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Goal 4: Student & Staff Mental Health & Wellness Supports

 

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GOAL
We are committed to creating, implementing and maintaining evidence-based mental health programs and services for all district employees and students that promote positive health and wellness knowledge, skills and behaviors.

TO DO THIS WE WILL...

  • Establish adequate ratios of district social workers, nurses, counselors and psychologists and/or partner with supplemental providers in the community for all district stakeholders.
  • Evaluate and make improvements to social-emotional health curriculum that align with best practices, referral pathways and provide professional development to staff.
  • Explore and report on best evidence-based practices in daily, weekly, monthly and yearly schedules at the state and national level that promote positive mental health.
  • Explore and report on physical/environmental conditions and structures that promote positive mental health.
  • Identify and implement selected recommendations from committee reports.
  • Initiate or expand Panther Learning Center options.


SUCCESS WILL BE MEASURED...

  • By June of 2023, the district will establish a Mental Health Committee to collect, review and report on current ratios of staff who provide mental health support in comparison to state and national staffing standards.
  • By June of 2023, the district will identify potential supplemental mental health supports and support providers for students and staff and publish an annual list for parents and staff.
  • By June of 2023, a presentation will be made to the Board of Education on current social-emotional learning curricula.
  • By June of 2024, a district curriculum committee will recommend any changes to social-emotional learning curricula.
  • By June of 2024, a district curriculum committee will present recommendations for expanding in-person and online learning options for the Panther Learning Center.
  • By June of 2025, an annual Mental Health Committee data report will be given to the Board. The report will include data on: discipline referrals, percentage of students in Tier 2 and Tier 3 on the Social Emotional Learning (SEL) screener, and number of students that participated in a risk assessment, staff opportunities for and participation in wellness activities, student and staff absenteeism.
  • Beginning in June of 2026, analyze annual data reports, identify next steps needed, and show an increase in stakeholder satisfaction with mental health supports.