This workshop helps students mine their daily lives for relevant content, mapping activities like babysitting, sports, or student council to professional soft and hard skills.
A comprehensive lesson designed to help homeless high school students navigate complex public benefit systems, understand their rights under McKinney-Vento, and manage the documentation required for stability and post-secondary success.
This lesson introduces 9th-grade students to personal values and motivation. Through interactive discussion and a values-alignment debate, students explore how their core beliefs drive their daily actions and long-term goals.
A comprehensive intervention designed to help students identify and challenge cognitive distortions during high-stakes testing seasons, focusing on cognitive reframing techniques to build resilience.
Students embark on a career exploration project where they research a profession of interest, focusing on education, salary, and job outlook. This lesson provides the project framework, evaluation criteria, and a step-by-step guide to conducting professional research.
A high-impact, 10-minute school counseling session for 6th graders on defining and setting SMART short-term and long-term goals. Students will learn the SMART criteria and apply it to both academic and personal growth areas.
An introductory lesson for 7th graders to explore the 17 Colorado Career Clusters and identify high-demand industries within the state. Students will learn how their interests align with future career paths in the Colorado economy.
A mentor-facilitated program designed to build student confidence through positive self-talk, growth mindset exercises, and practical coping strategies. The materials provide a structured but flexible framework for meaningful 1-on-1 sessions.
A session focused on the 'how' of school, teaching students to manage their time through backwards planning and organizing their physical and digital learning spaces. Activities include a 'Time Thief' movement game and backpack/folder audits.
A foundation-building session focused on establishing psychological safety, group norms, and the shared purpose of the Academic Rebound program. Students participate in movement-based activities to build connection and define what they need from each other to succeed.
The final session celebrating growth. Students reflect on their progress, set long-term SMART goals with a growth mindset, and participate in a final 'Launchpad' celebration.
Focused on communication skills, students learn how to advocate for their needs with teachers. Includes role-playing scenarios for asking for help and practicing professional email etiquette.
Instruction on active note-taking systems and evidence-based study strategies like active recall and spaced repetition. Students engage in a 'Study Hack' station rotation to test different methods.
A session focused on the 'why' of attendance. Students explore how being present is the baseline for all academic success and participate in a movement activity that visualizes the 'Attendance Gap' and how missed days snowball into missed opportunities.
This lesson provides mature sixth-grade girls with practical tools to manage distractions and stressors at home and school, focusing on independent work, family dynamics, and friendship navigation.
A comprehensive training lesson for entry-level kitchen staff covering essential hygiene, storage, and safety protocols to ensure a professional and safe food service environment.