Celebrating the Work of Juneau School District

What are you excited about working on this year? Who are you partnering with on these projects?

The Juneau School District (JSD) is excited to share about Restorative Practices (RP). Through partnerships with the Department of Education and Early Development and the International Institute for Restorative Practices, the district will be offering staff training on RP twice this year along with an onsite train-the-trainer session this fall.

To complement RP in the district, administrators, school counselors, and Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) staff have the opportunity to participate in Reflective Practice groups throughout the school year.

As you reflect back on STEPS, what’s a story or something that has changed that’s worth celebrating? How has collaboration helped?

What’s a resource everyone should know about?

The Juneau Suicide Prevention Coalition hosted several community events this month, in honor of National Suicide Prevention Awareness & National Alcohol & Drug Recovery Month. 

Fall 23 STEPS Gathering

Who: STEPS and FSCS Partners

When: October 10, 2023

Where: Centennial Hall in Juneau

If you have not yet registered, please do so here.

If you are coming in from out of town and need to stay overnight, we have a room block available the Ramada. Please register here.

For questions regarding reimbursement, please contact AASB at stepsak@aasb.org or 907-463-1662.

Workgroups or Trainings

Association of Career & Technical Educators 

What: A statewide professional development conference 

Who: Teachers, school leaders, community and business partners

When: October 1st through 4th

Where: Anchorage 

How: Register 

Alaska School Counselors Conference

What: The Alaska School Counselors Conference is currently accepting presentation proposals for the theme “Pursuing upstream strategies”

Who: Counselors and those supporting counselors

When: November 16th & 17th

Where: Anchorage

How: Submit a presentation proposal here

Alaska Afterschool Network Conference

What: The Out-of-School Time Conference is currently accepting proposals

Who: Staff and providers of out of school time programming

When: November 16th & 17th

Where: Anchorage

How: Submit a presentation proposal here

Ongoing Learning Opportunities

Career Guides Community of Practice

What: A space to connect, reflect, and share resources for culturally affirming career guidance. Who: People who work with students to plan for life after high school 

When: Final Monday at 9:00am. The next one will be on September 25th

Why: Reflecting together and sharing resources is one of the best ways we can build the web of support students need in order to thrive after the graduate from high school

How: Register here to receive the Zoom link

Kaa Tukaxsaké Héende

What: Restorative Learning Co-hort

Who: Community members committed to social justice and equity

When: 3rd Fridays, 8-10am Zoom Equity Session, 2-4pm Respectful Harvesting

How: Register here  

Continuing Education Credits for Trauma Engaged School 

What: DEED now offers CEU credits for Trauma Engaged Schools training. 

Who: educators who hold current five- or ten-year Alaska teaching, administrative, or special services certificates

When: Registration fees are waived for the first 400 people who register.

How: Register here

Grant Funding Opportunities

Orange Shirt Day Mini-Grants

What: Funding and other resources to support local efforts to mark the National Boarding School Day of Remembrance

When: Orange shirt day is Sept. 30th

Who: Individuals or organizations interested in hosting a local event

How: Learn more and apply here

Alaska Academic Decathlon and Pentathlon

What: SERRC is looking for schools and programs who would like to host middle and high school teams to participate in the statewide academic competition.

Who: Middle and high school programs can be offered as a class or afterschool activity.

How: Learn more and sign-up here

Alaska Family Advisory Board (the FAB!)

What: A statewide network of family members providing insight and feedback to the Alaska Family Engagement Center. 

Who: Family members who have kids in schools across the state and who want to help make our school systems more family-friendly.

When: September 26, 3-4PM

How: Nominate FAB candidates here (self-nominations are also appreciated!)

The Alaska Afterschool Network’s Find a Program Map

What: A tool for families to find after school programs in Alaska

How: Click here to find a program and/or to add your program