It Takes a Village:
A Gaggle Podcast

Student safety isn’t a one-person job. Between district leaders, educators, administrators, parents, counselors, and beyond, it truly takes a village to safeguard students in both physical and digital environments.
Student Safety

Tools for Alerting Schools to Suicidal and Other Immediate Needs of Students

An important visit with Gaggle’s Paget Hetherington on how schools can monitor and be constantly aware of today’s student Social Emotional Learning (SEL) and psychological needs before problems arise.

 
Student Mental Health

Jordan Porco Foundation: We’re in It for Life

In this podcast, Marisa Giarnella-Porco, President and Co-Founder of the Jordan Porco Foundation, explains how her innovative nonprofit organization challenges the stigma associated with mental health and help-seeking while creating open conversations about the prevalence of suicide and mental health issues in the young adult population. 

 
LGBTQ+

Living Transgender: One Student’s Journey

It’s important for members of the LGBTQ+ community to be seen, heard, and accepted for who they truly are. In this episode, college student Ann shares her journey of self-realization and discovery as a trans woman. Listen in as she dives into her experience transitioning as a teenager, how her family and community support her, and the resources she found helpful along the way.
Student Mental Health

A Mother’s Story: Depression, Loss, and Hope

Wendy Sefcik, founder of RememberingTJ.org, shares her family’s emotional journey dealing with the unimaginable grief from their son’s tragic loss of life by suicide. Now on a mission to raise awareness of teen depression and suicide risk, Wendy provides support and guidance for concerned parents and suffering teens.

Student Mental Health

Suicide, Sex Trafficking, and Self-Awareness

Resilience speaker, book coach, and best-selling author Jas Rawlinson shares her experience of coming to terms with suicide, sex trafficking, and self-awareness, with insights from her latest book, “Reasons to Live: One More Day, Every Day.”

 

Student Safety

Triaging Innovation During a Pandemic

Gaggle’s Vice President of Marketing, Paget Hetherington, speaks with Paul Zimmerman, Blaine County School District’s Technology Innovator and Google Administrator, on the steps he took to make sure that student safety monitoring did not skip a beat when everyone transitioned to remote learning during the pandemic.