Education Initiative

STEPPING STONES
CREATING A PATH FOR OUR FUTURE
 The KEY component to reach each subject group is building a relationship. Each group has had
their share of past “community” groups that have come to “help”. Our effort is long term, in
reality, our effort will forge lifetime relationships. Trust is the foundation to any relationship.
We must prove to each group, by our actions, that they can trust us.
As our relationship strengthens, we will lead each group to the next level of accountability.
First Level - OUTREACH :Introduction of our goals. Building trust every time we meet.

Second Level - MOTIVATION : Trust will open doors and relationships will share a vision.

Third Level - PARTICIPATE : Relationships will strengthen / seeds of accountability will be laid.

Forth Level - STAKEHOLDER : Are leaders born or are they made? We’ll never know.

STEPPING STONES
PARENTS STUDENTS BUSINESS
• PTA/PTO presentations •Incentives for attending • Lunch meetings
OUTREACH • Information flyers meetings • Civic organizations
• Simplify information • Being part of a solution
• Their dreams to reality
MOTIVATION („baby step approach) • Civic responsibility
• Provide the belief
• Provide solutions • Educated work force

• Attend meetings • Bring parents to meetings

• Ask questions
PARTICIPATE • Provide Contact Information
• Follow thru w/ college application
• Bring other parents to meetings
• Advocate
• Participate at leadership meetings
• Be a presenter to “new” parents
STAKEHOLDER • Committee / Board member
• Identified Career path
• List of colleges
• Question of Financial Aid
• Bring friends to get involved
• Attends college
• Continued relationship
• Speaker to “new” students
• Mentor
• Attends meetings
• Financial support
• Provide flyers to employees
• Advocate to other business‟
• Committee / Board member
• Mentor
• Intern job training to students
• Speaker / Presenter
 Goals set by Education Ad Hoc Committee meeting, Sunday, November 21, 2010 at 2 pm

Parents:
1. To increase opportunities for parents to obtain GED‟s or further their education.
2. Provide resources in the community, and online education.
3. Teach parents to have stimulating dialogue with their children, ask what they learned in school.
4. Teach parents how to engage in dialogue with teachers. What questions to ask, how to interpret
report cards, etc.
5. Empowering values.

Students (Kids) :
1. Encourage kids to share what they know with their parents.
2. Create activities that increase self-esteem.
3. When in college, come back and mentor high school students.
4. Create programs that incentivize the kids.
5. Create activities that encourage critical thinking.
6. ASK the kids what they are missing and how we can help fill the gaps (Focus group)?

Community:
1. Create mentorship programs, or tap into community resources.
2. Identity community resources to partner with: Businesses, organizations, and mentorship programs that expose children to
careers.
3. Partner with local colleges, Universities, and Technical schools. Allow auditing of classes with possible college credits.

Teachers:
Remind teachers that they are the student‟s heroes.
Facilitate communication between them and the parents.
Role modeling

In my opinion the goal set for “Teachers” will get

accomplished as a by product of Parent / Student /
Community Goals. A distinction is not needed.
 Parents:
1. To increase opportunities for parents to obtain GED‟s or further their education.
2. Provide resources in the community, and online education.
3. Teach parents to have stimulating dialogue with their children, ask what they learned in school.
4. Teach parents how to engage in dialogue with teachers. What questions to ask, how to interpret
report cards, etc.
5. Empowering values.

STEPPING STONES - PARENTS

OBJECTIVE START WITH

• Communities in School
• Local churches
1
• Workforce
• Public Library
• Communities in School
2 • Goodwill
• MCC / TSTC
• School pamphlets
3
• online resource info
• PPS (Parents for Public
Schools)
4
• School campus
• Region 12
• Local leaders (city, school,
5 church, business)
• Presenters