This document provides an agenda and information about EducationQuest's mission to improve access to higher education in Nebraska. The agenda includes a program evolution overview, strategies to engage students, and a schools deployment. EducationQuest aims to address issues such as students lacking knowledge and ability to plan for college as well as preparedness through their work. The remainder of the document provides materials to educate middle school students about college and career opportunities, including presentations, activities, schedules and teacher testimonials.
Presented by Karen Luttrell and Kim Lear at the Editing Goes Global 2015 conference for writers and editors at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre on June 14, 2015. Covered opportunities for working with nonprofits and charities in Canada and tips for doing so successfully.
An introduction to Social Entrepreneurship workshop presented by Stephen Ca...Stephen Carrick-Davies
Slides from a 3 hour workshop with University Students in India introducing them to the concept of Social Entrepreneurship.
Workshop included role play, case studies, student exercises and covered what Stephen sees as the 4 Ps of being a Social Entrepreneur. Being
Passionate, Practical, Persistent, and Professional.
Presented by Karen Luttrell and Kim Lear at the Editing Goes Global 2015 conference for writers and editors at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre on June 14, 2015. Covered opportunities for working with nonprofits and charities in Canada and tips for doing so successfully.
An introduction to Social Entrepreneurship workshop presented by Stephen Ca...Stephen Carrick-Davies
Slides from a 3 hour workshop with University Students in India introducing them to the concept of Social Entrepreneurship.
Workshop included role play, case studies, student exercises and covered what Stephen sees as the 4 Ps of being a Social Entrepreneur. Being
Passionate, Practical, Persistent, and Professional.
Making a difference with Operational ResearchThe OR Society
An interactive workshop run by Felicity McLeister, Charlene Timewell and Ian Seath, from the professional organisation and registered charity, The Operational Research Society.
Operational Research (O.R.) uses scientific methods to improve an organisation’s effectiveness. It can address a wide range of organisational improvements – for example strategy, systems, processes, operations, decision-making etc. By using a mix of ‘soft’ techniques to understand the social and organisational context, and mathematical modelling to analyse complex situations, O.R. can help to make more effective decisions and build more productive systems based on: more complete data, consideration of all available options, careful predictions of outcomes and estimates of risk and the latest decision tools and techniques.
The workshop will includes:
· An introduction to O.R. and The OR Society.
· Career pathways into O.R. and how to gain experience, including getting involved with the O.R. in Schools initiative.
· An introduction to the Pro Bono O.R. scheme including some example case studies.
· A practical session based on a project Pro Bono O.R. carried out with RSPCA.
This event was hosted by Birkbeck Careers & Employability
Leveraging Student Motivation through Meaningful Goals and OpportunitiesAllison Zmuda
Create space or room in schools to have students think deeply, play, problem solve, share, receive feedback, revise grounded in a task that is inherently meaningful
Engaging Community through Content Marketing - Not Just another Social Media ...Elizabeth Quintanilla, MBA
Engaging Community through Content Marketing - Not Just another Social Media Presentation!
Gave this presentation at Texas State in San Marcus, Texas on October 25th, 2010. The audience was very engaged and enjoyed it!
Elizabeth Quintanilla
7 Deadly Nonprofit Copywriting Sins webinar sept 2013Marlene Oliveira
www.moflow.ca
Nonprofit copywriting webinar delivered with Artez Interactive in September 2013.
For nonprofits, writing excellent copy is important because our content needs to inform, motivate and inspire. So if we know that great content is critical for nonprofits, why are so many organizations making the same messaging mistakes?
In this webinar, we’ll discuss:
Why nonprofits can’t waste time and effort on boring or ineffective content.
The seven deadly copywriting and messaging mistakes that are being made by too many nonprofit organizations.
How to avoid these mistakes and write excellent, original content that inspires.
Writing original, inspiring content for your nonprofit takes thought and planning, but it is possible!
Creativity counts in learning for care experienced young peopleCELCIS
CELCIS Education Conference: In a Scottish Government and ESF-funded initiative called Arts, Creativity and Employability (ACE), Abertay University joined forces with the Articulate Cultural Trust to carry out research.
The social, environmental, and economic impacts of educating and advancing skills in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) are a strategic priority for many companies, governments, and NGOs. As you begin to build your STEM programs, how do you choose from so many excellent nonprofit partners? An effective partnership will provide a mutually beneficial partnership that enables both the business and the nonprofit to achieve their goals together.
In this interactive case study, Analog Devices will discuss the key points for choosing and engaging with nonprofit STEM partners as it shares its journey from a grass roots to regional sponsorship working with FIRST robotics. Please join us to learn more about how the company built a multi-platform approach to provide a successful partnership with FIRST robotics and created a robust program that benefited students, employees, and the community.
