Resources for Administrators - Class Project

Introductory Materials

Racial Justice

• A Restorative Approach for an Equitable Education - Opens in a new window (Learning Policy Institute)
• Creating the Space to Talk About Race in Your School - Opens in a new window (NAE)
• Racial Justice Resource Guide - Opens in a new window (NEA)
• The Lens of Systemic Oppression - Opens in a new window (National Equity Project)
• What is Culturally Responsive-Sustaining Education - Opens in a new window (EJROC)

Healing Justice

• Preventing Childhood Trauma: Guidelines for Administrators and Crisis Teams - Opens in a new window (NASP)
• Principles of Trauma Informed Systems - Opens in a new window (SF Dept. PH)
• Levels of Healing: Individual, Interpersonal, Institutional and Structural - Opens in a new window (National Equity Project)
• Shifting from Trauma Informed Care to Healing Centered Engagement - Opens in a new window (Medium)
• Supporting Students Experiencing Childhood Trauma - Opens in a new window (NASP)

Tools and Resources to Support Students and Teachers

Racial Justice

• Equity Messaging Guidance for School Districts - Opens in a new window (National Equity Project)
• Path to Racial Equity worksheet - Opens in a new window (Forward Through Ferguson)
• Preparing Staff for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Initiatives - Opens in a new window (Edutopia)
• Promising Practice to Build Antiracist and Affirming Schools - Opens in a new window (Education Law Center)
• 26 mini-Films Exploring Race Bias and Identity with Students - Opens in a new window (NYTimes)

Healing Justice

• A Guide on Social Justice Healing Spaces - Opens in a new window (Healing by Choice Detroit)
• Cultivating Caring Relationships at School: 15 Activities That Promote Staff and Student Connection - Opens in a new window (WestEd)
• Healing Justice Toolkit - Opens in a new window (Dignity & Power NOW)
• Making Classrooms and Schools Trauma Informed and Healing- Centered - Opens in a new window (Greater Good in Education)
• Making Space: Affinity Groups - Opens in a new window (Leaning for Justice)
• Relationship Mapping Strategy - Opens in a new window (Harvard Graduate School of Education)
• Resources for Making Your School Year Safer, More Predictable, and More Positive - Opens in a new window (PBIS)
• Self-care for the Caregiver, Staff, Teachers: Guidelines for Administrators - Opens in a new window (NASP)
• Supporting Your Employees During Hard Times - Opens in a new window (UCSF Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences)
• Tool: Create a High School Peace Room - Opens in a new window (CASEL)
• Trauma Informed SEL Toolkit - Opens in a new window (Transforming Education)
• What are Healing Justice Schools? - Opens in a new window (NY City Public Schools)

COVID-Related Resources

• Addressing Grief - Opens in a new window (NASP)
• Critically conscious questions education leaders must ask as we return to school - Opens in a new window
• Guide to Leveraging the Power of Social and Emotional Learning - Opens in a new window (CASEL)
• Reopening Schools: Playbook - Opens in a new window (Transcend)
• Return to Worksite Checklist for Leaders - Opens in a new window (HealSF)
• Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) Roadmap - Opens in a new window (CASEL)
• Strategies for Trauma-Informed Distance Learning - Opens in a new window (WestED)
• Tips for Countering Coronavirus Stigma and Racism - Opens in a new window (NASP)