Teachers
Strengthen your classroom with a teacher-first approach that cultivates more positivity, clarity, and engagement in the classroom.
Starting with Teachers
We believe strong schools begin with supported teachers. For teachers to be effective in their classrooms, their social and emotional well-being must come first. That’s why our strategies and practices have teachers in mind from start to finish. Contact us today to get started exploring our curriculum.
Teacher Resources
Classroom Practices
Everyday Strategies
The Challenge
Our Solution
Classroom Management
We use strength-based and mindfulness strategies to manage behavior with positivity, helping create a focused and supportive classroom environment.
Motivating Students
Cultivating a positive classroom culture can be challenging with so many different personalities, experiences, mental health challenges, trauma and other social/emotional needs in one room.
Academic Achievement
We help students overcome learning barriers, take ownership of their progress, and build the confidence and skills they need to succeed in the classroom and beyond.
Identifying Student Strengths
We identify each student’s unique strengths to better inform instruction, boost confidence, and create more personalized, engaging learning experiences that support long-term growth.
Does Your School Need SEL?
FOR TEACHERS
Teacher Resources
Classroom Practices
We offer a variety of Classroom Practices grounded in intention, Mindfulness, and Character Strengths. Our practices help you nurture each student’s unique strengths to support learning, growth, and well-being.
Strength-Based
We use Character Strengths to empower students and teachers to reach academic and SEL learning goals.
Mindfulness
We use Mindfulness practices to help students and adults recognize and regulate their emotions.
Mindfulness
Intentional practices within The Character Effect™ are the catalyst for positive change.
Everyday Strategies
For teachers to be effective in their classrooms, their social and emotional well-being must come first. That’s why our strategies have our teachers in mind from start to finish.
Teacher Support
Focusing on your self-care as well as helping you integrate our curriculum into your classroom.
Student Learning
Student Learning includes both weekly activities and general classroom resources.
Family Engagement
We extend our reach to families, while bringing a strength-based approach to all interactions.
Strength of the Week Activities
Our Strength of the Week activities are designed to be facilitated by the teacher. We encourage you to collaborate with and engage your students as you complete all the activities together.
Weekly Activities
Ready-to-use weekly lesson plans centered on a specific Character Strength
Group Exercises
Group exercises that build teamwork, communication, and stronger peer connections
Reflection Prompts
Reflection prompts and discussion guides to build self-awareness and positive relationships
Professional Development Menu
Check out our complete list of Professional Development workshops for teachers and school staff, designed to strengthen classroom skills, boost well-being, and support student success.
Implementation
Participants will be introduced to the guiding principles of our program
Group Exercises
Mapping Mindfulness
Recharging
Learn how stress impacts well-being and gain simple strategies to prevent burnout.
Group Coaching Menu
Group Coaching is an opportunity for small groups of teachers to collaborate, connect, and learn. Choose an entire series or mix and match based on need and interest.
Teacher Wellness
This series helps teachers practice intentional self-care methods.
Colleague Connection
Enrich connections among teachers and staff, ultimately enhancing the culture of the school.
Supporting Students
Offers interactive discussion centered around supporting students’ SEL competencies.
As a teacher, I feel calmer and less anxious. It gives me the language to explain to students how I am feeling and how I can help a student take the time to take in and understand everything around them. I have told all my teacher friends about it at other schools!
Tiffany Gruen
Teacher and Mom
Coaching has made me think about my emotions, both personally and professionally. It makes me slow my instant reactions and think about how I will respond to situations.
Rikki Dressman
4th Grade Teacher
“I feel that using the strength spotting sheets has really brought our classroom community together. I have challenged students to give specific examples and it really shows how much they care about each other and look out for each other.”
Amanda Wey
3rd Grade Teacher
“The Character Effect has given us an opportunity to switch our language and approach with the students. This curriculum has granted us the opportunity to be proactive rather than reactive when it comes to helping students.”
