💡 Introducing SELvie: Intelligent Mentoring for Real Change

“I don’t care what you do for a living—if you do it well, I’m sure there was someone cheering you on or showing the way. A mentor.” – Denzel Washington

Across the country, schools and communities are in crisis. Students are falling behind academically, emotionally, and socially. The adults who care for them—parents, teachers, mentors, pastors—are overwhelmed, disconnected, and stretched thin. But what if we could rebuild the village around every child with the power of intelligent mentoring?

Meet SELvie—an AI-powered tool built to make mentorship scalable, measurable, and personal.

🚨 The Problem Is Clear

• 40.4% of Black students in Illinois are chronically absent (IL State Report Card, 2024)

• 376:1 is the national student-to-counselor ratio (American School Counselor Association, 2024)

• 1 in 5 public schools reports at least one violent incident each year (National Center for Education Statistics)

Students are experiencing trauma, disconnection, and learning loss. Educators are under-equipped to provide the kind of Social Emotional Learning (SEL) support that students need. Mentors want to help but often lack tools, coordination, and real-time insight.

💡 The Solution: SELvie

SELvie is a mentoring platform that empowers every adult in a student’s life with:

• ✅ AI-guided check-ins and support tools

• 📊 Dashboards for student status and impact tracking

• 🧠 Personalized SEL plans based on real student data

• 🗓️ Meeting scheduling, task tracking, and behavior goal monitoring

Think of it as the glue that keeps the “village” connected—equipping mentors, parents, school staff, and youth leaders to work together in real time to support student growth.

📈 Does It Work?

Over 7 years of grassroots SEL-based mentoring have led to:

• 20+% growth in students’ social-emotional skills, as self reported by them

• 50+% fewer behavioral infractions by the end of the school year 

• 0 failing grades for mentored youth by the end of the school year 

• 100% job placement for out-of-school young adults in our workforce readiness programming

These outcomes weren’t achieved by AI alone—but they prove what’s possible when adult support systems are aligned. Now, SELvie makes it easier than ever to replicate and scale that success.

🌍 Why Now?

We are in a moment of both urgency and opportunity:

• A national mental health crisis is impacting youth at all grade levels

• SEL has moved from a “nice to have” to a must-have in schools

• AI offers new ways to deliver personalized, real-time mentorship at scale

SELvie was built by educators, community leaders, and technologists who know what’s at stake—and what’s possible.

🤝 Join the Movement

Whether you're a school, nonprofit, church, or a mentor who just wants to help a young person thrive—SELvie is for you.

Let’s rebuild the village. Let’s raise them up—together. 💪🏽
Visit www.sel-plus.com/selvieai or email [email protected] to learn more or join a pilot.

Sources:

• Illinois State Report Card (2024)

• National Center for Education Statistics (NCES, 2023)

• American School Counselor Association (ASCA, 2024)

• CASEL: Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning – https://casel.org/fundamentals-of-sel