Welcome, Educators!

The all-in-one hub for Kind Mind teachers, principals, counsellors and school staff!

Step-by-Step Guide for Educators

How It Works:

Follow the step-by-step guide to bringing Kind Mind Month to your classroom! Videos only take 5 minutes at the beginning of the week, ensuring the load is manageable and flexible for educators!

Scroll down to access your Kelty’s Crew Hub!

To kick-off Kind Mind Month, teachers play the Program Introduction video, hand out the challenge books and resources and have your students complete the questionnaire — make sure to keep these for the end of the month!
Teachers play the Kind Mind Animated Video for their class at the start of each week, for a total of 4 weeks. Each video is less than 5 minutes long and introduces the week’s mental well-being theme and weekly challenge, encouraging students to complete the activity at home with a parent, caregiver, or trusted adult.
Use Kind Mind Month as an opportunity to create open, supportive conversations about mental well-being in the classroom.
The optional Kind Mind Lesson Guides are available for teachers who wish to discuss the challenges in class in more detail. To expand on the conversation, each teacher is gifted a Thumball — a fun and interactive way to get students talking and reflecting on their mental well-being!
Each week, encourage students to complete the Kind Mind challenge at home with their caregiver. For students who may not have support at home, challenges can be completed with any trusted adult.
When a student completes the weekly challenge, teachers place a Happy Face Sticker (provided in your classroom kit) on the bottom right corner of their page to recognize their participation. At the end of the month, draw a name to win the Kind Mind Hat, found in your classroom kit.
At the end of Kind Mind Month, bring your school community together for a school-wide celebration of mental well-being, community, and connection! Your Principal Kit includes everything you need to celebrate, including Kind Mind Certificates to recognize two students per grade for their participation, a Kind Mind Celebration Video to share with your school and Kelty’s Kind Mind Crew Bracelets for every student.

Are you the Program Leader of your school (School Counsellor, Principal or Vice Principal)? Click the link below for more detailed tools and resources for Kind Mind Month!

PROGRAM LEADER, CLICK HERE!

Click your classroom’s Kelty Crew level below to get started!

Your Feedback Strengthens Our Impact

Your feedback helps us measure the impact of the Kind Mind Program, strengthen future programming, and demonstrate its value to the donors and sponsors who make it possible. At the end of the month, please take a few minutes to fill out the Feedback Form below.

FEEDBACK FORM

Our Commitment to Sustainability

Kind Mind Month is dedicated to sustainable practices. Once Kind Mind Month has wrapped at your school, please place all unused items back in your classroom kit, bring them to your Kind Mind Leader (School Counsellor/Principal) and drop off all kits back to The Kelty Foundation’s kit packing partners. For more detailed instructions, click here.

Kind Mind Month Wrap Up Checklist

Congratulations on completing Kind Mind Month at your school!

To wrap up your program, please ensure the following have been completed:

Have all students complete the questionnaires and place them in the Kind Mind Mailbox Envelope in your classroom kit
Collect all unused items and place them into the classroom kit
Return the classroom kit to your Kind Mind Leader (School Counsellor/Principal) and send them back to The Kelty Foundation’s Packing Partner
Teachers, educators and school staff: Please fill out the Feedback Form above

Win a Confi-Dance for Your School!

Enter to win a personal Confi-Dance for your school, hosted by DJ Rock’N’Beau! Have your school complete all items on the School Checklist, send a copy or photo to the Kind Mind team at contact@thekeltyfoundation.org to be entered to win! The Program Leader of the winning school will receive an email with steps to book!

Frequently Asked Questions

This program is brought to you by The Kelty Foundation and is provided at no cost to schools. It offers students and families tools and resources for mental health in a fun, engaging way that reinforces community and belonging within your school.
The Kind Mind Program is designed to complement and enhance the social emotional learning already happening in elementary schools. Rather than replacing curriculum-based instruction, it serves as a bridge between school and home by extending these conversations into the family setting.
Your school principal and/or counsellor (“Program Leader”) will need to attend an Info Session. During
this session, we’ll walk through the program and answer any questions you may have. After the call, we will send a letter of commitment, along with a short pre-program survey. The program website will be shared one month before your start date, and your
Kind Mind Program Kits will arrive approximately one week prior to launch.
The Program is designed to be flexible and inclusive. While activities are intended to be completed at home with a family member where possible, we recognize that every student’s situation is different. Schools and
educators are best placed to determine the most appropriate support, and students may complete
activities with a trusted adult at school or another supportive caregiver if needed.
Although the School Checklist is not mandatory to complete Kind Mind Month, we highly recommend schools participate. This checklist is designed to promote school community and belonging and to continue to engage with the program in a fun way! Each challenge that your school completes is an entry to win your school a Confi-Dance, led by DJ Rock’N’Beau! To find out more details, click here!
With support from the Program Leader, teachers will nominate outstanding students who have fully embraced and completed Kind Mind Month. Together, teachers will select two students per grade to recognize for their commitment, along with one student school-wide who has truly excelled in the Kind Mind Program.
Each Principal Kit includes two awards per grade, from Kindergarten to Grade 7. Schools are welcome to expand on this and recognize additional students if they'd like.
Yes! Your feedback is incredibly important to us. It helps us understand the program’s impact and how to make meaningful improvements. Please click here to leave feedback. You can also access the feedback forms through the QR code on the challenge books!