Feeling DPS

Hi everyone! @FeelingDPS (Dr. Chris Soto) has moved to DPS Foundation! The new twitter AND instagram handle is @WHOLE_Educators. Content focuses on our MH Ambassador program, school-based wellness research, and MH policy and advocacy. I look forward to meeting you there!

@DurhamPublicSch Student Support Services & @DPSStuEquity are grateful for this opportunity to spend time talking SEL with our amazing, hard working Assistant Principals! @DrMattocksPerry @FeelingDPS @DrIwinosaIdahor @nakiahardy @pmubenga @caselorg @PanoramaEd @NCSCA @ASCAtweets

Durham, @bullcityschools is hosting a free, all-ages day of wellness this Sunday open to all DPS students, teachers, staff, and families! This will be a wonderful opportunity to bring much-needed healing, relaxation, and joy into our communities. 😊 twitter.com/bullcityschool…

Haven't tweeted lately (and may not for long) but REALLY excited about the DPS Foundation WHOLE-istic Wellness Fair this Sunday! I'll be leading a session on SEL and emotional literacy at 3:15. Please join!

Can’t believe we even have to say this, but: if you just went to the Senate floor and blocked benefits for veterans exposed to toxic burn pits while serving our country in a war zone, you are wrong.

Meet Robert Weldon. @MrRobWeldon will serve as my right hand/our school’s Assistant Principal. His coaching background, appetite for learning, and deep seeded beliefs around justice are just a few reasons why he is THE perfect addition to Lyons Farm Elementary-Welcome Mr. Weldon!

Lakewood Elementary is honored to have been selected as a Capturing Kids' Hearts National Showcase School! #WeAreDPS @IHeartCKH @drstacydstewart @DurhamPublicSch @pmubenga @oneilarrington @FeelingDPS @flippengroup

Always looking for new methods to engage students in expressing themselves! Push lights are an easy/fun way to let kids choose what zone they are in as they enter the counseling office or as we begin a group! @ZonesOfReg @MangumExplorers #feelings #emotionregulation @twardsat

#EducationNow goes live today! Amid the ongoing pandemic, hear how we can support and retain teachers to ensure that classrooms are led by the best minds available. Learn more and register below.

Celebrate #selday with our partners #movethisworld this Friday the 11th!

Shucks! I'm humbled/honored. Let this be an opp. for recongition of the amazing DPS EC central office leaders, specialists, related service providers, teachers, IAs, & all EC teammates who do this critical work every day for our s/s. Those are the folks who should be recognized.

Multi-disciplinary Culture and Climate Learning Walk today @HopeValleyDPS with Principal Miller! Seeing powerful instructional practices and student #engagement! @FeelingDPS @alroyster @jgfutrell @DrJuddManning @DPS_Equity

Turquoise Lejeune Parker is a Durham teacher who raised $106,000 to send food home with 5,100 students over the holidays. @JoelBrownABC11 has the details of her Costco shopping spree - when @LaurenDawn_TV and I see you live at 11.

@ncpublicschools @DurhamPublicSch @PrkrsProfessors the story is making the rounds! Exciting!

This warning really hits the mark #wearedps #durhampublicsch Surgeon general warns of emerging youth mental health crisis in rare public advisory latimes.com/california/sto…

Teaching Social-Emotional Skills is Hard, Time-Consuming, and Necessary, Report Says bit.ly/30mIy1X

Wonderful!

@RisaSackman @patricewilli1 Missed the original thread so not sure what we're talking about here, but would love to discuss anything that you think we're doing well :)

@patricewilli1 I believe that our friends at @FeelingDPS use this survey? I'd love to hear from them and others who use this in their districts! #connectedandengaged

Monday Mood inspired by a super cool 3rd grader and @move_thisworld !!! love seeing evidence of common social emotional language taking hold 💕 #SEL #calm @MangumExplorers @FeelingDPS @twardsat

Hopefully, none of you are seeing any of my tweets today because you're in a forest somewhere reading Thic Nhat Hnah next to a babbling brook. @Feelingdps out. #embracedps #takeabreathdps #wearedps