Take 5 Series: Supporting Maine Educators in Responding to Violence
This series, comprised of informative images, offers valuable insights and strategies for Maine educators to create a socially and emotionally informed environment in response to violence situations. Key themes include self-regulation, supporting staff, normalizing feelings, and maintaining routines to foster a safe and supportive atmosphere for students and staff alike.
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Take 5 Series Responding to Violence A Socially and Emotionally Informed Resource for Maine Educators
Take 5 Series Building Leaders Goal: Support Staff So That Staff Can Support Students 1. Regulate Yourself 2. Be Responsive 3. Provide Guidance On Navigating The Day 4. Be Present 5. Connect With Other Building Leaders
Take 5 Series Building Leaders Goal: Support Staff So That Staff Can Support Students 1. State What Happened. 2. Normalize Feelings 3. Explain How Staff Will Be Supported
Take 5 Series Building Staff Goal: Supporting Students In Staying Regulated 1. Regulate Yourself 2. Be Present 3. Disrupt Monolithic Thinking - Lean into the word some. 4. Maintain As Much Normalcy As Possible 5. Use The Supports Provided To You
Take 5 Series Building Leaders Goal: Support Staff So That Staff Can Support Students 1. State What Happened. 2. Normalize Feelings 3. Provide Normal Routines
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Take 5 Series How are you (adults)? Check in with yourself. Check in with a colleague. Ground yourself.
Take 5 Series Ways to ground yourself Feel the ground beneath you, it s solid. Find your breath, it s there. Affirm your physical safety.
Take 5 Series Understand That You May Not Be Able To Mask Your Emotions That s okay. You are human. Your response models your humanity - AND .
Take 5 Series Your ability to maintain consistent, normal routines, matters. This matters for your students, and for you.
Take 5 Series Regulation does not always look like calm. Regulation looks like awareness and attunement. When we are regulated we can respond with intention.
Take 5 Series Guidance Across Grade Levels
Take 5 Series Early elementary school children need brief, simple information that should be balanced with reassurances that their school and homes are safe and that adults are there to protect them. Give simple examples of school safety like reminding children about exterior doors being locked, child monitoring efforts on the playground, and emergency drills practiced during the school day.
Take 5 Series Upper elementary and early middle school children will be more vocal in asking questions about whether they truly are safe and what is being done at their school. They may need assistance separating reality from fantasy. Discuss efforts of school and community leaders to provide safe schools.
Take 5 Series Upper middle school and high school students will have strong and varying opinions about the causes of violence in schools and society. They will share concrete suggestions about how to make school safer and how to prevent tragedies in society. Emphasize the role that students have in maintaining safe schools by following school safety guidelines (e.g. not providing building access to strangers, reporting strangers on campus, reporting threats to the school safety made by students or community members, etc.), communicating any personal safety concerns to school administrators, and accessing support for emotional needs.
