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This talk was recorded in studio on behalf of William & Mary School of Education, Virginia Department of Education, Virginia Department of Social Services, and other partnering state and local agencies. September 14, 2020. LENGTH: One hour and 32 minutes.
WHO IT IS FOR: Anyone who works with or on behalf of students, from Early Start and pre-K, through high school and onward to community college and university. Particularly those supporting students involved with child welfare, foster care, and homelessness.
A VALUABLE RESOURCE FOR: staff hiring, orientation, appreciation, and retention; ongoing professional development; leadership development; strategic visioning and planning; administrator development; culture change initiatives; and community relations efforts.
DR. JAIYA JOHN ADDRESSES THE FOLLOWING TOPICS:
The difference between training and healing (external versus internal savior)
The power of being human as a professional
The critical nexus between trauma, and biological and social pandemics
Supremacy as a virus (testing, contact tracing, quarantining, physical distancing, masks, immune system building)
Education is wellness work
Psychological homelessness, foster care, and you
Abuse, neglect, abandonment, foster care, and you
Sudden change, helplessness, foster care, and you
The power of being human as an educator
How foster care’s complex trauma is amplified by current crises
The primary importance of creating and being a safe space
What it means to be safe (brave, invested)
Strengthening fragile relationships
The psychology of healing your workplace culture
The role of testimony and witness (truth and reconciliation) in healing and service
TESTIMONY AND WITNESS. KEY INGREDIENTS:
Safe space (this looks different for those harmed and those who have done the harm)
Concept clarity
Collective accountability
Constant return to the healing objective
Honoring the testifier and testimony
Honoring the witness
Ongoing processes
Shared language
ADDITIONAL TOPICS:
Moving past shame, guilt, denial, and defensiveness to become a healing presence
Graduating from self care to mutual (collective) care
We are all exposed to supremacy pandemic
Don’t be afraid to do the work
No Savior Coming
Not just talking race, gender, othering
Clarifying diversity, equity, and inclusion
Softening the soil for change (the conditioning and hardening) and the expectation that “leadership” or marginalized people are the ones that need to soften the soil.
You become hardened and can’t have these conversations
You have all the seeds in your barn
Mobilizing your colleagues for healing the workplace and relationship with community
Patience. Mobilizing takes time.
How to bring others into the conversations
Creating no tolerance norms
Entitlement to not participate
People resenting “politics” being discussed at work
Treating silence (those who are opting out of the work)
Grieving. How do you bring yourself to a space where people are hurting.
This is empathy work
How does it look to show up?
Strengthening muscles for peace and harmony vs. war
Creating basic understanding and common language
Fear in caste-favored staff of losing everything
You cannot punish a person into healing and growth
Evolving past direction and control modality
Trauma sensitive and responsive
Recruitment, hiring, development, advancement, retention
Connect the work and initiative to people’s personal lives
The power of stories and podcasts
Where to begin. Anywhere. Talk. Expression reveals the path. Silence clouds the path.
The importance of Joy
Full system approach (recruitment, selection, leadership development)
Strong teams have a clear identity and language (culture)
Individual behavior and expectation setting for ourselves and the people we serve and support
Personal accountability (Interdependence: all are a part of one weaving)
How wellness and unwellness touch everything you do and experience
Remember how to care for one another (communities of care)
Reach back to your mentors and let them know how their words have helped you grow. Let them know they can rest. Pay attention to the generations within your team. Honor each generation. Hold ceremony.
Mutual care agreement (sustainability)
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