All Practices
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Making Values-Informed Decisions
A values-informed process to help staff make the best possible ethical choices for school stakeholders
Self Check-In Journal
A values-informed process to help you make the best possible ethical choices for yourself, your students, or your staff
Random Acts of Kindness
Students practice kindness to increase their happiness
36 Questions to Help Kids Make Friends
A fun, fast way for students to develop close friendships
Family Business
Teachers and students create a safe space to develop strong relationships.
Respectful Debate
Students share their opinions and disagreements in healthy ways.
Yes-No-Maybe Current Event Discussion
Students respectfully discuss their stance on a current event.
Norm Co-Creation
Students collaborate on the development of classroom norms.
Designing the Classroom to Promote Kindness
Students provide input on changes that could be made to the classroom to subtly cue kind behavior.
Take-Home Skill: Creating Happy Memories
Students spend a day or two doing a variety of meaningful activities.
Nine Steps to Forgiveness
A research-backed process for letting go of a grudge
Gift of Time
Spend quality time with people you care about.
Making Kinder Classrooms and Schools
Staff modify school spaces to subtly induce kindness, particularly in students.
Take-Home Skill: Humility Reflection for Teens
Strategies for parents and caregivers to help teens understand and practice being humble
Seeing the Positive Side of Things
Students and staff lessen their stress by changing their outlook on a negative event.
Expressive Writing
Students use writing as a tool to explore their emotions and challenges
Honesty Commitment for Students
Strategies to encourage and help students practice honesty
Good Group Work in Math
A norm-setting activity to help create an environment for productive, positive, and equitable group work in math class
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