Resilience

By: Stacey Craig, NC Resilience & Learning Project Consultant On March 26, the Urban Assembly and SEL4US hosted the second annual International SEL Day, with the theme “Building Bonds, Reimagining Communities.” Leading organizations in the field of Social and Emotional Learning (SEL), including the Collaborative for Academic Social and Emotional Learning (CASEL), as well as […]

By Stacey Riberdy For the past year, schools and school districts have been wrestling with how to support staff through the intense and chaotic demands of this pandemic. Whereas a growing understanding of trauma and social and emotional learning in education has highlighted the clear importance of staff wellness, the pandemic is bringing this critical […]

Implementing trauma-informed practices during COVID-19 By Becky Stern, NC Resilience & Learning Project Consultant  Last year, when Principal Stefanie Clarke listened to a school-wide training on the impact of trauma on a child’s ability to learn, it was a lightbulb moment for her.  “This puts a name to what we’ve all known and felt, but […]

Building student and staff resilience when schools reopen: Considerations and recommendations provided by the North Carolina Resilience & Learning Project The school year is over, but districts and schools are busy thinking about re-entry planning in the fall. With the ongoing circumstances of COVID-19 and the abrupt early ending to the 19-20 school year, schools are […]

By: Chanda Battle, NC Resilience & Learning Project Coach  Understanding the need to support the whole child is not a foreign concept for Elizabeth City – Pasquotank Schools (ECPS). The district has partnered with the Public School Forum’s NC Resilience and Learning Project for the last two school years with the goal of supporting students […]

Pressing On: West Edgecombe Builds Resilience in its School Community during COVID-19 Photo taken prior to school closures by Resilience & Learning Project staff By: Stacey Craig Riberdy, Consultant, NC Resilience and Learning Project By attending to their students’ social and emotional needs, West Edgecombe Middle School forges ahead with their resilience and learning work, […]

By: Elizabeth DeKonty, Director, NC Resilience and Learning Project “I struggle the most with worry about my students. I worry about how they are doing, if they are getting their physical and emotional needs met. I wonder if they are getting the love and attention they need. I wonder if they are scared and if […]

P.W. Moore Does More: Growing Resilient Students By: Elizabeth DeKonty, Director, NC Resilience and Learning Project In the far northeast corner of the state, there are a number of districts eager and ready to find ways to better support their staff and students — and they are doing this by starting the process of becoming […]

As the second year of the NC Resilience and Learning Project comes to a close, we are so fortunate to report the many successes we’ve nurtured as well as the improvements we’ve made, for both the project as well as the schools we were able to serve. To date, the NC Resilience and Learning Project […]

A school-wide mindset shift was one of several key changes that Greene County Intermediate School’s (GCIS) assistant principal, Taylor Moore, said has made a big difference in his school’s journey toward becoming trauma-sensitive. “It has really been all about the mindset shift and the willingness for staff to take the time to peel back the […]

Training with two of the Project’s new Resilience Teams in Rowan-Salisbury Schools (Overton Elementary and Hurley Elementary) focused on trauma’s impact on learning and behavior and starting to give staff tools and resources to create change for safer and more supportive learning environments for kids. These teams will be the champions of this work in […]