What We Do
Pathways-Year Round Programs
“C5 Pathways” is the name we use for the portion of the C5 program that is conducted back in the youth’s home community, usually during the school year. It is designed to deliver content & experiences that lead youth to achieve outcomes. It is a series of intentional:
- Events
- Group Planning Experiences,
- Independent responsibilities including community service, maintaining good grades and participating in extracurricular activities.
Pathways Events
Youth attend a minimum of 3 curriculum-focused events each year. Each is the delivery point for specific curriculum-focused content. These events:
- Drive outcomes
- Build strong community identity and supportive peer networks
- Inspire youth to accept responsibility and take action
- Re-energize focus on C5 culture, content, & values
C5 provides modules for two events per class per year – one focused on College & Career and one focused on Community Action. In addition a Leadership & Social Awareness curriculum focused event is created by each local site.
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College & Career (Suggested Event) |
Community Action (Suggested Event) |
Leadership & Social Awareness |
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Year 1 8th grade
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Oh, The Places You Could Go! • Exploring Careers |
Getting the Jump on Community Involvement • Opportunities Fair |
Determined by each local C5 Site |
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Year 2 9th grade
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Who’s Flying This Plane? • Exploring Careers • ON Backpacking |
Volunteering My Skills & Talents • Connecting service & job skills |
Determined by each local C5 Site |
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Year 3 10th grade
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ABC’s & XYZ’s of College Applications • College Fair • How to pay the bill? |
Community Treasure Hunt • Spearheading an action project |
Determined by each local C5 Site
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Year 4 11th grade
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Are you destined to Entrepreneur? • Career Exploration • ACT/SAT Prep |
Planning to A.C.T. Now • How local government works |
Determined by each local C5 Site |
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Year 5 12th grade
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College & Financial Aid Application Weekend • Complete FAFSA & college application |
Medallion Projects Planning & Mgmt • Present proposals • Report results |
Determined by each local C5 Site
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Events like ball games & holiday parties are also included in the program in addition to these curriculum focused events and provide opportunities for youth to plan and lead in a variety of settings.
Pathways Group Planning & Committee Work
Planning for the future is a component of each C5 Pathways event. Engaging youth in program planning is an important element of effective youth development and a pillar of the C5 model. Staff members play an active coaching role, providing boundaries within which youth can make meaningful decisions and holding youth accountable for their commitments.
Effective planning involves incrementally increasing responsibility at a rate youth can absorb. Participants are more prepared to manage significant responsibilities like the A.C.T. Now Summit and their Medallion projects if they have experienced gradually increasing power and responsibility in the C5 program over the five years.
Pathways Individual Responsibilities
Holding youth to high expectations for completing responsibilities like achieving goals on their leadership plan, completing community service hours and maintaining grades help participants develop habits and skills required for independent work in the latter years of C5 and when they move on to college and career. Independent responsibilities also increase youth’s opportunity to practice leadership in real life environments.
Required Annual Responsibilities for C5 Participants include:
- Attend all Pathways events.
- Completing and executing a personal Leadership plan each year
- Maintain a portfolio of significant work, leadership plans, high school and college action plans, reflections and learning, resume, and examples of public speaking and self-expression.
- Complete annual community service commitment.
- Check-in with assigned C5 staff member monthly.
- Turn all paperwork in on time as required by the individual C5 site
- Maintain academic progress (B average or better and grade completion)
- Engage and lead through Extracurricular activities
- Engage in planning and leadership that supports C5 events