Mental Health — Resources for Educators | Making Caring Common

Classroom Check-in Survey

It’s vital that teachers, administrators, and other school adults foster a sense of belonging and community with one another and their students; make informed decisions about what children need to know and understand in order to feel safe; and focus on creating an environment where children can ask the questions that matter to them.

Our classroom check-in survey is a quick, easy, and confidential way for educators to assess student well-being whether they’re in school or learning remotely.

K-12Ali CashinApril 3, 2020Mental Health, COVID

Relationship Mapping Strategy

Use Making Caring Common’s relationship mapping strategy for your school, community organization, or religious group to help ensure everyone has a strong connection to someone else during these challenging times.

K-12MCC TeamMarch 23, 2020Mental Health, Social-Emotional Learning (SEL), Relationship Mapping

Time Management Lesson Plan

As children get older, they encounter increasingly complex academic, social, athletic, and familial demands on their time which can be difficult to navigate.

Help your students learn how to prioritize and balance their commitments with this time management lesson plan.

Total time: 1-1.5 hours over 2-3 sessions.

K-12MCC TeamSeptember 20, 2019College Admissions, Mental Health

School-Family College Admissions Compact

This resource is designed for school communities where students experience excessive achievement pressure in the college admissions process. When this pressure gets too great students often suffer anxiety and depression and other mental health troubles. This pressure can also undermine meaningful learning and students’ ability to focus on and care for others.

Below is a template with suggestions for schools to create a compact with parents focused on reducing excessive achievement pressure and creating a healthy college admissions process. This template is intended to be adapted collaboratively between schools and parents based on each school community’s specific needs and culture.

K-12MCC TeamSeptember 9, 2019College Admissions, Mental Health

Resources For Educators