Panel for Educational Policy (PEP) Application
Parent leaders are encouraged to apply by April 15, 2024. Here is the link to the application and to recordings of previous PEP meetings.
The Panel for Educational Policy consists of 23 voting members. Each borough president will appoint one member, 5 members are elected by CEC Presidents (one member from each borough), and 13 members appointed by the mayor. The parent representatives will serve a one-year term from July 1, 2024, through June 30, 2025. To learn more, please visit the NYCPS Panel for Educational Policy webpage.
Morningside Center believes deeply in the power of school-family relationships as a key ingredient in children’s growth and development. For children to thrive, all the adults in their lives need opportunities for skill-building, reflection, healing, and joy. These workshops are offered as a collaboration with the NYC Public Schools Office of Safety and Youth Development to provide spaces of support and learning for parents and caregivers in the NYC DOE. You will find links to register for each workshop below. Space is limited.
Building a Community of Caregivers
In this workshop, we focus on the caregiving identity, and the importance of having
and building community with other caregivers. Through a series of activities that facilitate relationship building, a focus on developing the skill of wholehearted listening, and a time to reflect on our own childhoods in relationship to our caregiving, participants will engage in a supportive community that invites them to grow their caregiving practice alongside others on a similar journey.
Choose from two sessions:
Saturday, April 6, 2024 10:30 am – 12:00 pm Registration Link
Monday, April 8, 2024 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm Registration Link
Balancing the Joys and Stresses of Caregiving
In this workshop, we are focusing on the joys and stresses of caregiving. We will work to develop an understanding of stress and its role in our lives, as well as to embrace the dual nature of the caregiving role. Finally, we will think together about ways to manage the stress of caregiving in healthy, sustainable, accessible ways.
Choose from two Sessions:
Saturday, April 6, 2024 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm Registration Link
Friday, April 12, 2024 11:30 am – 1:00 pm Registration Link
Introduction to Culturally Affirming Social and Emotional Learning
In this workshop, we are focusing on Culturally Affirming Social and Emotional Learning. We will spend some time exploring our understanding of culture, some time learning about what social emotional learning is, and then thinking together about how to affirm our own and others’ identities in the context of SEL.
Choose from two Sessions:
Monday, April 8, 2024 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm Registration Link
Thursday, April 11, 2024 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm Registration Link
Exploring the Range of Emotions
In this workshop, we will be looking closely at big, more intense emotions, how to navigate them ourselves, and how to support those we care for through them. We will spend our time exploring a range of feelings, including anger, and working together on developing facility with several powerful and practical strategies for dealing with “big” emotions in ways that further connection and care. Each of these strategies can be proactively taught, practiced, modeled, and delivered without value judgments on the feelings themselves.
Choose from two Sessions:
Saturday, April 13, 2024 10:30 am – 12:00 pm Registration Link
Wednesday, April 17, 2024 Time: 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm Registration Link