Mission Soar: Set Objectives, Achieve Results

• NCJ Number: 148538
• Author(s): C Chang; G Chizeck; P Nolen; A Beckerman; C Weinstein
• Date Published: 1991
• Length: 146 pages
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/; Los Angeles Unified School District
• Publication Type: Curriculum
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

This 40-lesson curriculum was developed by the Los Angeles Unified School District, pursuant to a grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, to help students choose alternatives to such negative behavior as street gang involvement, alcohol and drug abuse, and dropping out of school.

Abstract

The curriculum's philosophy holds students innately responsible for realizing their self-worth and potential. It is designed to teach students how to build a base of success that can last throughout their lives. Referred to as Mission SOAR (Set Objectives, Achieve Results), the curriculum focuses on street gangs, nonacademic problems of students that impede academic achievement, self-esteem, goal achievement, problem-solving and conflict resolution, communication, and gangs. Mission SOAR uses such methods and procedures as cooperative learning, multimodal approaches (auditory, visual, and kinesthetic), experiential approaches, group processes, oral and written communications, role playing, games, demonstration and participation, individualization, and lecture and discussion. The curriculum incorporates a SMART (Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Risk, and Time) plan to help students establish goals. References