S2:E7 Jamila Sams, MA. ED. How to Support Children and Teens During & After COVID-19 The Blooming Is A Habit Podcast With Dr. Stephanie Akoumany

What did you need from your family and school when you were growing up? What would you while going through a pandemic? To be seen, heard, have fun, and feel cared for! Jamila Sams MA.ED the Founder and CEO of Go to Ms. Sams and Advisory 4 the Culture notes that COVID-19 is teaching all of us that we need to evolve to meet our own self care needs AND the needs of our families, schools , and organizations.

In order to do this we must own what’s going well & what can be improved. Then we must ask our children and teens what they need and how they would like to thrive. Jamila gives adults (parents, educators, and policy makers) the tools needed to establish positive & meaningful connections with young people, meet them where they are, and help them reach their goals and aspirations.

This 2019 Johns Hopkins University Business School TED X Speaker https://youtu.be/dhqHOMj44KM
shares:

-The importance of culturally relevant curriculum and advisory activities for students of color and marginalized students

-How funding policies affect schools and educators

-How students, educators, administrators, and parents can build deeper connections

-How cities can help education systems meet the changing needs of students who may be disengaged or unable to commit to online learning

-What COVID-19 means for the safety and wellbeing of economically disadvantaged students and students without many social safety nets

-How schools can help students, parents, and educators find their purpose and their "why"

Connect with Jamila

Email: jamila@gotomssams.com

Website: http://www.gotomssams.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/gotomssams
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/gotomssams/
Instagram: https://instagram.com/advisory4theculture?igshid=pmrmmsxrkrrc
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamilasams
Connect with Dr. Steph & Bloom
IG: www.instagram.com/dr.stephanieakoumany/
Blog: justbloom.io
Email: stephanie.akoumany@justbloom.io
Linkedin: www.linkedin.com/in/stephanieakoumany

Guest Bio:
Throughout her career as a school administrator, Jamila Sams heard frustrated teachers tell marginalized students “Get out and Go to Ms. Sams!” on a daily basis. Teachers viewed these students as troublemakers who did not want to learn and attributed to them labels such as “at-risk”, “bad”, and, with no formal diagnosis, “ADHD.” However, Ms. Sams saw students who were passionate and creative, but were often unseen and unheard. Ms. Sams recognized that she was uniquely suited to bridge the communication gap between youth who struggle to express themselves effectively and adults who struggle to understand the complex challenges that marginalized youth face every day. In 2013, she founded the education consulting agency, Go to Ms. Sams Inc., to give adults the tools needed to establish positive and meaningful connections with young people, meet them where they are, and help them reach their goals and aspirations.

Go to Ms. Sams provides services to educators, nonprofit professionals, and members of the business community around three core pillars: School Climate and Culture; Youth Program Development and Training; and Strategic Partnership Development. Clients include the Maryland State Department of Education; the New York City Department of Education; QLIK Corporation; Mentor Foundation USA, Mentor International, and El Desafio in Rosario, Argentina.

Ms. Sams has been a featured TEDx speaker for the Johns Hopkins School of Business, panelist for the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy, presenter for the National Gathering for the Coalition of Schools Educating Boys of Color, and the Center for the Promotion of Social Emotional Learning National Conference. Ms. Sams is a native of Philadelphia and a proud first-generation college graduate of Lincoln University. She also has a Master’s degree in Educational Administration & Supervision from the College of Notre Dame of Maryland.