We are filled with immense gratitude as we return from this break. Each and everyday our student services team leans in to wrap around student needs. The care and perseverance that each staff member takes to center in our students, to lift their voices and to continue to strive for the best schools for our students is admirable. The couple of weeks prior to this break exemplified the deep work that you do.
Our Social Workers facilitated a three day Flight Team training the week prior to break. The depth of expertise and compassion from this team, coupled with their leadership is humbling. They were able to train a group of School Psychologists and School Counselors to join a group of previously trained staff to be prepared to respond and wrap around our students, staff and community in some of our most difficult moments. We are thankful for the level of grace that this team facilitated this training, allowing all participants strong access points and meaningful experiences.
On Monday last week our SLPs, Motor Team, and Nurses came together to calibrate, learn and grow in supporting the complex work of safe feeding for students from two national presenters. This particular task requires the convalescence of professional expertise from our SLPs, OTs, PTs and Nurses. Your capacity to collaborate and bring your voices and expertise forward as interdisciplinary teams is beyond foundational for our students. We are thankful for your expertise and shared planning to support our students and families.
On Tuesday our Counselors and Principals came together for a full day of learning and alignment with the American School Counseling Association. It was a great day of reflecting on the incredible work that our school counselors are doing and creating shared belief, mission and vision. We are thankful to have school counselors with such passion, knowledge and commitment to our students.
This past week our Learning Specialists shared in collaborative professional learning in their buildings. You continued to lean into completing paperwork for our December Count, drafting meaningful progress notes, collaborating with your colleagues and families. We are thankful to have a group of dedicated professionals in close partnership for our students.
We are thankful for you! You are so much stronger together. Thank you to our YTP specialists, health assistants, paraeducarors, learning specialists, school counselors, SLPs, OTs, PTs, Nurses, Social Workers, school psychologists and Instructional Coordinators. You lift this work in such beautiful ways. It is with such gratitude that we lean into this work, that we center in our students and that we work together. Thank you for being the educator that you are.
