Be a part of the movement
Over the past decade, Western Canadian corporations have made a substantial impact directly in their own backyards. A partnership with Classroom Champions brings a real, powerful and life-changing movement throughout the communities you serve, helping kids realize their potential and become impactful and active citizens.
The Power of Support
Long-time corporate sponsor Crescent Point Energy has supported Classroom Champions for over a decade. Throughout those 10 years they have impacted 22 communities and over 5,000 students across Alberta and SE Saskatchewan. We wanted to say thank you and celebrate all that we've accomplished together.
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Impact in Action
A wide variety of programs to offer your community.
The Foundation: Curriculum for teachers, by teachers
Our SEL Foundations Curriculum builds the groundwork for social and emotional wellbeing in our children. It draws on 8 unit themes taught by 8 different world-class athlete mentors. Building the curriculum was a joint effort, by our educational experts, teachers in the field, and athletes who are drawing on their mindset and experiences to bring these lessons to life.
The Mentorship: Direct connection and life-long impact
Our Mentorship+ experience brings a completely life-changing dynamic to the classroom or school. For 32 weeks, an Olympic or Paralympic athlete will add their own personal experiences to the unit themes on top of the curriculum. Each month kids will hear directly from their mentor, no matter where they're training. Athlete Mentors will bring the experience that they are living in that very moment to help kids truly grasp the meaning of each lesson. These Mentors are more than faces on a screen, they are considered friends to students and a invaluable teaching partners to educators.
Indigenous Programming: Mentorship & Curriculum
Our Circle Program takes the Mentorship and Curriculum and customizes it to local culture and context. Created by experts in our partner Indigenous communities, this curriculum not only focuses on what's important for Indigenous kids, but it also pairs each classroom with an Athlete Mentor of Indigenous heritage, like the first First Nations woman to make an Olympic Hockey team, Brigette Lacquette.
Bringing Community and Sponsors Together: Community Celebration Events
Community celebration events are a keystone annual event in many Classroom Champions and Classroom Champions Circle communities across Western Canada. They support schools in hosting athletes, like First Nations athlete and Olympian Jesse Cockney, as well as inviting parents, and engaging sponsors and other communities members to celebrate the achievements of students and teachers throughout the program year.
91%
of teachers said that being a part of the program made them more engaged in their work.83%
of teachers reported that Classroom Champions improved student grades86%
of teachers reported that the program improved their job performance
- Classroom Champions envisions a community that brings together children and the world’s best to learn skills they need to succeed in and out of the classroom.
Vision
- We empower children to thrive socially, emotionally and academically through the mentorship and mindsets of world-class athletes.
Mission
An evidence-based approach
In teachers, we measure classroom practices and outcomes, job performance and engagement, growth mindset, and healthy behaviors. In mentors, we measure communication, leadership, and career skills. Our research shows improvements in social and emotional development, classroom attendance, school suspensions, and math and reading scores.
Here's how we do it
Classroom Champions provides thoughtful teams and resources to teachers to support student mental health, wellness, and academic achievement.
Scaled Mentorship
Through asynchronous video communication, live video chat interactions, and social media sharing, our one-to-many mentoring approach greatly expands the reach of a single mentor by greater than 300:1.
Thoughtful Technology
Classroom Champions equips classrooms with the technology needed to facilitate regular video lessons, live interactive video chats, and teacher moderated social media exchanges that encourage digital literacy.
Ongoing Teacher Support
Through webinars, online resources, digital lessons, a vibrant online community, and dedicated Education Coordinators, Classroom Champions teachers are fully supported to implement the program in their classrooms.
Stakeholder Measurement and Research
Our extensive pre, post, and comparison program evaluation measures, assesses, and reports on student impact and achievement through student, teacher, and family feedback, and improving athletes as mentors.
