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But one of the most beautiful things about kindness is its ease and simplicity. There's a lot to read about kindness here on our website.

Check out our research for more information on the benefits of teaching kindness. Their confidence was well founded-because they found that teachers who included SEL programs in their instruction saw an 11-17% increase in the academic scores of their students.

Our lessons include six kindness concepts which, when used consistently, provide students a scaffold to build the necessary skills to move from self-awareness to action.Īccording to a CASEL (the Collaborative for Academic and Social and Emotional Learning) study, 93% of teachers believe it’s important to teach SEL-and 95% of them believe it can be taught. Our Kindness in the Classroom ® program was created to integrate intentional kindness skill building with the development of social and emotional competencies. We believe these skills-all linked to kindness-are just as important as academic skills. What about the ability to communicate your feelings and needs? To really listen to others? To keep your emotions in check, and understand other points of view that you may not agree with? To empathize with people who are different? They’re the keys to the success of our kids, right? But what about the skills that will help when things get tough? What does social emotional learning (SEL) have to do with kindness? We create a common language between schools, work and home with all of our resources. Our evidence-based Kindness in the Classroom® curriculum gives students the social and emotional skills needed to live more successful lives. We follow a simple framework for everything we do: Inspire, Empower, Act, Reflect and Share. We are rooted in the belief that all people can connect through kindness and that kindness can be taught. The Random Acts of Kindness (RAK) Foundation is a small nonprofit that invests our resources into making kindness the norm. Why teaching kindness matters & how we go about it.

ACTS OF KINDNESS DOWNLOAD

We invite you to share your feedback with us at Download Training Materials The information & activities can be used in any context.īetter yet, share these materials with educators you know! The training (and the curriculum) is fun and will benefit anyone who participates because all the activities and information are based on scientific research. ( download video here if you can't access YouTube) If you aren’t an educator, consider using it (with a few tweaks) where you work. We hope you take the time to check out the new training! Here is a quick overview video to help you get acquainted. (That’s why we titled the training “Kindness in the Classroom®: Cultivating Resilience Through Kindness”.) Specifically, building resilience, gratitude, kindness and reconnecting to what you do best-teaching. We are very proud to announce that all of our training materials are available online so that anyone can use them! Much of the training is focused on self-care for you-the educator.

Week 14: Project Implementation Days 4-5įree Kindness in the Classroom ® Training Materialsĭon't expect kindness in schools-teach it! We'll show you how!.

Week 13: Project Implementation Days 4-5.

Week 12: Project Implementation Days 4-5.

Week 11: Community Collaboration Days 3-4.

Week 11: Community Collaboration Days 1-2.

Week 10: Community Collaboration Days 4-5.

Responsibility Day 4: Community Connection.

Responsibility Day 3: Personal Connection.

Inclusiveness Day 4: Community Connection.

Inclusiveness Day 3: Personal Connection.

Use the individual download links below if you need a specific resource: This course meets the state community service graduation requirement for up to 50 hours. Your chief goal is to increase kindness in your community! Through community mapping, analysis, and partnership, you will work together in small groups, planning and executing a community project in service to the deficient or missing concept. In Weeks 8-16, you will work on a community-based project regarding at least one of these concepts that you identify as low or missing in your community. Not only will you learn about the concepts themselves, you will study them in your community and collect data on what you find. In Weeks 2-7, you will learn about the six kindness concepts: Respect, Caring, Inclusiveness, Integrity, Responsibility, and Courage. Each week gives you new ways to increase your capacity for kindness. Through the development and deployment of a community service project, you will build self-initiative, critical thinking, and community networking skills. Our new 16-week High School elective course will give you the opportunity to gather new and deeper insights about respect, caring, integrity, inclusiveness, and courage and to begin to apply them in new and more meaningful ways.