Becoming the GOAT

An executive functioning curriculum for students who need more than a lecture. Each pathway is taught through authentic tasks, practiced with a mentor, and measured by what the student does.

Executive functioning, one skill at a time

Each pathway pairs an executive function with one of the GOAT principles that gives it meaning for the student. Students work one pathway per cycle, chosen by the student after reviewing their report.

Planning

Principle: Vision and Legacy

Break a task into steps and put them in order before starting.

Prioritizing and Tracking

Principle: Critical Thinking and Communication

Decide what matters most and keep a running list.

Organization

Principle: Vision

Keep materials, spaces, and files where they can be found again.

Working Memory

Principle: Effective Communication

Hold directions and details in mind long enough to act on them.

Task Initiation

Principle: Hustle

Start without waiting for a push and get through the first hard minute.

Focus and Refocus

Principle: Mental wellbeing

Stay with a task and return to it after an interruption.

Time Management

Principle: Success

Estimate how long things take and pace against the clock.

Follow Through and Self Monitoring

Principle: Greatness

Finish what was started and check the work before calling it done.

Help Seeking and Feedback Use

Principle: Transformative Relationships

Ask for help at the right time and use feedback to improve.

Flexibility and Regulation

Principle: Mindset

Adjust when plans change and steady yourself when frustrated.

Two ways to run it: 1:1 interventions and institutes

6-week one-to-one intervention

Intensive Tier 3 support focused on SEL and executive functioning. Weekly coach sessions, a building-rep practice between sessions, and a report at the end of the cycle. Fits an IEP or a behavior plan and runs alongside an existing schedule.

16-week institute (small group)

Tier 2 support for a group of five to ten, learning a skill over time rather than in one lesson. Group sessions on GOAT principles, with an optional one-to-one track for students who need more. Runs a semester.

A middle school edition of the curriculum is in development. Ask us about pilot availability.

College and career readiness, built into every pathway

Skills are practiced on tasks that matter to the student. Across the 2025–26 year, group sessions covered fourteen GOAT principles, with financial literacy and budgeting, critical thinking and debate, and career exploration among the most common.

Career exploration

Interest assessments with the O*Net Holland Code, matched to real occupations and the training they take.

Financial literacy

Budgeting, percentage-of-income planning, and the money decisions behind a post-secondary path.

Interviews and resumes

Mock interviews, resume building, and age-appropriate employment, tied to academic requirements for work permits.

Post-secondary planning

Graduation tracking, credit recovery goals, and next steps toward college, trades, military, or work.

Measurable, observable, and chosen by the student

Measurable and observable

Every survey item describes an action and the help involved. Usual tools and accommodations count as independent use. Nothing is scored as a feeling or a label.

Multi-informant, independently

The student self-report and a staff report cover the same thirty items, completed without seeing each other's answers. Agreement is a solid picture; difference is the conversation, and the plan is individualized from it.

The student chooses

The report recommends up to three pathways and explains why. The student picks, gives a reason, and the school team confirms. Ownership is the first skill.

Pilot Becoming the GOAT in your building

We can start with a single 6-week cycle for a small cohort and scale from there.

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