Stronger Connections Grantee Convening: Facilitating Safe, Healthy, and Supportive Learning Environments - April 30, 2025

The purpose of the Stronger Connections Grantee Convening: Facilitating Safe, Healthy, and Supportive Learning Environments is to provide assistance to grantees in planning or improving plans for implementing effective schoolwide wellbeing and mental health strategies that create safe, healthy, and supportive learning environments for all students.

In this one-day convening, participants will collaborate with peers in their districts, schools, and across the state to engage in relevant assessments, purposeful reflections, and thoughtful knowledge sharing. The event will also focus on strategic planning, skill-building, and collegial networking, while providing access to resources to inform best implementation practices.

Because the Stronger Connections Grants were awarded to Public School Units/LEAs, the most beneficial way to engage in this Convening is as a team. The ideal team would include the District Administrator overseeing the grant, and two school level staff (one Administrator and one key Faculty or Staff member) from one school identified as receiving SCG funding/supports per grade span served. For example, if a district identified that the grant would add additional counsellors to support the mental health of students in three middle schools and two high schools, the ideal team would consist of one District Administrator, one Principal, and one Counselor from one middle school and one high school served by the grant for a total of a five-person team. Thus, depending on the grade spans served by the grant, PSU/LEA teams may be comprised of three or five or seven members. 

Teams will leave equipped with practical tools to support their districts and schools, helping them advance strategic planning and successfully carry out their Stronger Connections Grant initiatives.

Registration is required for participation in the Stronger Connections Grantee Convening: Facilitating Safe, Healthy, and Supportive Learning Environments, and requires a payment of $25.00 registration fee per person.

Registration:

• The registration fee for the Facilitating Safe, Healthy, and Supportive Learning Environments Convening is $25.00 and includes all materials and lunch.
• Parking is free.
• The registration closing date is April 21, 2025.
• Registration can be paid by credit card, check, or purchase order, and must be paid by April 29, 2025.
• If paying by check, please send a copy of your order confirmation email with your payment. The check should be payable to Spartan Strategies, Inc.
  • Link to the form to print, fill out, and mail with your payment:
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• We encourage you to pay electronically to expedite processing. However, if your organization requires you to pay by purchase order, please fill out the form at the link below and mail it to:

Spartan Strategies Inc.
ATTN: Nichole McGill
5900 Summit Ave, #201
Browns Summit, NC 27214

• Registration fees are non-refundable on any cancellation after April 20th. Requests for refunds on cancellations must be received via email at nmcgill@serve.org prior to April 20th. Approved refunds for cancellations will incur a $5.00 processing fee per registration cancelled.

If you have questions about the Stronger Connections Grantee Convening: Facilitating Safe, Healthy, and Supportive Learning Environments, please contact Beth Thrift at bthrift@serve.org.

If you have any questions about your registration or payment, please contact Nichole McGill at nmcgill@serve.org. 

*ALL fields on the registration page must be completed in order to register. The confirmation email will come from store.servecenter.org.