storytelling, writing fluency, and college and career success

Storytelling, Writing Fluency, College + Career Success

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•  Refresh •  Build a Bridge •  Choose a Moment •  Tell It Out Loud!

•  Write it Out •  Focus Out •  Map It •  Magnet, Pivot,

Glow

•  Explore Perspectives

•  Scripts to Stories •  Raise the Stakes •  Reasons to Believe

PD Workshops with OppNet + University Settlements

OppNet: Develop curriculum specific to younger students (8th graders applying to after school and summer programs)

University Settlements: Develop sta! storytelling skills (1) to inspire younger students and (2) for increased collaboration and job skills.

Professional Development Workshops In collaboration with University Settlements

Building Community through Storytelling: Teach mentors to tell their stories to inspire and motivate younger students in after-school program

Hire Power: Develop sta! storytelling skills for expanded professional opportunities

Workshop #1: Building Community !rough Storytelling

!Objective: teach after school leaders to find their personal stories and use

them to motivate, inspire, and build community among their elementary

school students.

What were the results?

Safe space

“When we split up into groups we really opened up to each other and we

didn’t hold anything back. Even though we didn’t know each other, we felt

safe sharing our stories.”

Vulnerability

“I learned that despite someone’s appearance, you never know what kind

of struggles they’ve been through.”

Transferable skills

“Thank you for bring us together! This was a very fun learning experience

that I will definitely take back and use with my kids.”

Workshop #2: Hire Power Storytelling and Self-Advocacy

!Objective: teach framework for researching opportunities, crafting SMART

reasons to believe, and incorporating their personal stories to create cohesive

responses to application and interview questions.

Stories Empower Us

Story To College Collaborates with Schools + CBOs

•  In-school programs + after-school workshops

•  Modular, outcomes based curricula, aligned with Common Core

o  College Application Essays

o  Supplement Essays

o  Job Search

o  Communication Skills

o  Community Building

•  Direct service + professional development/curriculum licensing models

For more info:

Carol Barash, PhD, Founder

Jenna Freed, Director of Client Relations

646-503-4861

getstarted@storytocollege.com

Storytelling X !Career Fluency® !

About Us!

THE OPPORTUNITY NETWORK!

MISSION AND VISION!•  To create equal opportunity for high-achieving public school students from

low-income families!

•  To provide career development, influential networks, summer internships and access to competitive colleges, through an intensive, six-year investment !

•  To reverse the course of unrealized potential and facilitate college graduation and career success!

Level the playing field for underprivileged, high-potential youth!

THE OPPORTUNITY NETWORK!

CAREER FLUENCY®!

CAREER EXPOSURE Exposure to 30+ career opportunities, including internships

PROFESSIONAL ETIQUETTE

Comprehensive training in professional etiquette

and skills

Building and leveraging professional relationships and social capital

NETWORKS AND SOCIAL CAPITAL

College access, transition and

in-college support

COLLEGE ACCESS AND SUCCESS

CAREER FLUENCY®

THE OPPORTUNITY NETWORK!

LIFE OF AN OPPNET FELLOW!Junior Year !

High School!

Freshman Year – !Senior Year !

College!

•  College goal-setting •  College field trips •  College lists •  Parent meetings •  SAT preparation classes •  Personal statements

Senior Year!High School!

College Access and Success!

Career Exposure!

Professional Etiquette!

Networks and Social Capital!

Career Fluency® Program!

•  Exposure to 30+ careers •  Meet 100+ executives in broad

range of sectors •  Attend field trips at companies •  Summer internship

•  Extensive professional etiquette training: resumes, interviewing, dress, email and phone etiquette

•  How to map your network •  Building a contact database •  How to build and grow a

professional network

•  Individual college visits •  On-campus and alumni interviews •  Financial aid preparation •  Completion/submission of college

applications •  College transition series: time and

money management, study habits, college writing, diversity on campus

•  Career workshops – new topics

•  Panel discussions with executives on internship success factors

•  Field trips to companies •  Summer internship

•  Refresher etiquette workshops: updating and tailoring resume, advanced email etiquette, writing to college admissions staff

•  Advanced networking concepts: looking for internships, seeking information about careers, securing referrals, connecting others

•  College transition coaching and support throughout four years –  Staff and peer mentoring

•  Individualized guidance for yearly milestones: choosing major, study abroad, campus engagement, credit completion

•  Long-term career goal-setting •  Summer series of college-level

career workshops •  Summer internships •  Career transition: Applying for

full-time jobs/graduate school

•  Building networks and making connections on campus

•  Giving back to your networks •  Leveraging your networks for

your post-college job search

•  Refresher and advanced etiquette workshops: updating and tailoring resume, advanced email etiquette

THE OPPORTUNITY NETWORK!

LONG-TERM METRICS!

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College Access, Transition and

Success!

Career !Exposure!

Professional Etiquette!

Networks and Social Capital!

85% leverage their Career Fluency® to secure meaningful employment, admission to graduate school or other valuable !

post-college experience within six months of graduation.!

85%!Earn degree from competitive 4-year

college or university in 4 years; 100% in 6

years!

90%!Boast competitive

resume packed with 4-5 summer internship/

enrichment programs!

100%!Enter workforce with

professional network and know how to use it!

90%!Demonstrate mastery of full scope of professional

etiquette !

The Role of Storytelling in Career Fluency®!

THE OPPORTUNITY NETWORK!

Communication:"Speaking"

Active Listening!

Self-Awareness and Confidence:"

Life Values"Strengths!

Empathy, Relationships

and Community!

Self-Advocacy and Agency! Social Capital!

STORYTELLING X CAREER FLUENCY® !

Storytelling! Career Fluency®!

THE OPPORTUNITY NETWORK!

CAREER FLUENCY®- A SNAPSHOT!

•  College “Fit”!

•  College Interviews!

•  Personal Statements and Reflective Writing!

•  Finding and Forming Communities!

•  College Networks!

•  Self-Advocacy on Campus!

College Access, Transition and

Success!•  Goal-Setting for

College and Careers!

•  Career Roadmaps!

•  Life Values!

•  Industry-Specific Workshops!

•  Career Panels and Information Sessions!

•  Career Transition!

Career !Exposure!

•  Resumes!

•  Cover Letters!

•  Interviewing!

•  Marketing Your Assets!

•  Email Etiquette!

•  Phone Etiquette!

•  Active Listening!

•  Public Speaking !

Professional !Etiquette!

•  Network Maps !

•  Networking Essentials!

•  Relationship Management !

•  Contact Management !

•  “Elevator Pitch”!

•  Speed Networking !

•  Social Media!

•  Mentoring Relationships!

Networks and !Social Capital!

Exercises!

THE OPPORTUNITY NETWORK!

VISUALIZING A STORY’S IMPACT!!

Think about a time when a story you heard from a student informed how you improved or changed your programming…!!•  What emotions were conveyed by your student?!•  Why did that story “stick”?!•  Why did that story ultimately inform your work?!

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THE OPPORTUNITY NETWORK!

RESUME AS A STORYTELLING TOOL!!

Think about your proudest accomplishment, personal or professional… !!•  Now tell that story in one sentence.!•  Can you tell the story in less than 10 words?!