Cultivating Resilient, Connected & Thriving Youth with Evidence-Based Mentoring Programs
The SPARK Mentoring Programs provide evidence-based K -12th grade programs and professional development opportunities that increase emotional well-being, resilience, and emotional regulation while developing executive functioning skills needed to navigate life with greater ease.
Mentoring Programs Inspired by Ongoing Classroom Evidence & Results
For 10 years, we have developed, implemented, and researched K-12 mentoring and mental health education programs in our local community that are proven to help youth uncover their innate potential. Grounded in evidence and best practice, our programs Speak to the Potential, Ability, and Resilience inside every Kid (SPARK).
Our highly interactive, asset-based programs guide young people to discover their unbreakable SPARK inside through a better understanding of themselves and others. This knowledge has been proven to increase outcomes in the following competencies: mental well-being, resilience, emotional regulation, communication, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
Local Youth Mentoring With A National Impact
For more than 10 years, our non-profit has developed and implemented youth programs locally in the Tampa, FL area in schools, after-school programs, juvenile detention facilities, sex trafficking survivor safe houses, and rehabilitation facilities.
The transformations we witnessed inspired us to support other communities to replicate our model, which has four key components: evidence-based programs to provide vital skills and knowledge; small group or one-on-one mentoring by trained mentors; schools and organizations to create a safe space and inclusive culture; and community involvement to increase a sense of connectedness. Hear more about how our programs are transforming lives directly from Makayla’s interview on Tampa’s News Channel 8.
Today, we support over 200,000 youth in schools, districts, after-school programs, and other social service organizations in over 42 states and 36 countries to unleash the potential of the youth in their own communities.
Local residents can find the SPARK Mentoring Programs locally through:
8 Bay Area Plato Academies
Tampa Bay’s Charter School Network
Chicago Public Schools
If you would like to find out how to bring the SPARK Mentoring Programs to your school or organization, learn more below.
EXPLORE PROGRAM LICENSES
SPARK Mentoring Programs meet students where they are, from the earliest years of school all the way through high school. Each curriculum is thoughtfully designed for its age group, delivering the same powerful foundation of resilience, wellbeing, and understanding of the mind through a series of 10 to 13 lessons in a way that is developmentally appropriate, engaging, and immediately applicable in the classroom and beyond.
Young Child | Kindergarten through 2nd Grade
Child | 3rd through 5th Grade
Pre-Teen | Middle School
Teen | High School
Whether you are implementing in a single classroom, across an entire school system, or through an afterschool or mentoring organization, there is a SPARK curriculum built for every learner in your community. Programs like the Boys and Girls Club, Big Brothers Big Sisters, the YMCA, and similar organizations have found a natural home for SPARK Mentoring within their existing programming, bringing this evidence-based approach to resilience and wellbeing to the young people they serve every day. Explore each age group to find the right fit, then purchase your program license through the link below to get started.
