Social Emotional Learning
SEL SUPPORT PROGRAMS
SCHOOL BASED RESTORATIVE JUSTICE COORDINATOR
Utilizing all of the Social Emotional Support Systems in place at John Dewey High School to build community and repair trauma/harm as it occurs. Restorative justice and restorative practices will build empathy, restore dignity, enable healing, and strengthen the school community as we strive toward a just society, where all lives have equal value and voices are heard.
Admin: Assistant Principal, Barbie Frias
S.E.A.L SOCIAL EMOTIONAL ADVISORY + LEADERSHIP
The S.E.A.L program aims to build caring, safe, learning communities where diversity is respected and celebrated; motivate students to get involved in school activities, improve academic performance and make a life-long commitment to learning; develop leadership skills that help students to make positive changes in their school environment through peer mentoring, which includes upperclassmen as SEL Leaders and incoming freshmen as their mentees for a year-long period.
Admin: Assistant Principal, Barbie Frias
*CREDIT BEARING COURSE*
TEACHER ADVOCATE PROGRAM
The teacher advocate program is designed to help students who are very close to failing academically and/or are suffering behaviorally. These students may simply need a positive person in their lives to show interest in and check in on them weekly. The well thought out idea is it may only take one caring and invested adult to pay attention to keep a student from falling through the cracks.
Admin: Assistant Principal, Barbie Frias
COUNCIL FOR UNITY
Council for Unity utilizes the FUSE model where the class works together to improve family, unity, self-esteem and empowerment. Through our modeling and the CFU curriculum our students will experience the values of tolerance, cooperation, and service to others throughout their education and beyond.
To empower young people, individuals, and groups with the skills necessary to promote safety, unity, and achievement in schools and communities.
Admin: Assistant Principal, Barbie Frias
Rick Brown, Council for Unity Mentor
*CREDIT BEARING COURSE*
PROJECT PIVOT
Project Pivot is an NYC DOE initiative where chosen schools are funded to work with Community Based Organizations (CBOs) to engage young people during a pivotal point in their development and to guide and nurture them towards their full potential.
Projectivity
Position: Barbie Frias, Assistant Principal
Scott Glick, Sal Pagano, Frank Torres, Rob Butler Project Pivot Team
RESTORATIVE PEER MEDIATION
The SEL team trains students to become restorative peer mediators. We then implement tier 2 restorative circle practices to intervene, repair and resolve conflicts that cause harm to the school community.
Position: Mr. Glick and Trained Deans
RECIDIVIST REDUCTION PROGRAM
The SEL team works with the AP of Safety and Dewey Deans as well as the AP of Pupil Personnel Services to minimize recidivism by conducting informal and formal follow ups with students who have been mediated. We also conduct informal and formal follow ups with students who have been suspended multiple times. Intervention measures are implemented when necessary. The relationships formed assist in the continual communication and bonding.
Admin: Assistant Principal, Barbie Frias
REINTEGRATION PROGRAM
The SEL team (including deans) work with students returning from long term absences and/or suspensions to create an action plan. We focus on attainable short term goals so the student will avoid making the same mistakes and have a successful transition back into everyday school life. Then we create long term goals together. This is why the check in process is extremely important. Guiding the students to meet their long term goals allows the students to understand it may take a village to achieve goals in life.
Admin: Assistant Principal, Barbie Frias
MINDFULNESS
Benefits for students are:
1. Reduced stress & anxiety
2. Improve attention & focus
3. Improve cognitive performance
4. Improve social emotional intelligence and awareness
5. Helps those who struggle with perfectionism
6. Improves memory
Mindfulness Room:
Position: Roseann Ponce & Andrea Doyle
SEL AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS
STUDENT AMBASSADORS
Position: Vanessa Berthaud
MY BROTHER'S KEEPER
MBK focuses on building safe and supportive communities within our school and in alliance with other neighboring schools for boys and young men of color where they feel valued and have clear pathways to opportunity.
Position: Mr. Prempeh
MY SISTER'S KEEPER
MSK is dedicated to equipping and empowering a diverse community of women in their educational pursuits and goals, acquisition of life skills, and personal and professional development. This is accomplished primarily through the medium of professional coaching, mentoring relationships and partnerships with other organizations that address the needs of women.
Position: Ms. Gayle
GSA - GAY STRAIGHT ALLIANCE
JDHS GSA is a student-run club with staff supervision that sets out to provide a safe and non-judgmental space as a support network for all students throughout the school community regardless of sexual orientation, gender identity, or expression.
Position: Ms. Villafane
MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT SERVICES
SCHOOL COUNSELOR & SOCIAL WORKER
At John Dewey High School we are committed to offering a wide variety of social emotional support to meet the needs of all students. Through these programs all students will acquire the academic, career and personal/social skills to reach their highest academic potential. Students will leave with the critical thinking skills to be able to successfully manage their lives as healthy, responsible, competent and productive citizens who respect themselves and others. Embodied in all social emotional support is our honor code “Dignity to Act, Enthusiasm to Have, Willing to Accept, Energy to Excel, Yearning to Learn."
Stem - Barbara Brutus
Arts - Diana Natale
Law - Samantha Suo
Pre Med - Taylor Chiaia-DeVita
Business - Kathy Kong
Teaching - Roseann Ponce
SpEd -Grade 9 - Roseann Ponce
SpEd - Grades 10,11,12, 5th year - Jennifer Boyle
Related Services - Grades 9-12 - Rick Matera
ENL - Tara Neff - Grades 9 and 11
ENL- Silvana Hoti - Grades 10 and 12
SEL, LTA and 5th Year Gen Ed Students - John Chiaia
College and Career Grades 9-10 - John Chiaia
College and Career Grades 11-12 - Linda Mazzola
Social Worker and SEL- Marissa Costello
Social Worker SBST- Jen Rosario
School Psychologist- Jonathan Russo
CATCH
Our Sex Education curriculum is comprehensive, age appropriate, medically accurate, science based and over the 4 years our goal is to access all students (100%) and have students who are able to advocate for themselves in a healthcare setting and are preparing them to be sexually healthy adults.
Position: Bryce Komaroff
SAPIS
The Substance Abuse Prevention and Intervention Specialists (SAPIS) program provides a range of prevention and intervention services in grades K-12. The goals of the program are to: Reduce the prevalence of substance abuse among youth; Delay the initiation of substance abuse behavior among youth; Decrease the negative health, social, and educational consequences associated with substance abuse; Prevent the escalation of substance abuse behaviors to levels requiring treatment.
Position: Elizabeth Nazario