Educators Online Resources
Educators are key partners with parents and communities in building emotional intelligence for all PreK – 12 students.
Learning is challenging emotional as well as intellectually. Students need the guidance of caring educators in developing strong emotional intelligence skills.
The resources below give teachers, staff, and administrators tools and guidance to help build emotional intelligence in the kids around them.
Tract
Tract offers on-demand, project-based classes and clubs designed to spark creativity and empower learners.
How to Be Self-ish Without Feeling Selfish
Jenny Woo is the founder of Mind Brain Parenting and creator of award-winning life skills...
Wings
Free mostly, with $3 fee for some learning access. Primarily an after-school and teacher-development curriculum...
COVID-19 Anxiety and Stress: Support for Students, Families, and Educators
Purpose Prep is focused on supporting the health, security, and purpose of global learners, teachers,...
Out-of-School Time Resources Part 1 Building Empathy
Out-of-School Time (OST) settings presents opportunities for youth to develop social and emotional skills outside...
The Center on the Social and Emotional Foundations for Early Learning (CSEFEL)
The Center on the Social and Emotional Foundations for Early Learning (CSEFEL) is focused on promoting the...
Inner Resilience Program
Integrating social and emotional learning with contemplative practice. The mindfulness-based approaches used in the Inner...
Why You Shouldn’t Yell At Your Kids
This blog post from Smart Parent Advice lists six reasons you shouldn't yell at your...
EQ Schools
EQ schools offers a YouTube channel with videos for parents and educators. The video shown...
How to Make Good Choices – Mindfulness for Kids
Jaime from Cosmic Kids Yoga explores how kids can make good choices. She introduces us...
SEL-Oriented Yoga Programs
In-school and after-school yoga programs are increasingly popular ways for boosting kids’ Emotional Intelligence skills....
Learning to BREATHE
Learning to BREATHE (L2B) is a mindfulness-based curriculum created for classroom or group settings. Mindfulness is...
Mindful Education
Research shows that students and teachers in school systems that have adopted mindfulness are happier,...
Mindful LIfe
Step-by-step, simple, brain-based Mindfulness techniques guided by Dr. Kristen Race to help you flourish in our stressed-out,...
Mindful Schools
In the Mindful Schools community – educators, parents, and school community members – many of...
Mindful Teachers
Mindful Teachers is an international online community of educators and helping professionals committed to mindfulness...
Mindfulness in Education
The Association for Mindfulness in Education is a collaborative association of organizations and individuals working...
Mindfulness -based wellness education
Mindfulness-based wellness education (MBWE) is an 8-week program teaching formal mindfulness practices as a foundation...
Mindfulness in Schools Project
Mindfulness in Schools Project (MiSP) is a national, not-for-profit charity for young people and schools....
Mindfulness Every Day
Toronto-based Mindfulness Everyday, a registered charitable organization, has assembled a dedicated team of professionals, experienced...
MindUp
MindUP is the signature program of The Goldie Hawn Foundation, a not-for-profit organization created in...
Passageworks
Our mission is to support educators to integrate social, emotional and academic learning and create...
Still Quiet Place
This practicum is designed for educators and allied professionals who are interested in offering mindfulness...
Stressed Teens
Stressed Teens teaches mindfulness skills and provides tools for those in their pre-teen years through...
Wake Up Schools
Wake Up Schools supports educators to bring the practices of mindfulness and applied ethics into...
Wellness Works in Schools
We believe that mindfulness fortifies our natural human capacity for awareness and self-care. Being able...
Tribes Learning Communities
Tribes is a step-by-step process to achieve specific learning goals. Four agreements are honored: attentive...
We Are Resilient
Dovetail Learning is a non-profit organization dedicated to helping adults and children become their best...
Student Happiness System
The Student Happiness System™ is a pulse survey facilitator which allows students to quickly, privately...
Social Decision Making/Problem Solving Program
The Social Decision Making/Problem Solving Program is an evidenced based program which gives students the...
The RULER Approach
RULER is a systemic approach to SEL developed at the Center for Emotional Intelligence. RULER...
The Responsive Classroom® (k-6)
Responsive Classroom is an evidence-based approach to teaching and discipline that focuses on engaging academics, positive...
Raising Healthy Children (k-6)
The Raising Healthy Children program is a social development approach to positive youth development. The...
The Positive Action Classroom Curriculum (prek-12)
The PATHS® curriculum is a comprehensive program for promoting emotional and social competencies and reducing aggression and...
The Promoting Alternative Thinking Strategies (PATHS) (prek-6)
PATHS® Training LLC is the original authorized worldwide provider of training and technical assistance for the PATHS® curriculum, the...
The Open Circle (k-5)
Open Circle provides evidence-based social and emotional learning (SEL) curriculum and professional development for elementary...
Kids Matter (k-8)
Be You builds on the success and learnings from five existing programs aimed at promoting...
InspirED
It all began with student voice. As part of the Emotion Revolution, a collaboration between...
