Ready For Real Life

Ready for Real Life is the official educator portal for the Modern Manners and Mental Fortitude (MMMF) curriculum, developed by Michael R. Terry and Mekenzi G. Terry through Ready for Real Life Instruction and Education in Tooele, Utah.

This app gives licensed educators, school administrators, and program facilitators secure, role-based access to curriculum resources, student management tools, and program administration features, all optimized for mobile use.

WHAT EDUCATORS ACCESS

Secure portal login with role-based account management
Student registration review and approval workflow
Certificate tracking and generation for program completions
Full curriculum resource library with pacing guides, lesson plans, and assessment tools
Pre/post CASEL self-efficacy survey resources
Program billing and administration

ABOUT THE CURRICULUM

Modern Manners and Mental Fortitude is a research-backed, CASEL-aligned life skills program built around five core modules: Modern Manners, Emotional Intelligence, Conflict Navigation, Digital Citizenship, and Personal Growth.

Designed for Grades K-12 as well as community and adult settings, the program uses a spiral curriculum structure in which all four core pillars revisit at increasing levels of complexity across every module.

Four Core Pillars: Respectful Communication, Emotional Regulation, Decision-Making Under Pressure, and Accountability and Repair.

Two student-facing thinking frameworks anchor every lesson. PLRR (Pause, Label, Reframe, Respond) builds self-regulation under stress. POCC (Pause, Options, Consequences, Choose) structures decision-making under competing priorities.

WHO THIS APP IS FOR

This app is designed for licensed program users who have enrolled through readyforreal.life. Eligible users include K-12 teachers, school counselors, school administrators, university instructors, community program facilitators, youth organization leaders, and students.

A portal account is required. To request access, visit readyforreal.life.

THE RESEARCH BEHIND THE DESIGN

The curriculum is grounded in Tyler (1949), Bruner (1960), Dewey (1938), CASEL (2020), Stern et al. (2021), Wiles and Bondi (2015), and Lang (2021). It is aligned with Utah CASEL and CCA Core Standards.

Built from nearly 20 years of law enforcement, crisis response, and youth mentorship, including SRO experience at Blue Peak High School and delivery of Lions Quest to every sixth grader in Tooele City, this program brings real-world perspective to every lesson.

Learn more at readyforreal.life.