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SCHOOL SUCCESS FIRST SEMESTER SYLLABUS 2006-2007
Teacher: Leigh Mariani VandenAkker, M.Ed. Taylorsville High School Ph. 646-5455

This class is an elective credit class. Attendance is mandatory. Student must attend 90% of class sessions to pass. If this is a problem, please speak to Mrs. VandenAkker prior to enrolling in this class. Texts used will be supplied by teacher. Student is required to bring supplies (given in class) daily. They include: notebook, pen/pencil, paper and any assignment. POINTS WILL BE DEDUCTED FOR NOT BEING PREPARED.

FIRST TERM: TECHNIQUES FOR RISKING CHANGE ( REMOVE LABELS)
Lesson I: Risk Change (to teach students to accept change and make a commitment to being successful in school)
1. Getting Organized
a. Notebook and supplies
b. Organize to save time
c. Post-it notes to remember
2. Responsible Classroom
a. Rules made for all
b. Remove labels
c. Take-A-Risk
3. Agreements
a. Disclosure Statement
b. Call in Procedure
c. Grade Record
Lesson 2: Removing Labels (to teach students to believe in themselves without labels. All students in this class are equal. All opinions are of value and all students are treated with respect and have a voice.)
1. Responsible Classroom: "It's Your Choice"
2. Students List of Rules For Teachers
3. Leave All Labels At The Door: Blind line up activity
Lesson 3: Resolving Conflicts or Learning To Fair Fight (to teacher students the importance of listening and learning to accept negative feedback)
1. Accepting Negative Feedback
2. How to Block A Punch To The Mouth
3. How to Have A Fair Fight
Lesson 4: Getting Past Rumors (to teach students communication skills when dealing with emotional situations)
1. Rumors Activity
2. "Ask Don't Assume"
3. Rumor Situations
Lesson 5: Communication Skills From Positions To Common Interests (to teach students how to broaden their choices for conflict resolution)
1. Balloon Walk Activity
2. Positions To Common Interests
3. Powerful "I" Statements

Lesson 6: No Excuses (to teach students personal accountability)
1. Poisonous Arrows
2. Learning To Shield Arrows
3. Are Your Solutions Part Of The Problem?
Lesson 7: Decision Making (to teach students how to weigh all choices)
1. Weighing Your Decisions
2. Think Before You Act
3. Attitude: Personal Power
Lesson 8: Zone Of Control (to teach students to recognize what they can control)
1. Learning To Take Responsibility For Your Actions
2. Swamp Crossing Activity
3. Parable of the Mule: Learning To Step Up
Lesson 9: Powerful Verbal Skills (to teach students how to use verbal skills for personal power)
1. Restate and Validate
2. Powerful Verbal Skills
3. Guidelines For Problem Solving
Lesson 10: Communication Skills In Action (to teach students to speak calmly and use specific directions under pressure)
1. Apple Bob Activity
2. Tutorial: Study Review
3. Grade Review: Baseline to Now (end of term)

SECOND TERM: TECHNIQUES FOR TAKING CONTROL (ANGER MANAGEMENT AND ALCOHOL AND DRUG AWARENESS)

Lesson 1: Take Control (to teach students the power of controlling anger)
1. Introduction to Anger Management Styles
2. Recognizing Your Style
3. Emotions come out in 3 places (mouth, hands, feet)
Lesson 2: Types of Anger (to teach students how to recognize types of anger)
1. Personal Anger Chart
2. What My Anger Looks Like
3. Uncontrolled Anger Sequence
Lesson 3: Angry All the Time (to teach students how "anger" brings them down)
1. Anger Walk Activity
2. How Heavy Is Your Burden?
3. Explosive Anger
Lesson 4: Harmful Ways of Expressing Anger (to teach students how to be aware of how anger can be harmful)
1. Blaming
2. Sarcasm
3. Physical

