Life Skills/Mentoring Program
Overview
Each student that participates in College Prep World’s Student Development program will be assigned a life skills coodinator that supports the participants’ growth and development. The coordinator and student communicate regularly to ensure their classes meet the academic criteria needed to graduate. This ensures that each student is on the right track to successfully achieve their goals. The life skills coodinator also make themselves available to students for any other problems they might encounter. The role of each coordinator may vary depending on the academic and athletic status of each student and/or student athlete. For instance some coodinators may decide to attend practice, social, academic, and other team events. In addition, our experienced staff members will teach your child time management, assertiveness, and money management skills. We will also, provide your child with training focused on career development.
Overall each mentor, student and the student’s family will develop a life skills /mentoring action plan that will define the student’s goals and expectations that will best meet the needs of the students.
Here are the Life Skills/Mentoring descriptions and packages.
Gold (3 times a week) • Weekly meeting with student and his/her family. • Bi-weekly contact with student’s school/administration. • Assist students with developing goals. • Assisting students with getting employment. • Provide students with basic training on how to create professional networking skills. • Teach students how to improve communication skills and improve active listening skills. • Provide assertiveness training. • Teach students how to identify educational and professional resources. • Assist students in attaining an apartment. • Teach time management skills. • Provide curfew checks to ensure student is complying with rules of probation or household curfew (if necessary). • Teach students the proper attire needed for job interviews. • Develop interviewing skills professional development. • Help students develop proper social skills needed for the classroom and the workplace. • Teach students how to adapt to changes in their environment. • Teach students how to appropriately interact with authority figures. • Teach students coping skills. • Teach students decision making skills. • Provide transportation to appointment such as professional appointments and interviews. • Teach students the importance of attaining employment. • Provide students with budgeting and money management training. • Teach students how to set up a checking and savings account. • Help students create a budget. • Teach students how to manage their credit. • Teach students how to maintain a healthy lifestyle. • Teach students how to utilize public transportation. • Helping students learn how to choose their mode of transportation. • Assist students how to attain a drivers permit and license. • Teach students how to purchase a vehicle and car insurance. • Identify student’s challenges/problem areas and develop student action plan. • Attend school an activity in which student is involved (for additional support). • Research and evaluate universities student may be interested in attending. • Provide quarterly report and analysis which will include progress reports and recommendations. • Assist students and their family in developing conflict resolution skills- problems with teachers and authority figures. Silver (2 times a week) Bronze (1 time a week)