Curriculum for the third plane. Built for serious adolescent work.
Twelve six-week seminars across two bundles. True to Erdkinder, updated for contemporary justice work. The only adolescent Montessori curriculum that takes the third plane seriously as a developmental framework.
Two bundles. One complete program.
Start with the Occupations bundle, the Self-Construction bundle, or both together. The Complete Program is designed to run as one coherent twelve-seminar year.
Six six-week occupation seminars
Adolescent Occupations Bundle
Land and Food, Shelter, Care, Commerce, Communication, Science and Repair. True to Erdkinder, modernized for contemporary justice work. Each seminar covers real work three afternoons a week with a partner site, plus two seminar mornings, plus reflection.
- —Land and Food
- —Shelter and the Built World
- —Care and Community
- —Commerce and Exchange
- —Communication and Media
- —Science and Repair
$349
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Six six-week seminars on inner work
Adolescent Self-Construction Bundle
Identity, Relationships and Consent, Mental Health and Emotional Sovereignty, Sexuality and Bodies, Conflict and Repair, Purpose and Contribution. The inner-work counterpart to the Occupations bundle.
- —Identity and Self
- —Relationships and Consent
- —Mental Health and Emotional Sovereignty
- —Sexuality, Bodies, and Becoming
- —Conflict, Repair, and Community Membership
- —Purpose, Contribution, and Sovereignty
$349
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Twelve seminars. The full year.
Adolescent Complete Program
Both bundles together. Occupations (6) and Self-Construction (6). The full year of seminar work across outer and inner construction, designed to run as one coherent program.
- —All 6 Occupations seminars
- —All 6 Self-Construction seminars
$649
BuySix weeks of real work, not a unit plan.
Three afternoons per week
Each seminar specifies real-work placement at a partner site: a farm, a housing organization, a care setting, a newsroom. The curriculum is what happens when adolescents do real work alongside adults who are doing it.
Two seminar mornings per week
Structured academic content aligned to the real work. Science and ethics, not a worksheet. Designed to be taught by a guide who is also learning alongside the adolescent.
Adult hiring criteria
Each occupation seminar includes the criteria for hiring the adult guide who will run it. Not a job description. A specification for who this person needs to be.
Reflection protocol
Structured individual and group reflection built into every seminar week. Because occupation without reflection is just a job placement, not Erdkinder.
Before you purchase
The Self-Construction bundle includes seminars on Mental Health and Sexuality. These require a counselor or therapist available to students, a clear referral pathway, family communication, and an opt-out option. The Occupations bundle requires adult capacity for occupation-based work at partner sites. Please confirm your school has this infrastructure before purchasing.
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