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Empowering Communities. Changing Lives.

Laying the Foundation for Success:

Middle School Through College

Presenters: Anterio Jackson, Danielle Parker

& Cicely Wilson

Thursday April 6, 2017

National Partnership for Educational

Access’ Annual Conference

Boston, MA

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Key Transitions Manager

Cicely Wilson Interns/Volunteers College Access & Success Manager

Anterio Jackson

Director, CFSD

Danielle S. Parker

Introductions


Chicago Urban League

Overview • An affiliate of the NUL, the oldest &

largest community-based movement devoted to empowering African Americans to enter the economic & social mainstream in the United States.

• Throughout a century of service, the CUL remains committed to opening the doors of opportunity for African Americans through educational opportunity, economic development & social justice.

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CFSD Overview

• The CFSD offers a continuum of services for middle school through college students that prepares each to compete in a growing global economy.

• Our programs are designed to directly address academic warning signs and to curb the rate of failure through direct prevention and intervention.

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CFSD Overview • Our programs are delivered through

modules that address age appropriate topics: financial literacy, community awareness, Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM), career readiness, college preparedness and career exposure.

• We work with teachers, parents and employers both nationally and internationally to equip our participants with the skills needed to be successful in college, work and life.

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Project Ready-Middle School

The middle school component of Project Ready assists sixth through eighth grade students with strengthening their academic, financial and social development through four modules.

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Project Ready-High School

The Project Ready-High School program provides ninth through eleventh grade students with academic preparation for college along with life skills development, personal, global and cultural awareness.

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Project Ready-College

Project Ready-College is a two year program that begins working with students the summer before they begin their senior year of high (rising seniors) school through the completion of their first year of college.

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Parent Empowerment

Program

• Underlying the success of our students is the engagement of their parents.

• PEP assists with enabling entire households to increase career & educational achievements.

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Best Practices & Challenges Kahoot

• Take out your phone

• Go to Kahoot.it

• Plug in the 6 digit code

• Enter your name and lets play!

https://play.kahoot.it/#/k/95af891e-5801-46a6-82e9-65adcd4990f4

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Best Practices

Middle School

• Structure & Clear Expectations

• Ice Breakers/Physical Activity

• Positive Social Interactions with Peers & Adults

• Student & Staff Buy-In

• Ongoing Program Evaluation

High School

• Identity of Self & Others

• Creating Culture

• Transparency & Consistency

• Exposure

• Celebration of Successes & Addressing Areas of Opportunity

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Best Practices

College

• Keep your Promises & Encourage Them

• Set Standards

• Expose them to new things

• Flexibility

• Listen to Understand & Not to Reply

• Passion/Caring

PEP

• Encouragement

• Engagement & Ownership

• Keep your Promises

• Make them feel valued

• Humor

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Effective Strategies

The success of the CFSD would not be

possible without the 2 R’s: Recruitment &

Relationships.

Recruitment:

Value Proposition

Year-Round Recruitment

Continuum of Services (6th-16th Grade)

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Effective Strategies

The success of the CFSD would not be possible without the 2 R’s: Recruitment & Relationships.

Relationship Building:

Partners

Funders

Volunteers

Participants

Parent Engagement

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Project Ready Challenges

One of the biggest challenges that we face

in the CUL’s Center for Student

Development is the number of other after-

school program offerings in Chicago and

specifically within the Chicago Public

Schools.

• After School Matters

• Youth Guidance

• 21st Century

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Overcoming Our Challenges • Continuum of individualized services that

allow us to meet our students wherever

they are in their personal, academic and

professional lives.

• Our programs are developing and

engaging the next generation of leaders

by providing them with opportunities that

will prepare them to compete in a growing

global economy equipped with 21st

century skills.

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CFSD Outcomes

• Outcome #1: 100% of our middle school students do not show early warning indicators of poor high school performance or drop-out risk prior to high school entrance

• Outcome #2: 100% of our graduating high school seniors are accepted & enroll into a four year college or university or a vocational school

• Outcome #3: 100% of our college students advance to the next level of undergraduate standing at the end of the academic year.

• Outcome #4: 90% of youth increase their exposure to college and cultural options through initiatives such as the Student Mission Trip to China, NUL’s Youth Leadership Summit & In & Out of State College Tours

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Questions?????

Thank you for

attending!

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Contact Information

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Chicago Urban League

4510 S. Michigan Ave

Chicago, IL 60653

Office (773) 285-5800

Fax (773) 285-7772

www.thechicagourbanleague.org

http://www.thechicagourbanleague.org/

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