AIM
This project's parent organization is Academics In Motion Inc.
It operates in United States
It uses Multiple sports
Entered the Sport for Education Award
More about AIM
Academics in Motion (AIM) is a school-based program that uses the sport experience as a vehicle to enhance the academic, career, and personal development of high school student-athletes. AIM seeks to lessen the achievement gap that exists between students from under-resourced communities and their more affluent suburban counterparts by providing a caring adult mentor and a strong social support network.
The goal of the program is to demonstrate that sport can be structured to provide participants with opportunities to learn about themselves and to develop skills that will enhance their current athletic and academic performance as well as prepare them for productive futures. AIM, based on established principles and recommendations from the field of Positive Youth Development, focuses on optimization and enhancement of skills, rather than on the remediation of pathological, health compromising, or criminal behavior.
Participants identify transferable skills and learn how to use these skills in academic preparation, in developing and maintaining productive relationships, and in gaining confidence in their abilities to enter adulthood hopeful and well-equipped for their futures. Goal-setting is used to enable participants to see possible futures and to gain the social support that is often required to form healthy habits and achieve life successes.