Experiential Social-Emotional Skills Program
MARKED is a social-emotional skills program based on experiential learning and self-reflection. This interactive and inspiring program invites exploration of the vast richness of being human!
Skills Everyone Needs for a Good Life
Have you ever pondered how your mind truly operates, why you experience emotions, how to navigate them, or how to identify your unique qualities and strengths?
The MARKED program is an interactive and inspiring learning journey into self-awareness and social-emotional skills. Designed for students from middle school to college, the program comprises ready-to-use educational videos, experiential group activities, and individual exercises that encourage self-reflection.
MARKED with purpose Training program
The MARKED program is built on the idea that well-being and active agency are composed of an understanding of the core needs of human nature and the skills to manage one's emotions and actions.
The program provides tangible tools to comprehend the workings of emotions and the mind, as well as to recognize one's unique qualities and strengths, and channel them toward meaningful purposes. Upon completion of the program, one can expect to see improvements in self-esteem, stress management, emotional intelligence, a growth mindset, and a sense of belonging."
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.
Explore the main themes:
Phase 1
- Connection and Belonging
- Self-image
- Strengths, interests, life story
- Self-Compassion
Phase 2
- Body and nervous system
- Emotional skills
- Mind functioning and thinking
- Relationships and belonging
Phase 3
- Adaptability and resilience
- Courage and Change
- Self-Leadership
- Purpose and Meaning
Daily Support and Certificate of Investment in Personal Well-being
As a support to the program and the process, participants gain access to the MARKED app, which includes all program materials and exercises, along with a daily self-reflection tool. Each individual who completes the program also receives a MARKED certificate, serving as a testament to the enhancement of their social-emotional skills. This certificate can be utilized as part of a resume.
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How to Implement the Program?
Register Your School or Institute
Schedule a meeting for a program presentation at info@markedsuomi.fi. Please provide the estimated number of participants, and we will send you a proposal to start the program.
Getting Started with the MARKED Program
We kick off our collaboration with a training session for the school staff, introducing the program's themes and objectives, and setting a common vision. Your school will receive licenses to access the program materials, and the program can begin.
Earning MARKED Certificates
Every participant who completes the program receives a MARKED certificate as a testament to strengthening their socio-emotional skills. This certificate can be used as part of their resume.
Do you want your school to be MARKED?
Contact us
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.