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Orange Sparrow

Building Cultures of Belonging, Safety, Connection, Compassion, and Growth.

Orange Sparrow offers resources, trainings, and a tiered approach offering support through a human-centered ecosystem that helps schools and organizations create safe, relationship-centered cultures where students and adults feel seen, valued, connected, and empowered to grow.

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Evidence that Orange Sparrow works!

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Elementary school success

Increased student outcomes, improved attendance, and decreased discipline with the Orange Sparrow approach.

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SECONDARY school success

Decrease in unexcused absences, increased graduation rate, and improved behavior outcomes.

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PROFESSIONAL LEARNING

“This is the best professional development in my 36 years as a teacher and administrator!”

The Orange Sparrow Ecosystem Map highlights core pillars of belonging, safety, connection, compassion, and growth, with surrounding focus areas including leadership, classrooms, staff culture, systems, students, families, and outcomes, all centered around a bright orange sparrow illustration.

What is Orange Sparrow?

Orange Sparrow is a comprehensive implementation framework that helps schools align culture, leadership, instruction, safety, belonging, and human connection into one cohesive ecosystem.

We support Tier I, Tier II, and Tier III in bilingual spaces with solutions, training, and embedded solutions to strengthen culture, teach character development, teach executive functioning and life skills, and improve behavior, belonging, well-being, and academics.

Orange Sparrow helps schools move from disconnected systems to emotionally safe ecosystems where humans flourish.

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THE 5 PILLARS OF ORANGE SPARROW ECOSYSTEM

Orange Sparrow is rooted in five foundational pillars that help schools create safe, relationship-centered environments where students and adults flourish.

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Belonging

You have a place here.

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Safety

Safety changes outcomes.

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Connection

Relationships transform spaces.

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Compassion

Compassion and accountability can coexist.

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Growth

Humans flourish where hope exists.

WHAT ORANGE SPARROW SCHOOLS FEEL LIKE

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  • Seen. Safe. Supported.

    Students feel:

    • welcomed

    • emotionally safe

    • connected

    • encouraged

    • valued

    • respected

    They know:

    • their voice matters

    • mistakes are safe

    • adults care about them

    • they belong here

  • Trusted. Connected. Human.

    Adults feel:

    • emotionally supported

    • psychologically safe

    • connected to purpose

    • collaborative

    • valued beyond productivity

    Leadership feels:

    • relational

    • clear

    • emotionally aware

    • sustainable

  • Calm. Engaging. Relational.

    Classrooms become:

    • emotionally safe

    • welcoming

    • engaging

    • collaborative

    • structured with warmth

    Students feel safe enough to:

    • participate

    • ask questions

    • take risks

    • grow

  • Human-Centered.

    Belonging is visible.
    Kindness is normalized.
    Relationships matter.
    Systems preserve dignity.
    People are treated like humans first.

  • Compassionate + Clear.

    Leaders create:

    • trust

    • consistency

    • emotional safety

    • accountability with humanity

    People feel:

    • supported

    • heard

    • valued

  • Like a Place People Want to Be.

    The environment feels:

    • welcoming

    • connected

    • hopeful

    • emotionally grounded

    • alive with belonging

    People do not just attend the school.

    They feel part of it.

When people feel safe, seen, and connected, everything changes.

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Logo of Boys & Girls Club of Oklahoma County with two stylized blue hands forming a house shape.
Edmond Public Schools logo with a large letter E and a star, on a dark background.
A logo featuring a blue letter 'N' with a tiger's head overlayed on it, outlined in yellow.
McCord Public School District logo featuring a black panther head on a blue background
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Oklahoma Public Schools emblem featuring a snarling bulldog with red spiked collar, inside a red circle with the text 'Oklahoma Public Schools Since 1962'.
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Logo with a large red letter 'Y' outlined in black and white, with the word 'Millers' written in white script across the middle.
Putnam City Schools logo with a flame symbol and text in blue.
Logo of Canadian Valley Technology Center with text 'Chickasha, Cowan, El Reno, Canadian County, Grady County, Est. 1970' and 'CV Tech' in the center.
Logo of the North Carolina Association for Middle Level Education featuring an outline of North Carolina with NCMLE initials over a blue background surrounded by the organization's name.
The logo of the Virginia Association of European Students, featuring a blue circle with a white outline of Virginia’s map and laurel branches surrounding it.
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Logo of Franklin Academy featuring text and an abstract open book icon.
Logo for Desert Sands Unified School District with overlapping target symbols in red, blue, and yellow colors.
University of Memphis logo with a black background, large letter M outlined in white and red, and a white, red, and black wildcat head in front of the M.
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BRINGING THE ECOSYSTEM TO LIFE

