Students explore different textures (soft, rough, squishy, smooth) to identify which tactile sensations help them feel calm and centered. They act as 'Texture Scientists' to categorize materials as either exciting or calming.
A 3-lesson unit on culture, identity, empathy, and building an inclusive school community. Students explore the cultural iceberg, share personal perspective narratives, and collaborate on actionable school-wide inclusion plans.
A collection of visual prompts and break cards designed to support students in self-regulation and managing emotions within the school environment.
Two versions (Teal and Lilac) of a double-sided printable break card for student self-regulation. Each card template features a front face and a details back face, featuring the Guidance Suite location, eligible sensory/mindfulness activities, and duration limits.
A comprehensive restorative leadership and peer advocacy sequence designed for students transitioning to middle school. It guides students from understanding their social influence to actively protecting peers and spreading positive school culture.
A high-energy, collaborative staff training session built around a competitive trivia game. Staff work in teams to analyze realistic scenarios and master MetroWest YMCA's Social Networking Policy (Appendix IV, Updated 6/2024), emphasizing child safety, professional boundaries, and brand protection.
An optimized 11-page school handbook that combines Page 9 (Athletics Requirements) and Page 10 (Athletic Conduct & Spectators) into a single, content-dense Athletics Master Guide. It preserves all policy wording, checklists, seasons, and penalty ladders in a symmetrical 2x2 grid layout. It also updates Page 10's mobile phone restriction policy wording within the prominent red warning box and cleans up redundant policy lines on Page 9.
A comprehensive 4-day small-group social-emotional learning sequence for grades 3-5. Aligned with the CASEL Social Awareness framework, this unit teaches students to identify how expectations and social norms change across different school environments and how to adapt their behaviors successfully.
Students apply their deep listening and empathy skills to design a school-wide inclusion campaign or classroom standard, designing collaborative action items.
A clean, print-ready single-page team scorecard for 20-30 staff members divided into squads. It features space for team details, selection indicators, and dedicated white writing blocks for teams to cite policy rules from Appendix IV.
A 3-day small group curriculum for middle schoolers (grades 6-8) focused on cooperation, role delegation, navigating power dynamics, and ensuring equitable team participation. Aligns with CASEL's Relationship Skills and Responsible Decision-Making core competencies.
Students engage in active empathy and narrative exchange, analyzing how personal experiences and cultural backgrounds shape our perspectives of shared environments.
An engaging, high-contrast 14-slide presentation used to project the interactive trivia game during the training. It details real-world scenarios, game rules, and reveals answer explanations citing official rules from the MetroWest YMCA Social Networking Policy.
