Vessels of Honor, is ReCapturing the Vision’s signature program to help strengthen young people’s resolve to form healthy relationships by developing skills that repair self-esteem, instill a strong sense of purpose, and prepare youth to resist the peer pressure to have sex.
Through this program, students learn about STDIs, domestic violence, and the skills and traits associated with healthy relationships.
Divided into 8 chapters, Vessels of Honor covers:
Chapter 1: Honor teaches students to identify honorable actions and define their own honorable role models.
Chapter 2: Consequences focuses on the consequences of poor decision making in risky behaviors, sex, drugs, alcohol etc.
Chapter 3: Sexual Conflict Resolution helps students master strategies to combat the peer pressure to engage in premarital sex.
Chapter 4: Sexual Abuse educates students about various kinds of abuse and what appropriate action to take.
Chapter 5: Finding a Mate that’s Worth the Wait reveals the importance of compatibility.
Chapter 6: Marriage 101 allows students to explore qualities that are important to a healthy marriage.
Chapter 7: Family, Parenting, and Divorce introduces students to the roles of the family and how to make it work .
Chapter 8: Healthy Marriage teaches students techniques to deal with conflict in a relationship.
Vessels of Honor’s program components include:
1. A student textbook
2. Interactive video lessons via an interactive DVD and a subscription to The Marriage University, an online healthy relationship training center established by the curriculum developer
3. Student Incentives
4. Couples Mentoring
5. Teachers Manual & certification Training
Vessels of Honor is RTV’s most accoladed program, receiving recognition awards from local, state, and federal agencies. In 2003, this program inspired former Florida Governor Jeb Bush to designate an official “Vessels of Honor Day.” Vessels of Honor is often taught in concert with Capturing the Vision, RTV’s gender-based program for girls which focuses on teaching the supportive skills necessary to undergird effective MRE.
RTV’s comprehensive online Teacher Certification Program qualifies instructors to teach this curriculum.
Chapter 4 Integrity – Identifies the morals and values and beliefs that guide your actions.
Chapter 5 Self-Control – Teaches you how to control your anger, sexual desires, and actions while building intolerance for abusive interactions.
Chapter 6 Strength & Endurance – Helps identify potential barriers you may face to achieve your goals and gives you a plan for overcoming them.
Love & Commitment – Teaches you about responsible fatherhood, healthy marriages, and how to find support networks.
Men of Vision’s program components are multimedia in design and include:
1. A student textbook
2. Interactive video lessons via an interactive DVD and a subscription to The Marriage University, an online healthy relationship training center established by the curriculum developer
3. Digital Mentoring Tool
4. Teacher Manual and certification training
Men of Vision’s Digital Mentoring Tool leverages the power of mentorship and multimedia instruction to provide a digital tool for the 21st century learner that avails male youth of color with positive images and role models who may have come from the same humble beginnings as them. The tool provides a convenient and impactful forum for vulnerable youth to learn of the obstacles that others have encountered, and gain inspiration from seeing the varying paths that each mentor took to arrive at a successful outcome.
Men of Vision’s single-sex format creates opportunities that don't exist in the coed classroom. Students benefit from gender-reaffirming instruction that instills confidence and a strong sense of personal value.
RTV’s comprehensive online Teacher Certification program qualifies instructors to teach this curriculum.
Email Dr. Jacqueline Del Rosario: drjdelrosario@gmail.com