Nurturing Independence and Discovery
Encourage your child to explore confidently, embrace creativity, and take charge of their responsibilities with focus and discipline.
Independent Explorer
Plan Objectives:
- Build Independence: Help children manage responsibilities and complete tasks with focus and discipline.
- Develop Financial Literacy: Teach children budgeting, saving, and smart financial decision-making.
- Encourage Creativity: Inspire children to explore new ideas and think innovatively.
- Promote Assertiveness: Equip children with communication tools to set boundaries respectfully.
- Foster Adaptability: Guide children to handle new challenges with confidence and flexibility.
Module Overview
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Why This Plan?
This plan addresses the following challenges by developing targeted skills
Real-Life Applications
This plan addresses the following challenges by developing targeted skills
Managing Deadlines
This scenario helps your child organize and prioritize tasks to stay on top of assignments and responsibilities.
Making Financial Decisions
This scenario teaches your child to create a budget and make thoughtful spending and saving choices.
Exploring New Ideas
This scenario encourages your child to think creatively and confidently embrace unfamiliar opportunities or environments.
Setting Boundaries Respectfully
This scenario guides your child in using clear communication to say, “No,” while maintaining positive relationships.
Courses Included
The Art of Self-Discipline
Course Objectives: Emotional Self-Discipline
- Develop self-discipline skills to make better decisions, resist distractions, and achieve personal goals.
- Understand and manage emotions through self-discipline, improving emotional regulation, and reducing impulsive behavior.
- Build healthy habits and routines that promote long-term success, such as time management, focus, and personal responsibility.
- Overcome procrastination by learning strategies to prioritize tasks and stay on track in both school and personal life.
- Set and achieve both short- and long-term goals, fostering resilience and commitment to personal growth.
Financial Literacy I
Course Objectives: Intellectual Finance
- Understand the importance of managing money by setting realistic financial goals and creating a budget to achieve them.
- Learn to differentiate between needs and wants, and make informed spending decisions to avoid impulse purchases.
- Develop strong saving habits by paying yourself first and utilizing savings accounts to plan for both short-term and long-term goals.
- Explore how digital and physical money work, including how to use digital transactions safely and responsibly.
- Recognize the impact of comparison shopping and smart spending to maximize financial resources while avoiding marketing traps.
Don’t Wait: Create!
Course Objectives: Intellectual Creativity & Innovation
- Apply creative problem-solving techniques to identify real-world issues and develop innovative solutions that positively impact communities.
- Develop resilience and a growth mindset to overcome challenges, learn from failures, and persistently iterate on ideas and projects.
- Collaborate effectively with peers, providing constructive feedback and support while working on innovative projects and social initiatives.
- Create and present compelling pitches for original product ideas or social innovation projects, incorporating market research and user feedback.
- Cultivate an innovator's mindset by enhancing neuroplasticity, embracing continuous learning, and applying design thinking principles to various challenges.
Communication Foundations
Course Objectives: Social Effective Communication
- Develop effective communication skills across various mediums, including verbal, nonverbal, and digital communication.
- Enhance active listening abilities and empathetic communication to build stronger relationships and foster understanding.
- Learn to navigate common communication challenges such as language differences and communication overload.
- Practice responsible digital citizenship by understanding online etiquette, managing privacy, and cultivating a positive digital footprint.
- Strengthen conflict resolution skills and learn to manage communication conflicts with assertiveness, empathy, and respect.
Emotional You: Managing Your Emotions
Modules: 4
|Lessons: 33
Course Objectives: Emotional Self-Management
- Understand and manage emotions by recognizing both positive and negative responses and how they impact thoughts, behaviors, and relationships.
- Develop coping strategies for managing stress and negative emotions, including deep breathing, distraction tools, and expressive techniques.
- Build an emotion management toolbox that includes skills like emotion regulation, stress reduction, and problem-solving to handle everyday challenges.
Meet the Course Creators
Melissa Miletic
Melissa Miletic is a dynamic educator with over ten years of experience in education, beginning her journey with a transformative volunteer stint abroad at 18. She has since navigated all facets of education, from policy-making to classroom teaching, driven by her multicultural upbringing and a deep belief in the value of diversity. Committed to providing holistic, inclusive, and high-quality education, Melissa strives to impact learners across all demographics and geographies. Her approach blends modern methodologies with a global perspective, aiming to make learning engaging, relevant, and accessible to everyone. Holding a double bachelor’s degree in International Relations and Communication from the University of South Florida and a master’s in International Education from New York University, Melissa’s expertise lies in crafting educational experiences that resonate universally. Her professional and personal mission is to champion education as a transformative force, bridging cultural divides and fostering understanding in a connected world.
Melissa created her own or was part of the team that created the course.
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The Art of Self-Discipline
Heather Gossler
A part-time teller job led to an MBA from DeSales University in the United States and a 27 year career in the finance and banking industry. I developed a youth banking program at my bank believing that it is never too young to learn to make good financial decisions. I took the program out into the surrounding communities’ schools to teach students basic finance. I then discovered that my true calling was education. I left the executive offices of banking and began my teaching career, which I’ve been doing for 15 years. I went back to school and earned my M.Ed. in Educational Leadership from Cabrini College. I’ve taught middle school students the subjects of U.S.History, English and Language Arts, Science, and Family and Consumer Science which included a unit on personal finance. My ultimate goal is to help students find their passion for learning what it takes to be the best person they can be.
Gossler created her own or was part of the team that created the course.
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Financial Literacy I
Lauren Hudak
Lauren Hudak is an educator with over eight years of experience. After graduating from the University of Virginia with degrees in English Literature and Media Studies, she went on to get her Masters in Teaching from New York University. Lauren has worked with all ages of students from Pre-K through college, but she thrives when working with middle schoolers. She believes this is the perfect age to integrate mindfulness, technology, and social emotional learning into student learning objectives. She wants to help students conquer their fears and build a better world. When she’s not teaching, Lauren loves being outdoors, traveling and spending time with her family.
Lauren created her own or was part of the team that created the course.
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Don't Wait: Create!
Ashley Valentine
Ashley Valentine is an energetic and creative teacher from the United States who has committed her career to facilitating engaging and unique experiences for learners. She has presented at technology conferences, attended international learning summits, and is deeply passionate about ensuring that learning is both fun and meaningful. She has incorporated escape rooms, social media, experiential learning models, and hands-on techniques to engage Generation Z and prepare for Generation Alpha. An avid learner herself, Ashley holds two degrees in education and engages regularly in professional development so that she can build upon strategies and be responsive to student needs.
Ashley created her own or was part of the team that created the course.
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Communication Foundations