Circle of Strength

This book provides the curriculum for Circle of Strength, a social and emotional (SEL) advisory program for students in middle and high school. The program consists of activity lessons and resources to help classrooms, schools, or districts develop a new advisory program or enhance an existing one. The curriculum can also be used outside of the school, in any organization that meets regularly with a group of young people, including youth groups, teams, after school programs, and more! 

The Circle of Strength curriculum is available for grades 6-12 with 15 developmentally appropriate, scaffolded lessons for each grade. Each grade has an SEL focus- such as building healthy friendships or embracing diversity-which you will see reflected in the curriculum’s core lessons. Activities can be adapted to work for many grade levels. The activities in this curriculum are rooted in Project Adventure methodologies to support the development of healthy relationships and social emotional skills.  

Authored by Josie Martin, Caitlin McCormick Small, Elyse Norton, and Jenni Clock 

Published in 2023 

ISBN: 979-8-35095-138-7 

346 Pages