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Additionally, here are a few blog posts to support teachers, coaches, and leaders to be stronger No-Nonsense Nurturers:
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UPCOMING EVENTS this issue

December 17 Institute Day P.1
Bilingual Parent Advisory
Committee Meeting
Trauma Defined P.1-2
December 18
Semester Grades Verification Co-Teaching P.2

December 28 Trauma Over Truancy P.2
Report Cards Mailed

January 4 No More Zeros P.2
Institute Day
INSTITUTE DAY
January 4- March 2 Access
Testing We will welcome the new year and start the second semester of the 2020-2021 schoolyear on January 4,
2021. The Winter Institute Day 2021 will be held virtually. After opening remarks and updates from senior
January 14 leadership, the first half of day will be spent preparing for the hybrid instruction. We will hear from our
Supporting the Mental Health peers as they share strategies that they have found effective during the first semester of remote
and Social-emotional needs instruction.
of students- SSS Parent
Night The second half of the day will be spent increasing our capacity to support our student social-
emotionally. We will start a series of professional development workshops designed to build our cultural
January 19 competency this semester, and we spend the last segment of our day on trauma-informed teaching.
Hybrid Learning Tentative
Start Date Please see the schedule below for times. Instructions on how to access the zooms, signing in for
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attendance, etc. will be sent separately on or before December 30 and posted in Schoology.
January 20 Opening Remarks ……………………………………………..… 7:30-8:30a
ASCA Training Sharing Best Practices for Student Engagement………..… 8:30-9:30a
Remote Learning Planning …………………………………….. 9:30-11:30a
January 22 Lunch Break …………………………………………………..….. 11:30-12:30p
Co-teaching PD Cultural Compentency ………………………………………..… 12:30-1:30p

February 17 TACTIC Training …………………………………………………. 1:30-3:30p
Bilingual Parent Advisory
Committee Meeting TRAUMA DEFINED

February 24
Post Secondary Transition The longer we live, the more inevitable it is that we will experience trauma. Trauma is the response to
Parent Meeting a deeply distressing or disturbing event that overwhelms an individual’s ability to cope, causes
feelings of helplessness, diminishes their sense of self and their ability to feel the full range of
March 11 emotions and experiences.
ASCA Training The Total Access Collaborative for Trauma Informed Care (TACTIC) is a partnership between law

March 12 enforcement, schools and mental health services in the Park Forest community. The TACTIC program’s
Coteaching Training main goal is to increase the workforce’s ability to recognize, connect and provide services to children
and adolescents impacted by trauma and violence. Funding for this cross-agency collaboration is
March 18 provided by the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority (ICIJA).
Annual TMC parent Meeting