January 17, 2023 | Dan Weidman
Find Your Grind: Academic Alignment and Implementation
The overarching goal of schools is to ensure students are Future Ready. But how to achieve this has become more challenging than ever. Schools are searching for innovative and adaptive strategies to deliver relevant content that prepares students for the 21st century.
Find Your Grind delivers a unique approach to learning and navigating the path to self-discovery. Our innovative learning solution blends together personal-development and career readiness competencies to empower learners across all academic disciplines to be Future Ready in a rapidly changing world.
So how do you do this with limited time and an academic schedule packed with core and elective classes? We surveyed hundreds of our partners nationally to find the best academic alignment and implementation fit.
The outline below is suggested alignment and implementation strategies for your school. How are you thinking about using Find Your Grind to empower your students to be Future Ready? Connect with our team today to explore the best fit for your community of learners.
| Class Type | Curriculum Implementation Method | Pacing Guide | Primary Alignment Focus | Best Fit Score ⭐⭐⭐ |
| Career Readiness/ Exploration | Core or Supplemental Curriculum | Core Curriculum: Daily implementation/semester or full-year Supplemental Curriculum: 30-45 minutes a week/3 years | Career discovery, skills and strengths inventory, lifestyle pathways, career exploration, mentorship, workplace readiness, employability, and executive functioning skills | ⭐⭐⭐ |
| Family and Consumer Science | Core or Supplemental Curriculum | Core Curriculum: Daily implementation/semester or full-year Supplemental Curriculum: 30-45 minutes a week/3 years | Human and lifestyle development, communication, self-discovery, developmental theory, lifestyle pathways, mentorship, workplace readiness and development, social sciences, SEL, goal setting, decision making, relationship management, mental health | ⭐⭐⭐ |
| Counseling | Supplemental Curriculum | Independent Study: bespoke/30 minutes per week | College and Career Readiness, academic planning, pathway planning, post-secondary planning, SEL, personal development, post-secondary readiness | ⭐⭐⭐ |
| Life Skills/Personal Development | Core or Supplemental Curriculum | Core Curriculum: Daily implementation/semester or full-year Supplemental Curriculum: 30-45 minutes a week/3 years | SEL, personal brand, digital image, financial literacy, mental health, critical thinking, reflection, confidence, planning | ⭐⭐⭐ |
| Advisory/Independent Study | Core or Supplemental Curriculum | Core Curriculum: Daily implementation/semester or full-year Supplemental Curriculum: 30-45 minutes a week/3 years | SEL, personal development, college readiness, career readiness, secondary and postsecondary success | ⭐⭐⭐ |
| CTE Pathways | Supplemental Curriculum | Supplemental Curriculum: 30-45 minutes a week/3 years | CTE Pathway Decision Employability and workplace readiness, college readiness, career readiness Exposure to multiple careers, industries, mentors and lifestyle pathways | ⭐⭐⭐ |
| Health Class | Supplemental Curriculum | Supplemental Curriculum: 30-45 minutes a week/3 years | SEL, goal setting, decision making, relationship management, mental health | ⭐⭐ |
| Social Studies | Supplemental Curriculum | Supplemental Curriculum: 30-45 minutes a week/3 years | Critical thinking, research, social sciences, current affairs, civics, financial literacy | ⭐⭐ |
| English | Supplemental Curriculum | Supplemental Curriculum: 30-45 minutes a week/3 years | Literacy skills, critical thinking, problem-solving, active reflection, goal setting, vocabulary | ⭐⭐ |
| English Language Arts | Supplemental Curriculum | Supplemental Curriculum: 30-45 minutes a week/3 years | Literacy skills, writing prompts, active reflection, critical thinking, vocabulary | ⭐⭐ |
| Science | Supplemental Curriculum | Supplemental Exploration: STEM Careers | STEM, STEM Careers, critical thinking, problem-solving | ⭐ |
