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On Feb. 23 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Ukiah Valley Conference Center, attendees “will benefit from networking, learning, and leadership development to help trauma-affected children become more resilient and to create more responsive local networks of support for the youth and families in our community,” said MCOE Child Development Director Bessie Glossenger.
The workshop will include a keynote speech by Ryan McCarthy, executive director of the Global Kindness Initiative, as well as presentations developed by Stacey Daraio of Temescal Associates and the MCOE Foster and Homeless Youth Services, MCOE District Programs and Support, and the Region 1 System of Support for Expanded Learning.
Region 1 Lead Melea Meyer said, “Trauma-informed practices offer a universal approach to managing relationships with students, staff and families in a way that is responsive to and respectful of the history of trauma in our diverse communities. They help people address the day-to-day uncertainties of things like unemployment, limited access to adequate housing, food uncertainty, and mental health issues.”
Workshop topics include: restorative conversation, self-care for teachers and staff, mindfulness, behavior management activities, lessons that support social-emotional learning, and more.
Educators who attend the conference will not only learn how to help children, they will also learn to insulate themselves from secondary trauma, the emotional stress resulting from working with those who experience the trauma firsthand.
“Emotionally healthy educators are in a stronger position to help students and families manage crisis,” Glossenger explained.
The workshop is open to teachers, administrators and other school site staff who can register at http://mcoe.k12oms.org/1716-160152.
For additional information, contact Glossenger at 707-467-5152 or
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The college will be required to submit an 18-month follow-up report to Woodland Community College’s October 2018 comprehensive evaluation visit no later than March 2, 2020.
“A seven-year accreditation reaffirmation is the best possible outcome for our college. This is the maximum length allowable by ACCJC policy. We are very pleased with the final commission decision, but not necessarily surprised,” said Woodland Community College President White.
“Our college staff does great work every day at each of our three campuses in Yolo, Lake and Colusa counties,” White said. “Accreditation is, simply put, doing the right thing for students and our service area communities. It took over two years of evidence collection, and writing before and even after a fall semester four-day evaluation team visit to reach this accreditation pinnacle.”
The college received four exemplary performance commendations recognizing part-time faculty and classified staff engagement, Library, Maker Space, and Student Support Center innovations, as well as the successful 2016 Lake County Campus transition from Yuba College to Woodland Community College.
The college and district will address three recommendations meant to improve institutional effectiveness in the written March 2020 followup report.
The Jan. 25 letter to President White from the ACCJC chief executive officer closed with “On behalf of the Commission, I wish to express appreciation for the diligent work and thoughtful reflection that Woodland Community College undertook to prepare for the evaluation.”
Woodland Community College was accredited in 2008 as the 110th California Community
College. The college and its campuses in Lake and Colusa counties provide educational opportunities for residents in Yolo, Colusa, Lake and other nearby counties.
For more information about Woodland Community College, please visit http://wcc.yccd.edu.
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UKIAH, Calif. – Three second year nursing students at Mendocino College have each received a $750 scholarship according to Program Director Fran Laughton.
The recipients are Regina Waddle, Rachel Farkas and Kari Paoli. All of them will graduate this spring from the Mendocino College Nursing Program and plan to stay and work in Mendocino County.
Faculty in the nursing program stated that these students are outstanding and show great promise in their chosen field.
Rachel Farkas has maintained a perfect 4.0 grade point average throughout her educational program. She is excited about starting her preceptorship hours at Adventist Health-Ukiah Valley in the Intensive Care Unit.
When asked about her plans for after graduation, she said, “I want to start a family and my future goals include obtaining a Bachelor of Science degree in nursing and to pursue a family nurse practitioner degree.”
Kari Paoli works two jobs, is raising a 12-year-old daughter, and commutes from Fort Bragg to Ukiah every day towards earning her degree in nursing. She is inspiring, even her classmates didn’t know about the demands of her life.
She worked for 12 years as a certified nursing assistant and currently works for the Coast Hospital as a teletech in the cardiac unit. She chose nursing because her mom is a nurse and as her role model, she couldn’t imagine doing anything else. Like Farkas, her preceptorship training will be in the Intensive Care Unit at Adventist Health, Ukiah Valley.
Regina Waddle left the dental field to pursue her degree in nursing because she wants to help people. She loves working in the medical field because it’s rewarding and versatile.
She had so much praise for her instructors and her classmates who she calls part of her family. Waddle will begin her preceptorship in the pre-op/surgery unit at Adventist Health-Ukiah Valley.
Funding for these scholarships was provided by numerous donors who support the Friends of the Mendocino College Nursing Program an affiliate organization of the Mendocino College Foundation.
For more information about the Mendocino College Foundation or to donate towards any of their programs, contact Katie Fairbairn, executive director, at