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School Counselor, Grades 4-6, CYSD

York, PA
Joined July 2011
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Here’s an end-of-the-school-year activity that you can find, download, and print at my website along with about 200 others. I hope it leads to some productive reflection and planning. jarrettlerner.com/activities…
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A half million people in Oregon evacuate as wildfires rage. Over 3 million acres in California burned. The western sky is red. An 800-mile derecho destroyed towns in Iowa. The Arctic topped 100 degrees. The Green New Deal has been called "expensive." Compared to what?
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Let’s all stop calling them “wildfires” out West. They are CLIMATE FIRES. It’s a climate EMERGENCY.
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Welp. This did me in 😭
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No student should be forced to go through years of school using their “Starbucks Name” just because their teachers can’t get their real name right. – at Chicago, IL
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I feel that I must personally respond to the multiple incidents of #LGBTQ harassment and specifically transphobia directed at me. Your actions perpetuate a spirit of intolerance and discrimination against LGBTQ individuals and specifically transgender individuals.
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akessel retweeted
Register to join the next ASCA Town Hall: Leadership and Advocacy to Address Racism in Schools 7/22, 3 p.m. EDT @MrBrianColeman @katpastor1 @LRossSchCnslr @humbleofferings @MrFranchise34 @DrMRutledge @DrTinishaParker ow.ly/7ou450ABlzw
If you have time, this will be well worth it!
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WEAR A MASK. ❤️
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Oh Betsy, Dear Betsy! Once again, you show how unfit you are to lead #PublicEducation. You’ve got our teachers mixed up with someone else! Please #SitDownBetsy! The real educators got this!
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Join @JohnBKing, ASCA and other education associations for a Town Hall: How Can We Safely Reopen Schools in the Fall?, July 16, 7 p.m. EDT. Register and submit questions in advance ow.ly/KYsv50Ava5p
We all need to continue to be in solidarity with Dr. @paulharris917, a spectacular leader and scholar in counseling and counselor education. His publications are consistently on my reference lists and many other published journal articles. bitly.com/tenureforpaul #tenureforpaul
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What an amazing week full of relevant information! #ASCA2020
And that's a wrap on #ASCA2020. Thanks for joining us – and 5,200 other school counseling professionals. We hope to see you IRL for #ASCA21. #VegasOrBust
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Through transformative #SEL, you can use your self-awareness & social awareness to support your effort to be an antiracist educator. Read this article by @DenaSimmons in @ASCD for more: bit.ly/3euKG9x
This was such a special day. Thank you @ASCAtweets for providing me the opportunity to interview my daddy and to share his words with our profession. His words have kept me and guided me all my life! @GaryBestParker1
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"Be a part of positive social change in your schools and in our nation." Dr. Cole #ASCA2020
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Hey y'all! Want kids to be able to get back to school in the fall? Want to go see movies in a theater again? Visit a library? A bookstore? Go out to eat? WEAR A MASK! If 80% of Americans would just wear a mask, COVID-19 infections would plummet! Who's with me? 😷 #KidlitForMasks
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As schools open this fall: 🔘Some kids will be socially overstimulated 🔘Some kids will struggle w/ increased academic demands 🔘Many kids will need to adjust sleep patterns We *must* begin to focus on #adultSEL & #selfcare now so that we are able to support every student child
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