Project Description
inspirED is a free program that supports middle and high school students to create positive change in their schools and communities. Through an open access website (inspiredstudents.org) and inspirED’s student leadership trainings, we guide students through four steps (ABCD):
Assess school climate
Brainstorm project ideas
Complete a project
Debrief your success and impact
Our inspirED Playbook provides step-by-step guidance for teams of students to implement inspirED and bring a school climate improvement project to life. The inspirED website also offers two searchable resource libraries: one for SEL activities and another of inspirED project ideas, all crowdsourced from existing inspirED teams around the country.
The inspirED website offers all our resources for free and is open to anyone. Teams who register with inspirED also receive a monthly newsletter, remote coaching sessions, and first notice of upcoming events or opportunities.
Project Recruitment
Schools interested in trying out our newest student-led measure of school climate, can join the School Climate Walkthrough study. This involves using our digital survey to measure your school climate, and receiving a free, comprehensive school climate report and remote coaching session within a month of taking the survey. Click here for more information.
Publications
Hoffmann, J. D. & Hills, E. (In press). Fostering creativity in adolescence. In S. Russ, J. Hoffmann, & J. Kaufman (Eds.), The Cambridge Handbook of Lifespan Development of Creativity. Cambridge University Press.
Hoffmann, J. D., McGarry, J., Baumsteiger, R., Seibyl, J., & Brackett, M. (In press). Emotional empowerment in high school life. In G. Misra & I. Misra (Eds.), Emotions in Cultural Context, Springer.
Seibyl, J., Hoffmann, J.D., Baumsteiger, R., McGarry, J.A. (2020, August). What Our High Schools Need: A Content Analysis of Student-Led School Climate Improvement Projects. Poster presentation at the American Psychological Association (APA) annual meeting, Washington, DC.
White, A. E., Moeller, J., Ivcevic, Z., Brackett, M. A., & Stern, R. (2018). LGBTQ adolescents’ positive and negative emotions and experiences in US high schools. Sex Roles, 79(9-10), 594-608.
Moeller, J., Ivcevic, Z., Brackett, M. A., & White, A. E. (2018). Mixed emotions: Network analyses of intra-individual co-occurrences within and across situations. Emotion, 18(8), 1106.
Levy, S., Hoffmann, J., & Brackett., M. (2020, May 21). How to Foster a Positive School Climate in a Virtual World. EdSurge.
Baumsteiger, R., & Hoffmann, J. D. (2020). Bracing for a second wave: How to boost school resiliency by promoting prosocial behavior. EdSurge.
Another tool to improve student mental health? Kids talking to kids, Hechinger Report
The Emotion Revolution: What We Learned from the Young People, The Huffington Post
The Emotion Revolution, National Association of Independent Schools
Study: Most of students’ feelings about high school are negative, Education Dive
National Media/News
"Diversity in Action" at North Haven H.S : What's Right With Schools, WTNH CT
Yale asked kids how they feel about high school; the answer might sound familiar, New Haven Register
National survey: Students’ feelings about high school are mostly negative, Yale News
Jessica Hoffman and Julie McGarry from Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence, Blog Talk Radio