Fueling Schools with the Power of Relationships
FuelEd fills a gap in educator preparation and development by providing training in critical social and emotional competencies - areas of professional growth for teachers that have been historically overlooked. We equip educators with the social and emotional skills essential for building relationships in schools.
Our Mission
FuelEd develops emotionally intelligent educators who create relationship-driven schools.
Research-Backed Professional Development
FuelEd partners with schools, districts, and organizations that serve networks of educators, to develop the interpersonal skills, self-awareness, and emotional well-being of their staff so that every educator can build secure relationships that provide the condition for optimal learning and development.
FuelEd has reached educators across the country, helping to create healthy school environments where adults and students thrive.
Participants often comment that FuelEd programs are "transformative", offering unique professional development that equips educators to see and address student trauma while also training in the critical skills of empathic listening and genuine communication.
Whereas many SEL models focus on educator knowledge and behavior, FuelEd also focuses on educator self-awareness and personal transformation, both of which are critical to developing secure relationships.
With socially and emotionally intelligent educators building secure relationships at the center of every classroom and every school, FuelEd envisions a happier, healthier, more whole world.
Our Story
FuelEd was founded by Megan Marcus in 2012 on the principle that relationships drive learning. While training as a therapist and serving as a researcher for the book The Social Neuroscience of Education by Dr. Louis Cozolino, Marcus recognized the parallels between the teaching and the counseling professions: both are founded on connection, and both could promote human development. However, a distinct difference was clear: the way therapists are trained to leverage relationships are largely missing from traditional teacher preparation. Marcus then explored whether translating elements of therapists' professional training could fill this gap in teacher education. Since 2012, FuelEd has grown to serve schools and district nationwide and has received designation by Ashoka as an innovative solutions to social problems with the potential to change patterns across society.
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