School Climate

This free training package assists K-12 educators and school staff in supporting the mental health of students in the classroom. This package offers evidence-based strategies and skills to engage and support students experiencing adversity and distress. The training includes a free, self-paced online course on mental health literacy for educators ...

This archived webinar is the seventh in the “Enhancing Professional Competencies for Preventing Drug and Alcohol Misuse Among College Students” series. This session focuses on Leadership. This episode covers the importance of clearly defined roles and responsibilities, supervision, programmatic monitoring with an aim of continuous improvement, as well as vital ...

This toolkit (PDF, 15 pages) encourages school districts to create student-led clubs centered around Gender and Sexuality Alliances (GSAs). This resource provides information about the rights students have to form and participate in GSAs and other similar groups and offers tips on how schools can provide safe and supportive environments ...

This webpage contains campaign materials encouraging members of the K-12 community to visit SchoolSafety.gov and use its resources and tools to create safe and supportive learning environments for students and educators. The webpage includes an animated video, communications toolkit, infographics, social media posts, and graphics. Learn more.  ...

This report (PDF, 65 pages) provides new information from the 2021–22 Principal Follow-up Survey (PFS) about attrition and mobility of public and private K–12 school principals during the 2021-22 school year. The report also provides information on principal attrition and mobility by selected principal and school characteristics, plans to remain ...

This webpage highlights resources to strengthen, energize, and renew schools’ efforts to support healthy choices. Tips sheets, posters, briefs, guides, quizzes, and infographics are provided. Topics include:  Strengthening school meal programs  Energizing nutrition education and promotion  Renewing a healthy school environment  Learn more.  ...

This tool helps colleges and universities identify effective alcohol interventions. The tool includes:  An extensive review of decades of scientific literature  A multi-year collaboration involving 16 leaders in college alcohol intervention research  More than 60 interventions rated for effectiveness, costs, and other criteria  Two user-friendly matrices and other resources  School officials can use CollegeAIM to ...

September is National Campus Safety Awareness Month (NCSAM). NCSAM offers an opportunity to raise awareness about the safety concerns, preventative measures, and services available to support a safe return to campus for students this fall. NCSAM seeks to raise awareness of all types of violence prevention and safety efforts, including ...

This webinar recording is the fifth in the “Enhancing Professional Competencies for Preventing Drug and Alcohol Misuse Among College Students” series. This session focuses on program management. The episode highlights oversight and implementation of the campus’s efforts to prevent alcohol and drug misuse among its students, including attention to staff, ...

This study (PDF, 70 pages) examines findings from the Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE) School Climate Study. The study analyzes changes in school climate scores from a pre-pandemic year (2018/19) to the 2020/21 and 2021/22 school years, both of which were affected by COVID-19 and related policy changes. Learn more.  ...