The document describes the MAKE A WAY educational program created by Hotep to empower at-risk youth and adults. The program uses experiential learning and relevant lessons to improve engagement. It has been implemented in over 1,000 schools across the US and received positive feedback from students, teachers, parents, and administrators. The program focuses on building resilience, leadership, and helping participants transition successfully. Research shows it addresses important skills employers seek like critical thinking and problem-solving.

1. A High Relevancy
Education Program
that brings RESULTS!

2. Created by Educational Success Strategist Hotep, Founder of MAKE A
WAY

3. MAKE A WAY is a high relevancy educational
program that targets at-risk and underserved
populations of youth and adults to transform the
climate and culture of poverty, excuse making
and helplessness into one of empowerment,
resiliency and success!

4. The MAKE A WAY program and materials are
used in over 1,000 schools. We conduct staff
trainings and keynotes throughout the U.S.

5. How was
MAKE A WAY
started?

9. The Hustler’s 10 Commandments
has been compared to:
Think and Grow Rich
The Art of War
Rich Dad, Poor Dad
7 Habits of Highly Effective People

13. (STORY TIME)

20. And then the teachers
started catching on…

22. Fulton Library System

23. Decatur, Illinois School System

24. And that’s when he realized
why the book was successful…
Relevant
Resilient
Leadership
Transition

26. Relevancy

27. Resiliency

28. Transition

31. Leadership

32. Today, our program and materials are used
in over 1000 schools and we conduct staff
trainings and keynotes throughout the U.S.

33. Philosophy of the
MAKE A WAY
PROGRAM

34. Success
is not due to
WHO we are
but
HOW we are.

35. Success is not due to WHO we are,
but because of HOW we are!

36. Erin Gruwell

37. Ron Clark

39. BEHAVIOR
is a
SYMPTOM
not the
PROBLEM.

41. Suspension/ Expulsion/ Arrest
due to fighting.

42. Change in behavior is impossible
without first changing what people
BELIEVE.

44. Strategies of the
MAKE A WAY
PROGRAM

45. PROACTIVE
EDUCATION

46. Do they feel tired, but good? Do they feel satisfied like they put
in a good day’s work and are ready to go home, relax? Almost
like one might feel after a good workout?
IS THIS YOUR STAFF?

47. Do they feel worn out, worn down and exhausted; like they have
battled their way through the day? Did they look forward to the
end of each class? Do they have a stack of infraction slips? Are
they ready to get home so they can “pass out”; or raid the fridge,
for some alcohol because “they really need it?”
IS THIS YOUR STAFF?

48. The difference in the way you answer these questions has a lot to
do with whether or not they spent the day proactively, in control
of when and how things happened in their classrooms or
reacting to one and then another and another situation as
behavior problems interrupted their lessons again and again.
Proactive Reactive

49. TRANSFORMING
CLASSROOM
CLIMATE

50. Use your differences
to MAKE a difference!
-Hotep

51. Alternative
Teaching
Models

52. Traditional
Teaching
Model
•Teacher
•Student
•Class
•Classroom

53. Teacher as a BOSS

54. Teacher as a COACH

55. Other Models:
Teacher as a
TRAINER.
MASTER.
JUDGE.
DOCTOR.
GENERAL.
PARENT.

56. AUTHENTIC TEACHERS
Help teachers use alternative teaching
models to transform their school
climate, to better engage their
students, and use their differences to
make a difference in their schools.

57. EXPERIENTIAL
EDUCATION

58. Experiential education is a philosophy
that informs many methodologies in
which educators purposefully engage
with learners in direct experience and
focused reflection in order to increase
knowledge, develop skills, clarify
values, and develop people's capacity to
contribute to their communities.

59. Tell me and I will
forget.
Show me and I may
remember.
Involve me and I will
understand.
~Chinese Proverb

60. Strengths of the
MAKE A WAY
PROGRAM

61. ACROSS THE BOARD BUY-IN
(RELAVANCY):
Students love to learn it.
Teachers love to teach it.
Parents love to discuss it.
Administrators love the results.

62. U.S. Vice President’s brother, Frank Biden

63. FLEXIBILITY:
The MAKE A WAY program can be used for:
Positive Behavior Support
Book Study
Morning Activity
After School Program
In-School Suspension Activities
Class meetings

64. FLEXIBILITY:
The MAKE A WAY program can be used in a variety of
settings including:
Whole classroom
Small group
1-on-1
Self Directed
In-School Suspension Activities
Class meetings

65. LESSON GUIDES:
Common Core Aligned
3 Part Lesson
Pacing/ Monitoring Guide
R.T.I. Ready
Parent Inclusion Activities

66. MEANINGFUL ACTIVITIES:
Thought Provoking
High Impact
Promote: Reading, Writing
and Speaking
Encourage Discussion & Debate
Honor Different Learning Styles

68. “IMAGE IS EVERYTHING.”

69. Chapter 2: IMAGE IS EVERYTHING
Lesson 2: Activity Page
1. ACTIVITY #1: Which One? (For groups of 2-5)
Which person would you select for each statement below? Write A, B or C on the
space provided. Then discuss your answers with your group members.
This person is a businessman. _______
This person is a criminal. _______
This person is intelligent. _______
This person is a millionaire. _______
This person is a high school dropout. _______
This person is successful. _______
This person sells drugs. _______
This person is funny. _______
I can trust this person. _______

70. CURRENT
RESEARCH
DRIVEN

72. The Gallup Student Poll surveyed nearly 500,000 students in
grades five through 12 from more than 1,700 public schools in
37 states in 2012. We found that nearly eight in 10 elementary
students who participated in the poll are engaged with school.
By middle school that falls to about six in 10 students. And by
high school, only four in 10 students qualify as engaged. Our
educational system sends students and our country’s future over
the school cliff every year.
Student engagement with school and learning is a gold standard
that every parent, teacher, and school strives to achieve. If we
were doing right by our students and our future, these numbers
would be the absolute opposite. For each year a student
progresses in school, they should be more engaged, not less.

73. The drop in student engagement for each year students are in
school is our monumental, collective national failure. There are
several things that might help to explain why this is happening --
ranging from our overzealous focus on standardized testing and
curricula to our lack of experiential and project-based learning
pathways for students -- not to mention the lack of pathways for
students who will not and do not want to go on to college.
What’s more, among the many types of students whose
engagement wanes during their time in the educational system
are those who have high entrepreneurial talent. These are
literally our economic saviors -- the future job creators for
America.
GALLUP, January 7, 2013

74. SPEAKING
ABOUT
JOBS…

75. 93% Employers strongly agree:
A candidate's demonstrated capacity to
think critically, communicate clearly, and
solve complex problems is more important
than undergraduate major.

76. They also want to ensure that every college graduate, no matter
what their major is, achieves much higher levels of evidence-
based reasoning, research skills and complex problem-solving
skills [along with] ethical decision-making.”
Another important criterion for employers, is that graduates
demonstrate practical experience applying what they have
learned.
Want employees to demonstrate that they have the knowledge,
and that they have the experience putting the knowledge to use
in real-world settings.
'More Than a Major'
April 10, 2013
By Zack Budryk
Association of American Colleges and Universities

77. …in other words,
successful programs:
ARE RELEVANT

78. TEACH
RESILIENCE

79. AID IN
LEADERSHIP

80. HELP PEOPLE
TRANSITION
INTO THE REAL
WORLD

82. Copyright 2013 Hustle U Inc.

83. MAKE A WAY
program available: