Celebrating Our Restart SMART Site Directors
Have you taken a moment to say thank you (or high five) a Restart SMART Site Director lately?
Our Site Directors are instrumental in the implementation of the Community School strategy across our 8 partnering school sites. These are the individuals supporting relationships between school staff (teachers, principals, administrators) and education partners.
Not only do our site directors support students and families—they support the whole school district ecosystem. Beyond providing this stabilization and scaffolding, they help develop the steering committees for community integration into our Restart SMART sites. What that looks like in practice:
Getting to know the people in the neighborhoods where Restart SMART operates
Building relationships with local businesses
Learning the needs of individual kids and families
Figuring out gaps that exist within the school itself—to figure out how Higher Ground and our ecosystem of nonprofit partners can help
Every day, our Restart SMART Site Directors help to protect, empower, and uplift the kids who need their support most—which helps make our teachers’ jobs a little easier.
Tune into our blog The Higher Ground Voice to hear more of their stories. Be sure to reach out and say hello when you see them in your neighborhood.