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Toolkit
K-12 district leaders are expecting to see a continued surge in the number of students requiring additional support for their mental health. The ten strategies in this toolkit provide district teams with a structured approach for school-based mental health supports, forming the foundations of a “population health management” model that will improve outcomes for students and reduce strain on district staff and resources.
Blogs
In the face of long-term stress and uncertainty, here's what can higher ed leaders do to support their staff and students.
Case Study
The behavioral intervention team (BIT) at Central Michigan University (CMU), called the Care Team, wanted to formalize their responsibilities to increase efficacy and reach to students in need of mental health support services.
Resource
Use this guide and downloadable template to build out a comprehensive mental health stepped care model for your institution.
Blogs
See how schools are using technology to address three common equity barriers for students: textbook funding, housing and food insecurity.
Video
Without access to timely, relevant data, schools have to take their best guess at both what’s happening with individual students and what’s occurring in their student populations at large.
Resource
In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, higher education leaders scrambled to make important decisions about remote campus operations while trying to maintain some academic continuity for their students. Use this resource to reflect on your institution’s COVID-19 response and access guidance and resources to help improve your efforts in that area.
Expert Insight
The new reality of the ongoing coronavirus crisis is that leaders at all levels of your organization need to be engaged in communicating with your community. This article guides best practices as well as providing examples of what effective communication looks like.
Resource
Research finds student soft skills development predicts future career and academic outcomes. Administrators can develop nonacademic, soft skills for students through these publicly available, time efficient, researched-back assessments of four key soft skills: cultural empathy, teamwork and collaboration, communication, and environmental stewardship.
Expert Insight
Fear and stress resulting from the outbreak of coronavirus can be overwhelming for the entire K-12 community. District leaders and heads of schools must be attentive to the effects of coronavirus on the mental health and well-being of students, teachers, and staff members.