Speakers:
Maria Tagliaferro, Director, Technology Advocacy, Analog Devices, Inc.
Colleen Donham, Alumna, Boston College Center for Corporate Citizenship Leadership Academy
Use this presentation with our College Prep Handbook to help students learn about the types of colleges, and the application process for admissions and financial aid. Includes timelines for juniors and seniors.
Making a difference with Operational ResearchThe OR Society
An interactive workshop run by Felicity McLeister, Charlene Timewell and Ian Seath, from the professional organisation and registered charity, The Operational Research Society.
Operational Research (O.R.) uses scientific methods to improve an organisation’s effectiveness. It can address a wide range of organisational improvements – for example strategy, systems, processes, operations, decision-making etc. By using a mix of ‘soft’ techniques to understand the social and organisational context, and mathematical modelling to analyse complex situations, O.R. can help to make more effective decisions and build more productive systems based on: more complete data, consideration of all available options, careful predictions of outcomes and estimates of risk and the latest decision tools and techniques.
The workshop will includes:
· An introduction to O.R. and The OR Society.
· Career pathways into O.R. and how to gain experience, including getting involved with the O.R. in Schools initiative.
· An introduction to the Pro Bono O.R. scheme including some example case studies.
· A practical session based on a project Pro Bono O.R. carried out with RSPCA.
This event was hosted by Birkbeck Careers & Employability
Leveraging Student Motivation through Meaningful Goals and OpportunitiesAllison Zmuda
Create space or room in schools to have students think deeply, play, problem solve, share, receive feedback, revise grounded in a task that is inherently meaningful
Engaging Community through Content Marketing - Not Just another Social Media ...Elizabeth Quintanilla, MBA
Engaging Community through Content Marketing - Not Just another Social Media Presentation!
Gave this presentation at Texas State in San Marcus, Texas on October 25th, 2010. The audience was very engaged and enjoyed it!
Elizabeth Quintanilla
7 Deadly Nonprofit Copywriting Sins webinar sept 2013Marlene Oliveira
www.moflow.ca
Nonprofit copywriting webinar delivered with Artez Interactive in September 2013.
For nonprofits, writing excellent copy is important because our content needs to inform, motivate and inspire. So if we know that great content is critical for nonprofits, why are so many organizations making the same messaging mistakes?
In this webinar, we’ll discuss:
Why nonprofits can’t waste time and effort on boring or ineffective content.
The seven deadly copywriting and messaging mistakes that are being made by too many nonprofit organizations.
How to avoid these mistakes and write excellent, original content that inspires.
Writing original, inspiring content for your nonprofit takes thought and planning, but it is possible!
Creativity counts in learning for care experienced young peopleCELCIS
CELCIS Education Conference: In a Scottish Government and ESF-funded initiative called Arts, Creativity and Employability (ACE), Abertay University joined forces with the Articulate Cultural Trust to carry out research.
The social, environmental, and economic impacts of educating and advancing skills in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) are a strategic priority for many companies, governments, and NGOs. As you begin to build your STEM programs, how do you choose from so many excellent nonprofit partners? An effective partnership will provide a mutually beneficial partnership that enables both the business and the nonprofit to achieve their goals together.
In this interactive case study, Analog Devices will discuss the key points for choosing and engaging with nonprofit STEM partners as it shares its journey from a grass roots to regional sponsorship working with FIRST robotics. Please join us to learn more about how the company built a multi-platform approach to provide a successful partnership with FIRST robotics and created a robust program that benefited students, employees, and the community.
Speakers:
Maria Tagliaferro, Director, Technology Advocacy, Analog Devices, Inc.
Colleen Donham, Alumna, Boston College Center for Corporate Citizenship Leadership Academy
Use this presentation with our College Prep Handbook to help students learn about the types of colleges, and the application process for admissions and financial aid. Includes timelines for juniors and seniors.
Learn about:
Early FAFSA timeline
Types of financial aid
Financial aid process and formulas
Tracking your students’ FAFSA completions
EducationQuest updates
Use this presentation with our College Prep Handbook to help students learn about the types of colleges, the admissions process, and how to apply for financial aid. Includes timelines for juniors and seniors.
Provide a step-by-step approach students should follow if they plan to start their education at a community college and then transfer to a four-year college.
Help students complete the admissions process and understand what to expect in college. They’ll learn about campus resources, study tips, and how to get along with a roommate.
Show students how they can be better candidates for college scholarships by taking the tough classes, building a quality activities resume, earning good grades, and performing well on the ACT/SAT.
This presentation is a companion piece to our “College Doesn’t Just Happen” video. It walks students through lessons they should have learned while watching the video. http://www.educationquest.org/videos/college-doesnt-just-happen/
Help students "find the right fit" for college and a career by focusing on their interests, building basic skills, and learning how to apply specific skills to the 16 career clusters.
