Programs · What comes next
RISE: academic and future readiness
One-on-one coaching, ages 14 and up. Eight sessions build the habits behind attendance and grades, a look at real career paths, a first budget, and a concrete plan for what comes after high school.
Ready, Invested, Skilled, Employed
The eight sessions
- Week 1
Why Showing Up Wins
You look at how attendance connects to everything else, then set your own attendance goal.
They keepAttendance goal
- Week 2
Organize Your World
Planners, study habits, and an actual fix for the backpack black hole.
They keepThe planner habit
- Week 3
Know Your Numbers
You learn what on-track status actually means, and how to read your own.
They keepOn-track tracker
- Week 4
Explore Real Careers
You research a few real career paths and compare them side by side, on what they require and what they pay.
They keepCareer compare sheet
- Week 5
Money Basics
Earn, budget, save. You build your first simple monthly budget.
They keepThe monthly budget
- Week 6
Banking & Traps
Accounts, saving, and the traps that quietly drain a young person's wallet.
They keepSmart-money checklist
- Week 7
After High School
College, trade, apprenticeship, or work: what each one actually takes, and what each one actually pays.
They keepPathways map
- Week 8
My Next-Step Plan
It comes together into one concrete plan, with a first action you can take right away.
They keepMy Next-Step Plan
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Ask about this track.
Tell us the young person and what's going on. We will tell you plainly whether this track fits, or whether Life Core on its own is the right place to start.