Building the Foundation: How Forward-Thinking Schools Equip K-5 Students with the Modern Life Skills for Positive Decision-Making
When it comes to teaching modern life skills, starting early matters. Even at a young age, kindergarteners make decisions every day, whether it’s on the playground or through their first experiences with technology. These early moments shape how they approach problems, interact with others, and see themselves.
By strengthening their positive decision-making skills or helping them build confidence, elementary schools set their students up for success in the classroom and beyond. With strong foundations in place, students are better equipped to navigate friendships, social challenges, and technology with positivity and thoughtfulness.
Hear from Katie Hanson, School Counselor at Bob Callies Elementary School in ND, and Joshua Hanke, Director of Instructional Technology at Brookwood School in GA, about how they implemented #WinAtSocial to support their elementary students’ learning, well-being, and futures.
How Bob Callies Elementary sparks meaningful conversations about trending topics with students through #WinAtSocial
“It’s been very comforting, as an educator, to know that we have #WinAtSocial as a resource to help students be prepared socially, be prepared career-wise, and in their relationships with each other and with us. It’s really nice to have the curriculum to prepare them that way.”
– Katie Hanson, School Counselor, Bob Callies Elementary School
How Brookwood School empowers students to have healthy relationships with tech and social media with #WinAtSocial
“The parent piece, starting there is important. They now have a place where they can go to have the latest information, and it really helps me out because I don’t have time to compile all of that information and know the ins and outs of the apps, all the way to helping our students manage time with their devices, to navigating those group chats that we get in late elementary school and early middle school.”
– Joshua Hanke, Director of Instructional Technology, Brookwood School
It’s never too early to equip even your youngest students with modern life skills that will fuel their future success. Learn how to bring The Social Institute’s positive approach to your elementary school, equipping students, educators, and families with the tools they need before they start swiping, scrolling, and posting by contacting us.
The Social Institute (TSI) is the leader in equipping students to navigate learning & well-being in a tech-fueled world. Through #WinAtSocial, our interactive, peer-to-peer learning platform, we empower students, educators, and families to make high-character choices online and offline. #WinAtSocial Lessons teach essential skills while capturing student voice and actionable insights for educators. These insights help educators maintain a healthy school culture, foster high-impact teaching, and build meaningful relationships with families. Our unique, student-respected approach empowers and equips students authentically, enabling our solution to increase classroom participation and improve student-teacher relationships. Through our one-of-a-kind lesson development process, we create lessons for a variety of core and elective classes, incorporating timely topics such as social media, AI, screen time, misinformation, and current events to help schools stay proactive in supporting student health, happiness, and academic success.