As you well know and I am seeing displayed each day, I have a wonderful team in the Infinite Campus (IC) Department, and I'm giving them a shoutout right now: Saif Ali, Karen Jasonowicz, Yazmin Aceves, Violet Jackson, Megan Polzin, and Andrew Solomon. I am blessed to have this team to work with each day, and please know we have your back when it comes to anything relating to IC, student information, and data in general. If I can't answer your issue, I can guarantee that someone on my team can, and we will make it happen for you.
Even though our department deals with student information on a daily basis, you may not know that I am currently the Homeless Liaison for the district as well. I wanted to bring that to your attention because we do have a homeless student population in the district, if you were not aware, and in these "unprecedented times" we are starting to become aware of more and more students and families who could use our help just to get by day to day. This is especially important as we think about and nurture the social-emotional learning needs of our students and what their life is like outside of the school day hours.
Even though our department deals with student information on a daily basis, you may not know that I am currently the Homeless Liaison for the district as well. I wanted to bring that to your attention because we do have a homeless student population in the district, if you were not aware, and in these "unprecedented times" we are starting to become aware of more and more students and families who could use our help just to get by day to day. This is especially important as we think about and nurture the social-emotional learning needs of our students and what their life is like outside of the school day hours.
That being said, I would like to ask all of our district staff to put the "signs" of homelessness and Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) needs on your radar as you interact with our students, both remotely and in-person. This document can help you look for warning signs and provide tips for identifying homeless children and youth in your classrooms or around school.
If you happen to suspect students that might fall into this category based on your observations or interactions with their parents, please make a note of it. The next step would be to let your building principal or social worker become aware of what led you to believe that you have a student that could fall into the category of homelessness or needing additional resources. They can follow up on it and get in touch with me if need be.
Since you are on the front lines for identifying our students of need because you "see" them, at least virtually for now, we really need your eyes and ears to help us meet the needs of our students even if they don't think they have a need themselves. Please click here to make yourself familiar with some of the tell-tale signs that can help to identify our students in need. It could mean all the difference in the world to that child and/or family—and since teachers are in the business of making a difference in children's lives, you are the perfect person to do this!
Since you are on the front lines for identifying our students of need because you "see" them, at least virtually for now, we really need your eyes and ears to help us meet the needs of our students even if they don't think they have a need themselves. Please click here to make yourself familiar with some of the tell-tale signs that can help to identify our students in need. It could mean all the difference in the world to that child and/or family—and since teachers are in the business of making a difference in children's lives, you are the perfect person to do this!
Thanks for taking the time to read our post for this month. I hope I get the opportunity to meet all of you at some point during the year in person.
