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A huge thank you to all the panelists and peer teachers who shared their voices of experience for our collective school-based leadership and learning:
Panelists for the Part I- What and the Why: Foundations
Amber Reid, MSW Education Program Professional for Climate, Data, & Equity Nevada Department of Education, Office for a Safe and Respectful Learning Environment
Greg Peters, EdD
Executive Director, San Francisco Coalition of Essential Schools (SF-CESS)
Kendall Fujioka, MSW Legal intern, U.S. DOE; former Program Director for School Climate Transformation Grant (SCTG) and Project Cal-Well, ABC Unified (California AWARE)
Kim Guinn, RN, MS
AWARE Director, former Anderson County Schools, current Cocke County Schools (Tennessee AWARE)
Laura R. Ficarra, MS Special Education, PhD
Project AWARE Co-Coordinator, New York State Office of Mental Health (OMH), Division of Integrated Community Services for Children & Families (New York AWARE)
Maribeth Barney, MEd , CAS
NYSED Supervisor of Education Programs,Student Support Services, NYS Education Department (New York AWARE)
Monica Nepomuceno, MSW Education Programs Consultant at California Department of Education, facilitator of the California Student Mental Health Policy Workgroup
Pamala Trivedi, PhD, NCSP
NTTAC Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Lead, Georgetown University, Mental Health Consultant for DC Charter Schools, MedStar Georgetown Center for Wellbeing in School Environments (WISE)
Rachele Espiritu, PhD Former school board member, Denver Public Schools (Colorado); Former Project AWARE Cultural Competence Coach for the Now is the Time TA Center
Tamika Gregory
Project AWARE Director/School Counselor at Conecuh County School District (Alabama AWARE)
Yesmina Luchsinger, MS
NTTAC School Based Services Lead at the Center for Applied Research Solutions (CARS), former Director of School Safety & Social Wellness at the Arizona Department of Education (Arizona AWARE)
Moderator: Leora Wolf-Prusan, NTTAC
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Panelists for Part 2- The Who and the How: Implementation
Angela Castellanos, LCSW, PPSC, ASC NTTAC School Based Services training specialist, former school district mental Health consultant and administrator
Carla Quintero, PPSC, LMFT Regional Mental Health Coordinator Orange County Department of Education
Casey Yates, MA Director of Intervention, Warren County Public Schools, Bowling Green KY (Kentucky AWARE)
Claudia Rojas, MA Newcomer Coach for Los Angeles Unified High School, former Restorative Justice Coordinator and Principal
Donna Kitrick, LMSW Waterloo AWARE Program Manager (Iowa AWARE)
Jen Baker, LMFT Project Coordinator, MTSS, Project Cal-Well AWARE Grant (California AWARE)
Kendall Fujioka, MSW Legal intern, U.S. DOE; former Program Director for School Climate Transformation Grant (SCTG) and Project Cal-Well (Now Is The Time/Project AWARE for ABC Unified (California AWARE)
Laura Muse, LCMHC Director, Project AWARE (Advancing Wellness and Resiliency in Education) at NC Department of Health and Human Services (North Carolina AWARE)
Lisa Eisenberg, MPP, MSW Policy Director at California School-Based Health Alliance
Louis Laffitte, EdD Assistant Superintendent of Behavioral Health and School Safety, Glendale Elementary Unified School District (Arizona AWARE)
Terrell Sample, MPA, MSOL State Project Director for Maryland Project AWARE & BJA STOP School Violence Initiative (Maryland AWARE)
Moderator:
Yesmina Luchsinger, MS* NTTAC School Based Services Lead at the Center for Applied Research Solutions (CARS), former Director of School Safety & Social Wellness at the Arizona Department of Education (Arizona AWARE)