Kevin Duden

Communication and organization are key. Lack of either will cause low morale and chaos.

The trauma-informed school part was very good. In my situation, 78% of offenders have 5+ adverse childhood experiences that obviously can affect how they behave in a school situation.

My situation is different (teaching :pre-release: to adult felons in a prison school), so some of the things don't really apply.  Happily, I have plenty of support and have sought out one veteran teacher who has really been a good sound board for ideas, etc.

The social media part really confirmed what I already do. I do not enter my place of employment or job in my profile so it's less likely anything I post can be taken as an "official stance" of my employer.  

I found the history of CTE interesting. I'm in a unique situation in that I teach "pre-release" classes to felons to prepare them for life on probation (financial literacy, employment and life skills). It doesn't fir onto the typical CTE format, but I'm inspired to try to create a quality program.