the National Coalition
for Exemplary Schools
“Dramatically improving schools and kids is our business.”
We Believe our children will go to college.
We Expect our children to go to college.
We will Instill in our children each and every
day that they can and will graduate
from college.
The Coalition’s mission is to lead the nation in creating innovative, engaging and motivating environments in which students will thrive.
Leadership Institutes are intensive and interactive small group environments created
to develop the leadership skills of students while exposing them to the life-changing
elements of a colleg
e campus. By request, these Institutes can be created on any
public university/college for a specific and targeted group of students (middle or
high school; boys or girls). All Institutes are 3 nights and 4 days and are tailored
to a single gender of 50 students. During the Institute, students are involved in
a variety of structured activities around the campus and conducted by Coalition staff
to get them to realize their potential, help them understand the characteristics
of great and influential leaders, develop their own individual leadership skills
and assist them in recognizing that their goals and dreams become more attainable
with a college education.
After arriving on the campus students are given their room assignments and shortly after begin participating in their activities. Students are supervised around the clock, take daily tours to different parts of the campus, stay in dorm rooms (2 to a room), receive information about admissions and financial aid, and gain valuable insight while meeting and interacting with current university students. Snacks, drinks and meals are all provided throughout the Institute.
Students will take part in interactive, thought-provoking and engaging exercises and activities focused on the following:
· Leadership
· Behavior modification
· Self-appraisal
3 Night/4 Day Summer Leadership Institute
11th grade student
- In the future, I promise to all of you that I will not drop out. I will go to college. I will get a good job.
- My goals are to graduate from high school and go to college.
- Before this Institute, I never thought I would learn so much stuff about life and college.
11th grade student
- I want to have a family, beautiful wife, gorgeous children and a degree that gives me the job I love.
- This Leadership Institute was a wakeup call, which rings for a couple of minute, but if you don’t hear it, you’re going to be late for life.
- Before this week, I never thought of college really. Thanks to you guys. You gave me a whole new light of what opportunities I have.
- When I get back home, I will look at school and my education with a whole different meaning.
- Graduating from college is a dream that I’m going to fulfill.
11th grade student
- I am a better person now than before I came here. I feel that I learned a lot of stuff.
- I want to change the percentage of native people not graduating.
- The past 4 days at ASU was fun. I never thought I would be sleeping in one of the dorms. I guess it was like being in college but without classes.
11th grade student
- In the future, I promise to all of you that I will take education a long way.
- My goal is to graduate from college.
12th grade student
- I am the first in my family to go to college.
- I want to go to college and be successful in the future with my future family.
- This Leadership Institute was probably the best program to help me plan my future.
11th grade student
- I want to accomplish what I have said. To be here and acting like a college student has really made me wish and want to become an ASU
student even more.
- Over the last 4 days, I really liked going through the campus. I love this school!
- Before this Leadership Institute, I never thought how much fun college can be.
- In the future, I promise to all of you that I will be going to college.
12th grade student
- My goals are to first get that diploma and then graduate from college. Then to do what I love is playing baseball and working on cars.
- Before this week, I never thought I would be a change face. Seeing things more clearly and being a leader.
- My dream is to see that the percentage of Native Americans graduating form college go up.
12th grade student
- When I get back home, I will start work on my weaknesses and I won’t let anybody bring me down with them.
- The past 4 days at ASU is for me the best experience I had in my 17 years here on mother earth. It offered me encouragement, determination and it really opened my eyes.
For Rising 9th-11th grade Young Men
U of Alabama-Birmingham: Tuesday, May 31-Friday, June 3
U of Texas-San Antonio: Monday, June 6-Thursday, June 9
U of Houston: Monday, June 13-Thursday, June 16
U of Memphis: Monday, June 20-Thursday, June 23
Ga Tech: Monday, June 27-Thursday, June 30
NC State University: Tuesday, July 12-Friday, July 15
U of South Carolina: Tuesday, July 19-Friday, July 22
UNC Charlotte: Tuesday, July 26-Friday, July 29
Institute Objectives:
1. Create an appreciation of and positive attitude for school and education
2. Identify challenges and obstacles to achieving a high school diploma
3. Develop positive self-perception
4. Create life-plan and timeline illustrating short and long-term goals
5. Create awareness of education as vital component to success
6. Develop motivation to not be involved with anti-social/negative behavior
7. Develop organizational skills
8. Create processes to make healthy decisions and choices
9. Understand qualities and characteristics of positive leaders
10.Develop leadership and teambuilding skills
Important elements of upcoming 2011 Summer Leadership Institutes are:
• Only for young men rising into the 9th - 11th grades
- The Faces of Change and Impactful Leadership curricula are used.
• All room, board and related items (linens) are included in registration fee.
• Transportation is the responsibility of each participant.
• School/district staff can participate as chaperones upon request.
Stipends may be provided for your participation.
· Decision Making