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Check-In, Reflect, Connect

Daily rhythm. Lasting culture.

$2,400 / year per school

SEL with the body and community put back in. A relational, somatic, culturally responsive SEL curriculum for grades 5–12 and the adults who support them.

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The Problem Schools Are Facing

Your students report persistent mental health challenges.
Teachers are burned out.

Classrooms feel disconnected. You've tried SEL programs, but they add to the load, another worksheet, another lesson to squeeze in, another system to manage.

Young people need places where they can notice what is happening inside them, put language to what they're experiencing, connect with other people, and practice moving through life together. But most SEL programs aren't designed to make that possible.

What This Looks Like in Your School

Belonging

Do young people experience greater connection to their learning community? Do they show up differently when they know this practice is part of the day?

Emotional Awareness

Are learners developing more language for what they're experiencing? Do they express themselves more clearly instead of acting out?

Groundedness

Do students have practices they can draw on when things become difficult? Can they self-regulate instead of escalating?

Voice

Do young people have more opportunities to express what they need and what they notice? Are they heard?

Relationship

Are learners practicing listening, communication, empathy, and repair? Is classroom culture shifting?

Teacher Capacity

Do educators feel more equipped to facilitate conversations about emotion, relationship, and wellbeing? Do they have fewer behavioral issues to manage?

5th graders look forward to Check-In pages. When their teacher skips them, students ask, "Why aren't we doing check-in today?" The teacher uses the practices to understand what students are experiencing and find she has fewer behavior problems during the rest of the day. "It's five minutes that gives me information about the entire room," she says.

Yates Elementary, Chicago

Practicing making space for the human need for safety, belonging, and connection

Check-In, Reflect & Connect is designed to build space for those conditions daily, weaving into the fabric of the school day rather than as an add-on program.

How It Works

  • Onboarding conversation to set the program up for your context
  • We offer the First Look to capture where we're beginning
  • Begin the rhythm -morning check-in and mindful moment
  • Afternoon reflection and community builder
  • Capture growth and learning - Last Look
  • Annual license, renewable

Already in your budget. Check-In, Reflect & Connect maps directly to Title IV-A (safe and healthy students), Title I (schoolwide or targeted assistance), Title II (staff PD), and Title III (bilingual edition/EL services) — four funding lines your district already holds.

What's inside

Student Workbook

80 pages of check-in, reflection, and community-building practices. Spanish version available.

Facilitator Guide

Daily implementation guidance, scripted mindful moments, adaptation tips, and facilitation practices so teachers aren't winging it.

27 SEL Practices

Ready-to-use activities you can weave in anytime.

Assessment Tools

Simple ways to notice what's changing in your school: student self-reflection, teacher observation logs, community feedback circles, and program reflection tools.

Who This Is For

  • Schools wanting a daily relational rhythm that doesn't require a specialist to run
  • Principals looking for an SEL approach that actually stays in the room
  • Teachers who want ready to use daily SEL practice
  • Districts building toward a whole-school culture shift over time

School & Organization License — $2,400/year

For one school or organizational site serving young people (PreK–12).
Approximately $3–$6 per student (depending on school size)

Includes:
✓ Complete digital curriculum for all staff
✓ Facilitator Guide (PDF + video training)
✓ Student workbook materials (digital)
✓ Spanish workbook access
✓ 27 additional SEL practices
✓ Assessment & reflection tools
✓ Implementation resources
✓ Annual curriculum updates
✓ School-site internal use license

Professional development available separately for teams seeking implementation and facilitation support.

An occupational therapist uses Check-In prompts during her existing counseling time. She weaves the questions into her activities and finds it gives students language for regulation. Teachers who see students afterward notice the difference in how they're showing up.

School Counselor, New York

This is the somatic SEL root system.

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Young learners working together at a low table