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Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
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death of a student
I know there are some teachers on here. One of my students was killed in a car accident last night near campus. This is the second death of a student I have had to experience. The first was when I was teaching middle school and one of them was killed in a car accident. Now this student. It is not a good day on campus today.
Anyone else experience this? How did you handle it?
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Re: death of a student
Oh no. I am honestly just waiting for something horrible like this to happen during my teaching career; every veteran teacher I know tells me that it will experience this at some point, but they hope I won't. Last year, one of my students was in a bad car accident that actually killed her father. It was such a hard situation. I know it wasn't loosing a student, but helping her through her extreme situation was difficult, especially since the school was not very large. Many of the students and teachers knew her father, and we tried to handle it as delicately as we could.
We told the students what had happened, and explained that we were willing to talk with them if they needed it. When the girl finally returned to school, we didn't really bring it up with her too much unless she brought it up first. We sent around a sympathy card so the students could sign it for her family, which was appreciated.
I would just let the students know that you're there to talk to them if they need it. It will obviously be a difficult time, especially for the student's close friends, so just let them know that you understand that the situation will be hard and you're willing to talk to them. I'm so sorry this happened.
First and foremost, I am so sorry to hear of your horrible news and send out thoughts and prayers to you and your school community!
Unfortunately, I have had a number of similar situations during my career so far. Between car accidents, suicides, accidental deaths and yes, murder, I have lost 6 students. This is my 11th year. Add to that 2 car accidents that affected staff...one who has recovered and one who has been in a coma for just over a year now.
There is nothing that can really help to 'deal' with the loss; however, as PP mentioned, being available and understanding is the best. We have a Crisis Team (I am a part of it) that helps in these situations as well - we would all have specific jobs/posts to fulfill based on the nature of the situation. Your school board should offer additional counsellors on site for a period of time, and most importantly, you should not be part of the 'counselling' - remember that people are trained to do this, and where I teach, it can be a professional issue if you offer any specific 'counselling' or advice to students.
Take care of yourself first - if you are needing a break, see about having someone cover your class for a little bit (crisis team members usually do this for staff). Unless otherwise directed by admin, don't be afraid to show the students that you are greiving too - they need to know that you are human!
Lots of nestie love to you xo
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