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After-School ProgramAmerican Dream 101 provides materials and activities that are easy to integrate into existing after-school programs or be the foundation for an exciting new initiative. Our program materials are currently being used for: Character Education: Each decision students make effect their Personality score. As a result, they begin to understand the relationship between their actions (decisions) and how others view them. Group play allows student to compete not only for who has the most money but also who is the most Honest or worst citizen. Money Management: How many teens know what is involved in paying for College or how to use credit cards or invest in the stock market? In American Dream 101 they get to experience taking out student loans, paying bills, using credit cards and even asking their boss for a raise! Yet if they mess up here, they don’t have bad credit for the next 10 years. Career Exploration: One persons dream job is another person’s nightmare. With 64 different jobs (both part and full-time) students can experience the real life challenges of the world of work without having to leave the classroom. Practical skills such as resume writing, filling out job applications and career education requirements and salary ranges are also included. Group Counseling: We don’t teach teens about life skills. Instead, we give students the opportunity to explore their current reality as well as their future possibilities based on thousands of their decisions in the game. Then we use the Socratic method to allow teens to learn from one another and share their successes, failures and ideas. Leadership Workshops: Whether you believe leaders are born or created doesn't’t matter if you are never given an opportunity to lead! Therefore, our program materials offers teens many ways to exercise their leadership potential via the game, classroom discussions and outside community projects. College Awareness: Your student can apply to, attend, pay for and even drop out of College with American Dream 101. More importantly, they can experience the real world value of a college education once they enter the job market. English Language Learners (ELL): The challenges of coming to a new country include understanding the differences in culture as well as learning a new language. With the American Dream 101 program, ELL students get to experience American culture while they are learning how to read and make decisions in English. Because the language is presented in the context of everyday life, the students are more motivated to practice (because it's fun!) and become English proficient sooner. Staff Development: Whether working in the schools, community centers or faith-based institutions, ongoing professional development is essential to successful program implementation. American Dream 101 extensive program materials and network of support gives program coordinators the confidence to innovate and customize sessions to their service populations. Other area for implementation are:
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