Health, Wellness, and Prevention

We empowers schools with the resources to improve well-being of students and staff. By fostering a supportive community of peers and mentors, we equip students with the skills needed to thrive in the classroom and beyond.

Bullying Prevention

Program Lead | Olivia Bachicha

GSN supports schools in addressing bullying holistically. We collaborate with communities to improve social-emotional learning competencies such as communication, self-management, relationship skills, and social awareness.

We follow these research-based practices:

Creating Healthy Schools

Program Lead | CJ Roberts

Generation Schools Network (GSN) works alongside districts to promote healthy behaviors in schools. Using the Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child (WSCC) Model, our coaches involve all stakeholders in improving student health & wellness.

Together with school staff, students, and community members, we examine how each of the factors below impacts student wellbeing:

  • Physical activity

  • Nutrition

  • Student and staff wellness

  • Health education & services

  • Social-emotional climate 

  • Student behavioral health needs

  • Family engagement

Dropout Prevention

Program Lead | Anna Hogberg and Donna Trujillo

GSN supports student re-engagement by providing academic and behavioral support to families. This program improves educational experiences for students that experience high mobility, including children in out-of-home care, homeless/unaccompanied youth, and migrant students.

Using personalized case management, GSN breaks down barriers for students at-risk by:

  • Standardizing a system for academic and behavioral supports

  • Providing social-emotional learning (SEL) in small groups 

  • Acting as a liaison between schools, communities, and families 

  • Creating personalized learning solutions for students at-risk

Restorative Practices

Program Lead | Zac Hess

Our Restorative Practices (RP) programming offers customizable professional development, consultation, and coaching/mentoring to meet your school or district’s specific goals and needs.

Our RP Program has three main outcomes:

  • Conflict Resolution

  • Policy Development

  • Reduced Disciplinary Actions (ex: office referrals, suspensions, and expulsions)

Social-Emotional Learning Curriculum and Programming

Program Lead | CJ Roberts

Empowering Education (EE) is GSN's social-emotional learning curriculum for building happy, mindful and successful schools. This EE curriculum, alongside GSN's Advocacy Program, provides a wide range of interventions guided by GSN’s five goals of Advocacy:

  • Build relationships

  • Support academic success

  • Overcome barriers

  • Develop essential life skills 

  • Plan for college and career 

Our SEL programming has been reviewed in an academic peer review journal showing the effectiveness of our curriculum, implementation support, and teacher trainings!

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