I Can Problem Solve (prek, k-6)
The California Department of Social Services (CDSS) provides leadership in targeted efforts to improve the lives of...
Dignity For All (5-12)
Dignity for All (DFA) is an innovative digital learning tool to prevent bullying and discrimination...
California School-Age Consortium
Programs and courses for school leaders and facilitators. Courses can be bought for $15. each,...
Expanded Learning 360/365
A collaborative project dedicated to promoting the development of critical skills beyond academics that research...
Center for Youth Program Quality
The David P. Weikart Center for Youth Program Quality empowers education and human service leaders...
The Forum for Youth Investment
This Forum helps leaders think differently about what it takes to manage and sustain change,...
National After School Association
NAA is the membership association for professionals who work with children and youth in diverse school and...
Twelve Books to Help Children Understand Race, Anti-Racism and Protest
The Education Department at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture shares...
Safe and Sound
A leader's guide to Safe and Sound Social and Emotional Learning (SEL). This guide was...
Teaching the Whole Child Instructional Practices That Support Social-Emotional Learning in Three Teacher Evaluation Frameworks
This brief from the American Institutes for Research aims to aid teachers to practice Social...
Integrating Social-Emotional Learning Into High School
This article discusses the importance of Social-Emotional Learning while in high school. To continue reading...
Connecting SEL and the Common Core, Part One
In this article from November 2014 issue of Phi Delta Kappan, learn how social-emotional skills...
How to Close the Social-Emotional Gap in Teacher Training
A scan of new educational teacher programs show that very few teachers receive training to...
How to Implement Social and Emotional Learning at Your School
To implement Social and Emotional Learning (SEL), focus on these seven activities in your school.
5 Strategies For Incorporating Social Emotional Learning Into Your Classroom
There are 5 strategies to incorporate the Social Emotional Learning (SEL) in a classroom setting....
Out-of-School Time Resources Part 2 Developing Emotion Management
Part 2 of this article discusses how child develop emotion management in an OST setting.
Pax Good Behavior Game
PAX Good Behavior Game is a set of strategies to help students learn important self-management...
Purpose Prep
Purpose Prep offers an SEL program built for educators by educators. Their Professional Development equips...
Take Action to Prevent Bullying
Are you ready to take steps to stop bullying? Find the tools and resources you...
How Gaming Connects to SEL and Career Readiness
To thrive in the 21st century, students need more than traditional academic learning. They must...
Rethinking How Students Succeed
"Twenty years ago, conventional wisdom held that cognitive ability displayed by mastery of core academic...
PenPal Schools
PenPal Schools connects more than half a million students from over 150 countries to learn...
Everfi
EVERFI’s no-cost digital resources cover topics including social emotional laerning and health & wellness. Their...
Jessie Lewis Choose Love Movement
Jesse Lewis Choose Love Movement™ is on a mission to create safer schools through a...
Purpose Prep
An SEL program built for educators by educators. Purpose Prep's Professional Development equips teachers with...
The Potential Benefits of Mindfulness Training in Early Childhood
Early childhood is a time of substantial development in kids' self‐regulatory skills supporting school readiness...
Contemplative Science, Education and Child Development
This collection of articles introduces readers to new applications of contemplative science in the areas...
How Do Schools Promote Emotional Well‐being Among Their Pupils?
Schools play an important role in promoting child mental health, but little is known about...
Preparing Business Students for Career Success
This study (2013) examines emotional intelligence as a predictor of intercultural communication apprehension among university...
Research Documenting the Impact of SEL
More than two decades of research demonstrates that education promoting social and emotional learning (SEL)...
Social and Emotional Learning Research Review
Based on the social and emotional learning research review, Edutopia highlights some best practices to...
Second Step Social Emotional Learning
Second Step is a program rooted in social-emotional learning (SEL) that helps transform schools into...
Peekapak
With Peekapak, students reinforce concepts like empathy, respect, and self-regulation through a series of ELA-aligned...
Classcraft
Designed to address social emotional learning at a systemic level in schools and districts, Classcraft’s...
Ripple Effects
Ripple Effects provides personalized, trauma-informed, culturally responsive behavioral supports. Ripple Effects is a multi-award winning,...
Centervention
Centervention’s game-based behavior interventions help students in elementary and middle school practice and improve social...
7 Mindsets
7 Mindsets is a research-based program serving more than 100,000 K-12 students, operating in over...
4 R’s (Reading, Writing, Respect and Resolution)
This 40 hour program provides read-alouds, book talks and sequential interactive lessons that develop social...
Blueprints for Healthy Youth Development
At Blueprints, we identify, recommend, and disseminate programs for youth, families and communities that, based...
SPLAT – Supports Parents, Learners, Administrators, and Teachers
SPLAT is a positive behavior recognition system which Supports Parents, Learners, Administrators, and Teachers.
School-Family Partnership Strategies to Enhance Children’s Social, Emotional, and Academic Growth
Schools and families have essential roles to play in promoting children’s positive development and academic...
Sanford Harmony
Provides a number of different instructional tools and teaching strategies intended to teach students to...