Resources for Administrators - Class Project

Introductory Materials

Racial Justice

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

Healing Justice

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

Tools and Resources to Support Students and Teachers

Racial Justice

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

Healing Justice

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

COVID-Related Resources

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