Start Here: 2020–2021 Second Step® Plan

These documents will help educators plan for a successful Second Step® implementation whether their schools are teaching remotely, in-person, or with a hybrid model. The documents include:

Suggested Implementation Plan, including staff supports and student activities
Summaries of all our new back-to-school supports
Advice on how to prioritize content to best meet the needs of students and staff when time is limited

Second Step Early Learning
Second Step Elementary
Second Step Middle School

Back-to-School Supports

These back-to-school resources—including new remote, hybrid, and in-person learning supports—are designed to help you, your staff, and your students have a successful start to the school year.

Second Step® SEL for Adults Resilience During Crisis Module

Designed to guide school communities in responding to events that cause extreme stress, this module will help teachers and school leaders strengthen their own resilience as well as recognize the signs of students in need of mental health supports. Free public access available through December 31, 2020.

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Second Step® Lesson Scripts

All Unit 1 lesson scripts for Second Step Early Learning and Second Step Elementary, including the Second Step Bullying Prevention Unit and Second Step Child Protection Unit, are available online at SecondStep.org. Navigate as follows:

Log in to your account and go to your Dashboard.
Click “Resources” next to the grade and program you want lesson scripts for.
Once you’re in the correct grade, click the “Teachers & Counselors” tab.
Find and click “Downloads” in the blue navigation bar below the tab.
Click ”Get English materials”
In ”Lesson Materials,” you’ll find a link to Unit 1 Lesson Scripts for your grade at the top of the page

Other units will be available via your enhanced program dashboard on August 28.

Second Step Remote Adaptation Guide

Schools that remain closed can use this guide to adapt all levels of the Second Step program to meet their needs. This guide is grounded in feedback and direct observation of remote Second Step lessons.
Second Step Hybrid Adaptation Guide
Schools that are open part-time can use this guide to adapt all levels of the Second Step program to meet their needs.

Second Step Elementary Remote Class Meeting Guide This guide provides supports for establishing remote Class Meetings and using those meetings to maintain a sense of community among students during school closures. This guide has a mix of general strategies and specific activities.

Second Step Elementary Remote Class Meeting Guide

Second Step Middle School Remote Learning Advisory Guide
This is a revision of our existing guide that supports schools in establishing remote advisory programs and using those programs to maintain a sense of community while schools are closed. It contains both general teaching strategies and specific advisory activities.

Second Step Middle School Remote Learning Advisory Guide
Second Step Middle School Advisory Activity Starter Pack

Second Step Community Rebuilding Unit
This is a new, five-lesson unit that can be used to help rebuild students’ connections to school in the wake of extended school closures. There will be separate sets of lessons for Kindergarten–Grade 1, Grades 2–3, Grades 4–5, and middle school. The unit includes strategies educators can use to help foster a positive, supportive school environment. The lessons are designed to be taught when schools first open for in-person instruction, whenever that date comes.

Second Step Middle School Community Rebuilding Unit
Second Step Elementary Grades 4–5 Community Rebuilding Unit
Second Step Elementary Grades 2–3 Community Rebuilding Unit
Second Step Elementary Grades K–1 Community Rebuilding Unit