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WestEd Evaluation of Trauma-Engaged Practices in Alaska Schools

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Exploring Implementation of Trauma-Engaged Practices in Alaska Schools 

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Exploring Implementation of Trauma-Engaged Practices in Alaska Schools 

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REL Northwest found that Alaska schools using the state’s Transforming Schools framework were further along in trauma-engaged practice and reported stronger student experiences of caring relationships and cultural connectedness. The study offers guidance for educators and agencies on strategies—such as training, staffing, and partnerships—to sustain this work.

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This guide helps education leaders move beyond individual self-care to address the systemic conditions that shape educator well-being. It provides key concepts, practical tips, and strategies to co-create educational environments that function as systems of well-being.

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Creating a Culture of Care: A Guide for Education Leaders to Develop Systems and Structures That Support Educator Well-Being

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This guide is for education leaders at all levels in charge of supporting their education staff. It offers information and guidance on educator well-being.

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The Stories of Learning and Well-Being audiocast series shares how schools and districts across the U.S. are meeting whole-person needs through innovative, evidence-based approaches—paired with companion briefs and implementation guides to help you adapt these practices in your own context.

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The Beyond SEL audiocast series is designed to help educators equitably serve the whole-person needs of their communities. Listen to stories from a public school or district across the United States, describing their innovative, evidence-based approach to this work.

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Leading Voices Podcast: How Students Can Help Shape School Climate

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Leading Voices Podcast: How Students Can Help Shape School Climate

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Leading Voices Podcast Series Episode 5: How Students Can Help Shape School Climate Policy and Practice — A Conversation with Rebeca Cerna and Julian Berkowitz-Sklar

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Many schools are working to better support students’ physiological, social, and emotional growth in addition to their cognitive development as a part of their school improvement efforts. Moreover, students are playing a key role in helping education leaders develop and implement new policies and practices.In this episode, Danny Torres (host) and Grace Westermann (co-host) talk with Rebeca Cerna, Director for the California Center for School Climate (CCSC), and special guest, Julian Berkowitz-Sklar, a graduating senior at Saratoga High School in California and member of the Center’s Youth Advisory Team.

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Restorative Ways of Being to Embody What Is Possible

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Restorative Ways of Being to Embody What Is Possible

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This guide reframes restorative practices as a paradigm rather than a program, offering five restorative ways of being to guide decision-making in complex situations. Through scenarios, reflective questions, and protocols, it supports educators and leaders in centering humanity, dignity, and root-cause thinking in their daily practice.

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Restorative Ways of Being to Embody What Is Possible: A Guide for Restorative Leaders

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This guide explores five restorative ways of being that can guide decision-making in difficult situations.

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Explore free research-based tools, activities, measures and more from the Search Institute so you can build lasting relationships where young people thrive.

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In the last decade, we have been advancing our work on positive youth development by partnering with youth organizations to create tools and resources that build and strengthen developmental relationships that all young people need to thrive.

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Student Success Team Reflection and Action Planning Tool

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Team Reflection and Action Planning Tools - For Student Success Teams

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Team Reflection and Action Planning Tools - For Student Success Teams

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This reflection and action planning tool helps student success teams build, operate, and continuously improve their systems. Designed for both initial deep dives and ongoing use, it supports annual reviews as well as more frequent, focused sessions to drive continuous improvement.

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GRAD Partnership Team Reflection and Action Planning Tool

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District Leadership Team Reflection and Action Planning Tool

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Team Reflection and Action Planning Tools - For District Leadership

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Team Reflection and Action Planning Tools - For District Leadership

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This resource supports district leadership teams in identifying strengths and needs across schools, spotting trends to inform evidence-based strategies, fostering peer learning among school leaders, and taking action to create conditions for school team success.

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Serving the Whole Person–Supporting Learner Health, Safety, and Wellness

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Serving the Whole Person–Supporting Learner Health, Safety, and Wellness

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This report highlights Michigan districts that serve as “bright spots” in implementing social and emotional learning practices aligned with state equity and well-being goals. By showcasing these examples, it offers inspiration and peer learning opportunities for districts to strengthen student health, safety, and wellness.

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Restorative Practices Beyond the Classroom: Integrating Circle Practices Into Existing School Processes

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Restorative Practices Beyond the Classroom: Integrating Circle Practices Into Existing School Processes

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This CCSC brief highlights the importance of expanding restorative practices beyond the classroom, offering practical strategies for integrating them into meetings and online spaces. It shows how these settings allow leaders to model, teach, and build community, illustrated through a vignette from Ross Elementary.

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Restorative Practices Beyond the Classroom: Integrating Circle Practices Into Existing School Processes

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The brief describes the need and rationale for expanding the use of restorative practices in contexts outside of the classroom, including IEP/504 meetings, staff meetings, committee meetings, and online spaces.

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Resilient and Healthy Schools and Communities

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Resilient and Healthy Schools and Communities

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Email us at schoolclimate@wested.org

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Resilient and Healthy Schools and Communities

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WestEd, a nonpartisan research, development, and service agency, works to promote excellence, achieve equity, and improve learning for children, youth, and adults.

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Shifting From an Individual to a Structural Lens

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Shifting From an Individual to a Structural Lens

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Cultivating the Conditions for Learning and Well-Being Webinar