A multi-day project where students act as 'Development Studios' to design, build, and playtest their own career-themed board games, focusing on the impact of education and life choices on long-term outcomes.
A comprehensive lesson on emotional awareness and regulation using the metaphor of 'Inner Weather' to help students identify feelings and practice calming strategies.
A 50-minute immersion into the mechanics of empathy. Students practice active listening techniques and use 'detective' skills to analyze social scenarios from multiple perspectives.
A high-energy, 15-minute introduction to growth mindset focusing on neuroplasticity. Students engage in a hands-on 'synapse building' activity to visualize how effort changes their physical brain structure.
A fast-paced, 15-minute interactive session designed to help a middle-school student identify their unique strengths and interests to form a personal mission statement.
This lesson equips students with concrete strategies to manage internal and external distractions, practice mindfulness-based refocusing, and use goal-setting to boost productivity during independent work time. It bridges SEL and academic performance by treating focus as a trainable skill.
A high-energy, space-themed lesson that teaches students essential collaboration skills through the lens of a mission to build a lunar base. Students learn about role assignment, active listening, and conflict resolution while practicing these skills in a hands-on building challenge.
Students will learn to bridge self-management skills with academic success by creating, tracking, and adjusting SMART goals. This lesson provides practical tools for students to take ownership of their learning journey.
A middle school lesson focused on equipping students with SEL strategies to manage test anxiety and boost confidence during standardized assessments like CMAS. Students will learn breathing techniques, cognitive reframing, and positive self-talk.
A practical, hands-on lesson for middle schoolers to master study habits, note-taking, and organization. Students learn to chunk projects, use various note-taking styles, and build effective study schedules.
This lesson introduces students to executive function skills, focusing on organization, time management, and task initiation. Students will learn how to 'be the boss of their brain' by using practical tools like checklists, planners, and task-splitting strategies.
An 8th-grade Social-Emotional Learning lesson focused on self-reflection and mindset. Students use a structured rubric to evaluate their current attitudes and establish a concrete growth goal for personal development.
In this 30-minute 8th-grade lesson, students explore the connection between their emotional states and their decision-making processes. Through a 'Decision Web' mapping model, they trace how specific feelings can lead to different choices and outcomes, ultimately identifying healthy regulation strategies to navigate complex situations.
A fast-paced 30-minute session where 6th graders master the Eisenhower Matrix to prioritize their weekly schoolwork and regain control of their schedules.
A 30-minute social-emotional learning lesson for 6th graders focused on identifying and celebrating micro-successes to build motivation and a growth mindset. Students will map out their small wins and see how they contribute to larger goals through a "Success Spiral" framework.
A 50-minute lesson designed for high school students, particularly those facing housing instability, to understand the mechanics of credit scores, the cost of interest, and how to differentiate between productive and predatory debt.
Introductory resources for establishing an attendance competition and educating students on the importance of being present every day for academic success.
A set of resources designed to help high schoolers with vague or limited interests identify potential career paths by focusing on lifestyle preferences, skills, and real-world conversations.
A lesson exploring the tangible benefits of regular school attendance, focusing on how showing up today builds the foundation for both immediate and future success.
A collection of resources designed to motivate students to arrive on time and attend school regularly using meaningful, non-tangible rewards.
Focuses on intensive and specialized interventions (Tier 3 and 4) for students facing significant barriers to attendance, emphasizing individualized support and wrap-around services.
Focuses on universal (Tier 1) strategies to build a school-wide culture of attendance through positive reinforcement, community building, and clear communication.