Emotional Well-being Curriculum
Our neuroscience-based curriculum is proven to drive an 11% improvement in emotional well-being scores*—building the essential life skills students need to succeed in and out of the classroom.
The 5 Competencies of Life Readiness
A vertically aligned 6–12 roadmap that builds the character and interpersonal skills required for lifelong achievement.
Self-Awareness
Recognizing how personal values and perspectives influence behavior to build a foundation of confidence and agency.
Self-Management
Mastering impulse control, stress management, and the internal tools required to maintain academic focus in any setting.
Social Awareness
Developing empathy and perspective-taking to navigate interpersonal dynamics and uphold community standards of respect.
Relationship Skills
Mastering the high-level communication skills necessary for building healthy peer relationships and effective workplace teamwork.
Responsible Decision-Making
Learning to evaluate consequences and make constructive choices that align with personal goals, safety, and ethics.
Reach Every Learner in the Room
Universal Design for Learning
- True UDL Support: Students demonstrate knowledge and build resilience their way via multiple means of representation, creative tools like Canva, drawing, projects, and other interactive tools.
- Authentic Student Perspectives: Our platform delivers the core skills and concepts while ensuring that a student’s own life experiences, values, and views remain the central focus of every lesson.
- Global Access: Real-time translation for 130+ languages and integrated text-to-speech ensure that every student’s unique life experiences and views take center stage in the language and format they are most comfortable with.
Proactive Support Without the Prep Time
FLEXIBLE & CONTROLLED DELIVERY
- 3 Delivery Modes: Instantly switch between Front-of-Class, Student-Paced, or Live Participation.
- Interactive Engagement: Utilize built-in Collaboration Boards and interactive scenarios to move beyond lectures and encourage healthy peer-to-peer communication.
- Teacher Empowerment: Ready-to-use guides include lesson pacing, key vocabulary, and specific instructional objectives to ensure consistent, high-quality delivery every time.
Actionable Insights for District Leaders
EVIDENCE-BASED IMPACT
- Validated Academic Growth: Anchor your program in research showing that proactive student support leads to an average 11% gain in emotional well-being scores.
- Real-Time Fidelity Tracking: Monitor district-wide usage and lesson completion through administrative dashboards, ensuring every student receives a consistent, high-quality instructional experience.
- Competency-Based Data: Automatically generate progress reports based on built-in Pre/Post-Assessments, turning student progress into objective, verifiable data for school board reporting.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is an emotional well-being curriculum?
An emotional well-being curriculum is a structured instructional program that teaches students skills in self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, relationship skills, and responsible decision-making. Unlike one-off lessons or advisory programs, a vertically aligned curriculum builds these competencies progressively across grade levels. Ori Learning’s Emotional Well-Being Curriculum covers grades 6–12 with a neuroscience-based approach aligned to the CASEL framework, giving educators a ready-to-teach program that requires no additional prep time.
How does Ori Learning’s curriculum align with CASEL competencies?
Ori Learning’s Emotional Well-Being Curriculum maps directly to all five CASEL competencies: Self-Awareness, Self-Management, Social Awareness, Relationship Skills, and Responsible Decision-Making. Each unit focuses on one competency area with lessons that progress from foundational understanding to real-world application. The curriculum also aligns with state-specific social-emotional learning standards in all 50 states, making it straightforward for districts to document compliance.
What grades does the Emotional Well-Being Curriculum cover?
The curriculum spans grades 6 through 12 with a vertically aligned scope and sequence. Middle school lessons (grades 6–8) introduce core concepts through age-appropriate scenarios and interactive activities. High school lessons (grades 9–12) build on those foundations with more complex real-world applications, including identity development, stress management, and decision-making under pressure. This vertical alignment means students develop deeper competencies each year rather than repeating the same content.
How is the curriculum implemented in classrooms?
Ori Learning’s curriculum is delivered through a digital platform that gives teachers complete lesson plans, student-facing materials, and facilitation guides. Lessons are designed for flexible delivery — they can be taught in advisory periods, health classes, homeroom, or dedicated social-emotional learning blocks. Each lesson takes approximately 30–45 minutes and includes built-in differentiation for diverse learners through Universal Design for Learning principles. No special training is required; teachers can begin instruction immediately.
What research supports the curriculum’s effectiveness?
An independent ESSA Level III impact study found that students using Ori Learning’s Emotional Well-Being Curriculum showed an 11% improvement in emotional well-being scores compared to baseline. The curriculum’s instructional design is grounded in neuroscience research on adolescent brain development, with lesson structures that reflect evidence-based practices for social-emotional skill acquisition. District leaders receive real-time analytics dashboards to track student progress and measure program impact at the school and district level.
Can this curriculum be used alongside existing programs?
Yes. Ori Learning’s Emotional Well-Being Curriculum is designed to complement existing school initiatives, including PBIS frameworks, MTSS tiered support systems, restorative justice programs, and advisory curricula. The curriculum serves as a Tier 1 universal support that strengthens the foundation for more targeted interventions. Districts using the curriculum alongside other programs report that the structured scope and sequence fills gaps that piecemeal approaches often leave unaddressed.