Resources for Social Well-being

  • social intelligence

    Socially and emotionally intelligent educators build strong relationships within the DPS community and are better able to lead by example through self-awareness, self-management, social awareness and relationship management.

  • Apps

    • Facebook
      Network and connect with friends and share updates, pictures and videos. 
    • Instagram
      A photo and video sharing app to connect with friends, family and more. 
    • LinkedIn
      A business- and employment-oriented social networking service that operates via websites and mobile apps.
    • Meetup
      Connect with or create your own group and meet people near you who share your interests.
    • Pinterest
      Discover recipes, home ideas, style inspiration and other ideas to try.
    • Twitter
      This is an online news and social networking service where users post and interact with short messages.

  • Benefits

    • Employee Assistance Program
      The DPS Employee Assistance Program (EAP) gives you and your dependents confidential support, resources and information for personal and work-life issues at no charge to you.

    • Employee Discounts by BenePlace
      As a DPS employee, you have access to many discounts on popular brands, retailers and services. Take advantage of special pricing on popular, innovative products and services to help you better manage your day-to-day lives.

    • Guidance Resources
      DPS employees have access to expert information on thousands of topics, including relationships, work, school, children, wellness, legal, financial and free time. In addition, you can search for qualified child and elder care professionals, attorneys and financial planners, as well as ask questions, take self-assessments and more. Enter "DPS" into Organization Web ID. 

  • Books

    • Mindsight: The New Science of Personal Transformation
      With the integration of brain science with psychotherapy, Dr. Dan Siegel offers an extraordinary guide to the practice of “mindsight,” the potent skill that is the basis for both emotional and social intelligence.

  • Discounts

    • Other Employee Discounts
      As a DPS employee, you have access to many discounts on popular brands, retailers and services. Take advantage of special pricing on popular, innovative products and services to help you better manage your day-to-day lives.

  • Podcasts

    • Happier with Gretchen Rubin 
      Gretchen Rubin, author of The Happiness Project and Better Than Before shares practical, manageable advice about happiness and good habits.

    • The Daily Boost
      This podcast delivers effective strategies for daily motivation focused on life, career, goal setting, health and the law of attraction.

    • The School of Greatness with Lewis Howes
      Lewis Howes interviews business leaders, athletes and influential celebrities from across the world to highlight their story and share their personal successes. 

    • Tiny Leaps Big Changes
      Utilizing personal development, self-help strategies and tiny habit formations are the premise of this self-improvement podcast. 

  • Tips and articles

    • 121 Employee Wellness Ideas
      A list of 121 fun employee wellness program ideas that you can easily implement in your building or department.

    • Be Brain Fit
      Read articles and other research on ways to boost your cognitive and mental health and fitness.

    • Making SEL the DNA of a School
      From the Greater Good Magazine, school and district leaders share stories of how they are infusing SEL into everything they do.

    • The Four Tendencies Quiz
      Take this quiz, developed by Gretchen Rubin, author of Better Than Before, designed to help people learn how they respond to both outer and inner expectations.

    • The Pursuit of Happiness
      Find articles written by psychologists, philosophers and educators from science-based information on life skills and habits needed to enhance well-being, build resilience against depression and anxiety, and pursue a meaningful life.

  • Videos

    • Judson Brewer: A simple way to break a bad habit.
      Psychiatrist Judson Brewer studies the relationship between mindfulness and addiction. Here, he outlines the mechanism of habit development and shares a simple tactic to help prevent the urge to smoke, snack or check a text while driving.

    • Rita Pierson: Every kid needs a champion.
      Rita Pierson, a teacher for 40 years, details the importance for educators to believe in their students and connect with them on a real, human, personal level.

    • Sophie Scott: Why we laugh.
      Cognitive neuroscientist Sophie Scott shares surprising facts about laughter and the science of cracking up.

    • Steve Jobs: How to live before you die.
      In his Stanford University commencement speech, Steve Jobs, CEO and co-founder of Apple and Pixar, urges individuals to pursue their dreams and see the opportunities in life's setbacks, including death itself.

  • Websites

    • Be Brain Fit
      Read articles and other research on ways to boost your cognitive and mental health and fitness.

    • Suicide Prevention Coalition of Colorado
      The Suicide Prevention Coalition of Colorado provides information on preventing suicide and creating a resource network for those who were working to prevent suicide around the state.

    • The Healthy Mind Platter
      Dr. Dan Siegel, author of Mindsight, shares seven daily mental activities to help optimize brain matter and improve well-being.

    • The Pursuit of Happiness
      Psychologists, philosophers and educators provide science-based information on life skills and habits needed to enhance well-being, build resilience against depression and anxiety, and pursue a meaningful life.

    • Walk2Connect
      Walk2Connect is a worker-owned cooperative designed to create whole-health walking programs focused on connection to others, to the places we live and to ourselves.