Culture Architects

A comprehensive 10th-grade transition planning sequence focused on developing independent living skills through community navigation and transportation mastery. Students progress from basic map reading and app usage to planning complex trips and identifying essential community resources.

A research-based challenge to locate essential community services and create a personal resource map.

A comprehensive 1-page "My Travel Guide" template that serves as the final summative project for the sequence, incorporating trip planning, safety protocols, and map research.

A foundational unit designed to establish essential routines, behavioral expectations, and self-regulation skills in Pre-K students during the critical first weeks of school. Features visual supports, structured practice, and school-to-home partnership resources.

Students plan a complete journey to a specific destination, managing time, transfers, and costs.

A research-based log for Lesson 5 where students locate and document essential community services, including addresses, hours, and transit routes.

A comprehensive unit on Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) mindfulness skills, taking students from somatic anchoring and cognitive understanding to collaborative, station-based performances that demonstrate 'What' and 'How' skills.

Explores alternative transportation like Uber and Lyft with a heavy focus on safety features and personal security.

A visual presentation for Lesson 5, introducing the community resource scavenger hunt and the final travel guide project.

A comprehensive systems-based study skills sequence designed to transform 9th-grade students' planning and project management habits. Over multiple targeted sessions, students master backwards planning, time allocation, and systematic progress tracking.

Covers the rules and etiquette of riding buses or trains, including fares, signaling stops, and priority seating through simulations.

A comprehensive teacher guide for Lesson 5, focusing on the community scavenger hunt challenge and the final travel guide project requirements.