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1. MTSS - Understanding what the different tiers are and how to collaborate to meet student needs.

2. Our School Social Work: Practice, Policy, and Research text! It is a great resource and I refer back to it a lot!

3. School social work as advocacy not just for students, but their families, and the community!

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Hearing from school social workers about their experiences.

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A relaxing game when you need a few minutes time out.

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Thisissand is a unique playground for creating and sharing amazing sandscapes on your computer or mobile device. Start pouring away to experience this special sand piling on your screen!

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I keep trying to make a list of three takeaways and I get stuck. Don’t get me wrong— I love lists—yet somehow this course landed outside (or deeper inside) my list keeper self.

I think of spirals, circles and an attitude toward self, students, families ( including my own), colleagues and even the VDOE. So, maybe that’s item one: Being truly present to such a large and varied number of stakeholders requires serious self-care.

Next, in order to fully engage in self-care I need to really, truly understand myself. This is far from a simple task in a world of systematic oppression. I need to create space to find my way through the maze of messages that do not originate from me or my culture.

Last, some people are more equipped to work within school systems and regulations than others. There is no judgment in this statement. For myself, I learned that in order for me to work in a school at this time and in this place I would need to be in alignment with those in administrative roles.

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Now she had taken off her goodness and left it behind her like a heap of rain-sodden clothes, and she only felt joy.

The Enchanted April, Elizabeth von Arnim

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Our time together was so authentic. Both of our professors and all of the speakers clearly brought passion for this important work to our class! My classmates were also willing to share complex situations and honest responses. This made such a difference to me as a learner. I am so grateful!

I also really appreciated our opportunities to build our own “tool kit!” I have more downloads, articles, links, etc from this class than any other! I plan to spend time after the semester ends reorganizing all it to use in my future career 😊🎉

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1. School quality data & interview -- the website with school quality data for our interview assignment along with the interview itself was eye opening. I feel I understand the school system better.

2. Collaboration -- Seeing how the role of a school social worker is so collaborative is useful, both in the potential of school social work but in any social work that involves working with multiple aspects of the community.

3. School social work in general -- I feel I better understand this profession. The live sessions were very helpful for this.

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"Focusing your life solely on making a buck shows a certain poverty of ambition. It asks too little of yourself. Because it's only when you hitch your wagon to something larger than yourself that you realize your true potential." - Barack Obama

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The key highlight for me was better understanding school social work in a concrete way. The sessions were so practical and informative!

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Life is short, eat well: this cookie recipe is awesome. Happy holidays!

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Makes 12 giant cookies Beginner

½ pound (2 sticks) unsalted butter, at room temperature

1½ cups granulated sugar

¼ cup light brown sugar, lightly packed

1 extra-large egg, at room temperature

1½ teaspoons pure vanilla extract

2 cups all-purpose flour

½ teaspoon baking soda

1 teaspoon kosher salt

8 ounces bittersweet chocolate, chopped, such as Lindt

Fleur de sel or sea salt, for sprinkling

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Arrange three racks evenly spaced in the oven (see note).

In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat the butter on medium speed for 3 minutes, until creamy. Add the granulated sugar and brown sugar and beat on medium speed for 2 to 3 minutes, until light and fluffy. Scrape down the bowl with a rubber spatula. Add the egg, vanilla, and 2 tablespoons of warm water and mix on low speed just to combine. In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, and kosher salt. With the mixer on low, slowly add the flour mixture, then the chocolate (including the fine chocolate dust) to the batter until combined. Mix well with a rubber spatula.

With a 2¼-inch standard ice cream scoop (or ¹⁄₃ cup measure), make 12 rounded scoops of dough and place them on a sheet pan. Freeze the dough for exactly 15 minutes, then arrange 4 balls of dough-spaced wide apart-on each of three sheet pans lined with parchment paper. Bake for 10 minutes, until the cookies are slightly puffed in the center. Remove the pans from the oven and bang them on the stove top, until the center of the cookies deflate. Bake for 3 minutes, then bang the pans again, repeating baking and banging every 3 minutes, for 18 to 20 minutes total, until the edges of the cookies are golden brown. (The centers will be lighter and not fully cooked.) Rotate the sheet pans in the oven so the cookies bake evenly. Sprinkle the cookies with fleur de sel and cool completely on the pans.
If your oven has only two racks or you have only two sheet pans, bake these in two batches but don't freeze any batch of dough for more than 15 minutes.

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Giant Crinkled Chocolate Chip Cookies | Recipes

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Giant Crinkled Chocolate Chip Cookies from Barefoot Contessa. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Arrange three racks evenly spaced in the oven (see note). In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat the butter on medium speed for 3 minutes, until creamy. Add the...

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A reminder to all of us to take care of ourselves!

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A reminder to all of us to take care of ourselves!