Mission Control for Student Success: How the Updated Leader Dashboard Fuels Schoolwide Growth

If your Second Step® program is a rocket ship—propelling students to bold new heights of academic achievement, behavior, and general school climate—then consider the updated Leader Dashboard as mission control. It’s where district leaders and school leaders can utilize all of the K–8 digital programs’ most powerful features.

The primary purpose of the updates to your Leader Dashboard is simple: enhance the planning and implementation process of your Second Step programs. We’ve focused on giving leaders tools that build buy-in with staff and increase their staff’s capacity to teach Second Step lessons. Better instruction—which includes lesson quality and rigor, consistency, and content alignment—leads to higher program fidelity, ultimately driving better outcomes for your students.

Those outcomes? Recent data shows that schools with lesson completion rates of at least 60–80% demonstrated:

• Improved academic motivation and self-management
• Enhanced school climate and teacher-student relationships
• Reduced disciplinary incidents and suspensions
• Increased attendance

Here’s how updates to your Leader Dashboard can help your school community reach its boldest goals this school year.

Plan and launch your best year yet

Planning and launching your Second Step program are integral steps to seeing sustained benefits. We’ve reimagined the planning experience with more automated, streamlined guidance to ensure a successful program launch. The updated Leader Dashboard supports planning and launching through:

• Streamlined steps: The planning process is broken into clear, actionable steps to help you focus on the most effective strategies for implementing Second Step programs.
• An integrated workflow: Use the guided workflow to document planning decisions directly in the Leader Dashboard. Everything is in one place, making it easy to track progress and keep all your building leaders aligned.
• A focus on staff buy-in: The process emphasizes communicating the “why” behind the program and aligning on shared goals. Schools that use these strategies often face fewer barriers to successful implementation.

From there, school leaders will prepare to launch and kick off Second Step programs at their school by:

• Setting a purpose: Staff will see the “why” behind the program displayed on their My Programs page.
• Setting goals: Our SMART goal template helps you track and achieve outcomes.
• Setting a start date: Monitor progress and keep everyone aligned.
• Kicking off the program: Use our All-Staff Program Kick-Off or the All-Staff Check-In presentation to start the program with a bang!

With these updates, planning and launching your Second Step program is now easier—and more effective—than ever before.

Boost teacher engagement to all-time highs

For educators, the My Programs page has a revised training experience to build their motivation and capacity. Leaders have better tools in the updated Leader Dashboard to monitor their training progress and understand their school’s readiness to start instruction.

Since cultivating buy-in from staff is integral to the success of your program, we’ve enhanced the following features to support teacher engagement:

• Customized content tracking: Training is tailored to staff role, with dedicated paths for lesson instructors and non-teaching staff so they get the information they need to succeed.
• Enhanced structure: The content has been reorganized to spark excitement about Second Step programs and enable lesson instructors to confidently start teaching lessons.
• New “What is Second Step” video: Hear real stories from teachers and students about the impact of Second Step programs, inspiring staff to complete training and start teaching.
• Easy access to additional supports: To address common priorities for lesson instructors, teacher training now includes direct links to essential resources offering guidance on managing classroom behavior and building a positive classroom climate.
• Simplified navigation: Training is prominently displayed on the My Programs page, giving new staff quick and easy access to what they need to build a strong foundation for success.

To reach new heights, utilize the updated Leader Dashboard

All of these changes to your Leader Dashboard are designed to support you every step of the way, using proven strategies to ensure your team is prepared and engaged—all with the goal of helping you achieve positive outcomes for your students.

To plan and launch your Second Step programs and help your school community reach new heights this year, log in to your updated Leader Dashboard today.

If the leadership dashboard is intriguing and you’re interested in bringing Second Step programs to your district, get in touch with our team today.