Soul Shoppe’s mission is to create safe learning environments that bring forth a culture of compassion, connection and curiosity—eliminating bullying at the roots. Our innovative, interactive and highly effective programs give the entire school community an EXPERIENCE of empathy, transforming not only our behaviors, but the very ways we see each other.
Soul Shoppe programs support kids by giving conflict resolution tools that allow them to support each other as allies. We have reached more than 525,000 students. In addition to working with students, Soul Shoppe supports the entire school community through the creation and facilitation of dynamic staff-development trainings that give teachers the necessary tools to foster academic growth and social-emotional learning, as well as parent workshops and resources.
We are piloting a “train the trainer” program to certify adults in our Peacemaker Program, where 3rd-5th graders build their own prosocial behaviors while learning how to support their schoolmates’ development. This pilot program is built on Soul Shoppe’s award winning Social Emotional Learning (SEL) curriculum developed over the last 20 years. Nationwide, SEL programs are increasingly shown to be a key component to increase student’s academic performance and pro-social behavior, and to decreasing anxiety, behavior problems, and substance abuse.
