The School District of the Menomonie Area has partnered with Satchel Pulse to help monitor and improve the life skills learning of all of our students.
What is Life Skills Learning?
Life skills programs help youth and adults learn and apply knowledge, skills, and attitudes to enrich their personal and academic lives. Studies have shown that life skill learning programs increase academic performance, attendance, behavior, and post-secondary success.
Skills include developing healthy identities, managing emotions, setting and achieving goals, developing empathy for others, establishing and maintaining supportive relationships, collaborating with others, and making responsible and caring decisions.
How does Satchel Pulse work?
Satchel Pulse is an easy-to-use assessment with 25 simple questions. Students use the assessment to rate their self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, relationship, and responsible decision-making skills.
Student answers help us learn how to best support our students’ ongoing development in these five critical skills.
What questions will my child be asked?
The following are sample questions that my child will be asked.
- I understand how my choices affect others, and try to be honest and fair
- I stay calm when things/people are bothering me
- I set goals to help me achieve what I want to do
- I work well in a team, and others tell me that as well
- I know what I am good at
- I am confident in my decisions and actions
Parent FAQs:
Is the Satchel Pulse Skills screener a mental health screener?
No. The Satchel Pulse Skills screener is designed to gather feedback on relationship, organizational, goal-setting, decision-making, and teamwork skills--the skills necessary for college and career success.
The Satchel Pulse Skills Screener is not designed to identify disorders requiring support from a mental health professional.
Does the Satchel Pulse Screener diagnose emotional disorders?
No! Satchel Pulse tools identify the skills students need to succeed in school, life, and career. The
Satchel Pulse suite cannot be used to diagnose or treat clinical emotional disorders because our tools do not address topics related to diagnosing mental health disorders.
Does the Satchel Pulse Life Skills screener ask students about sensitive topics?
No! While the Satchel Pulse Skills self-assessment is meant to be comprehensive and useful, Satchel
Pulse respects a guardian's right to approach sensitive topics with the children in their care. Satchel Pulse Skills Screeners do NOT introduce sensitive topics such as self-harm, sexuality, gender identity, trauma, and violent ideations.
Does Satchel Pulse Skills protect student data?
Yes! Satchel Pulse Skills conforms with the data regulations that apply to all educational service
providers. These laws stringently protect all children and their personal data. Satchel Pulse does not share sensitive or identifying student information with any other parties.