Grade Level: Grade 5

Goal 1: Skills for Learning
The student acquires the attitudes, knowledge, aptitudes, and skills that contribute to effective learning in school.

The student will:

1. Practice stress relieving strategies when confronted with a problem.
2. Discuss feelings related to transition/change.

Goal 2: School Success
The student employs strategies to achieve success in school.

The student will:

1. Discuss common problems that arise in school.
2. Demonstrate cooperative learning skills during group work.
3. Apply steps in the decision-making process.

Goal 3: Academics to Life Success
The student understands the relationship of academics to the world of work and to life at home and in the community.
The student will:

1. Explore strategies to improve study skills.
2. Explain the connection between time management and success.

Goal 4: Investigate Careers
The student acquires the skills to investigate the world of work in relation to knowledge of self and to make career choices.

The student will:

1. Tell how personal strengths and interests can be applied to career choices.
2. List reasons why career development is a continuous process.

Goal 5: Career Success
Students will employ strategies to achieve future career success and satisfaction.

The student will:

1. Evaluate his/her interests, strengths and weaknesses.
2. Identify various career choices.

Goal 6: Relationship Between School and Work
The student will understand the relationship between personal qualities, education and training in the world of work.

The student will:

1. Discuss the connection between personal qualities and job success.
2. Explain the relationship between school and career success.

Goal 7: Respect Self and Others
The student acquires the knowledge, attitudes, and interpersonal skills to help understand and respect self and others.

The student will:

1. Express emotions in a socially acceptable manner.
2. Identify positive responses to negative comments.
3. Demonstrate cooperation skills.
4. Demonstrate the concept of respect.

Goal 8: Goal Setting and Attainment
The student makes decisions, goal sets, and takes action.

The student will:

1. Practice the decision-making process.
2. Discuss the importance of the decision-making process in achievement of goals.
3. Define the importance of identifying the problem to be solved.

Goal 9: Survival and Safety Skills
The student understands safety and survival skills.

The student will:

1. Show an awareness of the emotional and physical effects of drugs.
2. Learn stress management techniques.
3. Discuss ways to assess problem situations and create positive changes.

Benchmarks at the end of the intermediate level (Grade 5)