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We are really excited to be back together for this new school year, and hope that you are feeling rejuvenated and inspired as you continue your invaluable work with students, colleagues, and families. As a collective, we will have many ways to collaborate and learn together throughout this year. To begin we are highlighting Elena Aguilar's book "Onward - Cultivating Resilience in Educators" as a collaborative focus for School Based Teams (SBTs) to dive into, with hopes that this will be an opportunity to honour and move forward with the hard work we do together. #bettertogether
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| Children who develop resilience are better equipped to learn from failure and adapt to change. Teachers should also address parent expectations of success and failure.
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A daring classroom is a place where both teachers and students commit to choosing courage over comfort, choosing what is right over what is fun, fast or easy and practicing values rather than professing them.
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| Children who develop resilience are better equipped to learn from failure and adapt to change. Teachers should also address parent expectations of success and failure.
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This year we are excited to have the opportunity to bring together SD61 LSTs and Counsellors to engage in a book study using Elena Aguilar‘s book, Onward: Cultivating Emotional Resilience in Educators. Both the book and the Onward website are dedicated to helping people:
- cultivate resilience
- uncover their true selves
- better understand their emotions
- use their energy where it counts
- adopt a mindful, story-telling approach to communication and community building
- create an environment of collective celebration
The book is organized by months and September begins at Chapter 4, “Build Community.” We will have time together at each of our LST-Counsellor Collab meetings to dive into this book study.
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| Onward Sneak Peak
We are social beings and we need each other to thrive. A strong, healthy community can bolster us through challenging moments and bring joy to our lives. When we build community, we can build empathy for each other, and building empathy for each other helps us build community. During this month when we’re surrounded by new people, building strong relationships must be our primary goal. The community we build is foundational for our resilience. (Aguilar, 2018)
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What resonated for you as you read Chapter 4: Build Community?
How are you inspired to strengthen your community?
What insights or self-awareness did you gain as you read?
Beyond our own LST-Counsellor Collaborative meetings, consider discussing each chapter or exploring the exercises in the workbook at your staff or SBT meetings.
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We are looking forward to collaborating more this year as a District Team with School Based Teams. With this in mind and with COVID safety measures as a continuing consideration, we are planning for the following meeting dates/times via zoom at this time (perhaps shifting to an in-person option later if guidelines allow it):
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LST-Counsellor Collaborative Meetings Meeting for all members of School-Based Teams to come together to collaborate and learn.
September 15, 2021 @ 8:45-12
November 18, 2021 @ 8:45-12
January 20, 2022 @ 8:45-12
May 12, 2022 @ 8:45-12 | LST Meetings Meeting for all LST to come together to learn and collaborate around LST-specific areas of responsiveness.
October 21, 2021, 8:45-9:45
February 24, 2022, 8:45-9:45
April 21, 2022, 8:45-9:45
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We encourage all new LSTs to attend via Zoom on Monday, September 20, 9:00 - 9:45 am for an optional session regarding designation processes and have a chance to ask questions. Designation Overview: Monday, Sept 20 @
9am Zoom linkAlternatively, please refer to the Designation Information 2021 - 2022
handout: Town Hall - Support For Learning
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| Social Emotional Learning through Second Step The Second Step program has been purchased for every SD61 Elementary school. If you wish to further your understanding of the resource and/or promote its use within your school there are
free live webinars as well as
on-demand webinars available on the website.
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Approximately 1 in 5 youth worldwide will experience a mental illness before they turn 25. Schools are the ideal place to build resilience and address mental health literacy. This resource has been developed for grades 8-12 as adolescence (Ages 12-19) is a critical time for mental health promotion, prevention, early identification, and intervention. Evidence-based mental health literacy is a scientifically-established effective foundation for all mental health improvements.
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School mental health literacy has 4 unique and integrated components: 1. Understanding how to optimize and maintain good mental health 2. Understanding mental disorders and their treatments 3. Decreasing stigma 4. Increasing health-seeking efficacy Learn more about the Mental Health Literacy Curriculum Guide with the free online
course: MOOC Mental Health Literacy for Educators or consider their free course for
teachers: UBC Free Online Course - Teach Mental Health Literacy
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The Indian Residential Schools (IRS) Resolution Health Support Program provides mental health and emotional supports to eligible former IRS students and their families. The support is offered before, during and after their participation in Settlement Agreement processes and includes: - common experience payments - the independent assessment process - truth and reconciliation commission events and commemoration activities
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