Why RISE & Compass Are Powerful Tools for Teachers & School Staff
Supporting Classroom Culture, Student Behavior & Staff Workload
A Reliable SEL Partner for Every Classroom
Compass Reinforces What Teachers Are Already Teaching
Compass serves as a dependable ally in your classroom, seamlessly supporting the social-emotional learning (SEL) frameworks you've already established. Rather than introducing an entirely new system, Compass amplifies and reinforces the valuable work you're already doing with your students every day.
By helping students practice SEL skills throughout their day, Compass strengthens emotional vocabulary and reinforces classroom expectations in real-time. It integrates naturally with the behavior systems your school already uses, creating consistency across learning environments.

Teacher Benefit: Spend less time reteaching behavioral concepts and more time focused on meaningful instruction and student learning.
Reduces Emotional Interruptions
Students Get Instant SEL Support
One of the greatest challenges teachers face is managing emotional disruptions that derail instruction and steal precious learning time. Compass addresses this challenge head-on by providing students with immediate, accessible support exactly when they need it most.
Regulate Emotions
Students learn to identify and manage their feelings in the moment
Calm Down Independently
Self-soothing techniques reduce dependency on adult intervention
Solve Conflicts
Peer disagreements are resolved constructively and respectfully
Manage Stress
Healthy coping strategies replace reactive behaviors
Teacher Benefit: Experience fewer classroom disruptions and maintain smoother, more productive lessons that keep students engaged and on track.
Supports Tier 1, Tier 2 & Tier 3 Interventions
Compass Fits Into Your MTSS Structure
Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS) frameworks are only effective when all tiers work together seamlessly. Compass is designed to integrate naturally into your existing MTSS structure, providing targeted support at every level without creating additional work for already overburdened staff members.
Tier 1: Universal Support
Daily SEL reminders and positive mindset prompts reach all students, establishing a foundation of emotional awareness and healthy habits across your entire school community.
Tier 2: Targeted Interventions
Reflection check-ins and guided coping strategies provide additional support for students who need more than universal instruction, helping them develop stronger self-regulation skills.
Tier 3: Intensive Support
Calming support, emotional redirection, and safety-focused language assist students with the highest needs, providing crisis prevention and de-escalation tools.

Staff Benefit: Reduce pressure on intervention teams, counselors, and specialized support staff by building student independence at every tier of support.
Consistent Language Across the School
One SEL Message for Every Student
When students hear different messages about behavior and emotional regulation in every classroom, confusion and inconsistency undermine even the best-intentioned efforts. Compass solves this challenge by establishing a unified SEL language that resonates throughout your entire building.
Every student, regardless of their teacher, grade level, or learning environment, receives the same evidence-based messages about social-emotional skills. This consistency creates predictability and clarity that students need to internalize expectations and develop healthy habits.
Self Awareness
Responsibility
Self-Management
Social Awareness
Relationship Ski;;s
Unified expectations create smoother classroom management, reduce confusion, and help students transfer skills across different settings and situations.
Helps With Challenging Behaviors
Compass Coaches Students Before Problems Escalate
Prevention is always more effective than reaction. Compass takes a proactive approach to behavioral challenges by coaching students through difficult moments before small frustrations escalate into major disruptions that require administrative intervention or removal from the learning environment.
Through strategic prompts and evidence-based techniques, students develop the self-awareness and emotional regulation skills they need to navigate challenges independently. This approach builds genuine capacity rather than simply managing symptoms.
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"Pause + Breathe" Routines
Quick physiological interventions interrupt reactive patterns
2
Emotional Check-Ins
Self-awareness activities help students identify feelings
3
Thought Reframing
Cognitive strategies shift perspective and reduce intensity
4
Problem-Solving Steps
Structured approaches empower solution-focused thinking
5
Accountability Language
Ownership and responsibility replace blame and excuses

Teacher Benefit: Students build genuine self-control and emotional intelligence, significantly reducing behavior referrals, office visits, and time spent managing disruptions.
Supports Academics Through SEL Strength
Emotionally Skilled Students Learn Better
The connection between social-emotional competence and academic achievement is well-documented in educational research. Students who possess strong SEL skills consistently demonstrate higher academic performance, better attendance, and greater engagement with challenging content.
Compass doesn't just improve classroom behavior—it fundamentally enhances students' capacity to learn by addressing the emotional barriers that interfere with academic focus and achievement. When students feel emotionally regulated and confident, their cognitive resources become available for learning rather than being consumed by stress and anxiety.
85%
Improved Focus
Sustained attention on tasks
73%
Greater Perseverance
Persistence through challenges
68%
Higher Motivation
Intrinsic engagement
Enhanced Focus
Students maintain attention longer
Increased Perseverance
Challenges become opportunities
Stronger Motivation
Internal drive replaces external pressure
Test Readiness
Reduced anxiety improves performance
Classroom Stamina
Sustained engagement throughout the day
Teacher Benefit: Maximize instructional time by spending more time teaching rigorous content and less time managing stress, anxiety, and emotional disruptions that derail learning.
Strengthens Relationships & Classroom Culture
Compass Helps Students Communicate More Respectfully
The quality of relationships within your classroom directly impacts everything from academic achievement to daily classroom management. Compass actively strengthens these critical connections by teaching students the communication skills and emotional awareness needed for healthy, productive interactions.
Rather than simply expecting students to intuitively know how to navigate complex social situations, Compass provides explicit guidance and modeling. Students learn practical strategies for expressing themselves clearly, listening with genuine attention, and resolving conflicts constructively.
Students Learn To:
  • Express concerns calmly without escalation or aggression
  • Take ownership of their choices and their impact on others
  • Avoid impulsive reactions that damage relationships
  • Listen actively with empathy and understanding
  • Respect personal boundaries and diverse perspectives
Calm Expression
Personal Accountability
Thoughtful Responses
Active Listening
Mutual Respect

