AFEP Program Curriculum Overview

AFEP, through its unique and one-of-a-kind program is designed for transformative learning to build confidence, excellence, leadership, excellence and community engagement. As a strategy, it combines project-based, seminar, and workshop learning.

Through individualized curricula and projects inspired by Japanese culture, AFEP equips participants with tools to navigate contemporary and emergent societal, cultural, technological, and peer challenges. It emphasizes mindfulness, harmony with nature, resilience, and emotional strength, fostering critical thinking, creativity, and visual learning. Based on this, we work one-on-one with all participants ensuring our cohorts remain small.

AFEP is a partnership between the program and participant (and families for the children and youth participants) for transformative and lifelong learning.

Because the program encourages Participant's to embrace community leadership, a “pay-it-forward” model is built into the program. Prior to graduation, the participant will have developed a program plan for a community project or a social enterprise project of their choosing. Upon graduation, the participant will be connected with community resources to bring the project to fruition, should that be of interest to the participant.

By connecting ancient wisdom with modern challenges, AFEP empowers individuals with tools for self-preservation and protection, to take charge and lead with strength, character, and purpose.

!!! The Ackermann-Froebel Enrichment Program (AFEP) curriculum and its progress assessment tool, the Michi Compass are copyright protected and is the sole intellectual property of the Founder of the program. No part of this program may be used in any format in any national or international jurisdiction without authorized and approved licensing through approved legal representation authorized in writing by the founder or her legal representative.

AFEP Program Curriculum: Women, Youth and Children

1. Self-Regulation & Agency (Gevurah)

Core: Developed through structured boundaries with an emphasis on self | Mastery as empowerment | Failure is learning (and not moral collapse)

Outcome: Capacity building

2. Morality/Pro-social Moral Commitment (Chesed)

Core: Cultivated through guided responsibility | Learning from doing | Meaningful Service | Accountability

Projects: Omoiyari

Outcome: Practical generosity

3. Ethical Harmony (Tifferet)

Core: Achieved through reflective integration | Assessment of appropriate and proportional response | Initiative | Responsibility

Outcome: Situational judgement

4. Moral Perseverance (Netzach)

Core: Developed through long-horizon final community project | Normalization of effort, patience, recovery | Measurement based on integrity

Projects: Gaman | Kaizen | Ikigai | Shu Ha Ri | Oubaitori

Outcomes: Formation of character

5. Reflective Modesty (Hod)

Core: Fostered through dialogue, listening and reflective pause | Uncertainty | revision of position | acknowledgement | appropriate humility instead of arrogance and aggression

Projects: Ken kiyo | Wabi-sabi |Kintsugi |Yugen | Shibumi

Outcomes: Intellectual openness

6. Integrative Relational Grounding (Yessod)

Outcome: Ethical connection locus within the system

7. Ethical Sovereignty (Malchut)

Core: Participants are progressively entrusted with real responsibility | Accountability | Authority as service | Leadership for stewardship | developing competency

Projects: Tenno | Kokutai, Kuge, Shogu | Bushido | Kazaku

Outcome: Earned and embodied leadership

AFEP Program Curriculum:
Seniors

1. Sashiko:

Core: Preservation & passing on of family heritage for the next generation

Project: Fabric treasure trove

2. Hansei

Core: Developing a life manual for the next generation

Project: Reflections in a bundle

3. Keiro No Hi

Core: Life's journey

Project: Guided writing of a book to gift to the next generation

Ackermann-Froebel Enrichment Program (AFEP)

AFEP Workshops
Youth, Children, Women

The AFEP augments learning through workshops on critical topics facilitated by key provincial and national stakeholders. These workshops are organized by the program and are based on a time table

Youth and Children

Social media usage: how to use social media responsibility and protection of self - Member of the RNC

Abuse in the school yard: How to identify a victim and seek assistance - School Principal

Ignoring a potential bullying situation: Why it is not OK - School Staff

Why anger and sadness are OK and identifying what to do - Psychologist

How to navigate schoolwork: Vice Principal

Are they, my friends? Psychologist

Responsible conduct - RNC

Serving my community and country - member from the Royal Cadets

Women

Agency - national speaker (to be identified

Seniors

Protection from Scams, how to identify them and what to do - RNC

The AFEP is uniquely designed to enrich the participant with focus and self-control, perspective, conscious discipline (through seven conscious skills, composure, encouragement, assertiveness, choices, empathy, positive intent and consequences). communication, making connections and critical thinking.

Each concept is introduced through projects, discussions, and reflective practices, allowing participants to explore its relevance in their personal, social, and community lives. The curriculum is designed to be flexible, allowing learners to progress at their own pace while building a toolkit for lifelong growth.

While each day starts with a platter of fruit for each participant, quiet time, reflection, assessment of vision and mission through a number of advanced techniques will prepare the participant for the rest of the day's learning.

High-level Focus Areas

AFEP Michi Compass

Participant progress is measured on the AFEP proprietary Michi Compass. Training in using the tool will be provided pursuant to registration into the program.