Hello all, there has been a lot of action impacting the morale and spirit of our community in the last few weeks. As such, we have created a project to advocate for the brilliant teachers and faculty that have such a positive impact on our peers.
The form linked here aims to document these impacts through kind words, actions, and memories of these incredibly staff members. If you are a part of our community (parents and family, students/former students and graduates, residents past and current) and would like to participate, please do! We additionally kindly ask you to share this form with any people from the above mentioned groups that you may know. Details about this project are below and in the form.
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DETAILS FROM THE FORM:
Those that work in our schools as educators, office & support staff, librarians, IT specialists, custodians, counselors & student support liaisons, and resource officers are some of the most incredible and outstanding individuals in our community. Schools are a safe, supportive place for students of all backgrounds: we are given the opportunity to grow as scholars through the assistance of our experienced and fantastic teachers, we are given the resources needed to explore the complex realm of graduation and higher education and/or careers, and we are offered the support and guidance through difficult situations from our incredible counselors and resource officers. These teachers and faculty members are here for us.
As students, it is heartbreaking and distressing to see the very people who have educated us, taught us kindness and respect, and instilled in us a love for learning be bombarded with harmful rhetorics and accusations. As our Board of Education continues to ignore the needs of students, we are labeled as pawns of our parents and teachers. Our educators 1st Amendment rights have been violated multiple times, and several of these wonderful humans have been fired or reassigned with no regards to the professionalism or ethics a board should employ. Teachers have been demoralized and strongly undervalued through false narratives and fear-mongering, when they should be regarded as one of the most important groups of people in our nation.
We do not stand for nor tolerate the defamatory and damaging rhetoric that is spread against our teachers and school faculty. As a result, the Woodland Park Student Alliance is launching a campaign to spread positivity and awareness of just how much teachers and faculty support, enrich, and better the lives of their students and community. It is incredibly important to document and relish the positive impact these professionals have on students, their parents, their coworkers, and their communities.
Below, you will find a form that allows you to document any and all positive memories, actions, and interactions you have had with a teacher, faculty member, principle, administrator, and all other staff members, through the lens of a student, graduate, parent, or community member. These can be as long or as short as you want. They are open to every school in the district. They can detail virtually anything the school staff has done to help you - it could be as simple as after school tutoring to as meaningful as counselors helping you figure out next steps in difficult situations. Overall, we hope to spread the word of just how incredible, resilient, gritty, hopeful, and passionate our school staff members are. You may submit as many documentations as you'd like - in fact, the more you may have, the better. There is no limit to the amount of testimonies and submissions you have.
We urge you to share this form with any and all graduates, current students, parents, and community members as you know. The sharable link can be found here: https://forms.gle/7HM8iF8rrycXxtPv9
**During the Regular Board Meeting on April 22nd, a record of all submissions will be presented to the WPSD Board of Education as the end-of-project presentation to showcase how incredible and important our staff members are.