Lesson 5: Honest Anger (to teach students that anger is a normal emotion)
1. Focus
2. Verbalize
3. Release
Lesson 6: Learning to Release Anger through Role Plays (to teach students how to manage anger in positive ways)
1. Situations that provoke anger
2. Powerful vs. Powerless anger
3. Being Honest about your Anger: Addressing the Anger Issue
Lesson 7: Identify Your Anger: What type is it? To help students be aware of what their anger looks like)
1. Cover or ignore anger
2. Carry and misdirect anger
3. Blast or dump anger on others
Lesson 8: "I Can Work this Out" (to teach students how to successfully mend a relationship)
1. Flower Pot Activity
2. When Silence isn't Golden
3. Treating other with Respect
Lesson 9: Intro to Drug Awareness: Facts Only (what am I willing to do differently?) Giving students the power to say "NO" to drugs
1. Drug introduction: Just the Facts
2. Stages of Drug Use
3. Alcohol, Marijuana, Club Drugs, Prescription Painkillers
Lesson 10: Drug Situations (to teach students how to ask for help)
1. Real Life Situations
2. Now I have the facts how do I deal with this?
3. Learning to say no
4. What have you learned?
5. Situations and Final

SCHOOL SUCCESS SECOND SEMESTER SYLLABUS 2006-2007
Teacher: Leigh Mariani VandenAkker, M.Ed. Taylorsville High School Ph. 646-5455

THIRD TERM: TECHNIQUES FOR HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS
Lesson I: Attitude (to teach students how to take responsibility without excuses)
1. Talking Straight
2. Facts vs. Excuses

Lesson 2: How do you respond to a friend? (to teach students how to be assertive)
1. Learning communication styles
2. Assertive, passive, aggressive behaviors

Lesson 3: On a clear day you can see forever (to teacher students solutions through assertive behavior)
1. Saying what I mean
2. Assertive solutions

Lesson 4: Communication Roadblocks (to help students learn to recognize healthy relationships)
1. What is my management style?
2. Defenses

Lesson 5: It is my right, equal balance (to help students learn to recognize healthy relationships)
1. Foundations of respect
2. Intro. Into healthy relationships

Lesson 6: Healthy and Unhealthy relationships (to teach students warning signs of unhealthy relationships)
1. Dating violence
2. Recognizing warning signs

Lesson 7: How to dodge violent dates (to teach students strength in equal relationships)
1. Dating rights
2. Equal partners

Lesson 8: You've got issues (to teach students assertive communication skills)
1. Active listening
2. Communication in control

Lesson 9: Learning that I am important (to teach students the strength of knowing who they are)
1. Self-as-source
2. Strength in knowledge

Lesson 10: Circle Talk (to teach students how to recognize their individual strengths)
1. All class questions
2. Circle talk activity

FOURTH QUARTER: TECHNIQUES FOR LEARNING RESILIENCY (STRESS MANAGEMENT) "I CAN BOUNCE BACK"

Lesson 1: What does resiliency mean? (to teach students the power of learning to get back up again)
1. Bounce back activity
2. Don't give up
3. Where is my balance

Lesson 2: Comfort to growth zone (to teach students that change offers growth)
1. Zones activity
2. Blind walk to trust fall
3. Learning to move forward

Lesson 3: Stress Management: How do I manage stress? (to teach students how to stay in balance)
1. Point of homeostasis
2. Different profiles (crisis to crisis, explosive, depressive, optimal balance)

Lesson 4: Life management (to teach students how to be their own life manager)
1. Life strategies
2. Viewing life through your perception

Lesson 5: Resiliency (to teach students where their strength comes from)
1. Self as source
2. Stress reduction tips
3. Powerful thinking

Lesson 6: The art of reframing (to teach students the power of positive thinking)
1. Reframe
2. I can make myself happy
3. Spider web activity

Lesson 7: Share a common direction (to teach students the strength of positive people)
1. Common interests
2. Working as a team

Lesson 8: Knowledge equals power (to teach students the power of positive self-talk)
1. Accept and give help
2. Find your voice
3. What am I thinking?

Lesson 9: The truth about hate ( to teach students how insecurities hold them back)
1. Stereotyping
2. What's in the bag

Lesson 10: Take flight (to teach students they have the skills to be successful)
1. Powerful thinking
2. I am important
3. Senior day