Class Charter: Created within the first two weeks of school, the class charter is a contract developed and agreed upon by students identifying what they need from their classroom community. Rather than a traditional “rules of the classroom” the class charter is a positive, living document outlining “we will” agreements rather than “don’t do.”

Mood Meter: A tool for building self awareness and awareness for other people’s feelings. People can plot their feelings along the “energy” and “feelings” axis.

Meta-Moment: A tool used with older kids for them to stop and take a deep breath to recognize their emotions, think about their desired outcome, and move from an unhelpful reaction to a helpful response to get to that outcome.

The Blueprint: a problem-solving tool for situations and conflicts in the past, present, and future. The Blueprint is a tool for overcoming conflict each person to look at the conflict from the other person’s perspective as well as their own.