This is Seneca Washington’s first contribution to the UE blog, and as such, we thought we’d share with you some highlights about ALL of the staff engaged in our Unconditional Ed work here in Washington! To date, Seneca WA oversees UE partnerships in two counties in Washington, King County (Seattle) and Pierce County (Tacoma). We have one full partnership, at SOAR Academy, and several partial partnerships, both in other charter public schools and in Seattle’s district schools. Supporting this work are a diverse and incredible group of staff, inclusive of student support counselors, clinical intervention specialists, occupational therapists, speech language therapists and assistants, school psychologists, a UE coach, a nurse, a board certified behavioral analyst, supervisors, administrative support professionals and more.
One of the unique UE positions here in Washington is also one of our newer ones: the role of Reset Counselor. We currently have reset counselors assigned to four Seattle Public Schools. Each reset counselor works closely with the school’s leadership team to identify school-appropriate processes for teachers to request additional support throughout the day when a student appears to need a “reset” – a short time out of class focused on re-regulating, engaging some coping skills, and re-entering successfully. These short, behavioral resets are considered a Tier 2 intervention rooted in restorative practices. Counselors track their interventions carefully in Apricot to allow school teams to make informed decisions about student and classroom needs, intervention strategy success rates, and early signs that a young person may be in need of additional help. Since adding the position to their campuses, principals report lower levels of office discipline referrals, improved student-teacher relationships (where coaching or mediation by the reset counselor can be of great help), and a feeling of decreased acuity across the schools. We are carefully tracking data and excited to share lessons learned and implications for practice in future blogs!
One of the unique UE positions here in Washington is also one of our newer ones: the role of Reset Counselor. We currently have reset counselors assigned to four Seattle Public Schools. Each reset counselor works closely with the school’s leadership team to identify school-appropriate processes for teachers to request additional support throughout the day when a student appears to need a “reset” – a short time out of class focused on re-regulating, engaging some coping skills, and re-entering successfully. These short, behavioral resets are considered a Tier 2 intervention rooted in restorative practices. Counselors track their interventions carefully in Apricot to allow school teams to make informed decisions about student and classroom needs, intervention strategy success rates, and early signs that a young person may be in need of additional help. Since adding the position to their campuses, principals report lower levels of office discipline referrals, improved student-teacher relationships (where coaching or mediation by the reset counselor can be of great help), and a feeling of decreased acuity across the schools. We are carefully tracking data and excited to share lessons learned and implications for practice in future blogs!
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