Navigate360 & Michigan Cares
Social-Emotional Learning and Mental Health Support For Michigan
Available at NO Cost to ALL Michigan Schools
Student Mental Health is in Crisis
With Michigan Cares, students can understand how to manage their emotions.
Students are struggling, and schools have a responsibility to equip them with the tools to turn their struggles into strategies and find success. This is only possible through investing in their social-emotional education in addition to their academic development. Cultivating life skills like responsible decision- making, demonstrating empathy, and developing healthy coping mechanisms are invaluable as they navigate both the classroom and life beyond. Michigan Cares features hundreds of lessons that support students’ social-emotional development and mental health and is available at NO COST to all Michigan schools and districts.
Get Started with Michigan Cares
Program Features
- Onboard for free with a Michigan Cares expert and receive ongoing support
- Assign lessons for staff that correspond with student lessons
- Flexible implementation options to meet your school’s needs
- See real-time data outlining how the program improves school climate
- Roster with Clever and ClassLink
- Gauge learning outcomes with pre- and post-tests and assessments that can be given three times per year
Michigan Cares Package
Student Programming
CASEL-aligned social-emotional learning curriculum that equips students with the tools to better understand themselves and successfully navigate relationships with others.
With the support of this award-winning social-emotional learning (SEL) program, students will be prepared to reach their full potential.
We offer an evolving and robust library of lessons on the following topics:
- Responsible decision-making
- Social awareness
- Mental health
- Self-management
- Growth mindset
- Self-awareness
- Effective communication
- Academic success strategies
- Substance abuse
- Bullying prevention
- College readiness
- Relationship skills
- Empathy
- And hundreds more!
Family Programming
Equip families to have informed conversations with their children about today’s toughest challenges and support their students’ social-emotional development at home.
Family lessons align with student lessons for consistency. We offer a library of lessons on the following topics:
- Mental health and depression
- Respect
- Digital citizenship
- Drugs, alcohol, and vaping
- Academic integrity
- Fighting and violence
- Study skills
- And hundreds more!
Staff Programming
When teachers and staff better understand the needs of students, social-emotional learning (SEL) programs are more effective. Provide your teachers and staff with the support they need to thrive personally and professionally.
We offer a dynamic library of lessons on the following topics:
- Social-emotional learning
- Dealing with disruptive students
- Personal space and boundaries
- Reducing test-taking anxiety
- Student mental health
- Harassment, intimidation, and bullying
- Equity in the classroom
- Unhealthy relationships
- De-escalating conflict
- Cyberbullying
- And hundreds more!
Mental Health & Prevention
Schools can support students with evidence-based lessons that help them understand and improve their mental health and wellness.
- Lessons for students, staff, and families. Staff and Family lessons align with student lessons for consistency
- Content designed by mental health experts
- Pre- and post-tests for each lesson
- Emphasis on how students can H.E.L.P. others
- Teaches coping skills
- Helps reduce the stigma around mental health
- Comprehensive resources for staff and families to help facilitate mental health discussions
Behavior Intervention & Restorative Practices
Turn discipline into learning opportunities with early intervention and restorative practices.
Behavior Intervention & Restorative Practices gives schools and teachers an effective way to reach out and help students struggling behaviorally. Our library of lessons is based on common behavior infractions, including:
- Drugs, alcohol, and vaping
- Bullying and cyberbullying
- Tardiness and absenteeism
- Respect
- Vandalism
- Theft
- Conflict Resolution
- Fighting and aggression
- Academic integrity
- And more!
** The Behavior Intervention & Restorative Practices option is not included in the Michigan Cares package but can be purchased at a discounted rate for Michigan schools.
PBIS Rewards
A digital, schoolwide PBIS management system that helps schools create a positive climate in which every student can learn and grow academically, socially and emotionally.
PBIS Rewards simplifies the implementation and tracking of the PBIS framework within a school. With PBIS Rewards, school administration can clearly see how teachers are utilizing PBIS and how PBIS is improving school culture.
- Fully digital token economy, eliminating the need for paper tickets
- Recognize any student, anywhere, anytime
- Track student points accurately
- Use data to analyze trends
- Appropriate for all grade levels, PK-12
- Covers all 3 tiers of PBIS
- Enhanced features such as Check-in/Check-Out, SEL Check, House Groups, Behavior Referral System, and Teacher Rewards
** The PBIS Rewards option is not included in the Michigan Cares package but can be purchased at a discounted rate for Michigan schools.
Let’s do something about it.
About Michigan Cares
To address the needs of Michigan’s youth, the state of Michigan has provided funding for the Michigan Cares program, with lessons designed to support K-12 students, staff, and families.
Navigate360 is proud to partner with Michigan Virtual to deliver the Michigan Cares program. Michigan Cares helps Michigan schools implement state-funded social-emotional learning and mental health curricula that improve student engagement rates and provide direct support for student social, emotional, and mental health.
Discover what timely topics are included, learn more about this free program, and see how Michigan Cares can be the helping hand your students need.
