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Task 2: SEL Scenario 1 Jessica Garcia Schools as Communities of Care 4/23/2023 Task 2: SEL Scenario A 13-year-old student named Maria has just transferred to a new school. She comes from a biracial family, an African American father and Hispanic mother. She has now joined a small-town school community with a noticeable lack in diversity. Maria is feeling unwelcome, unlike her big city school of the past. The move has caused a lot of stress for the entire family; Maria’s parents are now fighting more, adding to Maria’s stress and anxiety. Adding to the stressful situation, Maria is experiencing high levels of bullying for the students in her new school. The students have made a social media site that focuses on the hatred they feel toward Maria, including but not limited to, posting pictures of her body, and degrading it. This all resulted in a lack of attention in school and thoughts of self-harm. Our number one goal, as educators, is to provide our students with a safe and welcoming environment. My priority as her teacher would, first and foremost, be to help Maria in any way that I could. With Maria being at such a young age, her body is constantly changing, leaving her in a vulnerable state. As she naturally struggles with self-confidence, a negative school environment, and a toxic home environment would likely push her too far. My first act would be involving the school counselor and Psychiatrist (if available at my school). If I chose to not involve the correct people in this situation, it could result in the situation worsening further.

Task 2: SEL Scenario 2 The next step in my plan would be discussing the bullying concern with the principal. Although it is a crime in the state of Maryland to bully any student in a school setting, it is wildly overlooked due to the high volumes of bullying occurring in Southern Maryland schools. A lot of the responsibility falls on the teachers to deal with the issues in the classroom. With this knowledge, the appropriate response would be that I work closely with the counselor to find the online site and discover who is involved, then assist in leading an antibullying class as a first response effort. With the Principal’s help, I would contact the parents of the offending students to have the social media page removed. If the actions of these students continued, then it would be up to the principal to suspend the students for up to 3 days, according to our student handbook. This may help resolve the bullying issue that Maria is enduring. Unfortunately, that is not the answer to all of Maria’s stress-causing issues. In addition to the online bullying, Maria is being outcasted by her peers for being different, culturally. This is something that rings true to my own experiences, as I too was bullied for being different but not for my culture. However, I was always taller and heavier than any other student in my grade. I definitely stuck out in a crowd. I experienced relentless bullying by my peers and even my coaches. In the end, I moved schools because of how bad it became. Because I cannot relate to Maria’s specific condition, it would be hard for me to say that my own cultural experience would benefit me in assisting her. I do, however, strive to eliminate any comments or actions relating to this topic in my own classroom, hoping to prevent any bullying as a result. I too became distracted in school as a result of the bullying, my grades dropped, and I was more and more detached from the school community and my family. This is exactly what

Task 2: SEL Scenario 3 Maria is experiencing. After I moved schools, I was in a very different economic community. I went from mostly rural and middle class suburbia, to one of the most wealthy communities in the state. This was not because my family fell into this upper class, but because the school district was rezoned. I wore cheaper clothes than most students in the school. We drove older, non-flashy cars, and my parents worked blue-collar and civil service jobs. I can relate to Maria and her inability to blend with the crowd. Due to my firsthand knowledge of Maria’s situation, I would work hard to build a safe community in my classroom. Regular restorative circles could help the students build respect for one another, and even strengthen some relationships. Team building activities in the classroom, like Minute To Win It challenges, might help the students see that they are more alike than they think. By carefully supervising these activities, I could help cut out any negative comments, reinforcing the safe community. I would also help her decide which, if any, clubs or sports she would like to participate in to help her find a community to bond with. During my time in school, joining a specific community helped me feel more welcomed and made it easier to make friends. To help Maria tackle the concerns at home, I would call a parent/teacher conference with the addition of the principal and Maria. It is very important for parents to understand their child’s school experiences. It may even be helpful to involve the school counselor and ask that they make suggestions and provide resources so the family may rebuild their communication and come together again. I could also offer the parents, and Maria, weekly check-ins with her to see how things are going with the other students and at home. This could be a good starting point to help reduce the amount of fighting in the household.

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Task 2: SEL Scenario 4 All the actions listed above would help Maria feel better about her home and school life. She would feel safe knowing that she has all administration at school to help her, that her family is working hard to overcome any difficulties, and that her peers finally see her as an equal. This would also aid her in seeing herself as part of her community again, as she did at her previous school. This is how I would respond to the scenario.

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