🍎 Food security is a learning issue, too. See how educators and school staff can connect families with school meals, SNAP, Summer EBT and other. @crprax.bsky.social @aft.org @aftteach.bsky.social
Nourishing Success in the New School Year: Food Security for Every Student
Learn how educators and school staff can connect families with school meals, SNAP, Summer EBT and other nutrition programs that support student health and learning.
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What happens when a family trusts a school during its hardest moment? 🍎💙 Read this deeply personal story that offers educators a practical framework to recognize bias, strengthen family partnerships, and provide support before crisis escalates. @aft.org @crprax.bsky.social @aftteach.bsky.social
When You Hold the Power: What Educators Need to Know Before They Report to Child Protective Services
Explore how educators can support families in crisis, recognize bias and use a three-tier framework before reporting to child protective services.
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OPEN NOW: Registration in CARE-FULL, an @aft.org member-only professional learning experience focused on building 25 trauma-informed skills to use anytime, with any kid, to tip toward wellness. forms.cloud.microsoft/r/9RB4LMuM2X
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AFT TEACH@aftteach.bsky.social · last mo.How can trauma-informed practices strengthen every classroom? 🌱Explore practical strategies to build resilience, de-escalate stress, and support student well-being every day https://sharemylesson.com/blog/strengthening-trauma-informed-practices @aft.org @sharemylesson.bsky.social @crprax.bsky.social
What happens when a family trusts a school during its hardest moment? 🍎💙 Read this deeply personal story that offers educators a practical framework to recognize bias, strengthen family partnerships, and provide support before crisis escalates. @aft.org @crprax.bsky.social @aftteach.bsky.social
When You Hold the Power: What Educators Need to Know Before They Report to Child Protective Services
Explore how educators can support families in crisis, recognize bias and use a three-tier framework before reporting to child protective services.
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Tomorrow at noon, join a free webinar with @sharemylesson.bsky.social and JMACforFamilies: bit.ly/4wdBJt1 Learn how to better navigate moral injury, the feeling of being caught between legal mandates and an ethical commitment to students, with #MandatedSupport
From Mandatory Reporting to Mandatory Supporting: Building Stronger School Systems for Families
This webinar will show how schools can move beyond mandatory reporting towards mandatory supporting practices that truly protect children and strengthen families. This session highlights why the curre...
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How can trauma-informed practices strengthen every classroom? 🌱Explore practical strategies to build resilience, de-escalate stress, and support student well-being every day https://sharemylesson.com/blog/strengthening-trauma-informed-practices @aft.org @sharemylesson.bsky.social @crprax.bsky.social
Join me next week during @sharemylesson.bsky.social summer of learning!
Chelsea Prax@crprax.bsky.social · 4mo agoFREE WEBINAR 7/28, 12pET with @fracposts.bsky.social on "Strategies for Schools to Support Learning and Well-Being." Learn to increase students’ access to nutritious food + advocate for well-being, so every kid can come to school nourished, focused, ready to learn sharemylesson.com/webinars/stu...
FREE WEBINAR 7/28, 12pET with @fracposts.bsky.social on "Strategies for Schools to Support Learning and Well-Being." Learn to increase students’ access to nutritious food + advocate for well-being, so every kid can come to school nourished, focused, ready to learn sharemylesson.com/webinars/stu...
Student Food Security: Strategies for Schools to Support Learning and Well-Being
Hunger doesn’t stop at a growling stomach — it follows students into the classroom.
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Join me 7/30, 12-1pET for "From Mandatory Reporting to Mandatory Supporting: Building Stronger School Systems for Families" - bit.ly/4wdBJt1
From Mandatory Reporting to Mandatory Supporting: Building Stronger School Systems for Families
This webinar will show how schools can move beyond mandatory reporting towards mandatory supporting practices that truly protect children and strengthen families. This session highlights why the curre...
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How can trauma-informed practices strengthen every classroom? 🌱Explore practical strategies to build resilience, de-escalate stress, and support student well-being every day https://sharemylesson.com/blog/strengthening-trauma-informed-practices @aft.org @sharemylesson.bsky.social @crprax.bsky.social
Last year, in "Nobody Wins: Educators’ Perspectives on Mandatory Reporting," educators expressed moral injury, a feeling of being caught between legal mandates and an ethical commitment to students bit.ly/NobodyWins-T...
FREE WEBINAR 7/28, 12pET with @fracposts.bsky.social on "Strategies for Schools to Support Learning and Well-Being." Learn to increase students’ access to nutritious food + advocate for well-being, so every kid can come to school nourished, focused, ready to learn sharemylesson.com/webinars/stu...
Student Food Security: Strategies for Schools to Support Learning and Well-Being
Hunger doesn’t stop at a growling stomach — it follows students into the classroom.
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The new Summer ‘26 #AmericanEducator is out now! Read articles on civic engagement to build a better life, mitigating the harms of AI, effective reading instruction for English learners & struggling readers, & promoting student well-being & resilience: aft.org/ae/summer2026
In the latest American Educator periodical, you can find an excerpt of my book, "CARE-FULL: Skills for School Staff to Promote Student Resilience and Prevent Trauma." How many of these trauma-informed practices did you already know? Or, if "Care is a Muscle," how strong are you? bit.ly/49GhsDu
Summer 2026 | American Federation of Teachers
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In a @sharemylesson.bsky.social presentation, Miesha Parker stressed, "Schools working in diverse communities need lived experts and community advisors working alongside educators." In this brief clip, she explains a vision for what that should look like: www.youtube.com/shorts/jO1Kv...
Lived Experts: Building Trust & Understanding in Schools #shorts
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All of @sharemylesson.bsky.social free, for-credit Virtual Conference webinars are now available on demand. Start with Miesha Parker's session, "From Mandatory Reporting to Mandated Support: Understanding Educator Power to Transform Family Crisis Response." Teaser 👇🏼 youtube.com/shorts/vrKgq...
