Success Stories
Read about how teachers and administrators successfully integrated the SECOND STEP program into their schools.
Four SECOND STEP Stories
Get inspired by the "SEL Breakfast Club," ready-to-learn kindergartners, a charter school in D.C., and a drop in office referrals at an LA school.
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Dramatic Change in School Culture
Florence Griffith-Joyner Elementary, Los Angeles, CA
Florence Griffith-Joyner Elementary is in a tough neighborhood, but they are seeing dramatic and positive change in students' behavior—and fewer discipline referrals—after implementing the Second Step program.
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Fewer Office Referrals in Washington, DC
District of Columbia Charter Schools, Washington, D.C.
Office referrals are down in District of Columbia charter schools that have implemented the Second Step program. Washington, DC Student Support Center staff members Anise Walker and Sarah Ghaleb tell us how they helped the schools stay on track to achieve this success.
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Positive Interactions
Nathan Eckstein Middle School, Seattle, WA
"The new Second Step program is something that these students need so desperately; I wish that it was an actual required course," says Zoe Pilgrim.
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New Middle School Program More Relevant to Students
St. Francis of Assisi School, Burien, WA
Seventh-grade teacher Monica Stein has been piloting the brand-new Second Step Middle School Program with her seventh-grade class.
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Fewer Disciplinary Referrals
Hampton Elementary School, Hampton, New Brunswick
For the first three years George Goss was vice principal and counselor at Hampton Elementary, the 400-student school racked up more than 1,000 disciplinary referrals per year.
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Young Children Managing Emotions
Tulalip Elementary School, Marysville, WA
Kristine Leone and Sara Skibba both teach the Second Step program to their kindergarten students on the Tulalip Indian Reservation, where 70 percent of the student population is Native American.
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Role-Plays Popular in Juvenile Center
Tiger Morton Juvenile Center, Dunbar, WV
When case worker Michael Parker began implementing the Second Step Middle School program at the Tiger Morton Juvenile Center, he was dubious. "I thought, 'We're just gonna set ourselves up for chaos.'"
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