Gender, gender identity, Sexual Orientation, religion and disability. In addition to race, color and national origin. Because of our mandate, we have the capacity and the ability to go into communities, whether its the school, because i consider that a community, whether its the community at large, we work with entities such as Law Enforcement, superintendents, individual schools, mayors, Community Members leaders and the goal is to ensure that we provide the tools for that community. When it comes to the education realm, we address many Different Cases and concerns within the community and some of the cases that weve addressed through the delivery of services have dealt with student racial conflicts intentions or when theres a School Protest or demonstration and they ask us to come in, School Disturbance case or violence, a conflict over school policing which we know exists in several communities and conflict over disparities and treatment or in opportunities. We may receive a call fr
Incremental steps. But one of the things we have to do is keep organizing ourselves and understanding the coordinated integrated way so services arent bolted on, added on and become just a one and done in too many schools. Its got to be really embraced as what we call a whole School Climate framework, a whole School Climate improvement plan. And when we embrace that, everybody can come to the table and take what can i do . Each one teach one, each one reach one, we change policy, we change practices, we change values. There is a map, there is a way we can do it. Were already doing it, lets not lose sight of it, but we have to be more focused, more clear and more collaborative and not forget to really empower our children. They are our best hope for changing the world. Hello, my name is chris bridges. Im grappling with trying to address several things that ive heard during the course of this program. Ill try to keep it as brief as possible. Its more of a statement than a question. A lot
Bottom up. We are Authority Figures and what we do for our children and thats care, but we need to empower them to become the leaders they are waiting to become. This notion of Youth Adult Partnership is esoteric in its term but on the ground how do you operationalize it, those things in the Public School who are working so hard to meet the required mandates. Schools are driven by mandates, academic achievement, achievement, enrollment. But the conditions in which the virus grows, if you follow the metaphor that bullying is a systemic virus, then the environment has to change so the virus cannot grow and the only way the environment changes is if youth and adults begin to speak with one voice about changing the social norms that allows it to happen. It makes sense to most of us, you have it khaifrpb the social norms. We must educate. But we must go beyond thinking more rigor will get us better achievement. We have to remember a school is a community and in a xhuept, people look out for
Working so hard to meet the required mandates. Schools are driven by mandates, academic achievement, achievement, enrollment. But the conditions in which the virus grows, if you follow the metaphor that bullying is a systemic virus, then the environment has to change so the virus cannot grow and the only way the environment changes is if youth and adults begin to speak with one voice about changing the social norms that allows it to happen. It makes sense to most of us, you have it khaifrpb the social norms. We must educate. But we must go beyond thinking more rigor will get us better achievement. We have to remember a school is a community and in a xhuept, people look out for each other. Theyve got each others back. How do we begin to promote that idea that we are in this thing together . We believe its through, unfortunately but truly, selfinterest. Kids are driven developmentally by the desire to fit in, to belong, to be part of an affinity group. If we can capitalize on their desir
Working so hard to meet the required mandates. Schools are driven by mandates, academic achievement, achievement, enrollment. But the conditions in which the virus grows, if you follow the metaphor that bullying is a systemic virus, then the environment has to change so the virus cannot grow and the only way the environment changes is if youth and adults begin to speak with one voice about changing the social norms that allows it to happen. It makes sense to most of us, you have it khaifrpb the social norms. We must educate. But we must go beyond thinking more rigor will get us better achievement. We have to remember a school is a community and in a xhuept, people look out for each other. Theyve got each others back. How do we begin to promote that idea that we are in this thing together . We believe its through, unfortunately but truly, selfinterest. Kids are driven developmentally by the desire to fit in, to belong, to be part of an affinity group. If we can capitalize on their desir