Orange Sparrow experiences help schools operationalize belonging, safety, connection, compassion, and growth through emotionally engaging and implementation-centered experiences for students, educators, leaders, and communities.

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Student Experiences

  • Anti-Bullying Assemblies

  • Kindness Assemblies

  • Belonging Circles

  • Emotional Weather Checks

  • Reflection Experiences

  • Kindness Campaigns

  • Student Leadership

  • Orange Sky Moments

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Professional Learning

  • teacher and leader trainings

  • Tier I implementation

  • MTSS support

  • Today’s generation understanding

  • Nervous systems + instruction

  • Compassionate accountability

  • Culture systems

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Culture Experiences

  • No One Flies Alone Week

  • Belonging campaigns

  • Culture launches

  • Kindness initiatives

  • Celebration rituals

  • Shared language systems

  • Schoolwide experiences that strengthen belonging, connection, and outcomes

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Family + Community Experiences

  • Family nights

  • Community events

  • Ollie reading experiences

  • Partnerships

  • Multilingual engagement

  • Experiences designed to strengthen connection between schools, families, and communities

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Coaching + Implementation

  • Walk through alignment

  • Leadership coaching

  • Side by side coaching

  • Embedded support

  • Implementation support

  • Tier I alignment

  • Tier II, III, and MTSS support

  • Sustainable implementation support that helps move to aligned systems

THE EMOTIONAL HEART OF ORANGE SPARROW

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Ollie and Azulito are more than characters. They are the translators for the Orange Sparrow ecosystem.

Through the forest, students and adults explore what it means to:

  • belong

  • feel safe

  • navigate big emotions

  • show compassion

  • build courage

  • grow through connection

Because people often understand emotional truth through story before they understand it through systems. And in Ollie’s journey, people discover something deeply important: Belonging is not about becoming someone else. It is about learning that who you are already matters.

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DO I BELONG HERE?

Ollie’s story reflects a truth many students and adults quietly carry: the desire to feel seen, valued, connected, and respected for who they are.

What People Are Saying

  • “As a parent, teacher, and school administrator, I have to share that we were honored to have Orange Sparrow share expertise and heart to my staff of 85 teachers at a K-8 School. This was the perfect kick off to a new year with remembering your why when all the noise gets so loud and it does. If you are thinking, should I have Orange Sparrow add me to #TheKindnessTour? I am screaming YES! YES! YES! 6 Hours of PD and my staff wanted more!”

    — Debbie Torres, K-8 Principal

  • “McCord Public School staff participated in an outstanding professional development training presented by Orange Sparrow on working with today's generation of students. It provided valuable insights into the unique challenges and opportunities of engaging this generation, along with practical strategies that can be immediately applied in the classroom. The session was well-structured, engaging, and packed with relevant examples that resonated with our daily experiences as educators. I highly recommend this training to anyone looking to better understand and reach today’s learners!

    — Brandie Choate, Superintendent

  • "Orange Sparrow is well-known for providing engaging, practical, and research based professional learning sessions that help educators improve school culture. I always leave feeling inspired, optimistic, and like I have tools that I can use to make a difference in on my own school community."

    — Rachel, Chief Academic Officer

READY FOR ORANGE SPARROW?

Orange Sparrow partners with schools and organizationsto create safe, relationship-centered environments rooted in belonging, safety, connection, compassion, and growth. Whether you are beginning your culture journey or strengthening existing systems, Orange Sparrow provides the framework, experiences, professional learning, and implementation support to help humans flourish.

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