Executive Function Instruction Designed for Real Classrooms
Did you know there are over 12 different executive function skills? How can educators successfully build executive function skills in students while there is so much content material to cover? Fortunately, we understand the demands on teachers today which is why Effective Students developed two separate curricula with structured lessons you can use at every age and stage. Select the content area that is impacting your students. You can have the right resources at your fingertips.
Academic Management Skills
Teaching essential academic management skills—like time management, organization, and study strategies—can feel overwhelming when performance goals and testing requirements dominate your schedule. The structured lessons in the Effective Student™ course make it easier to integrate these crucial skills into your everyday teaching and classroom routines.
Social Emotional Skills
Educators love Effective Students because our structured lessons make it easier to teach executive function like having a growth mindsets, building self awareness and emotional regulation all part of students’ social-emotional growth. Through guided activities and reflection, students build self-awareness, manage emotions, and develop responsible decision-making skills—all essential for academic and personal success. With short 30 minute lessons, counselors and teachers can support students in becoming more confident, resilient, and self-directed members of their learning community.
Executive Function Lessons You can Use Today
Why a Structured Curriculum? Without clear goals and objectives, it’s nearly impossible for educators to measure student progress. Effective Students’ Curricula is specifically designed for educators (counselors, content and study skills teachers) to teach and coach executive function skills ~ the leading indicator of long term success. Select the content that is right for your community.
The Effective Student Curriculum
Academic Management Skill Development
Student can build strong self management skills with a simple repeatable lessons that gradually build critical thinking. The Effective Student Curriculum includes six units with over 19 different lessons that can be delivered sequentially or selectively.
- Introduction to Executive Functions
- Organization
- Time Management & Forecasting
- Study Skills
- Performance Reflection
- Moving Forward – Case studies
The curriculum includes three (3) student self evaluations, student progress reports, parent handouts to engage parents in the learning as well as quizzes for retrieval practice. Accompanying tools include self monitor practice exercises and data collection.
The Effective Student Curriculum is appropriate for students in grades four – high school with extension activities and scalable lessons by grade. Content is appropriate for remediation, enrichment and advancement.
Recommended Settings: Individual, small group and content class settings.
Grit & Growth Mindset Curriculum
Social Emotional Skill Development
Students can build strong social emotional skills with a lessons that include reflective exercises building self awareness. The Grit & Growth Mindset Curriculum includes six units with 19 different lessons that can be delivered sequentially or selectively.
- Executive Functions and a Growth Mindset
- The Role of Emotions
- Effective Communication
- Attention & Focus
- Managing Stress and Completing Tasks
- Flexible Thinking & Applying My Skills
The curriculum includes three (3) student self evaluations and parent handouts for each unit. Each lesson activity has three learning levels to support students with language based learning differences or to be used for reinforcement activities. The Grit & Growth Mindset Instructor Manual includes a pacing guide, a recommended reading list and videos to share during classroom instruction.
Grit & Growth Mindset is appropriate for students in grades three through six with extension activities and scalable lessons by grade. Content is appropriate for the following settings: individual instruction, small group and content class settings.
Grit & Growth Mindset is a favorite of auxiliary programs and for schools looking to build a culture around growth mindsets and collaborative kindness.
Materials for Effective Students
Stay organized, focused, and ahead of the game with our ultimate Student Planner and tab sets — your all-in-one tool for academic success! Designed with students in mind, the Effective Students Planner helps easily track assignments, manage time, set goals, and stay on top of your busy schedule. Clean layouts, forecasting step by steps, space for notes, to-do lists, and exam countdowns, it’s more than just a planner — it’s a personal roadmap to stress-free productivity. Whether juggling classes, extracurriculars, or study sessions, these planners and tabs are a student’s secret weapon for staying in control and reducing anxiety.
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How can these resources help my learning community?
- short engaging lessons
- evidenced based with measurable criteria
- student centric
- metacognitive exercises increasing student engagement
- supportive of SEL state standards
- multi-sensory activities
- time management exercises supporting responsible decision making
- parent resources for wrap-around support
The overall goal is to help students achieve success with academic content. (per page 5 of the manual). I have to add that the goal is broader and deeper than helping students and the success being purely academic. The students are people – future parents and business owners, and the success might manifest itself in academics right now, but we are helping to train habits of self-discipline that will allow these people to be successful in life. One never outgrows the need for good organization, good time management; nor the need to know oneself or to know what activities are effective for learning and how to self evaluate for equal or greater success in the future.
Try Our Free Time Management Lesson Plan for Educators
The My Available Time lesson plan by Effective Students makes teaching time management skills practical. The lesson can be completed in 15-20 minutes in the classroom or as homework and lead to favorable time management for students in the long term.
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