Human skills

Celebrate our 2024 Second Step® Educator of the Year award winners. Among thousands of educators, see why these five stand out as extraordinary innovators and changemakers.

Learn how human skills programs can help support students’ mental health, strengthen connections, and create a positive school environment where students can thrive.

Cell phone bans are only part of the solution. Learn how schools can help students balance technology use and build the digital well-being skills needed for a healthy future.

Misconceptions about human skills programs are common. Here are four myths debunked with research and classroom experience from the Second Step community.

Even though human skills programs are shown to benefit kids and schools in a wide variety of ways, misconceptions about teaching human skills are still common.

Human skills can help students manage stress, improve focus, connect with their teachers and peers, and develop a growth mindset—all crucial for overcoming learning loss.

At Hillsborough County Public Schools in Florida, leaders leverage the program flexibility and easy implementation of Second Step programs to meet the diverse needs of their student population.

With Second Step programs implemented schoolwide, Kent Laboratory Academy has built a culture of belonging, one where students feel supported and educators feel empowered.