CURRICULUM
The ABCs of DreamRoads
There are 5 components of the DreamRoads curriculum:
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Assessment: Development of Personal Profile
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Dreams
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Resources
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Enthusiasms
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Attributes
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Motivations
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Strengths
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Blueprint
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Planning and Goal-Setting
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Coaching
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Each student has a Personal Success Coach
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Developing Assets Needed For Success
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Engaging Others
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Teachers, Parents, Community Members
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Objectives
“Who Am I?”
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Students understand their individual strengths, how to maximize their potential and achieve long-term happiness and success
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Students see school as relevant and course content as something important to them; actively looking for connections with their interests and goals for their future.
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Increased academic engagement, intrinsic motivation, and persistence
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Better attendance, credit completion, GPAs, and graduation rates
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Reduced behavior problems​
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“What Do I Want My Life To Be?”
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Students finish high school prepared and inspired to achieve their biggest dreams for themselves.
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Students become intentional: motivated, directed, prepared, and moving toward maximizing their potential and realizing their dreams
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“What Do I Need To Do To Get There?”
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Students see school as an “investment” not a “chore”; an important paradigm shift.
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Students become empowered and proactive; in control of their own learning and path to success
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Students have identified, and are prepared to succeed in, post-high school plans
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Students understand the need for, and are practiced in, goal-setting and accountability
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Students believe their dreams are achievable. With specific goals and a roadmap to their future, they know what to do to achieve their dreams
A dream without a plan is just a wish.
-Katherine Paterson
Key Elements
Personal
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Students develop and continuously refine their Personal Profile
Process driven
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Teaches a lifelong set of skills for self-reflection, goal-setting, and achievement
Spiraling
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Reviews and reinforces key concepts as students mature
Progressive
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Continuously deepens self-understanding with increasingly sophisticated involvement and reflection
Engaging
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Maximizes choice and incorporates a variety of activities
Differentiated
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Accesses a diverse set of learning styles, interests, and abilities
Format
Blended learning: Online lessons combined with classroom activities and facilitated discussion
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Generally 30 1-hour sessions per semester (2X/week)
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One coaching session per month, face-to-face or video-conference
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One Coach assigned to 4 students
Phases
There are three phases of the DreamRoads curriculum:
Discovery (7th -8th Grades)
Exploration (9th -10th Grades)
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Focus (11th -12th Grades)
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