Here are a few ideas to think about when it comes to assessing the wellness of your students:

  • Rubrics: Work with your students to design a rubric for each strength and PERMAH pillar at an age-appropriate level. The rubric creator, Rubistar, can help with this process. Here is a sample rubric for grit written for high school students.

  • Survey: The Institute of Positive Education provides a survey to measure students with their PERMAH and Character Strengths. It is for students ages 8-18.

  • Visible Thinking: Harvard’s Project Zero researchers provide thinking routines and other approaches to help students make their thinking visible. Several strategies have students sketchnoting, mind mapping, journaling, etc., to make their thinking visible for reflection and assessment purposes. Several thinking routines were listed here under the PRIME and SECONDARY strategies.

And there is a growing market of commercially offered wellness assessment tools.

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