Top Resources to Partner with your Family Community to Fuel Student Health, Happiness, and Success
Studies show that there is a strong correlation between family engagement in students’ learning and their academic success. Researchers have found that students with families who are engaged in their learning perform better academically, have higher graduation rates, and develop better social skills and classroom behavior. Here are the top ways The Social Institute empowers families to be a part of the conversation and support student success.
TSI’s Top Resources to Support Student Success
The Social Toolkit
At The Social Institute, we believe in the power of teamwork. Specifically, we believe in parents and educators working together to support the whole student and ignite the fuel to their health, happiness, and future success. That’s why we put together the Social Toolkit. Through top tech tips, interactive family huddles, and summaries of trending social media apps, the Social Toolkit gives parents and educators the Student Intelligence they need to comprehend the trends impacting the lives of their students. Learn more about the best-in-class resources provided in the Social Toolkit here.
Platform Playbooks
Our Platform Playbooks provide families, educators, and students with the information they need to make positive decisions when it comes to the hottest social media apps and devices. Playbooks give your family and school the knowledge and everyday tools to equip students to protect their privacy online. By keeping a pulse on the latest updates from the most popular apps, parents and educators are able to stay ahead of the curve and prepare for the future. With over 40+ playbooks available, we’ve got you covered. Check out a sample playbook here.
Family Huddles
Just like any successful team, it’s important to set aside time to huddle up for open and honest conversations. Family Huddles encourage students to engage with their families through important topics that align with the #WinAtSocial Lessons. These huddles allow time to cultivate meaningful conversations around student experiences, both online and offline. By extending these discussions beyond the walls of the classroom, families are equipped to support their students in a way that promotes future success. Take a closer look at our Family Huddles here.
Family Courses
The Social Institute’s family courses empower parents and guardians to confidently navigate social media and technology alongside their children. These 30-minute asynchronous courses provide actionable strategies for fostering healthy habits, trust, and open communication at home. Families gain access to expert tools like the Social Toolkit, helping them build resilience and balance in today’s digital world.
- Family Overview: Navigating Social Media in Healthy, High-Character Ways: Explore a big-picture approach to guiding your family through today’s digital challenges while reinforcing your values.
- Diving Deeper into the Apps Students Use: Gain insights into the most popular apps, their impact on students, and strategies to foster positive usage habits.
- How to Update Settings Across Apps & Devices: Learn practical steps to enhance privacy, manage screen time, and create a safer online experience for your family.
- Family Tech Standards: Co-Creating Agreements: Collaboratively establish family tech rules that align with your values and support balanced technology use.
- Huddling vs. Helicoptering: Building Trust Through Technology Conversations: Discover how to replace over-monitoring with open, supportive dialogue about social media and tech.
2024 Insights on how social media, tech, and current events are impacting student well-being
In 2023, we gathered insights on how social media and tech impact student well-being from more than 29,000 students through TSI’s Annual Student Survey and more than 1 million responses through our K-12 learning platform, #WinAtSocial. What do these student insights tell us about how the ever-evolving world of social media and tech can fuel student health, happiness, and future success? Find out in The 2024 Student Insights Report.
Social media and tech affect your entire school community, not just your students. So it’s important to engage the family community in helping empower students to navigate social media and tech in high-character ways. By sharing these resources with your families, your school community will feel more connected and prepared to support students. Request a demo now to learn how you can provide these resources to your families this school year! To learn more about our resources, follow along on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook, @TheSocialInst.
The Social Institute (TSI) is the leader in understanding student experiences and creator of #WinAtSocial, a gamified, online learning platform that equips students, educators, and families to navigate social experiences — online and offline — in healthy ways. Our unique, student-respected approach incorporates topics like social media, technology use, and current events that have a significant impact on student well-being. Lessons teach life skills for the modern day to inspire high-character decisions that support the health, happiness, and future success of students, while capturing data that provides insights to school leaders to inform school policy and communications, and enable high-impact teaching and a healthy learning environment. For schools, our turnkey technology allows for easy implementation and a comprehensive game plan to support the well-being of school communities.