Frequently Asked Questions

While the course does include mental health approaches and strategies that are culturally responsive, you may be interested in Cultural Inclusiveness and Equity WISE, a companion course of Classroom WISE coming in Summer 2022! In this course, developed by the Central East MHTTC in partnership with the National Center for School Mental Health, educators will learn how inequities in education impact student mental health and how implicit bias influences our perceptions and responses. Building on this foundation, educators will learn culturally inclusive classroom strategies to support student mental health. Learn more here.

Classroom WISE was designed to eliminate a number of barriers to schools using other mental health trainings for teachers, including:

• Cost. Many MH literacy trainings are costly. MH knowledge should be accessible to everyone, regardless of cost.

• Pace. Everyone learns differently. Self-paced means more accessible learning and retention for a diverse audience.

• Duration. This course is efficiently packed with essential information. Averaging 5 hours, the length of this training is ideal.

• Timing. This course is available 24/7 365 days a year. Unlike stand-alone trainings, anyone can access this course at any time. Educators have full plates. We wanted this content to be as accessible as possible for anyone's schedule.

• Interactive. While live trainings are great, our priority was to make this as accessible to as many people as possible. We worked hard to design this course with a balance of accessibility and interactivity.

Classroom WISE includes evidence-based strategies to promote student mental health and support students with mental health challenges. Strategies are based on the scientific literature on school climate, mental health literacy, social emotional learning, and school-based interventions for mental health problems. Learn more about the evidence-based components in Classroom WISE here.

While educators and school personnel are the primary audience for Classroom WISE, this free training package is available for anyone to access via www.classroomwise.org

At this time, the 6 modules in the Classroom WISE course are available in sequential order and all must be completed in order to obtain a certificate of completion. (Note: This varies for the Oregon and Maryland state-specific Classroom WISE courses that are intended for educators in Oregon and Maryland).

At this time, Classroom WISE does not offer CEUs for completion of the course; however, a certificate of completion for 5 contact hours is available upon completion of the course requirements.

We have developed a Classroom WISE Implementation Guide that you and your school team may use to develop a plan for implementing Classroom WISE in your school. You may access the implementation guide and additional implementation resources here.

An overview of the Classroom WISE course is available here. Course objectives are also available here.

Yes! The entire Classroom WISE training package (online course, video library and resource collection, and website) is available at NO COST to you!

The Classroom WISE course is estimated to take 5 hours to complete. Please note that the course is self-paced, and you may start and stop between modules as needed.

You may direct them to the Classroom WISE website here. For specific questions, you may utilize the contact form on the Classroom WISE website here to submit your inquiry.

Instructions for enrolling in the Classroom WISE online course are available here.

Yes! All resources and videos are available to the public and we encourage you to share them with your colleagues and spread the word about Classroom WISE.