How can you know where you want to go if you can't figure out who you are? We created Wayfinder to help all young people find their way. Our PreK-12 curriculum helps students develop future-ready skills, a sense of belonging at school, and the ability to navigate the future with purpose. With beautifully designed lesson materials, we make it easy for teachers to prepare for any lesson in five minutes or less. “I’ve been teaching a really long time, and this is one of the few times my mind has been blown.” Learn what's possible with Wayfinder: https://wfndr.co/495pGCI #curriculum #futurereadyskills #21stcenturyskills
Wayfinder
Education
Bend, OR 8,325 followers
Beyond SEL: Build purpose + belonging for future-ready students.
About us
Wayfinder, developed at the Stanford University d.school, offers a comprehensive K-12 curriculum that goes beyond social-emotional learning to equip students with essential future-ready skills. Rooted in research, Wayfinder's curriculum focuses on Self-Awareness, Adaptability, Empathy, Collaboration, Agency, and Purpose. These skills aim to bridge the gap between classroom learning and real-world applications, preparing students for lifelong success. Wayfinder is designed to build meaningful connections, enhance student engagement, and improve school climate. It includes the Waypoints assessment suite, which provides real-time insights into student growth, enabling targeted instruction and timely interventions. The program's flexible implementation options work across settings and grade levels, and it integrates seamlessly with all major learning management systems. Wayfinder has been positively received by both students and teachers since 2015, with significant improvements reported in student engagement, social awareness, and sense of purpose post-implementation. The program has served students from over 65 countries across the globe, including major US districts like Omaha Public Schools, Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools, Portland Public Schools, and The School District of Philadelphia. Recently, Wayfinder received the highest possible program designation from the Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL) and the highest possible Learning Rating from Common Sense Education.
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https://www.withwayfinder.com
External link for Wayfinder
- Industry
- Education
- Company size
- 51-200 employees
- Headquarters
- Bend, OR
- Type
- Educational
- Founded
- 2015
- Specialties
- curriculum, edtech, durable skills, social emotional learning, future-ready skills, MTSS, student programs, professional development, teaching and learning, school districts, K-12, schools, and education
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Bend, OR, US
Employees at Wayfinder
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Inspired by the traditional art, science, and practice of Polynesian wayfinding and developed in collaboration with the Hawaiʻi nonprofit Education Incubator, Wayfinder is providing a Hawaiʻi-focused version of our curriculum that brings together purpose development, future-readiness, and local context. The Hawaii State Department of Education is sponsoring this statewide effort to provide this custom version of Wayfinder, accessible to all of Hawaiʻi's 55 middle schools and alternative learning programs. Wayfinder aligns to Nā Hopena A‘o, a statewide framework of six core values often abbreviated as BREATH: Belonging, Responsibility, Excellence, Aloha, Total Well-Being, and Hawaiʻi. We are deeply proud to support Hawaiʻi educators as they preserve, honor, and elevate the unique qualities of Hawaiʻi. #hawaiischools #hawaiiteachers
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Global Change Futurist 🌍 | Transformational Speaker 🧭 | Career Portfolio Guide 🎨 | Author of FLUX: 8 Superpowers for Thriving in Constant Change 📚 | Powered by Joy & Gratitude 🤸♀️
Wayfinder's mission is to help all young people find their way. It was born out of asking one key design question 💭: How can we reimagine adolescent education to develop a student’s sense of #meaning, #purpose, and #belonging? Today, Wayfinder's PreK-12 curriculum helps students develop future-ready skills, a sense of belonging at school, and the ability to navigate – and thrive in – the future. They're HQ'ed in Oregon (+ are an Oregon Venture Fund investment) yet serve globally. Speaking of which... they're hiring for international expansion! 🌍 This is a dream role for people interested in international perspectives *and* the future of #education and #wellbeing. It's a US-based position yet obviously global. Please tag and share with anyone who could be a good fit! https://lnkd.in/gskx8eF7 More on Wayfinder's story: https://lnkd.in/gvNcJt_8 More on Wayfinder's culture: https://lnkd.in/gWeKUar3 Abby Falik, Ingrid L., David Preston, Raya Bidshahri, Craig Zelizer, David Witzel, Andrea Bazoin, Andrea Koppel, Patrick Cook-Deegan, Heather E. McGowan, Matt Compton, Eric Rosenfeld, Jon Maroney, Deepthi Madhava #futureofeducation #futurefit #mentalhealth
