Curriculum Content
The MAAX curriculum consists of the following color coded core modules that highlight college awareness and preparation within the context of a social development model. See sample pages below.
Managing the Middle-to-High School Transition encourages students to explore the challenges they experienced in transitioning into middle school and to think about similar challenges they may face in the transition to high school. It offers practical suggestions to support students in successfully navigating the school setting.
Keys to Academic Success emphasizes assessing, monitoring and evaluating students’ commitment to learning throughout the school year. Students learn how to set appropriate goals, utilize their time effectively, and hone important study skills.
Getting Along with Others has six sessions that offer a cognitive-behavioral approach to effective communication, problem solving, and decision making. Students are taught key concepts and strategies for effective interpersonal communication among their peers and with adults.
How Values Shape My Life encourages students to think about what is important to them and how values influence important life decisions. For example, students participate in an auction that helps define those values they identify as being significant. Attention is also paid to the significance popular culture has (e.g., music television, video) has on influencing the values students hold.
Who Am I? celebrates ethnic diversity and challenges misconceptions that often interfere with students’ engagement in the learning process. These sessions also feature literary works, proverbs and interactive activities that infuse computer technology and encourage students to explore the contributions of prominent leaders from their respective cultures.
Exploring College and Career Options incorporates a series of sessions designed to lead students through a process of understanding the benefits of a college education, exploring college options, experiencing college through actual college tours, and envisioning their future career. Students are introduced to college and career planning resources and websites that can aid them in their exploration of colleges and universities. We also invite students to speak with professionals in careers of interest to them to encourage a dialogue that we hope fosters their educational and career aspirations.
Didactic presentations, small-group activities, role-plays, and discussions of real life experiences are used as instructional tools. Sessions within each module contain measurable student objectives, detailed content and classroom activities.
Keys to Academic Success emphasizes assessing, monitoring and evaluating students’ commitment to learning throughout the school year. Students learn how to set appropriate goals, utilize their time effectively, and hone important study skills.
Getting Along with Others has six sessions that offer a cognitive-behavioral approach to effective communication, problem solving, and decision making. Students are taught key concepts and strategies for effective interpersonal communication among their peers and with adults.
How Values Shape My Life encourages students to think about what is important to them and how values influence important life decisions. For example, students participate in an auction that helps define those values they identify as being significant. Attention is also paid to the significance popular culture has (e.g., music television, video) has on influencing the values students hold.
Who Am I? celebrates ethnic diversity and challenges misconceptions that often interfere with students’ engagement in the learning process. These sessions also feature literary works, proverbs and interactive activities that infuse computer technology and encourage students to explore the contributions of prominent leaders from their respective cultures.
Exploring College and Career Options incorporates a series of sessions designed to lead students through a process of understanding the benefits of a college education, exploring college options, experiencing college through actual college tours, and envisioning their future career. Students are introduced to college and career planning resources and websites that can aid them in their exploration of colleges and universities. We also invite students to speak with professionals in careers of interest to them to encourage a dialogue that we hope fosters their educational and career aspirations.
Didactic presentations, small-group activities, role-plays, and discussions of real life experiences are used as instructional tools. Sessions within each module contain measurable student objectives, detailed content and classroom activities.
sample pages from teacher's curriculum binder
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sample pages from student's workbook
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