Positive Students Competitors

Mindful Schools empowers educators to spark systemic change from the inside out by cultivating awareness, resilience, and compassionate action. Our vision is for all children to learn in “mindful schools” that nurture a new generation of leaders to create a more equitable and thriving world. Mindful Schools is a non-profit organization founded in 2007. We are proud to be a partner of choice for over 500 schools across the country. We’ve trained over 70,000 educators through professional development training, community resources and events, and most recently, national schoolwide mindfulness programs. Our programs are all designed by educators, for educators, with educators with deep experience bringing mindfulness to schools with an equity-centered, trauma-sensitive approach. With an expanding network of educators working to implement mindfulness, and an unwavering commitment to integrate diversity, equity, and inclusion into our work, we are uniquely poised to cultivate joyful and just learning communities, no matter what the future holds. Learn more: www.mindfulschools.org

Teen Empowerment (TE) inspires inner-city youth to think deeply about the most difficult issues in their communities and provides them with the tools they need to work together to create significant positive change. Each year, Teen Empowerment employs more than 100 talented young people, giving them the skills and resources needed to plan and implement life changing initiatives that involve more than 6,000 youth and adults.

Responsive Classroom®: Partnering with schools to ensure a high-quality education for every child, every day. At Center for Responsive Schools, we partner with elementary and middle school leaders to provide teachers with professional development that enables them to create optimal learning environments for students. We define an optimal learning environment as one where teachers use Responsive Classroom practices to help students acquire and use academic, social, and emotional skills and competencies and create classrooms characterized by positive community, engaging academics, effective management, and alignment of instruction with learners' developmental strengths and needs.