Now more than ever, social-emotional learning is an essential component in education. Respectful Ways is such a wonderful social-emotional program. The lesson plans are very easy to follow, and the lessons are age-appropriate and can be tailored to the needs of students. Students love playing the interactive games and listening to the interactive songs. I love that every lesson ends with a respectful wrap and promise. It is always encouraging when students look forward to the lessons as well.

–Oak Mountain Academy School Counselor

Respectful Ways is flexible in that you may only have 5 minutes to work on a lesson in the morning, but you can pick back up where you left off later in the day or the next time you have a SEL block. You don’t have to start a lesson over if you don’t finish on time, so that’s a huge plus.

– School Counselor

Our 1st and 2nd graders loved the Be Strong and Take it On course because it encouraged a strong mind, and it reminded them that mistakes happen. The IT in Grit was super cute!

 — Sheboygan Leadership Academy

This is the first year that our school has used Respectful Ways and it’s been a great success. The student survey data backs that up as well. Respectful Ways has been a great character education resource for us, especially since we’ve been remote all year and our students’ mental health is more important than ever. 

– Cosmo Braico, Vice Principal, Paterson Public School 13

Respectful Ways (RW) helps take the lesson planning out of the equation as it already provides teachers with a brief overview of each lesson that’s ready to instruct without much effort. RW hits current Georgia and national standards along the way in each module. With the various modules hitting on a wide variety of topics, RW allows us to pinpoint modules for teaching to meet our PBIS goals.

– School Counselor

I like the program because it teaches you lessons for life and it teaches you more ways to be nice to people than what you can already think of.

– 5th Grader

As we were approaching the testing season, I pulled a small group of 5th graders to work on a module about not giving up. This was to encourage them to push through when things were difficult. At the end of the lesson, each student had the ability to make their own meme. Several students held onto their memes and would remind me of how much they enjoyed that lesson. 

– School Counselor