The Wheels of Dreams training program curriculum includes the following modules:

Computer Skills Training:
Gateway Profile 4 computers deliver curriculum based on Windows Operating Systems including Windows 97, Windows 2000, and Windows XP. Training software includes instruction on how to implement Windows 97, 2000, and XP Office Programs such as Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and Access as well as the basic structure and components of today's top-of-the-line computer systems including hardware and software components.

Entrepreneurship:
Modules based on "real life" scenario of young teens starting their own dance club. Includes help with Business Types, Business Development, Business "No No's," Small Business Funding, Small Business Money Management, as well as Business Plan development and implementation. Participants take their own ideas and build a portfolio and interact with the software through various quizzes and mind toggling questions on their business ideas and knowledge.

Job And Career Skills:
Interactive curriculum that teaches the basis of career ideals and how to successfully perform a job/career search, interviewing skills, job assessment skills, management skills, ownership skills eventually ending in prominent success in job/career search, maintaining a job, money management, and potential ownership. The modules are highly interactive and use quizzes to track progress of students and ultimately leads to a final test.

Par 3 Register Training:
Students will learn the basic operations of the PAR-3 cash register system. This system is used throughout many restaurant and retail chains. Students can order food for a customer, exchange money, and give a receipt. Further training on hospitality is provided. Students learn register maintenance, how to smile in a customer setting, and responsibility in a work environment.

Money and Credit Management:
This program delivers factual information on how to establish good credit, maintain that credit, and use that credit in life success. Also gives information on how to avoid credit "pitfalls" and unworthiness and also credit, mortgage responsibility. This program really builds the foundation for money management.

Banking for Your Future:
This program is helpful to people of all ages. It presents to tweens, teenagers, and young adult facts about how manage their money and obtain a bank account including checking, savings, money market, and CD accounts. Students start with basic checking account management including: debits, credits, balances, ATM withdrawals, bank fees, how to write a check, deposits, withdrawals, and checking maintenance and ends in investing, savings, CD's and money marketing.

This lesson takes students through several series of actual ATM withdrawals, check writing, check book balancing, how to invest, what investment accounts are available.

This is a total package that helps everyone no matter their age or income understand it's not just how much you make it's how much you save. This curriculum takes students to new heights by asking math questions that will ultimately lead to account management and savings success. Students actually balance and maintain their own checking account.

Healthy Eating and Exercise:
The focus of this program is to educate student on how to create balanced lifestyles and make healthy lifestyle decision regarding eating and exercise. We aim to provide leadership on health and well-being issues so many of our parents care about. We are committed to playing an important role in helping to encourage balanced living, especially among youth.

Our approach involves; introducing students to the importance of fruit and vegetable choices, including main course salads. This program also provides lessons supporting physical activity. We have a host of new initiatives to help students identify realistic, fun ways to incorporate fitness and exercise into their everyday lives.

365 Black:
Gives students 365 days of Black History facts on prominent black authors, inventors, business owners, and key historical figures in the black community, past and present. This is an inspirational and motivational program from the McDonald's website.
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