PROGRAM FEATURES
Widespread use of smartphones, internet, and social media exposes today’s students to sensitive issues and topics at far younger ages than in the past. Study after study suggests that young people are not learning the social and relational skills needed to form healthy and wholesome personal relationships. RCL Benziger’s Family Life program provides the resources needed in Catholic schools and parishes to help students develop such skills. Resources for use in the home help family members improve communication skills, share faith, and grow in their practice of Catholic family living.
RCL Benziger’s Family Life is based upon nationally recognized principles for a successful child safety program. It is unique in its approach of integrating child safety content within the broader framework of moral catechesis, virtues education, and Catholic family living. In every lesson of every grade level, children develop the knowledge, self-confidence, and assertiveness skills they need in order to RECOGNIZE, RESPOND, and REPORT dangerous situations.
SCHOOL CURRICULUM
Incorporating the Family Life program into your school curriculum reinforces the Catholic virtues and values that your students attain with their education. Most Catholic schools offer the Family Life series in ten teaching blocks, corresponding with the ten lessons in each grade level.
PRINT AND DIGITAL RESOURCES INCLUDE:
• Student Books & eBooks
• Parent Connection & eMagazine
• Teacher Editions
• Program Director’s Manual
• Human Reproduction Booklets for Grades 5 and 6
• NEW! Online eAssessments
FAMILY LIFE EASSESSMENT
The new Family Life online eAssessment platform provides educators with the flexibility to customize questions to measure mastery based upon school or diocesan requirements. Cohesive Assessment System (CAS) is the latest addition to RCL Benziger’s complete solutions for Catholic schools. It is an online assessment system built to provide support for your school program.
Family Life tests for students are already built-in and ready to use. The system is also customizable, enabling teachers to create their own tests from the existing question sets. Tutorials are available to walk you through the process of accessing CAS and creating a test assignment for a pre-built test. Reporting is also available to
enable you to track student progress as related to the Child Safety Education Standards for RCL Benziger’s Family Life program.
• Provides formal documentation of students’ comprehension of child safety concepts
• Fully customizable using existing questions, or create your own
• Track and monitor ongoing progress, comprehension, and student proficiency
• Covers an unprecedented listing of key child safety concepts
RCL Benziger’s new eAssessment platform provides your Catholic school with the ability to monitor, track, and report completion of the Child Safety Education Standards for our Family Life program.
This innovative program focuses on partnering with parents. It guides children, parents, teachers, and catechists to integrate five themes into Catholic family living: God’s gifts of family, self, life, love, and community. It presents the teachings of the Church with clarity and offers unparalleled support for Catholic families.
The four Cardinal Virtues—justice, fortitude, temperance, and prudence—and their associated Moral Virtues are taught and reinforced through every unit of each grade level. Each lesson helps students and their families begin to practice the skills required to incorporate the highlighted virtue into everyday family living.