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Our curriculum is based on teaching 12 core life skills, which we call The 12 Keys, to help our kids be more curious, confident, capable, resilient and empathetic. 

How do you learn a skill like empathy or self-regulation? Simple: you practice it, over and over. We know kids learn best through problem-solving and play, so we build every one of our Missions with opportunities for repeated practice within a compelling story.

Take empathy, for example. For kids to improve their empathy, they need to practice facial and body language recognition, active listening, and perspective taking. So, we built a series of Mystery Missions where kids step into the role of detectives trying to solve a crime. As they interview witnesses and suspects, they have the opportunity to practice those core empathy skills over and over, and their Guide is there to point out great examples of empathy and help Scouts discuss what the most empathetic choices might be. We base these Missions on compelling cold cases, like the biggest unsolved art museum heist in history, and popular video games like L.A. Noire.

Sometimes, it helps to introduce new strategies, too– like specific breathing techniques to help kids self-regulate their emotions, or defining a personal values statement to bolster their integrity. One way we teach these strategies is through our 5-minute Challenges, where our Guides model strategies for Scouts and give them an opportunity to practice.

We’re always happy to answer questions about our curriculum. If you have specific questions, you can email our Head of Program & Curriculum, Fish Stark: fish@everscouts.com.

No. Ever Scouts is open and welcoming to all kids and families, regardless of their religious or political beliefs.

Our content is never partisan or religious - we believe in teaching kids how to think, not what to think.

No. Ever Scouts is not affiliated in any way with other Scouting programs. We are inspired by the values of Scouting: adventure, citizenship, and character and skill development through independent exploration and group experiences led by trusted adults.

We welcome kids who want to be Ever Scouts in addition to any other Scouting programs they participate in.

Our live Missions are far from Zoom school (and we do not use Zoom). Taking their cues from popular games, movies, and cultural moments, each session is like a cross between a live game show and an escape room. Hosted by diverse, engaging Guides, Missions give Scouts an opportunity to learn new skills through activities designed by innovative educators. Your Scout might help solve a mystery, escape from a deserted island, or manage a wildlife preserve - and practice skills like empathy, problem-solving, and self-regulation along the way!

Our program is designed for elementary school kids, with a core focus on ages 7 - 10.

Our program was built by parents and cross-functional experts– including educators from Yale, Duke, and Harvard– who were looking for compelling ways to teach the life skills their kids need but can't learn in school. Most importantly, it was also created with kids. For the past year and a half we have been refining and testing our curriculum with real-life Scouts to ensure that it is not only effective at teaching the 12 Key life skills, but that kids love the program and want to participate on a regular basis.

Parents are a key part of the Ever Scouts experience for their Scouts. Parents will receive emails and texts that give them the opportunity to further their Scouts’ learning and foster connection. They include conversation prompts (ie. “Ask your kid about…” or “Talk about a time when…”) and tips for helping their Scout continue to practice the skills they are learning. Parents can also choose to receive status updates when Scouts complete Missions and Challenges, or when they level up.

Yes! Ever Scouts is better with friends. Simply direct the friends’ parents to everscouts.com to get them started. Once all Scouts are signed up, they are able to share their unique Scout Codes with one another to become connected. Once two Scouts have completed this double opt-in process, they can chat and see each other’s progress.

We currently support English (US).

Our proprietary assessment method, RQ, centers on measuring proficiency and growth across the life skills that we teach. Because it matters how kids use these life skills, not how good they are at taking surveys, we base our assessments on the behaviors Scouts exhibit and the choices they make while completing our Missions and Challenges. We periodically provide these insights to families to show how their Scouts are progressing, so you can look forward to your first RQ report once your Scout reaches Level 3. The RQ report will provide details about your Scout’s proficiency across the 12 Keys and the specific ways that they’ve been building the skills and values they need to reach their goals.

But even before we show you an RQ report, you should be able to see your Scout practicing these skills at home -- using self-regulation to calm themselves down when stressed or upset, thinking about fairness when interacting with their siblings, or using empathy to solve conflicts with friends.

Currently, a Scout can advance until Level 10. (We might decide to add more in the future!) After they reach Level 10, they can still continue participating in program activities and earning points. Your Scout’s progress through the levels depends on how often they decide to participate in the program. As with all skill-building, faster isn’t necessarily better, and there’s no such thing as perfection, so encourage your Scout to stay focused on learning new skills and having fun, rather than moving through the levels as quickly as possible and focusing only on reaching the highest one.

Every activity is a chance for Scouts to learn and practice their life skills. An hour-long mission will generally give Scouts about eight opportunities to practice different life skills, whereas a challenge will provide about two opportunities for practice. You can think of each point a Scout earns toward leveling up as one time they practiced a life skill. Each 60 minute mission is worth 8 points, each 30 minute mission is worth 5 points, and each challenge is worth 2 points. Every 100 points is a new level. Scouts are able to participate at their own pace and in whatever way works best for them, so 100 points might mean ten missions and ten challenges, or five missions and thirty challenges, or fifty challenges!

Our data show us that this amount of program participation is sufficient to see measurable improvement (because we measured it!). And because each level includes a promotion challenge, you’ll also get to see your Scout using the skills they’ve been learning and practicing as they make a real difference in their own lives, and the lives of others.

The life skills that build personal and social responsibility can be taught and can be practiced. If your child practiced piano or ran a mile three times a week for ten weeks, you’d be pretty confident that they would have improved no matter where they started. When your child reaches a new level in Ever Scouts, you can feel the same way about their life skills.That’s because after over a year of running our programs, we have the data to know just how much practice it takes to see measurable improvement, though most families start to see Scouts putting their new skills to use within the first few weeks.

As your Scout completes Challenges and Missions, their progress bar will fill up. This shows that they’re putting in the work that will help them to improve their life skills. Once they’ve accumulated enough points through their participation, they’ll be prompted to complete a promotion challenge that will have Scouts put their new skills to the test in real life. Scouts will have three different promotion challenge options at each level which will ask more and more of them as they level up and become more proficient in each of the 12 Keys.Each time your Scout levels up, you can feel confident that they’ve made meaningful progress towards improving their personal and social responsibility.

In our early user testing with numerous families, we heard resounding feedback that Scouts would like the ability to more easily interact with their friends during the experience. As a result, we have built a limited chat feature to allow Scouts to chat with their friends from the real world. The ability to chat with another Scout is only possible if (1) families have allowed their Scouts to chat, and (2) both Scouts opt-in using the Scout Code provided.

To control settings for each Scout account, parents can login and access their Parent Portal. There, you can update Scout information and make your Scout’s profile private.

The safety of all Scouts is of the utmost importance. We have built a safe and secure platform that is COPPA compliant to ensure suitability for children. This includes a process to ensure Scout participants are appropriately screened and ongoing moderation to ensure appropriate content and language across the app. We include parental controls that enable you to personalize your Scout’s privacy settings.

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