February Teacher Training

We are very excited about the upcoming teacher meeting on Friday February 15th and would like to extend the invitation to admin, food service, and bus drivers to join us.  As most of you are aware, our agency has been working hard to look at and respond in healthier ways to the trauma that we are exposed to via our work and lived experiences.  In addition to our agency work related to the Trauma Stewardship book, we now have an opportunity to launch a Trauma Informed Care Project and we need YOU.

In the spirit of true transparency I have to tell you up front that this is going to involve a survey.  Now wait! Before you roll your eyes or push close, please read on. It would be impossible to foster increased staff wellness or improve our services to families without your voice and important input. We wanted to provide paid time that does not take you away from other important work to gather this feedback. With that in mind, we will be spending a significant amount of time on the survey and discussion groups at the upcoming teacher meeting.

This will be your chance to help steer the ship that is Head Start of Lane County and guide our trauma sensitivity work moving forward. At the teacher meeting we will be asking if staff have interest in being part of the ongoing efforts.   It is our goal to be sure you feel safe and have what you need to be honest and truly anonymous when taking the survey.  Elaine Walters, Founder and Director of the Trauma Healing Project, will be our guest at the meeting and will be assisting us in the launch of this project.

We look forward to seeing you!