Leader in Me, offered by Franklin Covey Education, provides lesson-based, teaching practices, and organizational strategies approaches to SEL. Leader in Me offers programming for grades K-12. A CASEL-approved evaluation demonstrates evidence of effectiveness at grades K-5. Resources are accessed via an online portal that offers structured lessons, extension activities, and professional development modules.
Strategies supporting educational equity
Leader in Me offers strategies for understanding context, working with bias, youth action projects, and customizing for context. This includes training offerings that help educators grow their ability to identify and reduce bias and promote inclusion and belonging in order to create equitable and accessible learning environments. Additionally, students are empowered to develop, initiate, and direct service-learning projects to address needs in their school and local communities.
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- SEL lessons
- Instructional practices
- Relationship building
- Positive classroom management
- SEL generalization
- Shared agreements
- Student voice
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- Systemic support for SEL
- Adult SEL
- Peer mentoring
- Student supports
- Student Voice
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- Service-learning
- Community partnerships
- Community volunteer activities
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- Family Intervention Component
- School Involvement
- Activities and Resources for Home
- Individualized Communication
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- Onsite in-person training
- Virtual training
- Offsite training
- Train the trainer model
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- Administrator support
- Coaching
- Technical assistance
- Professional Learning Communities (PLCs)
- Online resource library
- Self-report tools for monitoring implementation
- Observational tools
- Tools for measuring student success
Evidence of effectiveness
Results from a quasi-experimental (QE) study conducted from 2009 to 2015 support (unpublished report written in 2018) the effectiveness of the Leader in Me curriculum for elementary students. The evaluation included students in grades K -5 (Hispanic/Latinx = 30%, Black/African American = 16%, students eligible for FRPL = 65%) from 154 schools in urban, suburban, and rural parts in a Southeastern state . The evaluation found a school-level reduction in conduct behaviors in schools participating in the Leader in Me program compared to control schools (outcomes reported as a cross section approximately 6 years after baseline while controlling for outcome pretest).
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Evidence shown in grades K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5School characteristics -
- Rural
- Urban
- Suburban
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- Southeast
Student characteristics - Black / African American
- Hispanic / Latinx
- Low income
Percentage Low Income - Percentage of students eligible for free or reduced price lunch: 65%
Study design type - RCT
Greater than 350 students included in study design type - Yes
Multiple school districts included at study design type - Yes
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- Improved academic performance
- Reduced emotional distress
- Improved identity development and agency
- Reduced problem behaviors
- Improved school climate
- Improved school connectedness
- Improved social behaviors
- Improved teaching practices
- Improved other SEL skills and attitudes
How does Leader in Me support SEL implementation across multiple settings?
“Leader in Me acts as an inside-out system, building the SEL capacity of the adults in the school as the foundation. This systematic approach to SEL practices includes outreach to families and the community as essential parts of the learning partnership. Students grow their sense of purpose and potential through service learning in their schools and communities.”
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Go to Provider SiteReferences
- Accepted by CASEL
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Schilling, S. (2018). A Quasi-Experimental Study of the Effect of the Leader in Me School Intervention on Discipline Incidents in Florida Schools. Unpublished manuscript.
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