OVERVIEW
An Innovative mentorship programs for African American youth in order to increase, create, and or develop empowerment. The program will enrich the youths by providing positive leadership to assist them in several areas of life strategies to become positive individuals within their community. Career work-shops which will include entrepreneur courses, resume building, interview preparedness, positive thinking, speech etiquette, field trips along with various influential guest speakers.
GOALS
•Career/Skill Building
•Financial Literacy
•Conflict Resolution
•Resume Preparedness
•Image & Speech Etiquette
•Mental Health Awareness
•Total Body Fitness Awareness (Healthy Living/Eating Nutrition)
•Community Outreach
•Goal Setting
•Positive Reality Exercises (Positive Thinking)
•Giving Back (Pay it forward/Each one Teach one)
•Tangible Life Solutions with Positive Results
CURRICULUM
Give a kid an option Friday sessions format
•45 minute sessions (8 sessions including lunch) with 25 students each
•Session Agenda-
•5 minutes- roll call, activator, music moment
•5 minutes- positive affirmation, meditation, yoga
•10 minutes- Fundamentals- Session 1: speech etiquette, students will understand the importance of effective public speaking
•20 minutes-Application of Fundamentals
•Students will listen to/watch an effective speech
•Students will identify what makes the speech effective
•Students will practice effective speaking
•05 minutes- Summarizer/reflection
•Students will reflect on the fundamentals and will complete an exit ticket
•2-5 sentences about what was learned, questions they still have
All Friday sessions will follow the same format each week. The first 10 minutes will always start the same. Each month students will have a session on fundamentals (public speaking, conflict resolution, financial literacy, etc.), health/nutrition, health/beauty, music
Week 1 - Fundamentals topic
Week 2 - Health/nutrition
Week 3 - Health/beauty
Week 4 - Music
Week 5- Fundamentals topic
Months with 5 Fridays will have an additional fundamentals topic.
Fundamentals Topic Schedule
May 25th thru September 22nd
Reading Incentive Program- Students will have an opportunity to earn points/tickets to win various incentives. Points/tickets will be awarded for every book read by a student. The more books read the more opportunities to win prizes. In order to receive credit students must complete a book review.
Field trips- Students will attend a total of 3 field trips during October, January/February, April/May
Pre/post Surveys - Parents, students, teachers will complete a survey for each student assessing their academic/behavioral progress and goals
MILESTONES
The Give a Kid an Option Mentorship Program will consist of four general milestones.
Food and Nutrition
Instructed by Atlanta native Chef & Creative Coordinator, Chef Marlo Cravings Express LLC and Tassili's Raw Reality Cafe LLC.
Arts and Entertainment instructors
Lil Bankhead, "V103", Michael Cheeks, Tamika Cambell
Health & Beauty
Provided by various team members specializing in Cosmetology and Barbering techniques courtesy of Master Barber Gregrory Dawson with Upper Level Barbershop Atlanta GA.
Fundamentals
Will focus on skill building, emotional positivity, positive discipline, speech etiquette and other life building strategies and techniques that will provide a new and refreshing outlook on situations that could otherwise be viewed as negative.