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Did the Sweethearts & Heroes Message Impact You?

You didn’t just hear the message of HOPE and Action — you experienced it in your heart and soul.

Maybe you saw our life-changing assembly in middle school.

Maybe in high school, you sat in a Circle and felt a sense of belonging.

And now you’re an educator — and you’re in a position to pass that impact forward and become a Sweethearts & Heroes Champion Teacher!

We want to help empower you to become a champion of the HOPE and Action message in your school and community. Becoming a Champion Teacher means more than teaching a class. It means leading culture, building connection, and empowering your students to become leaders and healthy role models.

Champion Teachers are trained to:

Run Circle with students & educators

Spread the message of HOPE & Action

Establish our leadership role model classes

How can you become a Champion Teacher?

We know every school and every individual is different, and we have multiple pathways to becoming a Champion Teacher.

Regional Initiative

Our #1 recommendation is to attend a 3-Day regional BRAVE Institute Training. This is an in-person training, where we gather aspiring Champion Teachers from the region to:

Learn the Sweethearts & Heroes BRAVE curriculum

Receive hands-on Circle Training

Practice facilitation and leadership skills

This experience is transformational—not just professionally, but personally.

In-District Initiative

When a regional BRAVE Institute isn’t available in your area, we bring the training to you and your district or school.

This pathway includes:

Separate Circle Training

A BRAVE Orientation Training at your school

Launch support, where we help you initiate our BRAVE classes with your students

This path is the most common and includes in-person training and yearlong remote support.

Digital Initiative

Finally, if you are looking for a flexible, self-paced, explorative approach, all you need is access to our HOPE Classroom, hosted on the strength-based Thrively platform.

All our BRAVE and STEP classes are housed on this platform, along with all the Circle Training and resources you need to bring the Sweethearts & Heroes message and Circle practices to your district.

The HOPE Classroom is a yearlong subscription required to teach our classes.

Reach out today!

For more information on the training required and content you’ll be teaching, please explore these pages on our site:

What is Circle?
Circle Training
BRAVE Leadership
STEP Leadership
HOPE Classroom