Rooted & Ready Curriculum

Four mornings each week, students will engage in core content classes through a Biblical lens. In the afternoons, they participate in a unique curriculum created by the EIA team called Rooted and Ready.‍ ‍Rooted and Ready is a blueprint for discipleship and adulthood, equipping students with the character, wisdom, and life skills needed to follow Christ and lead well. The program is organized into four quarters:

  1. Rooted in Purpose

  2. Ready to Steward

  3. Rooted in Citizenship

  4. Ready to Influence

Quarter 1: Rooted in Purpose

  • Identity in Christ

  • Examining Our Gifts and Fruits

  • Serving Others

  • Understanding Prayer and Worship

  • Testimony Training

  • Real World Basics and Work: utilities, budgeting meals, carpentry, and more

“Therefore, as you received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in him, rooted and built up in him and established in the faith, just as you were taught, abounding in thanksgiving.”

- Colossians 2:6-7

Quarter 2: Ready to Steward

  • Managing God’s Resources Wisely

  • Opening Bank Accounts

  • Understanding Taxes

  • The Global Economy

  • Automotive Management

  • Credit vs Debit

  • Investments

“This is how one should regard us, as servants of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God. Moreover, it is required of stewards that they be found faithful.” -1 Corinthians 4:1-2

Quarter 3: Rooted in Citizenship

  • Learning to Live as Salt and Light

  • The U.S. Constitution

  • Media Bias

  • Elections

  • Military

  • Health and the Medical System

  • God as Our Ultimate Provider

“You are the light of the world. A city on a hill cannot be hidden. Nor do people light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a stand, and it gives light to all the house. In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven.” -Matthew 5:14-16

Quarter 4: Ready to Influence

  • Preparing to Lead

  • Handshakes, Eye Contact, & Social Skills

  • Resumes

  • Interviewing

  • Etiquette Training

  • Debating and Speaking

  • Communicating with Confidence in God, not Self

“but in your hearts honor Christ the Lord as holy, always being prepared to make a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you; yet do it with gentleness and respect.” -1 Peter 3:15

More from Rooted & Ready

  • Making Disciples who Make Disciples

    In Rooted & Ready, students will open bank accounts to practice stewarding their money. During Kingdom Tracks, students can earn money into these accounts. We’ve partnered with Matthew 4:4 Ministries, an organization that delivers Bibles and spreads the Gospel of Jesus Christ. They will organize and lead powerful mission opportunities for students. We’re not just teaching the Great Commission, we’re living it!

  • Apologetics Training

    Apologetics Training

    Two days each week, Rooted and Ready will begin with apologetics training. Students will examine the scientific claims and cultural arguments often raised against the Bible and learn how to respond with clarity, confidence, and truth. Through this training, students will develop the ability to defend their faith to the world—and know for themselves that God’s Word is true.

  • Biblical Clarity for Modern Culture

    Twice each week, students will begin their Rooted and Ready class by examining questions from modern culture and learning how to answer them with Scripture. Drawing from a careful, Bible-first method, they will learn how to search the Scriptures for clarity, wisdom, and truth. This class equips students to navigate a world saturated with sin and cultural pressure, giving them the tools to stand firm, overcome spiritual battles, and live anchored in God’s Word.