Staff Resources

Let Grow School Programs: Designed to be implemented after school, Let Grow school programs make students more capable, confident, and resilient. See below for even more FREE activities to help students grow!

Managing Emotions in Times of Uncertainty & Stress

• This FREE self-paced, Coursera course developed by the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence will provide participants with the knowledge, skills, and strategies to understand and manage their emotions and those of their students. The 10-hour online course is designed for school staff, including teachers, paraprofessionals, counselors, principals, and non-teaching staff in preK-12 schools.

KNOW & TELL eCourse

• KNOW & TELL is an education program to educate all adults to KNOW the signs of abuse and TELL responsible authorities when a child needs help. This program provides exceptional professional development opportunities to schools, youth serving organizations, camps, medical professionals, coaches, law enforcement, first responders, as well as, the average individual/community member.

Boston Children’s Hospital Neighborhood Partnerships

• FREE professional development courses for educators on social-emotional learning and behavioral health in schools. Each course is self-paced and includes tools and strategies to be used in the classroom and overall school environment

• Certificate of completion awarded

Educator's Guide to Optimistic Thinking

• Educator Social-Emotional Reflection and Training (EdSERT) provides professional development for K-12 educators focusing on social and emotional development. This resource enhances the social-emotional knowledge and skill set of educators and in turn, improves the efficacy of SEL instruction and ultimately student outcomes. At the same time, the program is designed to enhance the well-being of educators through the development of social-emotional practices that can be used inside and outside the classroom.

Teacher Training Module: Supporting Grieving Students in Schools

• FREE professional development from the National Center for School Crisis and Bereavement. These modules help school staff understand the experience of the grieving student and includes information about how children understand death and express their grief, presents practical suggestions about how school staff can initiate the conversation and offer support to the grieving student, and practical guidance about how to coordinate resources and manage special issues while you support the grieving child.

• Additional Resources: grievingstudents.org