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When students are in school, we focus on academics and provide a “safe and healthy” environment where they can grow and learn. This includes both academic growth and social/emotional growth. While students were out of school, our concerns for our students shifted to those things that we could not “see.” As students remained at home, there were constant worries about the spread of the virus and the unknowns related to COVID. Added to those concerns, parents worried about the potential for loss of jobs and income. Students absorb the anxiety that they see their parents struggling to handle. The “well-being” of our students all became great concerns as we continued to try to provide for virtual learning. Like adults, our students were stuck at home without the regular routine and structure of a school day, compounded by not being with
their friends.
Last year, we began slowly to get our staff back on campus when allowed to return. We continue to follow all protocol when working with our students and hope to help them return to something that looks more like “normal” this year. We realize that academics are not the only concern for our students this year. We are working to add that additional layer of support and to provide encouragement and stability for our students as they return to school
this year. We have learned so much since March 2020, and we have focused on the positive. However, being back with “face to face” learning is the most rewarding part of our jobs.
Our staff is so happy to be back on campus and in ten schools this year. We currently have school success coaches at the following schools: Brogden Primary, Carver Elementary, Carver Heights Elementary, Brogden Middle, Dillard Middle, Grantham Middle, Mount Olive Middle, Goldsboro High School, Southern Wayne High, and Spring Creek High.
Selena Bennett,
Executive Director
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