Trauma-Sensitive Schools: Responding To COVID
On March 19, 2020, as schools were closing for the first time due to the Covid-19 pandemic we pulled together this webinar to provide students, parents and communities with informed and inspiring support. Riane Eisler, Mary Crnobori and Khayree Bey addressed ways to care for our families and school communities during the pandemic.
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Though so much has happened since this webinar was first broadcast, schools are still struggling with the impacts of the pandemic and the discussion and resources remain relevant for any teacher or parent coping with the ongoing challenges of Covid-19.
The Panelists
Khayree Bey, 2019 SHAPE Delaware’s Health Teacher of the Year, shares how he is implementing an equity-based trauma-informed approach in his classroom based on the art of mindfulness, Kemetic yoga and other self-care practices, and how he is teaching other teachers, community and staff to do the same. Khayree serves on Colonial School District’s Educators of Color committee which focuses on equity and the underrepresented population in teaching by recruiting, assisting, and maintaining educators of color. Watch Khayree Bey on Colonial School District’s October edition of Keeping up with Colonial.
Mary Crnobori, coordinator of Trauma-Informed Schools for the 169-school Metro Nashville Public School District, shares how she is working at the district level to raise awareness of childhood and intergenerational trauma, using a collective impact framework to promote system-wide change and implementation of school-wide trauma-sensitive practices and collaborate with police and other community agencies to support students experiencing traumatic events. Watch Mary Crnobori at TEDx Vanderbilt University: Why All Schools Should be Trauma Informed.
Riane Eisler, founder of the Center for Partnership Studies and author of Nurturing Our Humanity: How Domination and Partnership Shape Our Brains, Lives, and Future, explains how the implementation of trauma-sensitive practices in schools is an essential lever for the systemic cultural shift away from relationships of domination and toward relations of partnership. Riane Eisler is internationally known as a systems scientist and attorney pioneering the human rights of women and children.
Hosted by the Center for Partnership Systems
