Discussion Groups
Participants will be invited to select a group to join for breakout discussions. In these facilitated small group discussions, participants will be invited to reflect upon the consequences of COVID-19 on their learning communities and to identify resources and strategies to address them.
Small Group Discussion, Guiding Questions for Dr. Christopher Bellonci’s presentation:
- How did this pandemic adversely impact you and your school and district?
- How do you imagine rebuilding the relationships among community stakeholders, faculty and staff, students, and families to refocus on the mission?
- What leadership skills will be essential to advance systemic change in the post pandemic academic year?
- What unevenness and inequities remain in your district as a result of this disruption? How do you plan to address them?
- What resources do you need?
Small Group Discussion, Guiding Questions for Ms. Laura Danna’s Presentation:
- What trauma effects have you seen in your students? What effects do you anticipate seeing?
- Were you, yourself impacted by trauma in the past year? If so, how will this affect your work with students?
- What elements of trauma informed strategies are relevant for your own professional work and emotional well-being?
- How can you assess your school’s readiness for implementing trauma informed school strategies? What resources do you need?
- What practices may need to be changed in anticipation of developmental, antiracism, social, and emotional needs of your students? What resources will you need to address this?
- How will you center the needs of historically marginalized students?
- How do we foster dialogue among and between people with different cultural experiences and interpretations of this traumatic year?
- What were some unanticipated changes in structures, practice, or policy that presented this year that you will consider keeping?