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June 3, 2024 Anti-Semitism Letter Sent to MIT President Kornbluth and MIT Cor...Levi Shapiro
Letter from the Congress of the United States regarding Anti-Semitism sent June 3rd to MIT President Sally Kornbluth, MIT Corp Chair, Mark Gorenberg
Dear Dr. Kornbluth and Mr. Gorenberg,
The US House of Representatives is deeply concerned by ongoing and pervasive acts of antisemitic
harassment and intimidation at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Failing to act decisively to ensure a safe learning environment for all students would be a grave dereliction of your responsibilities as President of MIT and Chair of the MIT Corporation.
This Congress will not stand idly by and allow an environment hostile to Jewish students to persist. The House believes that your institution is in violation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, and the inability or
unwillingness to rectify this violation through action requires accountability.
Postsecondary education is a unique opportunity for students to learn and have their ideas and beliefs challenged. However, universities receiving hundreds of millions of federal funds annually have denied
students that opportunity and have been hijacked to become venues for the promotion of terrorism, antisemitic harassment and intimidation, unlawful encampments, and in some cases, assaults and riots.
The House of Representatives will not countenance the use of federal funds to indoctrinate students into hateful, antisemitic, anti-American supporters of terrorism. Investigations into campus antisemitism by the Committee on Education and the Workforce and the Committee on Ways and Means have been expanded into a Congress-wide probe across all relevant jurisdictions to address this national crisis. The undersigned Committees will conduct oversight into the use of federal funds at MIT and its learning environment under authorities granted to each Committee.
• The Committee on Education and the Workforce has been investigating your institution since December 7, 2023. The Committee has broad jurisdiction over postsecondary education, including its compliance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, campus safety concerns over disruptions to the learning environment, and the awarding of federal student aid under the Higher Education Act.
• The Committee on Oversight and Accountability is investigating the sources of funding and other support flowing to groups espousing pro-Hamas propaganda and engaged in antisemitic harassment and intimidation of students. The Committee on Oversight and Accountability is the principal oversight committee of the US House of Representatives and has broad authority to investigate “any matter” at “any time” under House Rule X.
• The Committee on Ways and Means has been investigating several universities since November 15, 2023, when the Committee held a hearing entitled From Ivory Towers to Dark Corners: Investigating the Nexus Between Antisemitism, Tax-Exempt Universities, and Terror Financing. The Committee followed the hearing with letters to those institutions on January 10, 202
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This Gasta posits a strategic approach to integrating AI into HEIs to prepare staff, students and the curriculum for an evolving world and workplace. We will highlight the advantages of working with these technologies beyond the realm of teaching, learning and assessment by considering prompt engineering skills, industry impact, curriculum changes, and the need for staff upskilling. In contrast, not engaging strategically with Generative AI poses risks, including falling behind peers, missed opportunities and failing to ensure our graduates remain employable. The rapid evolution of AI technologies necessitates a proactive and strategic approach if we are to remain relevant.
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2. We’re a nonprofit organization with a mission to:
Who is EducationQuest?
Improve access to higher education in Nebraska
3. Why College Early?
Students lack:
• knowledge of & ability to plan for college
• preparedness
Students & parents:
• concerns about cost Find this research in the white
paper in the Professionals
section at EducationQuest.org
4.
5.
6. Think
ABOUT… WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BE?
What would you rather do?
Assemble a bike?
Teach someone
how to ride a bike?
OR
7. Perform a solo – music, acting, speaking Create a budget for a performance company
Grow plants at a greenhouse
Provide rehab to an injured athlete
Improve soil quality for growing foods
Examine samples under a microscope
Operate machines to keep water safe
Run a hospital’s computer network
Plan and build a bridge
Create ads to sell the plants
Provide mental health counseling for the athlete
Create the soil company’s website
Take a blood sample from the patient
Be a lawyer who fights for clean water
Care for people in the hospital
Negotiate contracts to build the bridge
OR
OR
OR
OR
OR
OR
OR
OR
Would you rather…
16. Hint…
There are about 4 weeks in a month.
If you make $20 a week and want to buy a $160 phone, how many weeks
will it take to earn that money?
20 160
8
weeks
or months2
8
8=
17. You’ll probably have to do more than
babysit to earn money for the car!
If you make $40 a month babysitting and want to buy a used car for
$3,000 when you’re 16, how long will it take?
$ 40 months
x 12 months
80
+ 400
480= $
X 4 years
1,920= $
18.
19. What can you do with this publication?
Who could you share it with?
Share one thing you learned that
you didn’t know before.
OR
20. 7:40-8:00 Schedule and expectations
8:00-9:30 Look2College in classrooms
9:45 Aristocrats: Look2College presentation
Nobles: college t-shirt activity
10:30 Aristocrats: college t-shirt activity
Nobles: Look2College presentation
11:00 Dismissal
21. Many guests are in our building to help you
understand your opportunities for college and
your future.