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Curious about what it's like to bring Wayfinder to your school? Watch this video to find out what our implementation support looks like. To browse more in-depth resources, visit: https://wfndr.co/3XL57Iy
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Watch the trailer + sign up for our exclusive Ed Talks! You’ll get a dose of exclusive content delivered to your inbox every week of the series ⬇️ https://wfndr.co/47rnrti The Ed Talks series is a small sample of the wealth of resources available to our school partners in the Wayfinder app. ✨ #professionallearning #videoseries
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Dr. Miki Tomita Okamoto—our Hawai‘i lead and longtime advisor and partner in our work—shares how every person is essential to the life of the planet, through the lens of wayfinding. 🧭 Miki met Wayfinder CEO Patrick Cook-Deegan when she was the education lead for the Polynesian Voyaging Society, the world’s leading organization resurrecting nature-based, non-instrument navigation on the open ocean, and has been “inspired by his work at Wayfinder to elevate wayfinding as an inspirational metaphor for navigating life with purpose.” 🌊 She is the Founder and CEO of Education Incubator, Wayfinder’s nonprofit partner in Hawai‘i, and she has worked in education for 25+ years as a teacher, administrator, curriculum developer, and researcher. Miki, we deeply appreciate your perspective and your essential contributions to Wayfinder’s curriculum! . . . From the Polynesian Voyaging Society: “During the 2024 Festival of the Pacific Arts, the Polynesian Voyaging Society held a two-day Mālama Honua Ocean Summit to discuss key issues surrounding the protection of our oceans and the practice of traditional voyaging and wayfinding. This snippet comes from a panel called ‘Voyaging Education Panel’ featuring Lindsay Ah Loo, Christopher Barton, Miki Tomita, Schannel Fanene van Dijken, and Chris Blake, each discussing the integration of wayfinding and voyaging principals into an evolving educational system.”
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Wayfinder reposted this
Director of Social Emotional Learning, Mindfulness Educator, Podcast - Mind Declutter w/Athea Davis, Author - Today's Gonna Be Awesomesauce
On a critical mission to get our kids to the moon and REACH for the stars with a solid academic and character foundation for whole student + life success at Ètoile Academy Charter School. 🚀 We are a K-8 grade campus in Houston, Texas with 4 schools across 2 campuses. Thank you Wayfinder (and Zach) for being such a great SEL partner to help us bring our mission and vision to life. Our middle schoolers are starting their second year with Wayfinder’s Core Social and Emotional Learning curriculum during advisory and our K-4 graders will be experiencing Wayfinder’s awesome SEL activity library in their morning meeting and brain break transition times. Wayfinder SEL is an evidence-based, highly engaging SEL curriculum that prepares students with future-ready skills and equips them with a sense of purpose and belonging for whole school + life success. #socialemotionallearning #education #emotionalintelligence
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“AI excels at solving specific problems, like safe driving or answering factual questions, but struggles with dynamic systems requiring adaptability, such as classrooms or businesses. While concerns about AI are valid, certain human aspects of education and work will remain irreplaceable. ...With early studies showing the negative impact of AI-driven virtual tutoring, it’s clear that technology will never recreate the critical, relational aspects of education. Instead, it can offer teachers a helping hand, making their jobs more manageable and their instruction more effective.” –Nathaniel Manning, Senior AI Advisor at Wayfinder + Co-Founder of Kettle Learn what educators need to know about AI’s limits and possibilities in this new op-ed from Nat: https://wfndr.co/4g8rDCn
AI's limits are making future-ready skills more important
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We're hiring a Senior Revenue Operations Analyst! Wayfinder is looking for a highly technical Sr. Revenue Operations Analyst who excels at integrating various platforms to ensure seamless data flow across the organization. In this role, you will be responsible for managing the integration between key systems like Salesforce, HubSpot, QBO, and data from our app – optimizing processes and automating workflows to enhance efficiency. This position will report to the Chief Operations Officer. Apply here: https://lnkd.in/gzJKJDrW
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Wayfinder is happy to announce that we've joined the EDSAFE AI Alliance Industry Council to help shape the future of AI in education. The EDSAFE AI Industry Council is made up of 60+ leading education and technology companies of all sizes committed to ensuring artificial intelligence and related technologies—in their own companies’ solutions and across the education landscape—are safe, accountable, fair, and effective (SAFE). We adhere to the Software and Information Industry Association (SIAA) Principles for the Future of AI in Education. https://wfndr.co/4dMvDq2