Education
Building the skills that help young people and the adults around them thrive.
Strong communities begin with people who can lead themselves, build healthy relationships, and care for others. These skills are developed through intentional practice, meaningful relationships, and supportive environments.
At the Chapman Foundation for Caring Communities, we partner with schools, youth-serving organizations, and community leaders to develop caring leaders at every level. Grounded in evidence-based social-emotional learning (SEL), our programs strengthen self-awareness, self-management, relationship skills, responsible decision-making, and leadership through empathy, accountability, and service.
We strengthen the entire support system surrounding young people through:
- Student Learning: Age-appropriate SEL curriculum that builds confidence, resilience, communication, and leadership from elementary through high school, including advanced youth leadership experiences.
- Educator & Staff Development: Professional learning that equips teachers, administrators, and youth professionals with practical strategies to build trust, strengthen relationships, and create cultures where young people flourish.
- Leadership Development: Leadership experiences for principals, district leaders, nonprofit leaders, and program directors who shape organizational culture and influence the experiences of both youth and staff.
Whether you are looking to support students, develop educators, strengthen your leadership team, or create a shared culture across your entire community, we would welcome the opportunity to partner with you.
Together, we build caring communities by developing caring leaders.
Student Leadership Development
We help students build the executive functioning, social-emotional, and leadership skills they need to thrive in school, work, and life.
Our age-appropriate learning experiences develop:
- Self-awareness
- Self-management
- Healthy relationships
- Responsible decision-making
- Communication and collaboration
- Leadership through empathy, accountability, and service
Whether through PK–12 classroom lesson plans or youth leadership experiences, young people gain practical skills they will carry into every stage of life.
Adults Model Leadership
Young people learn as much from the adults around them as they do from any curriculum.
That is why we equip teachers, administrators, youth program leaders, coaches, and other caring adults with practical leadership and social-emotional learning strategies they can use every day.
Our professional learning helps adults:
- Build stronger relationships
- Foster trust and psychological safety
- Create engaging learning environments
- Model the leadership behaviors they want young people to develop
- Strengthen collaboration across teams
When adults grow, young people benefit.
Organizations Sustain Leadership
Leadership becomes part of an organization’s identity when it is embedded into its culture.
For schools, districts, and youth-serving organizations seeking long-term transformation, our Caring Workplace Program creates the conditions where both adults and young people can thrive.
Rather than delivering one-time training, we partner with leadership teams to intentionally build the behaviors, systems, and culture that support lasting success.
Organizations partnering through Caring Workplace have experienced:
- Higher educator engagement and retention
- Stronger collaboration across teams
- Greater psychological safety, enabling innovation and open communication
- More consistent implementation of strategic initiatives through shared leadership behaviors
- Greater alignment between organizational values and everyday practices
Each partnership includes:
- Progress monitoring through engagement
- A customized strategy aligned with your organization’s goals
- A dedicated partnership team
- Ongoing implementation support
Leadership That Lasts
Students learn leadership. Adults model leadership. Organizations sustain leadership.
When all three work together, leadership becomes more than a program; it becomes the culture that shapes every interaction and creates lasting impact for young people, educators, families, and communities.