ACADEMIC COACHING & MENTORING SEMINAR
Gulf Coast Missionary Baptist District Association's
" SCHOLARSHIP STUDENT "
-- MISSISSIPPI'S FINEST --
Every SATURDAY
10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
ST. Luke Baptist Church
14071 O'Neal Road
Gulfport, MS 39503
COST: Adults $20 Children $5
What's a ACT score & G.P.A. worth?
DOLLARS
possibly millions over a lifetime...
Participants will receive a detailed overview and discussion of AL-ILM360 Academic Career Mentoring Programs and Ministry Fundraising programs including what parents should prepare for years in advance of seeking college admissions. Topics discussed include: K-12 Academics, Preparing a motivational career incentive, Assessing financial opportunities associated with academics, Determining your financial needs, Alternative Financing, What a 'university looks for' and the next step in your child's preparation for a rewarding life long career. Mastering church fundraising events.
To Register: Email: oblivingston@alilm360.org or call: 228-596-1577
PLEASE INCLUDE: Name, Phone#, Email Address, & the date you are registering to attend.
After completing your session participants should be able to:
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Choose K-12 Career Curriculum
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Understand How Students Learn
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Identify Career Paths to Middle Class
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Basic College Finance Curriculum
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Determine Scholarship PATH / Eligibility
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Select Major Declaration By ACT/GPA
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Assess University Matriculation /STEM
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Develop ACT / SAT Acumen
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Achieve Community Service Hours
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Find Professional Shadowing MD/DDS
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Obtain Mentoring and Coaching
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Choose a Ministry Fundraising Event
Reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities will be made if requested at least one week in advance.
" Making of A Super Student "
Georgetown University Center On Education and the Workforce
-- Washington D.C.
Howard University Center of African American Studies
-- Washington D.C.
Bureau of Labor Statistics: United States Government
-- Washington D.C.
Stanford University Center for Brian Science Research
-- Palo Alto, CA
A MAJOR Investment:
Why College " Done Right " Matters!
Return On Investment: Best Practices & Strategies.
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Over a lifetime a worker with a 4-yr college degree can expect to earn 91% more than a colleague who has only a high school diploma or GED.
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The highest earning college major earns 364% more than the lowest-earning major.
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STEM majors will earn 5x (times) more earning dollars than nontechnical majors.
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By 2025, 87% of all new jobs will be in STEM fields.
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Pharmaceutical Science Majors can have entry level salaries starting at $110,000.
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Early Childhood Education majors can have entry level salaries starting at $36,000.
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Mathematics and Computer Science majors can have entry level salaries starting at $100,000.
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Social Work majors can have entry level salaries starting at $39,000.
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The U.S. demand for STEM is expected to increase by more than 15 percent each year through 2025.
An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest. -Ben Franklin
Standardized Tests and Licensing Exams
Return On Investment: Best Practices & Strategies.
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Mnemonics and the use of nuanced practice testing increase standardized test scores (ACT/SAT) by 63%.
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Distributed practice questions combined with isolated problem types increase scores by 29%.
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Detailed self-explanation is used to increase test accuracy. Higher scores are achieved by using real world examples to explain how new information is related to know information.
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Problem solving skills are made more effective by using detailed step techniques to correct errors in the process.
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Retention levels are increased 29% by using elaborative interrogation to explain why an explicitly fact or concept is true.
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The capacity to learn is a gift; the ability to learn is a skill; the willingness to learn is a choice. -- Brian Herbert
21st Century Education
Return On Investment: Best Practices & Strategies.
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When students are taught critical thinking and problem solving skills their trajectory to thrive in all aspects of life increase by 43%.
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In the information age students must master content while producing, synthesizing, and evaluatuin data.
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Twenty-first century learning embodies an approach to teaching that marries content to real life situations.
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Interpersonal communication skills will be in order for students to be successful in an increasingly fluid, interconnected, and complex world.
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Knowledge acquisition has become " learner driven ". Students must be taught through methods that motivate and inspire self-study. 72% of learning will be obtained outside of the classroom.
Education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today.
-- Malcolm X
Basic Life Skills are no longer" Basic "
Return On Investment: Best Practices & Strategies.
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Our young adults will enter the world of employment being judged by many different factors related to:
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Credit Rating: Teach, Preach and get it right.
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Debt Accumulation: Bad debt can be prevented.
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Career Choice: Sets the stage for financial stability.
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Character: Will be evaluated in person & on-line.
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Criminal History: It will effect all aspects of life.
You must gain control over your money or the lack of it will forever control you.
-- Dave Ramsey