Culture of Care: SEL for Students & Staff
First Presenter's Institution
Lead Where You Stand Corp
First Presenter's Brief Biography
Dr. Ronald Gonzalez serves as the Superintendent of Schools for the Elmsford Union Free School District. The Elmsford UFSD is a student-focused district working towards an Informed Smart Goal titled, “Comm-unity”. Under his leadership the district works to embrace inquisitive minds, develop critical thinkers, build open communication, acceptance & willingness to share within and among all stakeholders. Other roles held include Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum, Instruction & Equity for the Public Schools of the Tarrytowns. The Tarrytowns services over 2,900 students from two villages; Sleepy Hollow and Tarrytown, NY. Prior to this post he led transformation efforts at Mount Vernon High School for 11 years. His visionary leadership led to improvements in student performance, stability for staff, and several family & community awards. Understanding the need for schools to leverage change he launched and now serves as President & CEO for Lead Where You Stand Corporation, a mentoring and leadership development consulting group. As a mentor, Dr. Gonzalez services doctoral students, principals, assistant principals, teacher leaders, teachers and students. He has engaged educational and corporate entities internationally helping to create inclusion, diversity and equity through access. His doctoral research focused on the impact of educational seat time for Black/African American Students and Economically Disadvantaged Students. Prior to obtaining an Educational Doctorate in Executive Leadership from St. John Fisher College he earned a Masters of Science in Educational Leadership from Bank Street College of Education and a Bachelor of Science in Education from Manhattan College.
Document Type
Event
Primary Strand
Social-Emotional Learning
Relevance to Primary Strand
Engaging in meaningful approaches to SEL includes creating a toolkit for our stakeholders to dip into – both short-term and long-term. Real healing includes developing coping skills and transferring them to our constituents. Our school districts that are embracing innovation need to understand the need for healing. As a leader in this work, we have to embrace self-care, care of others, and planning for situations beyond our control with a level of poise.
Alignment with School Improvement Plan Topics
Climate and Culture
Brief Program Description
How are your students, staff and YOU, dealing with emotions? Learn how self-assessments of your passion, your students and their families’ need protection and the impact they have on relationship building.
Summary
How are your students, staff and YOU, dealing with emotions? Learn how self-assessments of your passion, your students and their families’ need protection and the impact they have on relationship building. Doing this through quality engagement, and not busy work helps empower and engage stakeholders in safe spaces. Engaging in meaningful approaches to SEL includes creating a toolkit for our stakeholders to dip into – both short-term and long-term. Real healing includes developing coping skills and transferring them to our constituents. Our school districts that are embracing innovation and equity need to understand that equity has to include healing. And as a leader in this work, we have to embrace self-care, care of others, and planning for situations beyond our control with a level of poise.
Evidence
The strategies being offered have consistently led to increased achievement and empowering all school stakeholders. Applying successful, research-based offerings that schools have implemented are common practice in successful institutions.
Learning Objective 1
Participants will understand the significance of self-care, student-care and staff-care.
Learning Objective 2
Participants will use non-traditional approaches to build leadership in and among students.
Learning Objective 3
Participants will learn practical implementation of SEL strategies for all school stakdeholders.
Recommended Citation
Gonzalez, Dr. Ronald, "Culture of Care: SEL for Students & Staff" (2023). Southeast Conference on School Climate. 59.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/secsc/2023/2023/59
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Culture of Care: SEL for Students & Staff
How are your students, staff and YOU, dealing with emotions? Learn how self-assessments of your passion, your students and their families’ need protection and the impact they have on relationship building. Doing this through quality engagement, and not busy work helps empower and engage stakeholders in safe spaces. Engaging in meaningful approaches to SEL includes creating a toolkit for our stakeholders to dip into – both short-term and long-term. Real healing includes developing coping skills and transferring them to our constituents. Our school districts that are embracing innovation and equity need to understand that equity has to include healing. And as a leader in this work, we have to embrace self-care, care of others, and planning for situations beyond our control with a level of poise.
