Dove Self-Esteem Project

Written by Brett Delaney, Kate Kalnes, EdD, Mary Wentland, and Scott Przystas, Dove Self-Esteem Project Cadre Trainers One of the foremost reasons we live in the Midwest is to experience the beauty of the four seasons. Each one brings with it a change in scenery, a change in temperature, and a change in adventure. Additionally, as many Midwest educators may observe, each season often brings a change in body confidence for some of our students.  The Dove Self-Esteem Project Read ▸ about Body Confidence: An All-Season Affair in the Midwest

Written by Britnee Weatherspoon, Danielle Petrucci, John Lakshmanan, Michelle Rawcliffe, and Tara Cooper, Dove Self-Esteem Project Cadre Trainers  The Dove Self-Esteem Project is a program started nearly two decades ago by Dove to increase body confidence and self-esteem in young people around the globe via educational tools and resources. To date, the Dove Self-Esteem Project has reached more than 60 million young people with a goal to reach a quarter of a billion by 2030. Read ▸ about Utilization of the Dove Self-Esteem Project – Fitting It Into Your Curriculum

Written by Monica L. Coleman, Ebony Section, and Michelle White, Dove Self-Esteem Project Cadre TrainersDuring the last few years, the Dove Self-Esteem Project has worked throughout the United States to connect educators to its Confident Me! no-cost, researched curriculum, which focuses on body confidence and self-esteem for middle schoolers.  Regardless of where our team has ventured to share the curriculum, we have found it quite common for those who are interested in our work to think Read ▸ about Mindful of Our Boys, Their Bodies, and Their Minds

We are offering a free Webinar on Tuesday, September 22 at 7pm!Have you found yourself planning for remote or at-home instruction for your students? If so, we have three mini-lessons, designed for remote learning for middle school students. This webinar will briefly go over those lessons and include how to access them!For those that participate in the entire 45 minute webinar, we'll collect names at the end of the session and 5 educators will be randomly selected from that list to be sent a Read ▸ about Webinar on Remote Lessons on Body Confidence

 Written by Dawn Graff-Haight, Kylie Pybus, and Angie Rodgers, Dove Self-Esteem Project Cadre TrainersOne of the goals set forth by the Dove Self Esteem Project is to foster self-esteem and body confidence by helping students eliminate body talk. There is growing acknowledgment that emphasis on physical appearance and brand name apparel can negatively impact student self-esteem.Body Talk that is seen as positive such as, “You look like you’ve lost weight!” and negative body talk such as, “I Read ▸ about What is Body Talk? Developing Language That Values Our Students

Written by Cairn Guidance, a Dove Self-Esteem Project Partner Great things happen in the educational learning environment. Had this statement been written in the early days of March, instead of May, the previous sentence would have read, “Great things happen in the Read ▸ about 31 Days of Self-Esteem & Body Confidence Prompts for Young People

2019 DSEP Cadre Trainers Written by Cairn Guidance, a Dove Self-Esteem Project Partner The theme for the Dove Self-Esteem Project’s (DSEP) 2019 Cadre Trainer Retreat was The Journey to Body Confidence.  Every human being takes this journey, most of which is probably not wholly conscious.  We become who we are by experiences, thought processes, and the significant lives that touch ours, amongst other things.  Does Read ▸ about The Journey to Body Confidence

 By Antionette Meeks of Cairn Guidance, a Dove Self-Esteem Project Partner “I am the luckiest teacher in the world! I teach 150 middle school girls and they are awesome!”” Nanci Coolen is a middle school physical education teacher in the state of Hawaii.  She has been teaching middle school for fifteen years.  If there is anything she has noticed, it is that girls need to learn how to develop confidence and love themselves.  She believes her Read ▸ about Meet Nanci Coolen, DSEP Regional Incentive Award Winning Middle School Physical Educator