Curriculum

The 180 Degrees Program offers social emotional learning curriculum at the elementary, middle school, high school, and young adult levels. Each curriculum has been researched, designed, and developed by educators for educators.

Each Student Handbook focuses on character, life skills and personal enrichment education, utilizing recognized 21st Century Learning Skills in conjunction with digital age and knowledge economy. Embedded throughout each text is the company's Core Values.

Each handbook includes quotes, stories, poems and references to websites, books, music lyrics and other information to emphasize the main themes of the chapters. Student participation is highly interactive with involvement in projects and team building exercises. As a means of fully engaging students, technology is utilized where most appropriate.

Each course is conducted a minimum of 3 hours a week for the length of a school semester (54 hours) or may be extended to an entire school year. Each curriculum meets National Common Core Standards in Language Arts and includes the following program components:

  • Self-Awareness
  • Self-Development
  • Social Awareness
  • Social Responsibility
  • Communication
  • Community Outreach
  • Life Skills
  • Relationship Skills
  • Identifying Values
  • 21st Century Skills
  • Critical Thinking
  • Core Values
  • Leadership
  • Character Education
  • Understanding Personal Feelings
  • Positive
  • Decision Making
  • Acceptance and Tolerance
  • Perspective Analysis
  • Health and Wellness

“Going into the 180 class I was still self-serving, egotistical, cynic and crude. But now I’m forgiving, more obliging, open, joyous, motivated and wiser.” “Thanks to my time in the 180 class I am more encouraged and dedicated to graduating high school and going to college.”— Prisila