ACTIONABLE RESOURCES FOR DISTRICT LEADERS

Improve School Culture and Student Outcomes in Your K-12 District

Wayfinder integrates with your existing systems to support educators and students. Get resources to address chronic absenteeism, implement your Portrait of a Graduate, and much more!

Actionable Resources for District Leaders

Future-Ready Skill-Building Starts Here

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Wayfinder Gets Students Future-Ready

Wayfinder ensures future readiness by teaching students important skills like resilience, adaptability, and effective communication. In today’s evolving world, Wayfinder elevates essential life skills alongside academic knowledge, ensuring students are equipped to thrive.

Our K-12 Future-Ready curriculum is specifically designed to support students' well-being and teaches them how to navigate their future with confidence.

Talk to Wayfinder to learn more about supporting your K-12 campus with Future-Ready Skills.

Bring K-12 Essential Future-Ready Skills to Your School District

Wayfinder’s research-backed programming facilitates student belonging and purpose, building durable skills and future-ready students.

Watch this quick video to see how our partners at Norman Public Schools build positive character traits with Wayfinder.

Ready to bring Future-Ready Skills education to life in your district?

College + Career Readiness Resources

Prepare Students for the Future of Work

Top companies agree: the skills tomorrow’s graduates need for professional success are predominantly those built through social development. According to the World Economic Forum’s 2025 Future of Jobs Report, 9 out of the top 10 most in-demand skills are intra + interpersonal competencies.


Read our new guide Preparing Students for the Future of Jobs to learn:

  • Workforce trends + shifts
  • Top workforce skills for future-ready grads
  • Strategies to bridge interpersonal skills + career readiness 
  • And much more!

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Real-World Money Skills to Build Financial Literacy

We talked to recent graduates across the country, and their number one complaint about their K-12 experience—there was not enough focus on financial literacy content in school.

We listened! Watch this short video and learn how to guide students to confidently own their financial journey. Sample our new Financial Literacy collection to teach students about:

  • Healthy money mindsets
  • Budgeting 101
  • Investing basics
  • Understanding taxes
  • Setting financial goals
  • So much more!

Portrait of a Graduate Resources + Tools

Track + Measure Your Portrait of a Graduate Skills

You’ve identified the key skills your students need—now it’s time to measure growth and make that vision a reality.

Wayfinder brings Future-Ready Skills and Portrait of a Graduate competencies together in one streamlined, research-based solution.Learn more and watch a pre-recorded demo here.

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Download Portrait of a Graduate Free Resources

Grab reports on the Future of Jobs, all new white papers on Future-Ready Skills for graduates, and get a free Portrait of a Graduate Implementation Workbook.

MTSS Resources + Counselor Support

MTSS That's Simple, Responsive + Effective

Wayfinder’s all-in-one platform allows educators and counselors to respond to every student’s needs. Explore 250+ Tier 2 and 3 interventions, plus thousands of Tier 1 activities. 

Our comprehensive assessment suite and research-backed resources make it easy to assess students’ skills, respond with targeted instruction, and monitor growth over time.

Learn more about Wayfinder's new MTSS features below! 

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MTSS Tier 2 + 3 Activities for K-12 Students

Our team of experts (including resident counselors!) designed our MTSS content to be unique to user type, spending extra time to support the specific needs of counselors.

Try Tier 2 + 3 activity samples and see how Wayfinder can support MTSS in your school or district!

Resources to Support Student Well-Being

Bullying Prevention + Conflict Resolution

Bullying is often an indicator that students need support in other interpersonal areas. Wayfinder offers resources to help students develop future-ready skills that can prevent bullying and help with conflict resolution. Our six future-ready Core Skills allow students to connect classroom learning to the real world.

Raise awareness about bullying and promote respect, self-reflection, and the development of proactive measures to address bullying.

Bullying Prevention Resources for K-12 Students and Staff
How to Address Chronic Absenteeism in Your District

How to Address District-Wide Chronic Absenteeism

Wayfinder tackles chronic absenteeism by focusing on student well-being, fostering a sense of belonging, and guiding purposeful development. Real-life educators using Wayfinder have achieved:

  • Increased student agency + accountability
  • Tracked crucial skill development + generated related content
  • Developed students' self-awareness + purpose 
  • Strengthened belonging + connection at school

Explore resources to address chronic absenteeism in your district. 

Resources to Help Build Healthy Social Media Habits

We've pulled together high-impact resources from our social media content to help educators and leaders better address student social media and online habits. The downloadable includes:

  • Engaging, relevant lessons that provide a meaningful entry point into helping students make better choices online
  • Quick activities that spark conversations and shifts in students' digital usage
  • Accompanying slide decks and workbook pages that make it easy to integrate these activities into what you're already doing
  • Content for elementary, middle, and high school students

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Hear From Real District Leaders Using Wayfinder

Portland Public Schools

Jill Bryant is an Assistant Director at Portland Public Schools. Portland Public Schools chose Wayfinder not only for the support it offers students but also to foster staff and school community. 

Watch how Wayfinder supports 80 schools and over 40,000+ students in the largest school district in Oregon.

Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools

LaTrayl Adams is a Director at Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools. Wayfinder stood out to her team as the right program for their students because it engages and lands with older students—something that had been impossible to find with other programs.

Watch how Wayfinder supports 81 schools and over 54,000+ students in the fourth-largest school district in North Carolina.

District-Wide Implementation With Wayfinder

Kick Off with Wayfinder

We’ve carefully curated our implementation process to make sure it is as smooth as possible.

This infographic shows how easy it is to launch Wayfinder at your school or district.

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Walk, Jog, Run Framework

Download a helpful 1-pager to visualize multi-year and successful long-term learning journeys.

This framework helps districts and schools consider how interconnected strategies will develop over time.

Explore Implementation Case Studies

Curious about what it would be like to implement Wayfinder at your site or district? Rolling out similar programs?

Read our district case studies to learn more about how district leaders are rolling out Wayfinder successfully!

Wayfinder Implementation Resources for Your District

Explore Funding Options to Purchase Wayfinder

Find a funding path to bring Wayfinder to your students + staff!

Existing federal funding sources can be used for Wayfinder’s products and services. A needs-based assessment process will use school and district data to confirm needs. 

Check out language and resources for writing a grant proposal to fund Wayfinder in your school or district using Title I, II, and IV funds. 

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Ready to Try Wayfinder In Your School District?

Wayfinder was born at the Stanford d.school after asking one question: How can we reimagine education to develop a student’s sense of meaning, purpose, and belonging?

When districts compare Wayfinder with other programs, they choose us 4 out of 5 times. We’re confident that we offer the strongest solutions for K-12 schools.

Learn more about Wayfinder's district-wide K-12 curriculum and talk with our team of implementation experts! 

Try Wayfinder in your District