- Struggling to find mentors and connections to guide their students
- Finding resources that encourage creativity without overwhelming pressure to accomplish more than possible
- Knowing how to narrow the search to prioritize quality and eternal value
9th-11th Grade
The Skills Training & Christian Community Your Highschooler Needs
Give Your Student the Mentorship, Accountability,
and Skills Training They Need to Thrive
Academically, Relationally, and Professionally
9th-11th Grade
The Skills Training & Christian Community
Your Highschooler Needs
Give Your Student the Mentorship, Accountability,
and Skills Training They Need to Thrive
Academically, Relationally, and Professionally
Trying to Find the Right Resources for Your Highschooler is Overwhelming
Parents face challenges like…
And that leads to feeling overwhelmed, stressed about making the right choice, and fearful of the unknown.
We don’t want that for you.
Equip by Unbound gives high school students the skills training, hands-on experience, accountability, and community they need to thrive in the real world. Your student can have that too.
Equip Provides the Skills Training, Interest-Led Experience, and Community Your Highschooler Needs to Thrive Academically, Relationally, and Professionally
ACCOUNTABILITY, MENTORSHIP, & PEER COACHING
Equip Coaching
Each month in Equip, students complete four Coaching Modules and attend two Group Coaching Calls. Coaching Modules introduce students to a new coaching principle each month and require study, application, and reflection to complete. On Group Coaching Calls, students meet with 8-10 other students in their grade and a coach for mentorship and accountability, assignment and goal check-ins, and peer coaching.
CRITICAL LIFE, STUDY SKILLS, AND WORLDVIEW TRAINING
Equip Book Studies & Courses
Each year in Equip students complete two 8-week life and study skills courses and read two life skills books. Their courses include short, engaging video lectures or demonstrations and immediately applicable reflection assignments. In addition to their courses and books, students complete 8-weeks of Christian worldview training. Equip courses, reading assignments, and training are intentionally designed to help students build critical thinking skills, learn how to apply principles and concepts in their own lives, and to reflect on their experiences as they seek to determine their next right step.
STUDENT-INTEREST LED PROJECTS FOR HANDS-ON EXPERIENCE
Equip Projects
At the heart of the Equip program are the student projects. As a project-based training program, Equip is designed to teach students how to learn by doing. Through their projects, students take everything they are learning in their courses, book studies, coaching modules, and coaching calls and put it into action. Projects are 8-weeks long, completed once per semester, and are fully student-interest led. Students receive a project guide that helps them brainstorm ideas and make sure their ideas meet the requirements of being personal, meaningful, relevant, and challenging based on their unique interests, passions, season of life, and comfort zone.
Year-By-Year Breakdown
Each year stands alone and is designed so students can start the program in their 9th, 10th, or 11th grade year.
YEAR ONE
9th Grade
- Equip Coaching Group
- Bi-weekly live group coaching calls
- Course #1: Core Life Skills
- Course #2: Basic Study Skills
- Reading Assignments: Love Does by Bob Goff & Your New Playlist by Jon Acuff
- Project-Based Education: 2 hands-on projects in student-led areas of interest
- Worldview Training: Now We Live by Summit Ministries
YEAR TWO
10th Grade
- Equip Coaching Group
- Bi-weekly live group coaching calls
- Course #1: The Young Traveler's Gift
- Course #2: Ultralearning
- Reading Assignments: Do Hard Things by Alex & Brett Harris & Everybody Always by Bob Goff
- Project-Based Education: 1-2 hands-on projects in student-led areas of interest
- Worldview Training: What Would You Say?
YEAR THREE
11th Grade
- Equip Team
- Bi-weekly live group coaching calls
- Course #1: Navigate
- Course #2: Advanced Study Skills
- Reading Assignments: 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens by Sean Covey & The Little Things by Andy Andrews
- Project-Based Education: 1-2 hands-on projects in student-led areas of interest
- Worldview Training: How to Think Like a Christian by Thinking Out Loud
Hannah Quintero
HANNAH is a high school coach for Unbound. After graduating high school in 2019, she joined a Christian mission organization and has had a strong passion for mentoring young people ever since. She believes a thorough knowledge of Scripture and a constant desire to learn are the foundation for any successful life.
When she’s not working, you can find Hannah studying a new language, reading a book, drinking a cup of coffee, or hanging out with family. She loves any kind of conversation, no matter the topic! She currently lives in beautiful Colombia with her husband, Aníbal, and their young daughter.
Julia Gottfried
JULIA is a high school coach for Unbound. Julia is a homeschool graduate, Ascend program alumni, and describes her time in the Unbound community like a second family to her. She is an avid storyteller, real estate agent, and revival missions team alum.
While Julia is mainly surrounded by corn fields, she is always down for a good competition. Whether it is a fierce game of beach volleyball, acting out reverse charades, or baking the best family carrot cake, she loves to faithfully seek out laughter and connection. She daily strives to encourage people to be compassionate and courageous with the gifts God has given them. Her dream is that she might grow in knowing Christ crucified and always live conscious of His deep love for her. Julia abides in a northwestern Ohio farm town where she enjoys the community of godly friends and church family.
Kyle DeJarnatt
KYLE is a high school coach for Unbound. He is a homeschool and Unbound graduate who earned his BSBA from Liberty University in 2021 and is currently pursuing his MA in Christian Ministry from Liberty’s School of Divinity. He loves working with high school and college students and especially having discussions about biblical topics and how these can be applied to students’ lives.
When he’s not studying or working with students, Kyle can often be found attending theatre performances or mini-golfing with his wife, Heather, doing cheese tastings and playing Super Smash Bros. with his friends, or talking someone’s ear off about Tolkien’s writings.
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FAQs
How long is the program?
Equip is a 10-month program that runs August-May.
Can my student start if they're in 10th or 11th grade? Or do they need to start in 9th grade?
Your student can start Equip in 9th, 10th, or 11th grade! Equip is designed to build over three years if a student starts in 9th grade, but each year is also set up to stand alone so a student can start in any grade and not feel like they missed something.
Are the courses self-paced or live?
All your courses are self-paced, but your coach will help you work through the material with your fellow students at a pace that allows you to complete a course each semester.
When do the group coaching calls happen?
Group coaching calls will happen at the same time and on the same day every other week.
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