Remember to show your Monarch PRIDE in all
areas: Peaceful, Responsible, Involved, Diligent,
and Empathetic
You will go to the auditorium for Look2College
activities later today. It is expected that you show
the EducationQuest representative our Monarch
PRIDE as well.
Expectations
22. Teachers went to college!
• Teachers: spend 10 minutes telling students where you went to
college, what you got your degree(s) in, what college was like for you
• Show off your college!
• Students: ask your teacher questions about college.
23. Questions?
Kristin Ageton
College Access Director
KristinA@educationquest.org
402.479.6745
800.303.3745, ext. 6745
Sallie Agena
School Counselor
Syracuse Middle School
Editor's Notes
Setting the Context: How Look2College came to be
Why college as early as middle grades
There are several major concerns students have when it comes to planning for college. Students lack knowledge of and the ability to plan for college:
83% of surveyed middle school students said they know nothing or very little about the high school courses that are required to graduate.
Students from low-income families have limited access to college planning and career information.
Students lack preparedness:
Students’ level of academic attainment in 8th grade has a greater impact on college and career readiness by the time they complete high school than anything they do academically in high school.
Students need at least a 3.0 GPA in the middle grades to be college-bound; a 3.5 GPA gives them at least a 50% chance.
Students and parents are concerned about cost:
92% of middle level students who said there’s a chance they might not attend college said the reason was that it costs too much.
One-third of middle school students and their families have not considered how they are going to pay for college.
Share copies of white paper – reference location online.
Ad hoc group 2015
Middle School Ad Hoc Advisory Group convened in spring 2015 – variety or organizations & schools from across the state
sought out their expertise as we looked to the future direction of our middle school efforts
it was determined college access programming was needed for 6th grade students
Look2College evolution
After an extensive review of middle level college access offerings from around the country, three major themes for the program emerged: career options, how to make good choices, and the impact of saving money.
“The Look” – we wanted it to look very different than KH2GO, and liked the idea of characters.
A pilot group of middle schools were identified to “test” the program with their 6th grade students in Spring 2016.
Pilot Group – spring 2016
Five schools piloted the program: Valerie Bergo, Irving Middle School, Lincoln; Roger Doud, York Middle School; Angie Drahota, Ravenna Jr.-Sr. High School; Kirk Ramsey, Barr Middle School, Grand Island; Thang Tran, King Science & Technology Magnet School, Omaha.
Schools reported the program took more time than expected, but students liked the ability to interact with the publication. Changes were made to printed materials, and an accompanying PowerPoint presentation was requested.
The program launched in Fall 2016 to all schools with 6th grade students where EducationQuest currently provides services.
POLL: How many of you have tried Look2College with students?
ON SCREEN: EDUCATIONQUEST WEBSITE – where to find Look2College publication, facilitator guide, accompanying presentation
We’ll spend the rest of the webinar walking through each component sharing content and strategies to engage students.
PUBLICATION PDF: What do you want to be?
Introduce narrator Pete
What do you want to be?
The message: You need to go to college to get the career you want
Sallie will showcase several PPT slides and a facilitator guide activity
Sallie
Sallie
Sallie
Sallie
Facilitator Guide – Would you Rather + Extension activities
Reference that they can pull this up online – via links in their Control Panel, or go to Professionals section of EducationQuest.org
Career Swat
The message: You need to go to college to get the career you want
PUBLICATION PDF – How will you get there?
Publication
The message: There are things you can do now to help you get to college.
Start with character – Be Your Best Self
Shift to Being Your Best Self in current job: School
FACILITATOR GUIDE – How will you get there?
Facilitator guide
Extension activity – act it out!
Additional activity: Backpack Race, Truth or Lie
Sallie – Getting There Handout
The message: There are things you can do now to help you get to college.
Backpack race
PUBLICATION PDF – Investing in Yourself
The message: It is important to invest in yourself with your time, energy, and money.
Sallie will highlight the financial beginning
Sallie
Sallie
PUBLICATION PDF – Investing in Yourself
Not showing the facilitator guide - Snowball activity explanation
Transition to Investing – student understanding
The message: It is important to invest in yourself with your time, energy, and money.
Kristin close up the three components before showcasing another school using the program.
Evaluations – student and educator – if you’ve done the program, please send those in
Before showing how another school implemented the program, if you have done something unique that worked well and want to share, please write in the Questions box a brief description of what happened.
Kristin share McMillan Magnet Center in OPS – Shea Gonzalez
Kristin share McMillan Magnet Center in OPS – Shea Gonzalez
Kristin share McMillan Magnet Center in OPS – Shea Gonzalez