Social work already intersects with our school systems and government bodies. As pre-k expands it is important to consider some of the following implications.

1. The role of a social worker as advocate and source of empowerment for children.
2. Partners with family systems that surround the child, learning and growth can’t happen in a vacuum.
3. Social workers can extend support networks of children and families, offering connections to resources to uplift and empower caregivers.
4. Embedding social and emotional learning within the classroom, this is often overlooked when the measurement of a child’s success is their testing ability.
5. Add a trauma focused lens to learning. In a pandemic education system there are unaccounted for stressors in both teachers and students. We have to think how these stressors can be addressed and support given to those experiencing them.