Care & Connection

Open Educational Resources - Oregon Arts

These resources are a collaboration of arts educators and the Oregon Department of Education. They are created by and for educators - including lesson and unit materials, review rubrics, and other useful links to support K-12 arts education.

Care, connection, and community are the heart of education.

Each is essential for promoting health, safety, and well-being, and creating the conditions where students can learn, and staff can teach and nurture our youth. We encourage all of Oregon’s schools and districts to focus on fostering healthy, supportive relationships and communities, and creating welcoming spaces for everyone. This means recognizing that each person will have different needs, and honoring, valuing, and respecting each individual’s ways of knowing and being.

Mental Health Guidance and Resources Oregon Classroom WISE

Care & Connection Tools

Guidance for your own Care & Connection campaign

Handle With Care

For educators' mindfulness toward students experiencing difficulties

Contacts

Oregon Department of Education Healthy Schools email address

Arden Robinette - Mental Health Project Coordinator, Office of the Director

Jeremy Hogeweide - Mental Health Administrative Specialist, Office of the Director