Staff Benefit: Experience dramatically improved teacher-student communication, creating a classroom environment characterized by trust, respect, and genuine connection.
Saves Time & Reduces Staff Burnout
Compass Handles "Small SEL Moments" So Teachers Don't Have To
Teacher burnout has reached crisis levels across American schools, with emotional labor and constant interruptions among the leading causes. Compass directly addresses this challenge by managing the dozens of small emotional moments that accumulate throughout each day, draining teacher energy and stealing instructional time.
These brief interruptions may seem minor individually, but they compound quickly. A student feeling stressed during independent work, another confused about how to start an assignment, a third frustrated by a peer interaction—each moment pulls teacher attention away from instruction and creates cognitive fatigue.
"I'm stressed and don't know what to do."
"I don't know how to handle this situation."
"I'm frustrated and need help calming down."
"I'm mad at my friend and want to react."
Compass provides immediate, appropriate support for these common scenarios, giving students the tools and strategies they need without requiring teacher intervention. Students access help independently, allowing teachers to maintain focus on instruction while still ensuring every student receives the emotional support they need.
By handling these "small moments" automatically, Compass frees teachers to stay focused on what matters most: delivering high-quality instruction and building meaningful relationships with students.
Schoolwide Support for All Roles
Compass Helps More Than Just Teachers
While classroom teachers are the primary users of most educational tools, Compass recognizes that schools are complex ecosystems where every role contributes to student success. That's why Compass is designed to support every adult in your building, creating consistency and reducing workload across all positions.
Counselors
Pre-coaching before counseling sessions helps students arrive prepared, maximizing the effectiveness of limited counseling time and accelerating progress toward goals.
Administrators
Consistent Tier 1 SEL implementation across all classrooms reduces office referrals and creates a unified approach to behavior support throughout the building.
Support Staff
Common language and strategies for calming upset students empower paraprofessionals, intervention specialists, and other support staff to handle difficult moments confidently.
Front Office
Students waiting in the office can use Compass to calm down, reflect, and prepare for conversations with administrators, reducing disruption and improving outcomes.
This comprehensive approach ensures that students receive consistent messages and support regardless of which adult they interact with, creating a truly cohesive school culture where everyone speaks the same language about social-emotional learning.
Easy Integration Into Any Classroom
Compass Works on Any Device
Educational technology should enhance learning, not create barriers or technical headaches. Compass is built with this principle at its core, offering seamless compatibility across every device type commonly found in American schools.
Whether your district has invested in Chromebooks, iPads, traditional computers, or a mix of devices, Compass works flawlessly. Students can access it on phones during transitions, view it on smartboards during whole-class instruction, or use it independently on any available device.

Teachers Love: Zero setup requirements, no login barriers, and no technical troubleshooting. Simply access Compass and start using it immediately—no IT support needed.
Chromebooks
Perfect for 1:1 districts
iPads & Tablets
Touch-friendly interface
Phones
Accessible anywhere
School Desktops
Lab and library ready
Smartboards
Whole-class instruction
This universal accessibility means that regardless of your school's technology infrastructure, budget constraints, or device availability, every student can benefit from Compass support. No student is left behind due to technical limitations or compatibility issues.
The Full RISE Ecosystem for Teachers & Staff
RISE Tools Make SEL Easy & Effective
Compass is just one component of the comprehensive RISE ecosystem—a suite of interconnected tools designed to make social-emotional learning accessible, engaging, and effective without creating additional work for already overwhelmed educators.
🏫 RISE Virtual Campus
An interactive digital environment featuring engaging SEL hotspots perfect for full lessons, bell ringers, and reflection activities. Students explore virtual spaces while learning essential social-emotional skills through immersive, game-like experiences that capture attention and promote deeper understanding.
📘 RISE Online Course
A complete, ready-to-use resilience curriculum that requires absolutely no preparation time. Every lesson is scripted, resourced, and designed for immediate implementation. Perfect for advisory periods, health classes, or dedicated SEL instruction—just open and teach with confidence.
📗 RISE eBooks
Bite-sized SEL mini-lessons designed for flexibility and efficiency. Use them in advisory, homeroom, counseling sessions, or small group interventions. Each lesson targets specific skills and can be completed in 10-15 minutes, making them perfect for filling transition times or addressing emerging needs.
Staff Benefit: Deliver high-impact social-emotional learning without extra grading, extensive planning, or curriculum development. Everything you need is provided, polished, and ready to use immediately.
Together, these tools create a comprehensive SEL infrastructure that supports students, empowers teachers, and strengthens school culture—all while respecting the time constraints and workload realities that educators face every single day.
RISE + Compass: A Powerful Partner for Teachers & Staff
Compass teaches students emotional independence.
Students develop the self-awareness, coping strategies, and problem-solving skills they need to navigate challenges independently, reducing their reliance on adult intervention and building genuine capacity for lifelong success.
RISE strengthens school culture.
The comprehensive RISE ecosystem creates consistent, engaging SEL experiences across every learning environment, establishing a unified approach that transforms school climate and builds community.
Together, they support teachers and create calmer, more focused classrooms.
By reducing behavioral disruptions, providing immediate student support, and offering ready-to-use curriculum resources, RISE and Compass free teachers to focus on what they do best: inspiring, educating, and connecting with students.
Resilience • Inspire • Self-Empower
Ready to transform your classroom culture and support your staff? Discover how RISE and Compass can make a meaningful difference in your school community starting today.