The Teel Institute is dedicated to helping children lead successful, secure, happy, productive, and fulfilled lives. The Institute develops programs and materials that teach children … to respect themselves …to care for others…to give their best effort…to achieve in school…to take responsibility…to learn from their mistakes…to solve problems effectively…to set goals…to use self-discipline. We envision a world where all children live up to their highest potential in achievement and in relationships with others.

Carefully supported by extensive research, the flagship program of the Teel Institute is The Essential Curriculum™, a program used by classroom teachers to teach skills that every child needs to be successful in school and more importantly, in life. The Essential Curriculum is an effective tool in helping students achieve academically. The Essential Curriculum helps teachers maintain order in their classroom and manage their classrooms effectively. The Essential Curriculum teaches behavioral skills to children and prevents behavior problems. The Essential Curriculum helps teachers address and eliminate behavior problems when they occur. The Essential Curriculum helps teachers create caring, thoughtful, respectful communities of learners. The Essential Curriculum teaches lifelong skills that guarantee a sense of self-respect, regardless of individual circumstances, gifts and talents, successes, or failures.

"Respecting the rights of others equally with my own gives me the right to respect myself."