Remember whose parents came to Back-to-School Night with a pre-made sign-in sheet that requires attendees to write their name, phone number, email address, and more. 

A 32-slide professional development presentation introduces administrators, counselors, and teachers to the social awareness competency. The presentation includes specific strategies to help learners develop social awareness, identifies...

Looking for some tools to help you incorporate social and emotional learning into your curriculum? Then check out this 79-page kit packed with ideas for developing social-emotional learning competencies. The first section provides...

The Mindfulness Toolkit is designed to provide educators with the information they need to introduce the social-emotional competency of mindfulness into their school. The kit includes background information to help teachers develop their...

A nine-slide presentation provides educators with practical ways they can help young people develop a growth mindset, a key competency in social-emotional learning.

School violence is becoming an epidemic in America. How can schools protect their teachers—and teach them how to protect their students? Read an important brochure about how violence affects teachers personally, emotionally, financially,...

It's important for teachers to have a strong support system—especially in the first few years of their career. Help teachers' partners, spouses, and friends understand the most compassionate ways to provide emotional support with a...

I can remember what happened five years ago, but I can't recall what I did last week! High school psychology students analyze how memory, cognition, and language impact one another. Hands-on activities, memory exercises, and research...

Imagine seventh graders developing a school wide plan to promote respect in their school. That's the vision behind the second lesson in the R-E-S-P-E-C-T series. In preparation for designing a school-wide media campaign, class members...

Vital information for parents who want to actively engage in their child's education. Find a Back to School checklist, School Information, a Parents Guide to No Child Left Behind, and Publications for Parents.

Vital information for parents who want to actively engage in their child's education. Find a Back to School checklist, School Information, a Parents Guide to No Child Left Behind, and Publications for Parents.

[Free Registration/Login Required] This extensive lesson focuses on the parent/child relationships in Romeo and Juliet and in Ben Jonson's poem "On My First Sonne." Several activities are provided to aid students in comparing the...

Can you describe the "typical American family?" What would that family look like to you? Would it resemble your family? Today, there are so many different kinds of families that it is difficult to describe a "typical" family. Families...

Do all animal babies look like their parents? Let's explore animal babies and find out the answer to this scientific question! Students will explore animal parents and animal babies through a matching game. Included in this lesson are...

In this instructional activity, we observe our own plants to discover the answer to this big question: How are plants like their parents? Students will observe pre-planted seedlings and compare them to photographs of their parent plants....

[Free Registration/Login Required] This is a comprehensive lesson for comparing parent/child relationships using poems by a variety of English Literary Heritage poets and Acts I-III of King Lear. It includes parent/child lessons and...

Suggestions of ways for parents to read, write, and tell stories together with children from infancy to third grade. Available in multiple languages.

This document was developed to help middle school parents and other family members understand the essential components of RTI (screening, progress monitoring, multi-level prevention system, and data-based decision making), ask questions...

This resource is intended to help parents and families understand RTI by answering some frequently asked questions related to its structure and essential components. It also addresses the relationship between RTI and the referral and...

This resource provides information about child labor laws and occupational safety for parents of young workers.

Given a graph or verbal description of a function, the student will determine whether the parent function is quadratic or linear.

You're meeting your child's teacher for the first time. How can you make the best use of this conference? Here are some good ideas.

Information about the U.S. school system written especially for immigrant parents but beneficial, nonetheless, for any parent who has questions about school-related issues. Explains, in simple language, the types of schools available in...

This National Association works to coordinate and promote communication among foster parent associations, child care agencies, and other child advocates. Links to information, training, and references are just a few topics posted on this...