Helping students and educators feel more connected at school.
The Core Project creates practical curriculum, student experiences, and professional development designed to strengthen relationships, participation, and connection in middle and high schools.
THREE WAYS WE WORK WITH SCHOOLS
Practical support for students and educators.
Whether you’re looking for curriculum, student experiences, or professional development, The Core Project gives schools practical ways to strengthen connection and support growth.
Curriculum
READY TO USE. BUILT FOR REAL CLASSROOMS.
Experiential curriculum that gives educators practical ways to build relationships, strengthen life skills, and get students involved in the learning.
Core Lessons™ Middle School →
Core Lessons™ High School →
Core Groups™ →
Student Experiences
BRING STUDENTS TOGETHER.
Facilitated experiences that get students involved, help them connect beyond their usual circles, and give them something meaningful to reflect on together.
Educator Experiences
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT WORTH PARTICIPATING IN.
Experiential professional development that lets educators participate in the kind of learning they are often asked to create for students, while strengthening connection with one another.
OUR APPROACH
People learn through experience.
For more than 20 years, The Core Project has worked directly with students and educators. That experience has shaped a practical approach that gets people involved, creates opportunities for connection, and gives them time to reflect on what they experience.
Some things are difficult to learn from information alone. They need to be experienced, practiced, and understood in relationship with other people.
PARTICIPATION
People learn differently when they are part of the experience.
RELATIONSHIPS
Connection creates better conditions for learning and growth.
REFLECTION
Experience becomes more meaningful when we take time to make sense of it.
OWNERSHIP
Growth is recognizing the part we play and deciding what we want to do with it.
STUDENT EXPERIENCES
Core Day creates interactions that don’t usually happen during a school day.
Students tend to move through school in familiar circles. Core Day changes the setting and gives them structured opportunities to interact with people they may not normally talk with.
Through facilitated activities, conversation, and reflection, students participate together, hear from one another, and often leave seeing people they already knew in a different way.
Looking for something for student leaders?
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WHAT WE HEAR FROM SCHOOLS
You can usually tell when something reaches students.
“Students learn very quickly to step out of their comfort zone and interact with others authentically. Greg’s knack for creating such an open and positive atmosphere with youth is unmatched.”
—Teacher, Sandpoint High School
“I never ever thought that a school assembly could make me think about myself the way you did.”
—Student, Kellogg High School
OUR APPROACH
EDUCATOR EXPERIENCES
The adults in the building matter, too.
Educators spend a lot of time creating meaningful experiences for students. Our professional development gives them a chance to be part of those experiences themselves. They experience that kind of connection for themselves while learning firsthand what thoughtful facilitation can make possible. Above all, we want educators to leave feeling respected and affirmed in the work they already do.
Core Lessons Foundations Training™
Prepare staff to facilitate Core Lessons with confidence.
Elevate Core Lessons™
Go beyond the lesson plan and strengthen facilitation.
The Attached Classroom™
Look beneath behavior and explore the role relationships play in the classroom.
Rooted, Renewed, Ready™
Create space for the people doing the work to reconnect with themselves and one another.
LET’S TALK
Not sure where to start?
Tell us a little about your school and what you’re looking for. We can help you figure out what makes sense.