Teaching Resources
This website from the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, provides resources for educators, including curricula, posters, videos, and online teaching resources:
Teaching About the Holocaust Teaching about the Holocaust can inspire students to think critically about the past and their own roles and responsibilities today.
International Holocaust Remembrance Day is in January (Wednesday, January 27, 2021)- Here are best practices developed by the Seattle Holocaust Center for Humanity to use in teaching about the Holocaust:
Holocaust Center for Humanity - Best Practices
How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world. - Anne Frank Holocaust education is history, literature, social studies, psychology, art, and so much more. It is through studying the Holocaust that we learn the importance of speaking out against bigotry and indifference, promoting equity, and taking action.
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A review of the research on the importance of student-teacher relationships as a lever for student academic achievement. Practical suggestions are also provided.
Strategies and Tools for Digging into Difficult Conversations with Teens - recorded webinar
Student Success Intervention Plan Template
A planning tool for student interventions that includes the identification of baseline data, criteria for success, status checkpoints, and plans for reflection.
OSPI-WSAC Webinar
Supporting Students' Transitions: HSBP and IEP Transition Plan Alignment
January 27, 2021 1-2:30pm Register here
Join staff from OSPI, WSAC and University Place School District as we explore how to build collaborative staff relationships to facilitate the process of aligning High School and Beyond Plans with IEP Transition Plans. WSAC staff will also share resources to help our students with disabilities build relationships with college staff that can support their transition from high school to college.
Inclusive IEP's for the New World Webinar
January 14, 2021 / 3-4pm
Webinar Registration - Zoom
Join OSPI, the Center for Change in Transition Services (CCTS), and Bellevue School District (BSD) to discover how special education and general education educators, in collaboration with school counselors and system leaders, can build inclusive high school and beyond planning so all students achieve their post-high school goals. Participants will explore an exemplar model of a HSBP aligned with an IEP Transition Plan and hear about systemic changes being implemented in BSD to meet the transition needs of their students.
OSPI-WSAC Webinar
Supporting Seniors' Financial Aid Decisions: Student Loan Advocacy
On 12/2/20, WSAC's Student Loan Advocate, Stephanie Sampedro, shared information and incredible new resources about her NEW! role to support students and families in understanding and managing their student loans. Check out the recorded webinar posted on YouTube
ATLAS Protocol
The ATLAS Protocol guides conversation when data is the focal point. The structured approach of a protocol, with clear norms and expectations for conversation, creates a safe space for all participants. This protocol supports equity of voice and allows all members to describe the data, make inferences, and share implications for future work.
Check out additional questions asked on the Healthy Youth Survey about relationships here.
Improving Student Outcomes and Building Positive Relationships through the BARR Model
Building Assets, Reducing Risks (BARR) is an evidence-based strategy that uses research and real-time data to increase teacher effectiveness and improve student outcomes. Hans Bos explains the methodology behind an AIR evaluation that found the model leads to better academic performance, fewer course failures, more courses attained, and better relationships.
Building Social Bonds
Building Social Bonds: Connections That Promote Well-Being strong, healthy relationships are important throughout your life. Your social ties with family members friends, neighbors, coworkers, and others impact your mental, emotional, and even physical well-being. "We can't underestimate the power of a relationship in helping to promote well-being," says NIH psychologist and relationship expert Dr. Valerie Maholmes.
January 29, 2021 - #ThankYourMentor
OSPI Releases Mental and Behavioral Health Supports Bulletin
As educators and school support staff continue working with students and families through the winter months, Washington’s Department of Health (DOH) is anticipating an increased need for mental and behavioral health services as communities progress through the stages of crisis response. OSPI’s recently published Bulletin provides links to DOH and OSPI resources that provide crisis support and help build student and staff
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ALL STUDENTS PREPARED FOR POST-SECONDARY PATHWAYS, CAREERS, AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT.
Led by State Superintendent Chris Reykdal, OSPI oversees K-12 public education in Washington state. Our mission is to provide funding, resources, tools, data and technical assistance that enable educators to ensure students succeed in our public schools, are prepared to access post-secondary training and education, and are equipped to thrive in their careers and lives.
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