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Trauma-informed schools: a conversation with Jim Sporleder, former principal of Lincoln High School, featured in the documentary Paper Tigers
Date: Monday, November 19, 2018
Time: 3:00-4:00 pm PDT /6:00-7:00 pm EDT
Jim will answer some prepared questions followed by an open question and answer period with participants. Topics that Jim will discuss include:
- How do you increase staff and community buy in for a trauma-informed school?
- How do you determine the best way to roll out a whole school, trauma-informed model to staff?
- How do you sustain a trauma-informed school and prevent burn out?
- What are effective ways of integrating ACEs science into training and practice?
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Our Speaker:
Jim Sporleder is a 28-year veteran of the Walla Walla School District. He retired in 2014 as principal of Lincoln High School in Walla Walla, Washington. Under Jim’s leadership, Lincoln High School became a trauma-informed school, gaining national attention due to a dramatic drop in out-of-school suspensions, increased graduation rates and the number of students going on to post-secondary education. These dramatic changes at Lincoln caught the attention of filmmaker Jamie Redford, who spent a year filming at Lincoln, resulting in the documentary, Paper Tigers. Paper Tigers was screened at the 2015 Seattle International Film Festival, earning positive reviews. It has also been shown nationally and internationally to groups large and small working on promoting trauma-informed systems change.
Jim is currently working as a trauma-informed coach / consultant and previously was a trainer with the Children’s Resilience Initiative, based in Walla Walla. He is the author, most recently, with trauma expert Heather T. Ford of The Trauma-informed School Guide for Administrators. His travels as a consultant, keynote speaker, presenter and trainer have taken him all over the United States.
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Suggested reading:
- Lincoln High School in Walla Walla, WA, tries new approach to school discipline -- suspensions drop 85%
- Lincoln High School principal on compassion and punishment: a bigger bat may hurt a student, but hurts a community more
- Jim's PPT: The Trauma-informed School
ACEs Connection Staff Reporter Laurie Udesky will moderate the discussion.
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