Transforming Education: TREC’s Launch Event and the Future of Trauma-Resilient Schools

The culmination of thousands of hours from our Trauma-Resilient Educational Communities (TREC) team in developing our TREC Model, we launched TRECeducation.com website on Thursday, January 25, 2024. Craig Beswick, Vice-President, School Development Division, Lifelong Learning Administration Corporation (LLAC) opened up our exciting launch, which was hosted by the beautiful UCSD Park & Market in downtown San Diego. Craig warmly welcomed over 200 attendees to our Awards Ceremony and TREC Inauguration.

Our profound appreciation to Chantille De Los Reyes, TREC Project Manager, for her masterful coordination, planning, and keen attention to detail with our 1.25.24 launch.

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Craig shared the history of TREC over the last eleven years and the local, national, and global trauma-resilient opportunities unfolding. Our Trauma-Resilient Professional (TRP) Certification went live during our launch. Presently, we have over 225 Certified Trauma-Resilient Professionals.

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Craig invited some members of our TREC National Advisory Board to stand up and be honored. Please meet Carey Sipp, Colby Thornton,  Dr. Doug Luffborough, and Ebony Wiley-Campbell,

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We honored three Awardees during the TREC Inauguration. Introductory video reels were created by Carlos Solorio and Miguel-Angel Sorio to honor each of the Awardees.

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Craig introduced and presented our TREC Champion Award to Principal Amanda Clark, San Diego Workforce Innovation High School’s Chula Vista, Linda Vista, and National City Learn4Life schools.

Principal Clark’s three schools were the very first TREC Trauma-Resilient Organization Accredited schools. Amanda, her staff, and the TREC Self-Study Group worked diligently in writing their TREC Sustainability Action Plan, and completed their Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic , Timely (SMART) Goals, they were deeply vested with integrating TREC within policies, practices, and procedures. Congratulations, Principal Amanda Clark, to you and your teams!

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Carlos Solorio introduced and honored Morgan Appel, PhD, Assistant Dean, Education and Community Outreach, Division of Extended Studies, University of California, San Diego. Mr Appell received the TREC Trauma-Resilient Organizational Award. UCSD has been instrumental in providing 6 Continuing Education Units for individuals completing the Trauma-Resilient Professional (TRP) Certification. We are deeply grateful for our collaborative partnership with UCSD!

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Craig honored our community partners in attendance and shared his profound gratitude for Community Wraparound who have Community Mentors and Case Managers in several of our Learn4Life schools in San Diego County.‍

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Miguel Angel-Soria, Director of Educational Content Development, graciously thanked his team of graphic designers, musicians, and voice-over artists who created our proprietary animations within our TREC Model.

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An abundance of joy-filled networking, reconnecting, and meeting for the first time permeated throughout the launch.