School Counselor, Grades 4-6, CYSD
Joined July 2011
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akessel retweeted
21 May 2021
Here’s an end-of-the-school-year activity that you can find, download, and print at my website along with about 200 others.
I hope it leads to some productive reflection and planning.
jarrettlerner.com/activities…
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akessel retweeted
11 Sep 2020
A half million people in Oregon evacuate as wildfires rage. Over 3 million acres in California burned. The western sky is red. An 800-mile derecho destroyed towns in Iowa. The Arctic topped 100 degrees.
The Green New Deal has been called "expensive."
Compared to what?
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akessel retweeted
12 Sep 2020
Let’s all stop calling them “wildfires” out West.
They are CLIMATE FIRES. It’s a climate EMERGENCY.
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akessel retweeted
29 Aug 2020
Welp. This did me in 😭
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akessel retweeted
12 Aug 2020
No student should be forced to go through years of school using their “Starbucks Name” just because their teachers can’t get their real name right.
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akessel retweeted
28 Jul 2020
I feel that I must personally respond to the multiple incidents of #LGBTQ harassment and specifically transphobia directed at me.
Your actions perpetuate a spirit of intolerance and discrimination against LGBTQ individuals and specifically transgender individuals.
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akessel retweeted
20 Jul 2020
Register to join the next ASCA Town Hall: Leadership and Advocacy to Address Racism in Schools 7/22, 3 p.m. EDT @MrBrianColeman @katpastor1 @LRossSchCnslr @humbleofferings @MrFranchise34 @DrMRutledge @DrTinishaParker ow.ly/7ou450ABlzw
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If you have time, this will be well worth it!
13 Jul 2020
Super pumped about this event tomorrow. Navigating race convos in schools created my passion for counseling. Race and bias incidents in your school are more prevalent now than ever before. Hear how counselors can prepare and respond to a major racial incident in their school.
akessel retweeted
10 Jul 2020
Oh Betsy, Dear Betsy!
Once again, you show how unfit you are to lead #PublicEducation. You’ve got our teachers mixed up with someone else! Please #SitDownBetsy! The real educators got this!
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akessel retweeted
10 Jul 2020
Join @JohnBKing, ASCA and other education associations for a Town Hall: How Can We Safely Reopen Schools in the Fall?, July 16, 7 p.m. EDT. Register and submit questions in advance ow.ly/KYsv50Ava5p
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akessel retweeted
1 Jul 2020
We all need to continue to be in solidarity with Dr. @paulharris917, a spectacular leader and scholar in counseling and counselor education. His publications are consistently on my reference lists and many other published journal articles. bitly.com/tenureforpaul #tenureforpaul
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1 minute ... you have 1 minute to listen.... youtu.be/KeKN4QE_LwQ
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What an amazing week full of relevant information! #ASCA2020
2 Jul 2020
And that's a wrap on #ASCA2020. Thanks for joining us – and 5,200 other school counseling professionals. We hope to see you IRL for #ASCA21. #VegasOrBust
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Through transformative #SEL, you can use your self-awareness & social awareness to support your effort to be an antiracist educator. Read this article by @DenaSimmons in @ASCD for more: bit.ly/3euKG9x
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akessel retweeted
30 Jun 2020
This was such a special day. Thank you @ASCAtweets for providing me the opportunity to interview my daddy and to share his words with our profession. His words have kept me and guided me all my life! @GaryBestParker1
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akessel retweeted
29 Jun 2020
"Be a part of positive social change in your schools and in our nation." Dr. Cole #ASCA2020
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akessel retweeted
29 Jun 2020
Hey y'all! Want kids to be able to get back to school in the fall? Want to go see movies in a theater again? Visit a library? A bookstore? Go out to eat? WEAR A MASK! If 80% of Americans would just wear a mask, COVID-19 infections would plummet! Who's with me? 😷 #KidlitForMasks
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akessel retweeted
10 Jun 2020
As schools open this fall:
🔘Some kids will be socially overstimulated
🔘Some kids will struggle w/ increased academic demands
🔘Many kids will need to adjust sleep patterns
We *must* begin to focus on #adultSEL & #selfcare now so that we are able to support every student child
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