Lesson Library (Mental Health Content)
Goal: Add a new lesson type called Mental Health.
User Stories:
As an administrator, I want my staff to actively teach mental health strategies in their classrooms, so that our students gain an understanding of their own mental health needs as well as gain an understanding of the needs of others.
As a teacher, I want to access mental health teaching resources, so that I feel more confident addressing the mental health needs of my students.
As a school counselor, I want to see classrooms proactively addressing issues related to mental health, so that I see less students in crisis.
As a parent, I want to know my child is actively learning about issues related to their own mental health, so that my child can live their best life.
As a student, I want to learn strategies to help me understand and manage my own mental health, so that I can live my best life.
Lesson Type
Design
Add new Lesson Type: Mental Health
Once Mental Health is selected as the lesson type, users will have the option to filter by grade and/or domain.
Business Rules and Acceptance Criteria:
Users who belong to a building that has been allocated Mental Health Student Licenses (Profiles) AND who have permission to either Goal Library → View or View Content → View will see Mental Health Lessons in the libraries.
Lesson Types will be listed as:
SEL
Mental Health
Abilities
Etc
Although these lessons are Tier 1 & 2 lessons, users with ANY education type will have access to these lessons.
Grade Filter
Design
When Mental Health is selected as the lesson type, we will show the following options in the grade filter:
All Grades
Kindergarten
Grade 1
Grade 2
Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Grade 9
Grade 10
Grade 11
Grade 12
Business Rules
We will default to All Grades in the general lesson library
We will default to the student’s grade in the student-specific lesson library. If the student belongs to a grade outside of those listed (i.e. Pre-K or NA), we will default to All Grades instead
This is a single-select filter
Selecting a grade will display the lessons associated with that grade. Selecting All Grades will display lessons associated with any grade
Domains Options
Design
We will show the following domains for Mental Health lesson type:
All Domains
Trauma
Reducing the Risk of Suicide
Substance Abuse
Human Trafficking
Anxiety
Depression
Bullying
Online Safety
LGBTQIA+
Kindness to Animals
Business Rules
We will default to All Domains
We should show all domain options without the need to click to “Show All”
This means REMOVE business logic that truncates the Domain List and removes the “Show All” button.
Selecting a domain will display lessons associated with that domain. Selecting All Domains will display lessons associated with any domain
There are no lesson areas for Mental Health
At time of launch, we should only show the lessons domains for which we have content. The estimated content timeline is as follows:
Trauma - All Grades | January 2021
Suicide - Grades 6-12 | January 2021
Substance use - Grades 6-12 | January 2021
Human trafficking - Grades 6-12 | January 2021
Suicide - Grades K-5 | Late Winter 2021/ Early Spring
Substance use - Grades K-5 | Late Winter 2021/ Early Spring
Human trafficking - Grades K-5 | Late Winter 2021/ Early Spring
Anxiety - Grades K-12 | May - July 2021
Depression - Grades K-12 |May - July 2021
Bullying - Grades K-12 | May - July 2021
Online safety - Grades K-12 | August - September 2021
LGBTQIA+ - Grades K-12 | October 2021
Kindness to animals - Grades K-12 | December 2021
If the user selects a grade for a domain that does not yet have any content, we will display a message stating “There are no lessons to show at this time. Please check back again soon!”
NOTE: Grade band Trauma lessons currently exist under SEL Lesson Library. These will remain.
Lesson Display
Design
In the main lesson display, we will show a column for:
Program Name
Domain
Grade
Actions
When the user clicks the Actions button (…), we will show the following options;
Prep
Assign Lesson
Assign Video
Assign Activity
Assign Quiz
Teach
Add to playlist
If user selects Prep, they will see the Prep Screen
Link Teacher Training on Prep Screen to Mental Health Professional Development
If user selects Assign Lesson, they will see the assign screen to add this lesson to a student’s learning plan (same as SEL lessons)
If the user selects assign video, assign, activity, or assign quiz, they will see the assign screen (same as SEL) to assign this content to the student center
If user selects Teach, they will see the Teach screen (same format as SEL lessons)
If the user selects Add to playlist, this lesson will be saved to the playlist
Business Rules
Program Name will show the name of the lesson
Domain will show the domain the lesson is associated with
Grade will show the grade the lesson is associated with
We will follow the same business rules as SEL lessons for assigning/viewing content
Users who also belong to a building that has been allocated Skills (Abilities, Inclusion, Transition, or Academic) licenses AND who have permission to add lessons to student’s learning plan will see Assign Lesson as an option in the actions menu
Activities for all teach sections (learn, practice, and dive deeper) may consist of video, PDF, PowerPoint, or PNG
There may be multiple activities per lesson (similar to how trauma currently works). We need to account for this on prep page and under actions menu when assigning activities
There will be no online vs in person lesson plans for mental health lessons
Domains and lessons should be listed in the order provided on content spreadsheets
We will count against student licenses.
IF Student licenses are exceed for this account, THEN show exceeds seats message.