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Embassy Suites at Boston Logan Airport
October 9, 2008 ~ 9:00AM – 4:00PM Seminar One
DISCOVERING MEANING - Solving the BIG Problems in At-Risk Education
• Development of utilitarian vision, mission and goals that bring substance to the foundation of cost-efficient and effective programs
• What goes into designing, planning, field-testing, launching, and assessing at-risk education programs
• Credit recovery –A web-based model, the National Success Academy
• Experiential learning
• Development of critical thinking skills
• Career development
• How to encourage and assist youth to discover a positive direction in their lives
• Discovering the value of collegial and community collaboration
Investment: $150 – Meals and handouts included.
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October 10, 2008 ~ 9:00AM – 4:00PM Seminar Two
Designing Quality Programs for Students At-Risk
• Appropriate models of an academically and career-based program
• Planning and developing a program outline
Which will effectively encompass:
• How self-confidence and self-esteem effect success
• What happens to the psyche in a dysfunctional home – family and personal issues of at-risk kids
• Accurately defining "at-risk"
• Diagnosing symptoms brought to school
• Hot points of classroom intervention
• Prevention programming
• Intervention strategies
• Teaching methods and strategies
• Assessment of program quality
Investment: $150 – Meals and handouts included.
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