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Voyage To Excellence Chugach School District 9312 Vanguard Drive, Suite 100 Anchorage, AK 99507 Phone: 907-522-7400 Fax: 907-522-3399 Send Email

	Anchorage House Life Skills Program The goal of the Anchorage House experience is provide students with opportunities to apply what they have learned in school to real life situations. In addition, students gain skills and training in various areas including life skills, personal development, social development, service training, urban familiarization, and career development. Our hope is to provide our youth with the skills and knowledge necessary to make a successful transition from school to life. We will implement these challenges in progressive stages as follows: Parent Phase. “Understanding the Family Unit” (approximately 5 days) This phase is offered to parents of our students.  This is an opportunity to discover the entire family’s learning styles, values, and emotional needs.  Parents are given tools to better understand themselves, each other, and their children.  With these tools the family unit is better prepared to deal with everyday life.     New Beginnings.  “Explore & Discover” (approximately 5 days) Chugach partners with teachers, parents, and community members to bring our younger students to Anchorage.  They are provided with many hands-on, real life opportunities to explore and discover personal growth, teamwork, problem solving, and decision-making.  During this phase students gain a tremendous amount of knowledge in personal social skills, career development, and service learning to take back to their communities, schools, and homes. Phase 1. "Search Week" (approximately 5 days) For many program participants, this is the first phase of the Anchorage House continuum. Many of the activities focus on personal growth, teamwork, problem solving, and decision-making. Also, The students have exposure to a variety of career choices and secondary education options through interactive field trips in the 6 pathways: Arts & Communication, Business/ Management & Technology, Health Services, Human Services, Natural resources & Industrial & Engineering Technology. Phase 2. "Earn to Return" (approximately 9 days) This is offered to successful graduates of Phase 1. Activities review those of Phase 1 as well as focus on job search phase strategies and understanding life after high school by engaging students in Job Shadowing (a two-four hour, usually one-on-one, career exposure at a work site) in the 6 Pathways. Participants' level of responsibility for their own learning is increased as each student applies, interviews, trains, and carries out duties of various positions in our simulated in-house "Corporation". Phase 3. "Pathways" (3-4 weeks - can be done in separate blocks of time) This phase provides an opportunity for simulated independent living with an emphasis on various career exploration and internship programs as well as personal finances and the use of urban transportation. It is tailored to the individual needs and interests of each participant. By the end of Phase 3, students should be responsible, self-directed, and have a good understanding of how they wish to spend their time in Phase 4. Phase 4. "Create Your Own Future" (3 weeks-10 months) This is an independent, self-directed learning/living experience. Students must have successfully completed prior Phases and be matched with an employer, institute, or small business start-up. Students will gain specific technical skills, and/or college credit through hands on learning, closely integrated with school-based activities.