Congratulations to Lija Stewart, who won a 2024 WC Smith Property Management Award. Lija works tirelessly to ensure that units at our properties Fairway and JETU are efficiently prepared for new residents and that all residents receive exemplary customer service. She has been instrumental in creating programming for children at the properties, has worked with the local Advisory Neighborhood Commission and enthusiastically assists with residents' needs.?
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Who? Anyone working in youth centered, human service, and education spaces. What? Restorative Justice Using Restorative Practices: Strengthening Relationships institute. Where? Brooklyn Friends School. When? July 31–August 2. Why? So that we may explore the engagement of restorative practice as a focus on building community through the power of circles, looking at classrooms as communities, co-creating agreements, engaging authentic presence and communication with the emphasis on relationships, understanding, and empathizing in community. How: https://lnkd.in/gKTwWtzT
The resource **Equity Drivers to Strengthen Parent, Family, and Community Engagement** emphasizes the importance of equity, inclusivity, and cultural responsiveness in family engagement within the PFCE Framework. It outlines drivers that help program staff incorporate equity in their partnerships with families and communities and reflection activities to develop actionable responses for their programs. Get the resource: https://ow.ly/kIZr50TPKuc
In creating the Bloomsburg Area YMCA - Community Resource Hub, our team has created five distinct goals that we aim towards every single day so that we can best serve ALL of Columbia and Mountour County residents. The official unveiling of the CRH is coming soon, but in the meantime, our team is preparing by doing all we can to best understand the resources available. GOALS: 1. Create a Community Hub that is designed to meet the everchanging needs of the community and provide safe, confidential services that strengthen family life and individual growth. 2. Serve more people through programs and services that fulfill community needs by being the premier provider of community programming. 3. Provide more Y-based counseling and services for children and adults in schools, homes and the community. 4. Foster connections between the YMCA and the Community by becoming a preferred community partner. 5. Broaden the ability to serve a larger audience by providing the resources needed in the community.
By organizing programs by condition group we begin to foster community for our campers and their families. Campers build independence, can share and ask questions about common experiences, and make friends with kids who are just like them. Here's a look at the impact of intentional programming: https://bit.ly/3D8YswE
By organizing programs by condition group we begin to foster community for our campers and their families. Campers build independence, can share and ask questions about common experiences, and make friends with kids who are just like them. Here's a look at the impact of intentional programming: https://bit.ly/3D8YswE
By organizing programs by condition group we begin to foster community for our campers and their families. Campers build independence, can share and ask questions about common experiences, and make friends with kids who are just like them. Here's a look at the impact of intentional programming: https://bit.ly/3D8YswE
MA Education Leadership, Director of School and Youth Engagement | Educational Administration and Leadership
Well said Jim Davnie and Kent Pekel. With a focus on solutions, Family Engagement, Positive School Climate/Multi-tiered Systems of support, Data-Driven Early Warning Systems, Increased Caring Adults and Mentors, we are addressing the root causes instead of solely placing the blame on the student and/or their families. According to the MN Student Survey data, 25% of 11th grade students, 28% of 9th grade students, 32% of 8th grade students, and 54% of 5th grade students in MN say "adults in my community care quite a bit/very much about me". Flip the language and say out loud the % of students who feel adults don't care about them. This is why our community efforts to listen to and come alongside our young people is so important. Our young folks need multiple layers of support and this isn't only the school's responsibility. We continue our efforts to open a youth center in our small rural community for this very reason; our youth have told us what they need! Read more in MN Alliance with Youth report, Chronic Absenteeism: A National and Local Challenge. https://lnkd.in/gM-rXwwW
Why are so many school kids not showing up for class? What's keeping them out of school and what's the impact? Listen to this conversation on Minnesota Public Radio about chronic absenteeism and what can be done to boost school attendance. My MPR News guests: Rochester Public Schools ISD #535 Superintendent Kent Pekel and the executive director of Minnesota Alliance with Youth, Jim Davnie https://lnkd.in/g3-XbKJ8
It was great to connect with such passionate professionals at the Broward Children's Strategic Plan Committee Chairs' Retreat! Our team enjoyed learning more about the organization and the monumental work being done in Broward County, FL, to enhance the lives of children and their families. Thank you to the Children's Services Council of Broward County for hosting such an inspiring and motivational event. Pictured: Shantigra Williams, LMHC, IMH-E??, Silvia Gil, and other amazing professionals! Alternative Text: The heading of the image can be found within a light green rectangle toward the bottom right-hand section of the image. This section of black text reads, "Broward Children's Strategic Plan (BCSP) Committee Chairs' Retreat". It is underlined by a thin black line which is followed by the black NCS logo. Lastly, the remaining sections of the image show four pictures from the event. . . . . #NeuroConsultingSolutions #NCS #neurodiverse #neurodivergent #neurodiversity #neurodiversidad #neurodivergence #ally #supporter #advocate #awareness #raiseawareness #acceptance #promoteacceptance #neurodiversityawareness #neurodiversityacceptance #inclusive #inclusion #inclisivity #diverse #accessible #accessibility #neuroinclusive #workingtogether #inclusivecommunity #CSC #ChildrensServicesCouncil
Let’s champion for every child’s growth and success. First 5 LA is committed to uplifting the voices of L.A. County’s diverse communities and creating an inclusive future where every child thrives in a nurturing, safe, and loving community. Learn more about the four key initiatives that will translate First 5 LA’s 2024–2029 Strategic Plan into meaningful action for children age 5 and younger across L.A. County. https://lnkd.in/gKSUtm3F Holly J. Mitchell #F5LAStrategicPlan
Amazing work, Lija—well-deserved! ????