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Introducing the ROCK Toolkit and Appreciating Early Learning Professionals

6/7/2024

 
Screenshot of the Zoom screen with fifteen facilitators, interpreters, and OSSS staff who make the Early Symposium happen
This spring’s online session of the Oakland Early Learning Symposium introduced the OSSS Resilient Oakland Communities and Kids (ROCK) Toolkit to over 90 early learning professionals. These Oakland-grown ROCK tools were developed in partnership with a range of early childhood educators and administrators, additional content experts and OSSS staff. At the Symposium, members of this collaborative team discussed how these hands-on tools can help create healing-centered and trauma-responsive early learning environments. 


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ROCK Toolkit: Lessons in Healing-Centered, Trauma-Responsive Early Education

3/9/2024

 
An educator walks with three young children on a set of beams set in a circular shape outside while other young children play in the background
​Since 2017, OSSS has been working with early childhood educators through the ROCK initiative to increase resilience and healing and to promote the healthy social emotional development of children in trauma-sensitive and trauma-responsive environments.

​​Crucially, educators are more able to offer a healing early learning environment when they are attuned to their own well-being. That’s why, over the years, we’ve crafted and honed an early childhood educator learning framework that includes in-person and virtual group workshops, Professional Learning Communities, coaching, yoga, and self-care resources.


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Nurturing Positive Beliefs About Students, Jobs and Selves: ROCK Survey Results

2/28/2023

 
OUSD educators participating in a ROCK Professional Learning Community (PLC)OUSD educators participating in a ROCK Professional Learning Community (PLC)
​Since 2017, through the Resilient Oakland Communities and Kids (ROCK) initiative, Oakland Starting Smart and Strong (OSSS) has been building knowledge about resilience, trauma and its impact on children, and self-care for educators. Examples of ROCK supports for early childhood educators include: in person and virtual trainings, Professional Learning Communities (PLCs), educator coaching, yoga, and self care resources.


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