Florida Students are Resilient
Empowering students to persevere and overcome life's inevitable challenges. The Florida Department of Education developed state education standards and resources to equip students with skills that build resiliency. There are 11 resiliency characteristics to help your child overcome any challenge.
- Perseverance: Continuing to try even when things are hard
- Grit: Working consistently toward my long-term goals
- Gratitude: Being thankful and sharing appreciation with others
- Responsibility: Owning my actions, using good judgment, and practicing self-control
- Responsible decision-making: Thinking about all options and outcomes to make the best choice
- Critical thinking & problem solving: Gathering information to think through and determine the best solution
- Self-awareness & self-management: Understanding and governing our thoughts, actions, and impact on others
- Mentorship: Giving or asking for support, guidance, training, or expertise
- Citizenship: Helping my neighbor, community, and nation
- Honesty: Telling the truth
- Empathy: Understanding other's thoughts, feelings, and actions
Source: RESILIENCY FLORIDA
Resources
Become a Resiliency Coach
To encourage Resiliency Education, the Florida Department of Education offers ways for parents and grandparents to help support students. Resiliency Coaches are trusted adults who are trained to mentor kids as they build resiliency to face day-to-day challenges.
Resiliency Characteristic Posters
Download the Resiliency Characteristic Posters to put up at home or in the classroom.
Resiliency Reading List
The Florida Department of Education is encouraging students to escape into a good book, where they can meet role models, find hope, witness grit, and build their strengths. This list of books can help increase resilience among students, from pre-kindergarten through grade twelve.
CPALMS Resiliency Toolkit
This toolkit was assembled by the Florida Department of Education to assist teachers in the development of more resilient and healthy students. The instructional resources included in this toolkit will empower students as they develop resilience and character education skills to adapt to a variety of situations. These lessons can also assist with instruction in health education topics included in the required instruction as per Rule 6A-1.094124.
Wellness Wednesdays
During the 2019-2020 school year, the State Board of Education passed rules related to health education impacting middle and high school students. The District designates ten dates as Wellness Wednesdays to engage students in this learning. The time set aside on each Wellness Wednesday provides students with tools to engage their learning and support our families in the development of the whole child. Please review the Wellness Wednesday website to watch each month's video lesson and engage students in conversation about this learning.