#64: Skye Staude, leading in trauma-informed schools
About this episode
Skye Staude discusses trauma-informed practices in education and the importance of supporting both students and educators.
Skye Staude is an experienced educator and leader who has spent over 15 years working in alternative and re-engagement education settings with young people who have experienced significant adversity. Now a Deputy Executive Principal across multiple campuses at MacKillop Education, Skye brings a deep commitment to trauma-informed practice, system-level change, and supporting both young people and the adults who care for them. In this conversation, Skye and Megan reflect on their shared journey in the early days of trauma-informed education and the experiences that shaped their work and leadership. Together, they explore what it really means to build trauma-informed systems — not just within classrooms, but across families, staff, and the broader community. Skye shares a powerful initiative from her current work: embedding a family therapist within the school to support connection, reduce isolation, and strengthen the role of families in a young person's life. They also reflect on literacy, early intervention, and the importance of responding to the real needs sitting in front of us, rather than what systems assume. This episode also brings into focus the often unspoken realities…
People in this episode
Host: Megan Corcoran
Guest: Skye Staude
Topics covered
- trauma-informed education
- leadership
- family support
- educator wellbeing
- system-level change
Keywords
- trauma-informed
- education
- leadership
- family therapist
- wellbeing
- literacy
- intervention
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: MacKillop Education
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