The Purposely Chosen curriculum is designed around the Social-Emotional Learning Theory, one of the Ohio Department of Education’s four learning domains that has been found to contribute to the holistic success of a child. The curriculum “educates the whole child” - helping participants acquire and apply the skills to manage their emotions and achieve their goals. The life skills developed support both personal development and academic performance.

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Each session has a topic to guide the discussion and girls will have an opportunity to reflect in their workbook. Programs are typically 8 - 10 weeks and take place during the school day.

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Learning Objectives:

• To Increase self-esteem, sense of personal control, and promote positive identity and awareness of self

• To give participants the tools they need to develop and enhance personal, leadership, communication, decision making, problem solving and social skills

• To educate teens about their culture/heritage, and encourage them to take pride in their history

• To encourage teens to develop friendships and to build a strong sisterhood within the community

• To shed awareness and decrease teen involvement in risky behaviors such as sex, violence, and substance abuse

• To increase high school graduation rates and college enrollment/graduation rates in low-income families