The National School Chaplain Association (NSCA) (405-831-3299), the leading organization for chaplain training and integration in the United States, is now working in school communities in Waskom and Harrison County.
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Following the passing of the Chaplain Bill in the State of Texas earlier this year there has been a groundswell of support for the work of the school chaplain, an essential part of the school community that the NSCA believes can vastly improve both mental health and educational outcomes for students. Now, the governing chaplaincy body is doing outreach in Waskom and Harrison County and is interested in showing schools how chaplains can also have a deeply positive impact on members of staff.
More information is available at https://www.nationalschoolchaplainassociation.org/school-benefits
The National School Chaplain Association is pleased to be offering trained and specialized chaplains to schools in Texas as a way in which they can improve the welfare of their teachers and increase teacher retention. As the latest figures from ChalkBeat.org—a non-profit news organization that covers public education matters—reflect, in 2023, teacher turnover has reached its highest level in recent decades, spiking to 12%.
The NSCA knows that poor teacher retention negatively affects schools and students, breaking continuity and contributing to a cyclical culture of burnout amongst those teachers that decide to stay. As the editorial team at ChalkBeat.org explained, with many school districts facing the problem of more teachers leaving the profession than joining it, much more needs to be done to nurture and support teachers both in the early stages of their career and throughout their professional life.
The National School Chaplain Association is confident that the integration of one of their trained and certified school chaplains into a school community will have precisely this effect.
As a spokesperson for the association explained, “People want to work where they’re cared for and valued as a person, not just a cog, and school chaplains are a great way to do that. A school chaplain is an impartial listener who brings a compassionate heart and a discerning ear. Chaplains are perceived as peers and a member of your team who voluntarily engages with others to establish close relationships, becoming an ally when they need a confidential partner to walk with them through difficult life situations.”
More evidence on the benefits of school chaplains can be accessed at https://campuschaplains.org/
As the NSCA also explains, now that any public or private school in the State of Texas can contract a chaplain to work in their school, there are new opportunities for teachers, school heads and concerned parents and community members to lobby their school district for the services of NSCA-trained and certified chaplains.
A spokesperson for the chaplaincy advocacy association said, “By hiring a school chaplain, you are investing in your teachers’ future, mitigating educator burnout and keeping teachers in classrooms.”
For more information on how to have a chaplain installed in a school in Waskom and Harrison County, visit https://www.nationalschoolchaplainassociation.org/your-school
Contact Info:
Name: Rocky Malloy
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Organization: National School Chaplain Association
Address: PO Box 720746, Norman, OK 73070, United States
Website: https://www.campuschaplains.org
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Release ID: 89114513
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