Become a MindUp School
Teachers and school leaders in hundreds of schools are currently implementing MindUP™ throughout North America. A school that demonstrates sustained enthusiasm and fidelity to the MindUP™ program and fulfills various criteria can become a MindUP™ School or MindUP™ Select School.
After deciding to adopt MindUP™ and submitting a “School Profile” (PDF) and 
“School’s Letter of Agreement,” The Hawn Foundation’s Director of Educational Programs and Initiatives reviews these documents and discusses other pertinent issues with school leaders. An on-site Teacher Training Workshop may then be scheduled. Continuous dialogue between a school and The Hawn Foundation prior to on-site training ensures that all workshops activities are coordinated with the school and it is prepared well in advance to engage fully in training. Additionally, a school is expected to purchase MindUP™ books for each teacher and staff member from Scholastic, Inc. prior to an on-site Teacher Training Workshop.
School leaders, in consultation with faculty, are asked to develop and submit a two-year strategic sustainability plan for MindUP™ and designate one or two staff members as MindUP™ School Coordinators.
MindUP™ Schools
After a full-day MindUP™ Teacher Training Workshop, a school then sustains the program for a year. MindUP™ must be implemented throughout the school, and its skills and principles integrated into teachers' regular curriculum. A MindUP™ consultant maintains contact with the school to ensure fidelity to the program and to help the school in ways deemed important to both school leaders and the consultant.
A Hawn Foundation consultant then visits the school and conducts an on-site review, which includes an analysis of pre- and post-program evaluation measures found in the MindUP™ Evaluation Toolkit. These easy-to-administer student and teacher self-reports and fidelity and efficacy surveys exhibit data that is for the sole use of the Foundation and school.
Once these steps are taken, a school may apply to The Hawn Foundation for Certification as a MindUP™ School. If successful, a school may renew its certification every three years, pending an off-site view.
MindUP™ Select Schools
After a full-day MindUP™ Teacher Training Workshop, a school then sustains the program for a year. MindUP™ must be implemented throughout the school, and its skills and principles integrated into teachers' regular curriculum. A MindUP™ consultant maintains contact with the school to ensure fidelity to the program and to help the school in ways deemed important to both school leaders and the consultant.
A Hawn Foundation consultant then visits the school and conducts an on-site review, which includes an analysis of pre- and post-program evaluation measures found in the MindUP™ Evaluation Toolkit. These easy-to-administer student and teacher self-reports and fidelity and efficacy surveys exhibit data that is for use by the Foundation and school. Schools electing to become a MindUP™ Select School will also be invited to participate in university-affiliated research projects.
After a year, the Director of Educational Programs and Initiatives will visit the school and conduct an on-site review.
A MindUP™ Select School also takes an active role in the Foundation’s efforts to disseminate the MindUP™ program to other schools.
A school may apply to The Hawn Foundation for provisional certification as a MindUP™ Select School. A MindUP™ Select School with provisional certification is then reviewed after the second year, and if successful obtains full certification as a MindUP Select School. Each school undergoes an off-site review every third year to maintain certification.
For more information, please contact Dr. Marc A. Meyer (marc.meyer@thehawnfoundation.org).