Mother's Safety Plan Labeled Abandonment: Child Welfare Fails #shorts
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Zoe Marino has been teaching for six years. She recently came across a frustrating situation, a "complicated picture that felt bigger than my skill set could handle." AFT resources on #MandatedSupport helped her "Pause and Choose Support." bit.ly/4lX7thO
Pause and Choose Support: A Mandated Support Testimonial
A Chicago educator shares how mandated support helped her choose collaboration over reporting, leading to better outcomes for a student and their family.
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TOMORROW, 3 - 4 p.m. EDT, join me for a free, for-credit webinar with @aft.org @sharemylesson.bsky.social on educators' power to provide critical support before crisis escalates - from a mother who navigated family separation after multiple school reports to child protection. bit.ly/3MWXcVW
From Mandatory Reporting to Mandated Support: Understanding Educator Power to Transform Family Crisis Response
Educators hold five distinct forms of power when interacting with struggling families: professional authority, daily access to children, documentation power, community trust, and system privilege. But...
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Check out this new report published today providing the first in-depth, industry-wide examination of how #academicfreedom has been written into collective bargaining agreements across American higher ed. 👀 This report is useful for anyone hoping to collectively bargain meaningful AF protections.
New Report: Academic Freedom and Collective Bargaining
A new report co-released by the AAUP and the National Center provides the first in-depth, industry-wide examination of how academic freedom has been written into collective bargaining agreements acros...
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Amanda trained 150K+ NYC educators in mandatory reporting. She writes, "We need to embody, 'We don’t have to report a family to support a family.' We need educators to see the aftereffects of system engagement for reported families—good, bad and ugly. We need to make some shifts." bit.ly/3MjrK3Y
Building Safety Through Connection: A More Community‑Centered Approach to Mandated Reporting
Explore how updated mandated reporter training in New York shifts from reporting to mandated support—helping educators strengthen family and community connections.
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Educators: Have you ever wondered what happens after you make a report to child protective services? Next week, learn directly from Miesha Parker, a parent who navigated the aftereffects for over decade: bit.ly/3MWXcVW Register for more free webinars with @aft.org @sharemylesson.bsky.social
From Mandatory Reporting to Mandated Support: Understanding Educator Power to Transform Family Crisis Response
Educators hold five distinct forms of power when interacting with struggling families: professional authority, daily access to children, documentation power, community trust, and system privilege. But...
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In two weeks, March 24, from 3:00 - 4:00 p.m. eastern join @sharemylesson.bsky.social to hear Miesha Parker explain her personal experience with educators' power as mandatory reporters + how to powerfully support family well-being. bit.ly/3MWXcVW
From Mandatory Reporting to Mandated Support: Understanding Educator Power to Transform Family Crisis Response
Educators hold five distinct forms of power when interacting with struggling families: professional authority, daily access to children, documentation power, community trust, and system privilege. But...
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In two weeks, join me and @sharemylesson.bsky.social to hear Miesha Parker share brilliant and hard-won analysis - on educators' power as mandatory reporters + how to use power for family well-being. bit.ly/3MWXcVW
From Mandatory Reporting to Mandated Support: Understanding Educator Power to Transform Family Crisis Response
Educators hold five distinct forms of power when interacting with struggling families: professional authority, daily access to children, documentation power, community trust, and system privilege. But...
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Chelsea Prax@crprax.bsky.social · 7mo agoJOIN ME March 24, from 3:00 - 4:00p eastern for "From Mandatory Reporting to Mandated Support: Understanding Educator Power to Transform Family Crisis Response," as part of the 2026 Virtual Conference with @sharemylesson.bsky.social bit.ly/3MWXcVW
Vaccine recommendations from the @ameracadpeds.bsky.social are designed to help children in the United States resist serious illnesses so they can stay healthy, and our communities can stay healthy. www.aap.org/en/news-room...
Nothing beats vaccines for teaching growing bodies about immunization! @aft.org joins 200 orgs in affirming @ameracadpeds.bsky.social guidelines on immunization timing for kids. Talk to your child's pediatrician with questions about when your family should get started. www.aap.org/en/news-room...
JOIN ME March 24, from 3:00 - 4:00p eastern for "From Mandatory Reporting to Mandated Support: Understanding Educator Power to Transform Family Crisis Response," as part of the 2026 Virtual Conference with @sharemylesson.bsky.social bit.ly/3MWXcVW
From Mandatory Reporting to Mandated Support: Understanding Educator Power to Transform Family Crisis Response
Educators hold five distinct forms of power when interacting with struggling families: professional authority, daily access to children, documentation power, community trust, and system privilege. But...
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the delusion of white supremacy is integral to the history of the United States
PBS News@pbsnews.org · 8mo agoNational Park Service workers in Philadelphia began restoring a slavery exhibit Thursday at the site of George Washington's former residence.
"Nobody Wins" in NYT: "Should Child Welfare Be Called Over School Absences?" examines the link between missing school + CPS reports for ed neglect, noting "Chronic absence often has causes that can be addressed by offering the family help, not by dragging them into the legal system." bit.ly/3PpE9kE
High school teacher and @educationmn.bsky.social member Stacy Bartlett writes in a new AFT Voices piece about the fear and uncertainty ICE has brought to schools. "So, because educators are natural fixers, doers and healers, we have—once again—stepped into the gaps." aftvoices.org/with-liberty...
With liberty and justice for all
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Today, two Senators in the Committee on Finance dropped a 72-page review of one year's worth of "Costs, Chaos & Corruption" from HHS Secretary, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. www.alsobrooks.senate.gov/wp-content/u...
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