Roads to Success

About

Roads to Success is a college and careers program for grades 7 through 12. We provide all the materials you need to get started, and the training you need to keep going.

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Program Description

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Roads to Success offers a proven guidance program that can significantly improve the employment opportunities and education outcomes of adolescents. The program can be delivered in a variety of settings – including middle school and high school classrooms, after-school youth development programs, and summer camps and residential sites. Our program is designed to strengthen the efforts of educators, school counselors, youth workers, and volunteers. The Roads to Success program is user-friendly, low-cost, and makes minimal time demands on people who deliver it.

Roads to Success supports schools and community-based organizations seeking to improve student performance, graduation, postsecondary education acceptance and retention rates in the following ways:

Program Materials

We offer a research-based grade 7 through 12 guidance curriculum, with student motivation at its core. Roads to Success’ grade-by-grade lesson plans offer a comprehensive, systematic way to address key issues: study skills, career development, reasons to complete and excel in high school, steps to post-secondary education attainment, finding and keeping a job, and financial literacy. The program is designed for delivery in 45-minute, once-weekly sessions executed over 4 to 6 years. Each lesson is interactive, exciting, and fun.

The Roads to Success program materials are free and can be downloaded for non-commercial use. To access the Roads to Success program materials, click here.

On-Line Career & College Exploration Portal

The Roads to Success program uses an online tool for career exploration and college research. To learn more, click here.

Support and Training

We provide training and technical assistance to educators and counselors seeking to deliver the Roads to Success program directly to students. Experienced, committed Roads to Success training and curriculum staff offer a range of training and support options.
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