Educators & Community
As a teacher, organization or community member in Fayette County, you are an asset and resource to our youth and we want to help you! Help your community through one of these resources or by getting involved with the Family Resource Network.
Free Tools for Educators
- Ask. Listen. Learn – Educators play a critical role in their students development. Help support your students by teaching them how to say ‘YES’ to a healthy lifestyle and ‘NO’ to underage drinking.
- EverFi – Empowers educators to bring real world learning into the classroom and equip students with the skills they need for success – now and in the future.
- Natural High – Dive in to our free and compelling content with our playlists designed to introduce kids to the power of the natural high and to provoke valuable and life-changing discussion on the topic of drug and alcohol abuse.
- Second Step – Programs that help students build social-emotional skills—like nurturing positive relationships, managing emotions, and setting goals—so they can thrive in school and in life.
Available Programs
Staff of the FRN and Fayette Prevention Coalition are implementing the following programs in Fayette County schools:
- Too Good for Drugs – The lessons introduce and develop skills for making healthy choices, building positive friendships, developing self-efficacy, communicating effectively, and resisting peer pressure and influence.
- CATCH My Breath – the vape education program includes grade-level specific and health education standards-aligned classroom curriculum alongside a variety of engaging supplemental materials including STEM/Humanities/PE extensions, self-paced modules, and virtual field trips.
- N.O.T on Tobacco – The easy-to-use method helps teens quit by addressing total health in order to develop and maintain positive behaviors. Participants will talk about the importance of physical activity, nutrition, enhancing their sense of self-control, and improving life skills such as stress management, decision making, coping and interpersonal skills.
Prevention Days
- Take Down Tobacco Day – March 31st
- National Prevention Week – May 12 – 18
- Red Ribbon Week – October 23 – 31
- Alcohol Awareness Month – Month of April
- Mental Health Awareness Month – Month of May
- No Vape November – Month of November
- Full List of Health Awareness Months
Get Involved
As an educator, you do so much for the children of Fayette County. We are here to help you!
If you want trained to facilitate any curriculums or need help presenting information to your students, please reach out to us. Visit our Get Involved page here
