19 episodes
Staying SEL:Connected in Sac City Mai Xi
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As we engage in distance learning through the Covid-19 school closures, how do we maintain our sense of connection, belonging, and community? This podcast will aim to bring the voices of our Sac City family together in one place so we can better listen to each other's stories, hear about how we're coping with distance learning- including our challenges and successes, and our hopes for when we enter back into physical school space with each other. Each episode will focus on a SEL core competency, engaging interviews, and tips for practicing SEL. The podcast is hosted by the SCUSD SEL Team.
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3:2 Restorative Restart with Met HS Senior Jisel Mendez-Leon and parent Maria Leon
As we return to a restorative restart, we want to acknowledge that many of our students are also undergoing their own personal restorative restart journeys. One such student is Met High School senior, Jisel Mendez who has worked hard to transcend the struggles of her Freshmen year to excelling as a Senior with excellent grades and prospects for a bright future ahead. Jisel offers great insights and wisdom that will support any student who might be struggling with negative self-talk. We are joined by her mother, Maria Leon, who will also share how she supported her daughter through the challenges of her high school journey. Dr. Olga Simms joins me to support with our very first bilingual episode.
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3:1. Restorative restart at John Sloat Elementary with calming corners
As we return to in person learning, schools are activating best practices to ensure a restorative restart for their communities. At John Sloat elementary, leaders and staff have worked hard to cultivate a positive return to school with explicit SEL and healing centered practices, such as calming corners for students and adults. In this episode, Principal Claudia Alfaro, Social Worker Liz Torres, Student Support Services Coordinator Pam Cajucom and 5th grade teacher, Marlayna Flores speak to Rosie Arcona and Mai Xi Lee about prioritizing care for their community with Calming Corners.
You can view pictures of John Sloat's calming corners at this link: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1sIbVqmP3wux9pdt1-gatkAGF2VEnULTL?usp=sharing
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2:7 Staying Connected with Good news - "Soaking in the Good, Sac City!"
We know things are hard right now. In adverse times, it's difficult to see the good that is also happening around you. While acknowledging the stressors and trauma of the past year, we also wanted to shine a light on the resilience and compassion of our community- the good that is also being experienced, even if we can't always see them sometimes. We know from research, such as the incredible body of work done at the Greater Good Science Center at UC Berkeley, that focusing on the good can also be an antidote for trauma and support for nurturing resilience. With that in mind, today we bring you the good news from our students, teachers, and parents. Here's hoping to thriving forward together in goodness!
If you are a Sac City parent, student, and/or staff member, and you are interested in being featured on future episodes of "Soaking in the Good, Sac City!" , we welcome you to send a short audio clip with the following:
-Name, Grade if you are a student, role (student, parent, teacher, etc. ), and school site
-"This week's good news is..................and next week, I hope for....................."
You can send you recorded audio to SELSupport@scusd.edu
Thank you.
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2:6 Staying Connected with Mothers and Daughters (Part 1)
This week's episode features 2 of our SEL Training Specialists in an intimate conversation with their daughters on the topic of colorism. Africa Fullove and Candace Evans spent some time with their daughters, students Indigo Fullove and Joy Evans to connect on their experiences with colorism and how it has impacted them. This is the first part of a 2-part conversation on this important topic.
In his book, “How to Be an Anti-racist”, Ibram X. Kendi defines “colorism as a collection of racist policies that cause inequities between light people and dark people, and these inequities are substantiated by racist ideas about Light and dark people.” Kendi also says, “When gains disproportionately flow to light people and losses disproportionately flow to Dark people, inequities between races mirror inequities within the same races.” Same-race Colorism means preferential treatment based solely on their color- Light skinned vs. Dark skinned complexion.
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2:6 Staying Connected with Mothers and Daughters (Part 2)
This segment continues the conversation between SEL Training Specialists Candace Evans and Africa Fullove, and their daughters, Indigo and Joy. The continue to explore the concept of colorism and offer some opportunities for healing and moving forward as a community.
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2:5 Staying Connected with SCUSD Teacher Miriam Goff
This week, Africa Fullove joins us to chat with Sac City teacher Miriam Goff. Miriam Goff is a veteran educator who has taught elementary and middle school, served Sac City has a Behavior Intervention Specialist, and currently is a co-teacher and inclusive practices educator at Cal Middle School in 8th Grade English Language Arts. She is passionate about supporting differently-abled students and works hard to ensure that students with IEPs have equitable access to learning and barrier-free engagement. Our conversation with Miriam provides much needed perspective and insight into the challenges and successes of students with IEPs.
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