Empowering
Education
  GRADES: PreK-2

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Classroom Resources

Welcome Guide
Classroom Setup Guide
Student Journals
Activation Guide
Scope & Sequence

Program Welcome Guide

Welcome to the Empowering Education program! The Empowering Education program was designed for teachers by teachers to be effective, easy-to-implement, and fun. We know that if teachers and students don’t want to do a program, it’s not going to work. That’s why our program requires minimal prep but is full of fun and engaging lesson plans with evidence-based interventions and a direct connection to CASEL’s five SEL competencies.

Read more on SEL and mindfulness, check out our tips for program implementation, and review some trauma-informed reminders in our getting started guide. Questions? Email us!

Setup your Classroom for Success

It can be really helpful to set up your classroom so students have a safe and calm area to go to in the classroom. In order to teach students how to self-regulate, a designed space with tools to help students can be very helpful. A calming corner can reduce negative behaviors by giving students a place to go and self-regulate.

Set up your own calming corner with these tips.

Prep the Materials for Engagement

Every Empowering Education lesson has a corresponding journal entry. These help students review the lesson content and reflect. Each lesson plan ends with a printout for the journal page but many teachers find it easier to print them all at once and create binders for each student for the whole year. You can also find a poster to print out for your classroom.

Providing Support to Students

Social and emotional learning helps students work through their thoughts and emotions; so it is no wonder that it can bring up some difficult feelings for students. While coping skills, I-statements, and other SEL skills can help students work through difficult moments, sometimes it takes a bit more teacher support for students to manage their feelings. In short, students can get pretty upset at times. That can happen both during and outside of SEL time and teachers should know how to handle those moments.

Please note: The suggested script in the Activation Plan may seem geared towards a younger crowd, but the steps in the plan are effective with any age.

Multiple Year Scope & Sequence

Our Empowering Education lessons come with variations and extensions, but some members want more direction about what to do in year 2 and 3 of using a grand band. To that end, members can use the new multi-year scope and sequence for every single lesson. It outlines additional activities and lesson extensions you can bring into your classroom.