Social Worker
Kenneth Bedell
About Mr. Bedell:
I’m a school social worker here at P.S. 197-K assigned to the School Assessment Team. I’ve worked within the NYCDOE since 1992 in various settings providing services to children and their families. It has been a privilege and quite a fulfilling career for which I am immensely grateful and proud!
Tarez Johnson
About Ms. Johnson:
I am a school-based social worker for P.S. 197 assigned to provide social-emotional learning and mental health programming for students and their families. I have worked as a social worker in since 2016, providing mental health services for children and their families. I enjoy providing psyho-education and connecting families to resources to empower our students.
“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.”
–Emerson