Free Classroom Toolkit · 2026 Edition

You Don't Need
Another Curriculum.
You Need Tools
That Actually
Move Students.

A classroom toolkit for teachers, counselors, and educators. Four ready-to-run activities built on the R.I.S.E. framework — each 15 minutes or less, with zero prep required.

Activities, one per
R.I.S.E. pillar

15 min

Or less, per
activity

0 prep

Just open the
page and run it

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The Problem

The Gap Isn't Willingness.
It's Time and Tools.

You already know your students need more emotional support than they're getting. You've seen the signs. The shutdowns. The reactivity. The disengagement. The conversations you wish you had time to have.

The issue isn't whether the work matters. You know it does. The issue is that most SEL resources are either too long for the time you actually have, too vague to run cold, or too clinical to feel real to a fifteen-year-old.

This toolkit was built different. Four classroom-ready activities. Each grounded in a pillar of the R.I.S.E. framework that has produced measurable shifts in students. Each designed to fit inside the time you already have, with no training required.

+17.6%

Measurable mindset shift in a single R.I.S.E. Experience series GWCHS Pre/Post Outcome Data

100%

Student belief that they can apply what they learned Multi-school engagement data

92%+

Positive value ratings across all keynotes and workshops TNJG Impact Reports, 2024–2026

Inside the Toolkit

Here's What You'll Run This Week.

Four classroom-tested activities. One for each pillar of R.I.S.E. Each one built to open something real in students, even if you only have fifteen minutes between bells.

01 · Recognize

Name It to Tame It

A guided check-in that pushes students past "good" and "fine" into the specific emotions they're actually carrying. Builds emotional vocabulary and the foundational self-awareness all regulation depends on.

02 · Identify

The Iceberg

A reflection exercise that helps students separate what people see from what's actually driving them. Builds pattern recognition and the ability to look beneath their own reactions.

03 · Shift

Pause. Pivot. Proceed.

A practical framework that gives students language and structure for choosing a response instead of defaulting to a reaction. Builds self-regulation and agency in real time.

04 · Elevate

Who I'm Becoming

An identity-forming exercise that bridges self-awareness to forward motion. Students name the future version of themselves and commit to one small action that moves them toward it.

Who It's For

Built for Educators Who Refuse to Settle for Surface-Level SEL.

You teach, counsel, or lead in a middle school, high school, or youth program

You've sat through SEL trainings that didn't translate to your classroom

You want tools you can use this week, not theory you have to translate

You're done with curricula that take more energy to teach than they give back

You believe your students are capable of more, and you want the tools to prove it

Nicolas Jones, Founder of The Nicolas Jones Group

Who's Behind This Toolkit

The Person Behind the Work.

Nicolas Jones is the founder and CEO of The Nicolas Jones Group LLC, a youth development consulting firm built on the belief that every young person deserves the emotional tools to rise above their circumstances.

At 22 years old, Nicolas brings a rare and irreplaceable quality to every room he enters: proximity. He is not speaking about adolescent emotional struggle from a distance. He is speaking from lived experience, and students recognize the difference immediately. That authenticity is what produces the data behind every R.I.S.E. partnership.

He serves schools and youth organizations across the country with keynotes, workshops, and the signature R.I.S.E. Experience, a trauma-informed, data-measured program that strengthens emotional intelligence, resilience, and purpose in students grades 6 through 12.

+17.6%

Mindset shift capability in a single series

100%

Student application belief across multiple engagements

92%+

Positive value ratings across all keynotes & workshops

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