Course: Life Skills

As we prepare students to take their next steps, one of the most important things we can give them are tools for managing day to day life. The goal of this class is to do that. We will cover a variety of topics including the following:

• Home organization/decluttering
• Home management
• Cleaning approaches and techniques
• Interior design
• Hospitality
• Manners/etiquette
• Interpersonal skills/conflict resolution
• Personality types
• Finances/budgeting
• Meal planning, basic cooking
• Nutrition and wellness
• Laundry maintenance
• Careers or next steps
• Personal habits: sleep, exercise, attire, grooming
• Self management: goal setting, managing a schedule
• Other topics as requested by parents/students

The class will include teaching and hands on projects. We will apply what we are learning as we go. This will be a fun and practical class. Students will end with a portfolio of sorts along with some usable tools for down the road. They will have a better sense for approaches that will work for their personality type and will be better prepared for what lies ahead. This class can be counted as an elective in the Core 40 Indiana requirements. It can be listed as Life Skills. This is a one semester class currently, but if there is an interest it could easily be expanded into a year course. We could spend more time on each topic and add a few more. If you have an interest in this please contact me.

The textbook is to be decided.