READY! PRE-COLLEGIATE ENGAGEMENT: Helping NSBE Pre-Collegiate Be READY & RISE!
Pre-Collegiate students from K to successful high school graduates represents NSBE future’s promise and supply of potential collegiate students. However, systematically exposing, engaging and preparing these students across the early developmental and academic life span takes a variety of distinct engagement, academic/learning and enrichment strategies and tactics, best delivered by prepared, well-trained and energetic NSBE student and professional member-volunteers. The Pre-Collegiate Strategic Direction workgroup especially acknowledged the importance of segmenting this broad age-early interest continuum into 4 core age/grade oriented groups - K-Grade 2, Grade 3 rd -5 th (SEEK Students) and Grades 6 th -8 th Grade (NSBE Jr.) and finally a high school grouping Grades 9 th – 12 th (NSBE Jr. Chapters and early Collegiate Chapter partner). Each group would receive different exposures, engagements, level of mentorship/tutoring or other supports. The end-game is to use this period to create deep academic readiness and career interest in Engineering academic programs and/or STEM careers.
Program Activity & Description
Member / Stakeholder Engagement
Vehicle for Implementation
Age/Grade Segment
Informal Program; Not capturing member, not members of NSBE
Chapter Leadership Chapter members, especially those in gateway courses in their major Graduate students (as facilitators) Upperclassmen (as facilitators) Multicultural Program Administrator (MEP) (help structure group sessions, and perhaps compensate facilitators, recruiting facilitators, provide, orientation, training, etc.) Chapter Leadership Chapter members Mentor other schools to grow camps Churches Areas with high UR students Area growth focus vs national growth focus
Kindergarten – 2 nd Grade
Need to use more data… tracking student’s lifecycle. Prepare student-centric toolkits to implement and the following program elements: • Implementation Steps • Best practices • Sample Budgets • Case Studies
SEEK – Flagship Program • Host Schools • Education and Industry Partners • Mentors/Advisors • Other Schools Build out key targeted areas
3r d Grade – 5 th Grade Seek started in 2007
2018 Seek had 15 camps in 13 Cities
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