Victoria Guzman
Wellness Director at KnILE
FOR TEACHERS
Classroom Practices
At The Character Effect™, we provide a classroom approach rooted in intention, Mindfulness, and a strengths-based mindset. This integrated framework helps educators recognize and nurture each student’s unique strengths so they can truly thrive. Research shows these practices support both academic success and well-being—and The Character Effect™ brings them together in one simple, practical approach for the classroom.
Our Practices:
Intentional
Strength-Based
Mindfullness
Intentional
Overview Summary:
Intentional is defined as: “I am thoughtful in working to improve myself and the world.”
Being Intentional is about being purposeful in life. Creating a vision of what we want in life helps us connect emotionally to the future and empowers us to achieve that vision. Daily Intentional actions create the roadmap that gets us to where we want to go.
Intentional practices within The Character Effect™ are the foundation for positive change. They support teacher self-care and readiness to teach social-emotional learning skills as well as student’s readiness to learn and to create positive change within themselves.
Research shows that among other things, an International life is associated with psychological well-being, higher self-esteem, better health, greater job satisfaction and increased academic success.
Strength-Based
Overview Summary:
Character Strengths are defined as: “I use my natural gifts to be the best I can be”.
The Character Effect™ uses Character Strengths as a tool to empower students and teachers in reaching academic and social-emotional learning goals.
Focusing on “what is strong” rather than “what is wrong” helps build healthy relationships, increase motivation, and contribute to a positive school culture.
Research finds there are 24 Character Strengths found universally around the world. Using Character Strengths is associated with greater happiness, decreased stress, positive relationships (among adults and students), improvements in academic performance, and increased physical health.
Mindfullness
Overview Summary:
Mindfulness is defined as: “I am present and fully engaged in the moment.”
Mindfulness is about being focused in the present, noticing thoughts and feelings, and accepting them in a curious and nonjudgemental way. Mindfulness practices can be formal (like meditation or yoga) or informal (like taking a few breaths to self-regulate in a stressful situation.)
The Character Effect(TM) uses Mindfulness to boost strengths of Self-Control and Perspective, ultimately increasing focus, participation, respect, and empathy in students, teachers, and caregivers.
Research shows regular Mindfulness practices change the brain, with many positive impacts including increased productivity, improved health, decreased stress and improved concentration.
Additional benefits for students include improvements in academics, behavior, and peer relationships.
What Are Your Top Strengths?
FOR TEACHERS
Everyday Strategies
For teachers to be effective in the classroom, their social and emotional well-being must come first. When educators feel supported, valued, and equipped, they are better able to create positive, engaging learning environments for their students. That’s why we design practical, everyday strategies and practices with educators at the center. We deliver tools that are realistic, sustainable, and easy to integrate into educators daily routines.
Our Strategies
Teacher Support
Student Learning
Family Engagement
Teacher Support
Overview Summary:
Teacher Support focuses on promoting educators’ social and emotional well-being, in addition to assisting in the implementation of the program. A designated specialist is available to help teachers create positive change in ways that work for them.
Ways That We Offer Support:
- Professional development sessions, group coaching sessions, program guides, videos and monthly newsletters
- Individual coaching sessions and weekly self-care texts
Student Learning
Overview Summary:
Ways That We Offer Support:
- Online activities for students of all ages are organized by the Strength of the Week or thematic learning modules. With multiple activities available, they are designed for quick and easy implementation.
- Classroom resources bolster social-emotional skills throughout the day and are easily integrated into your classroom routines. They include strength posters announcements, tips and Strengths Discussion Cards, “Ready to Learn” plans and mindful videos and scripts.
Family Engagement
Overview Summary:
Ways That We Offer Support:
- Through weekly social media tips, interactive crafts, engaging conversations, and meaningful fun, our Family Engagement support spreads awareness of positive psychology to parents and caregivers.
- Weekly family tips are sent directly to families through your school’s communication platform.
Let’s Work Together!
Whether you’re an educator, parent, or school leader, our programs are designed to build Character Strengths that create lasting impact. Let’s find the right fit together.
