Advisory Is...: Your Guide to Starting an Impactful Advisory

Whether you call it advisory, homeroom, morning meeting, or SEL block - build a classroom culture where students feel proud to be themselves. Advisory Is... is a practical, ready-to-use guide to designing your classroom through a social-emotional learning lens.

Whether you're a new teacher, advisory teacher, school counselor, SEL coordinator, mentor, or administrator, this easy-to-use guide provides ready-to-implement strategies that help students build confidence, develop life skills, and thrive both inside and outside the classroom.

Inside this workbook, you'll learn how to:

• Create a safe, inclusive, and supportive classroom community
• Build positive teacher-student relationships and student belonging
• Plan engaging advisory lessons with confidence
• Teach essential Social Emotional Learning (SEL) skills
• Foster communication, collaboration, empathy, and responsible decision-making
• Support student wellness, character development, and emotional resilience
• Promote leadership, goal setting, growth mindset, and self-awareness
• Strengthen school culture through meaningful advisory activities

Designed with today's educators in mind, Advisory Is... includes practical frameworks, reflection opportunities, and actionable tools that make it easier to deliver high-impact advisory sessions without spending hours planning.

Perfect for schools implementing SEL curriculum, character education, restorative practices, advisory, homeroom, or student success programs, this workbook helps educators create experiences that encourage connection, engagement, and lifelong learning.

Help every student feel seen, supported, and prepared for success-starting with your next advisory period.