About The Core Project

Social skills, or “soft skills” are essential for individuals to thrive--in the classroom, at home, in a career, and in every facet of life. Young people don’t simply acquire these skills without relationship with others and intentional instruction. Schools are a relational environment where students spend a significant amount of time, thus becoming a place where academic and relational development is necessary for long-term student success.

“I think it’s safe to say many of us experienced one of the most impactful days of our careers yesterday, and we owe you a great deal of gratitude for your work.”

— Principal, Maconaquah High School

An Inside Out Approach

We work with school administrators, educators, and students in the process of personal growth and skill development. We believe that personal growth environments are created when leaders demonstrate curiosity, courage, and strategy.

Curiosity

We aim to help students and adults consider who they are and how they react. Being curious about others leads to compassion, understanding, relational connection and safety. When we understand someone else, we can care about them and help them grow. Curiosity sets the stage for learning.

Strategy

Being strategic means our efforts become organized. Having strategy is how we move from practice to mastering a skill.

Courage

We provide opportunities for people to step into new experiences. Having courage to show up and be seen is how we move from a thought to practice.

What you can expect from The Core Project:

All our services, trainings, and curriculum are based on providing experiences as a pathway to learning.
We love public education. There’s no one we respect more than educators.
We’re the people behind Core Lessons, the curriculum that lets you help every student develop and practice SEL skills on a weekly basis. The tool that teachers love to use because it supports what they already do naturally.
We work exclusively with schools who want to develop all kids at all levels. We care about nothing more than helping teachers be successful in the classroom.
We work with teachers, we coach administrators, and we train entire staff teams. We even work with student leaders and work with you to design custom leadership retreats or team-building workshops.
In addition to consulting, Greg Sommers, our Founder, is an inspiring and dynamic public speaker. If you want an event that engages educators at the core of who they are, hire Greg.
The Core Project is an evidence-informed Social-Emotional Learning program. CASEL is our guide.
We care a lot about connection and relationships. We believe in developing people from the inside out.