Developed by professional educators and child development leaders, the Learning for Life program offers more than 145 lesson plans designed specifically to teach character and to tie those lessons to real-world applications.
Teacher Orientation: Here's an interactive orientation that enables you to explore our offerings for elementary, seventh- and eighth-grade, and senior high classrooms and for special education.
For detailed information about Learning for Life programs, including sample lesson plans, follow the links below:
Elementary Program - Starting Out Right: Learning for Life's kindergarten through sixth grade curriculum consists of 60 lesson plans designed to reinforce social, ethical, and academic skills in areas such as critical and creative thinking, character education activities, interpersonal relationships, soft skills, practical living skills, building self-worth, writing and other language arts, and participating citizenship.
Seventh and Eighth Grade Program - Discovering Careers: The seventh and eighth grade program begins Learning for Life's school-to-careers emphasis. The program provides community role models to motivate and interact with youth and share their person paths to success, invcluding the pitfalls and high points. The program also includes a series of 50 interactive workshops that help youth develop and assess the personal skills and values needed to make future career choices.
Senior High School Program - Real-World Skills: The senior high school program continues Learning for Life's school-to-career emphasis with 35 interactive workshops that teach the practical skills necessary for youth to acquire a job and stay employed. The workshops are followed by a series of career seminars presented by community representatives who offer students in-depth understanding and firsthand knowledge of the career fields they've chosen.
Special-Needs Program - Achieving Self-Sufficiency: The special-needs curriculum teaches youth with disabilities the life skills they need to achieve self-sufficiency. To meet the various levels of disabilities schools encounter, the program can be tailored to meet the needs of individual students.