A World Where Every Life Has Meaning
To enhance well-being, we need a positive self-relationship, skills to understand and manage our emotions and actions, as well as the experience of meaning and purpose. The MARKED program consists of the following components and their interaction.
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Embracing a Positive Self-Relationship
"There's nothing wrong with me; at my core, I am much like everyone else, capable of acquiring the knowledge I desire. I am worthy of connection."
During the MARKED program, we reinforce a positive self-relationship by exploring the formation of self-perception, identifying strengths, interests, and life stories. We also delve into the concepts of self-compassion and a growth mindset. Throughout the program, participants realize how they can actively strengthen a positive self-perception. The benefits of a positive self-perception have been extensively researched, and it enhances self-confidence, fosters a love of learning, and promotes appreciation for oneself and others in the community.
Skills to Understand and Lead Emotions and Actions
"I have the power to influence things and the world around me, always beginning with myself."
Human skills are essential for leading a well-rounded life. They involve understanding fundamental human needs, as well as the functioning of the body, mind, and emotions in both personal life and relationships. Commonly referred to as social-emotional skills, these human skills significantly enhance experiences of trust and capability in one's life, the ability to understand others, and the skills to confront various challenges or stressful situations.
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Experience of Meaning and Purpose
"I have valuable contributions to offer to those around me, and I can feel meaning and purpose in my life."
What would life be without other people and the experience of meaning? During the program, we contemplate how our strengths, qualities, skills, dreams, passions, life experiences, and values can come together in a meaningful way around a goal and action that is meaningful to ourselves and beneficial to others. The experience of purpose is an ever-evolving one, and its benefits have been extensively researched. It has been noted to be connected to increased resilience, optimism, academic success, hope, self-esteem, and perseverance.
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A new way to learn and teach socio-emotional skills
Insecurity, feelings of anxiety, uncertainty about life and challenges in dealing with emotions are commonplace among young people. MARKED lessons teach the skills that youth need to navigate these matters and build character, leading to a sustainable and prosperous life.
We offer ready-made materials for classroom lessons as well as access to a mobile app that supports the subjects. No-prep lesson plans lighten the burden of teachers and help create a space where the teacher can learn with the students. Teachers do not have to master the topics we teach themselves. All MARKED videos and materials are created in cooperation with experts and teachers from different fields.
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Clear, reliable and easy to use
The MARKED curriculum is based on Finnish National Curriculum and consists of ready-made, engaging teaching videos and supportive exercises. The teacher has to only press the play button and participate in the lessons together with the group. We offer three curriculums for Middle School students, of which each is divided into four parts containing 16 lesson plans.
Our ready-made lesson plans can be used in many ways. The content is suitable for teaching full Social Emotional Skills lessons, shorter 15-minute well-being sessions, or as part of the activities offered by a school coach or student care professional.
Support wherever you are
The MARKED program supports students' well-being also in their free time and at home. As part of the program, the students get access to a mobile app that offers various Social Emotional Skills and Self-knowledge programs.
Your school will also receive ready-made materials to hand out to parents about the program as well as practical tips aimed at parents. This helps parents to support the topics of the program at home with their youth.
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How can we become a MARKED school?
Enter your school or municipality.
We will connect you with a contact person from our team as well as offer support for starting the partnership. We offer ready-made materials to inform your staff about the program.
Staff training event
We will organize a training session where your staff can get to know the MARKED materials and experience and understand what teaching life skills can look like as well as how the materials can be used in different ways.
Well-being for young people, accessible to everyone!
Teachers and students get their own IDs for the materials. The teaching of life skills can begin!
Teacher training and support
We train school staff on how to implement our programs. During the interactive training, teachers are familiarized with the materials and get to experience and realize how the content can be used in different ways as part of teaching.
The training provides practical tools to support the well-being of youth according to their age level, without forgetting the teacher's own well-being and self-awareness. After the training, teachers feel clear and safe to start Social Emotional Learning lessons.
Psychological capital as a source of sustainable well-being
Practicing Socio-emotional skills and deepening self-awareness has a positive effect on a young person's life also reflecting far into the future. When a young person has good life skills, they are in balance with themselves and can easily learn new things as well as set goals and dreams for the future.
Our programs support the psychological well-being of young people and their development. They are also designed to prevent the emergence of exclusion, bullying, mental health problems and addictions.