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A year-round community-building sequence for TK-6 staff, structured seasonally from August through June. Grounded in a 'Village Kinship' theme to foster professional empathy, shared resilience, and deep peer-to-peer appreciation.

A year-round community-building sequence for TK-6 staff, structured seasonally from August through June. Grounded in a 'Village Kinship' theme to foster professional empathy, shared resilience, and deep peer-to-peer appreciation.

A comprehensive career exploration framework and counselor planning toolkit for grades K-12. This curriculum maps academic subjects to real-world career paths (college, trade school, and workforce) and provides counselors with implementation templates, annual pacing calendars, and a school-wide Career Day blueprint.

A 3-day social-emotional learning series for grades K-2 focusing on cooperation, sharing, and peaceful turn-taking, aligned with the CASEL Relationship Skills competency.

A 3-day SEL small-group intervention for grades K-2 focused on material sharing, turn-taking, and peaceful collaboration, aligned with the CASEL Relationship Skills competency. Each daily session is designed for 20 minutes with specific timestamps.

A year-round community-building sequence for TK-6 staff, structured seasonally from August through June. Grounded in a 'Village Kinship' theme to foster professional empathy, shared resilience, and deep peer-to-peer appreciation.

A social-emotional learning unit for first graders to master peer conflict resolution. Through physical metaphors, visual scaling, and calming exercises, students learn to transition from rigid thinking to flexible problem-solving.

A comprehensive 14-session CBT and DBT skills curriculum designed for school counselors. Features structured session facilitation guides, student worksheets, and portable coping tool cards to build resilience, emotional regulation, and strong peer relationships across 14 complete lessons.

A 3-session coming-of-age curriculum and presentation series designed for young boys transitioning into adolescence. The curriculum utilizes a maritime and outdoor navigation motif ('The Navigator\'s Code') to explore emotional literacy, personal responsibility, and proactive self-advocacy.

A cohesive small group SEL sequence designed for middle school students to master independent conflict resolution and relationship repair.

A 4-day small group conflict resolution unit for grades 3-5, aligned with CASEL competencies. Students learn to identify conflicts and apply four specific healthy problem-solving strategies: find a compromise, report to an adult, ignore/walk away, and calmly tell to stop.

The TLC Summer Acceleration Program 2026 is an intensive, high-engagement summer curriculum designed to accelerate student learning and cultivate a resilient growth mindset through interactive routines.

A two-lesson counseling sequence designed for a small group (3rd and 4th graders) focusing on self-advocacy strategies. The sequence guides students from pre-advocacy de-escalation (breathing and grounding) to active self-expression (I-statements and situational script practice).

A two-part goal-mapping series designed for high school students to reflect on academic growth and engineer structural goals for the upcoming term.

A social-emotional learning sequence focused on developing cooperation and assertiveness in K-2 students through music, movement, and hands-on activities. Students learn to balance their own needs with the needs of the group to become effective 'Team Power' heroes.

A year-long, self-paced entrepreneurship curriculum spanning September to May for alternative education students in work-study placements. Students transform real-world work experience into a modular business plan and slide presentation.

A comprehensive 9-week high school transition curriculum focused on the 26 principles of A Disciplined Life (ADL). This curriculum empowers 9th graders to build personal character, master effective communication, and lead positive change, culminating in a creative songwriting and lyric performance project.

A comprehensive back-to-school character education unit centered around the schoolwide EVCS CARES values: Cooperation, Assertion, Responsibility, Empathy, and Self-Control. Each value is taught through active modeling, guided practice, and reflection, culminating in a schoolwide community project.

A 4-day small group intervention sequence for K-2 students focused on developing basic emotion regulation skills (breathing, breaks, and resting) with adult prompting, aligned with the CASEL Self-Management framework.

A comprehensive, proactive middle school curriculum designed to counter discipline trends of verbal aggression, profanity, drama, and disrespect through social-emotional learning, interactive role-plays, parent partnership, and a unified school-wide visual campaign.

A 4-day small-group SEL unit for grades 3-5 focusing on the CASEL framework for identifying basic and complex emotions, tracking emotional shifts, and developing coping strategies.

A comprehensive, 5-day universal lesson sequence designed to teach STAR expectations (Safe, Targeting Success, Acting with Integrity, Respectful & Responsible) across any campus location, customized for K-2, 3-5, and 6-8 with a superhero pop-art aesthetic.

An interactive, explorer-themed social-emotional learning unit designed to help kindergarteners master school readiness. Students learn whole-body listening, raising hands, and smooth classroom transitions through engaging games and active practice.

An emotional regulation and perspective-taking sequence for 4th-grade students, focusing on size of the problem, self-talk, unstructured environments, and partner cooperation.

A structured 4-week emotional regulation and growth mindset sequence for Year 2 students struggling with academic frustration. Designed for weekly 20-30 minute sessions with a Wellbeing Officer, using a soccer analogy to build resilience, introduce coping 'plays', normalize mistakes, and establish a daily desk goalie tracker.

A 4-lesson SEL sequence for 3rd through 5th Grade students based on a nautical 'anchored in learning' theme. It contains ready-to-go 15-minute lessons with circle cards and reflective activities focusing on community, empathy, emotional regulation, and executive attention.

A high-tech 6-week curriculum for high school Esports, focusing on competitive Super Smash Bros. Ultimate and Minecraft. Students master game mechanics, character frame data, and competitive building while exploring industry careers and developing healthy physical and mental gaming habits.

An end-of-the-year social skills sequence designed for a two-part 30-minute group. Students focus on celebrating personal and peer strengths, managing change/transition anxiety, and planning healthy friendship boundaries over the summer break.

A school-wide mental health program featuring counselor-led assemblies on Wellness Wednesday (11:30-11:40 AM, followed by recess) and teacher-led Thoughtful Thursday check-ins.