Elevate Education Beyond Academics

Prismatic partners with Chicago schools to provide in-school, after-school, and professional development programs that support key social emotional learning outcomes for grades 4th - 12th.

Why schools partner with Prismatic

Deepen Student Engagement

Prismatic’s student programs and staff professional development engage students in their school community.

Powered by our team’s training in social emotional learning, trauma informed practices, and conflict de-escalation, our curriculum helps students build practices for mental health, cultivate healthy identity, and grow confidence and social skills, all while sparking joy and connection in the classroom.

Support School Improvement Goals

Prismatic brings your school ecosystem together through professional development designed to drive healthy communication, team-building and retention.

With training focused on skills for emotional intelligence, Prismatic builds your school culture both in and outside the classroom.

Expose Students To Adult Role Models

Through live sessions with diverse speakers from a variety of career pathways, Prismatic exposes students to a world outside the classroom.

Each candid conversation explores social emotional development throughout adulthood, as well as the ways our mission, strengths and interests contribute to a thriving and evolving career.

student outcomes

93% of our students report improved relationships.

Our in-school programs boast an 82% student engagement rate, nearly twice the national average.

100% of our students experience a 10% increase in confidence from start to end of programming.

our scope

800+

students

15

schools

who we serve

87%

of our students live in communities that have a higher unemployment rate than their state's average.

85%

of our students attend public schools that are made up of a majority of Black and Hispanic students.

Jarell Lee, KIPP Academy School Founding School Leader, Prismatic School Partner

“The burnout session was incredibly helpful for my staff and impactful for our school culture. During this time of year, my staff has typically struggled to cope and manage their workload, relationships, and personal stressors.

This session offered concrete tools and techniques that were immediately applicable in the lives of a busy educator. My staff raved about the session and still do.”

Brian Frances, Nature’s Fynd, Prismatic Volunteer Speaker

“The program is designed to ‘invigorate your students’ passions and kickstart their future career goals’ and it’s been an absolute pleasure to see that vision come to life through the Prismatic team, program volunteers, and most importantly, the high caliber students and all the effort they put into their personal development.

It’s been a fantastic experience to be able to play a role in this program, and it's truly inspiring to see what everyone puts into it, and what everyone gets out of it.”

FAQs

  • Yes!

  • Yes! All of our instructors are background checked prior to entering our partner schools.

  • Typically Prismatic provides programs to students once per week, during one class period (50-60 minutes). Our minimum engagement is 12 weeks long, but we often provide programs for the full school year.

  • We conduct surveys at several points throughout the session on key areas of social and emotional development.

    Pre, mid, and post session surveys are conducted by our teaching team, in addition to observational assessments by our managers. Additionally, our students are assessed at the beginning and end of programs. Finally, our school partners are regularly engaged for feedback throughout the session, and are provided a formal survey at the end of the program.

    These assessments are used by our team to adapt programming if necessary to better meet the social and emotional needs of our students.

  • Typically yes. However, thanks to our generous donor community, we are able to provide sliding scale pricing to meet the needs of a wide range of school communities.