As a guidance educator, you play a vital role in supporting student mental health and well-being every day.
Your impact extends beyond academics; your office can be a safe, identity-affirming space where students encounter a caring adult who genuinely supports them. You recognize when students may need help with their mental health and bridge them to supports.
A valuable resource for colleagues, you often offer additional strategies and resources to bolster student mental health.
Whether you’re new or experienced in this role, the resources below are here to support your ongoing learning and growth.
Through the relationships you build, the conversations you lead, and the environments you help shape, your work makes a meaningful difference—to individual students and to the broader school community.
Learning opportunities
Multi-tiered model for school mental health
Early identification and support
Identity-affirming school mental health
Supporting students through challenges
Help families navigate mental health literacy and support, together.
Parent/caregiver resources to support mental health learning and well-being for every family