Youth Workforce Success
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Change. Change starts with one person standing up and saying "enough." Change is an action and not a word, it is demonstrated not spoken. Change is what happens when six young adults from various walks of life decide to forego the norm. Rather than flipping burgers or checking groceries, these young people light a spark for change using the culture that they love. From hip-hop to skateboarding and all points in between, these young people go to work spreading a message about life, freedom and future economic opportunity. If they can do it, you can, too.
Item Number: YTHWRK
List Price: $150.00 per session
Bundled Price: $600.00 for all 6 sessions
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MAKiN' iT RIGHT
Youth WORKing to Change Themselves and Their Community
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Change. Change starts with one person standing up and saying "enough." Change is an action and not a word, it is demonstrated not spoken. Change is what happens when six young adults from various walks of life decide to forego the norm. Rather than flipping burgers or checking groceries, these young people light a spark for change using the culture that they love. From hip-hop to skateboarding and all points in between, these young people go to work spreading a message about life, freedom and future economic opportunity. If they can do it, you can, too.
Item Number: MKITRTBK
List Price: $12.95
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The MAKiN iT Summer Work Readiness Curriculum |
Curriculum Samples |
The Edward DeJesus Seminars and Consulting (EDSC) is proud to announce the release of the MAKiN iT Summer Work Readiness Curriculum, workbooks and on-line coaching
This work readiness curriculum provides programs with three options for measuring attainment of work readiness competency:
- Portfolio Based Assessment
- Work Site Observation
- Curriculum Activity Completion
In addition, EDSC has included a Participant Pre/Post Future Economic Opportunity assessment to assess the impact of the Summer program on five key areas:
- Development of work related skills
- Knowledge locally based credentials
- Accumulation of added months of documented work experience
- Acquisition of supportive adult networks
- Progress towards securing high school diploma/GED and Post Secondary Education degree
The MAKiN iT Summer Work Readiness Curriculum contains 12 units specially designed to get the message across about the importance of summer work experience. Each unit is 1.5 hours for a total of 18 hours of impactful, relevant and meaningful summer learning.
- Unit 1: Your Summer Job as a Pathway to Future Economic Opportunity
- Unit 2: Working Effectively with Your Summer Work Experience Supervisor
- Unit 3: Using Summer Work Experience to Build Opportunity Networks
- Unit 4: Summer Work Time and Attendance Strategies for Future Economic Success
- Unit 5: Cultural Competence: Working Effectively with People from Other Cultures.
- Unit 6: Motivating Yourself in your Summer Job
- Unit 7: Summer Work Experience to Careers
- Unit 8: Dressing for Your Summer Job
- Unit 9: Speaking in Public
- Unit 10: Documenting Your Summer Experience
- Unit 11: Green Jobs: What, Where and Why
- Unit 12: Post Program Development Plans
Price: Curriculum* Only: $500.00
*includes three months of on-line coaching
Item Number: SJPCb
List Price: $500
On-Line Discounts Only
Curriculum with 50 MAKiN iT Workbooks : $845. Additional MAKiN iT Books: $495.00 for a box of 50. For larger orders please call 301-216-2566
Item Number: SJPC50
List Price: $845
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Item Number: SJPC50+
List Price: $495
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Countering the Urban Influence |
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"This is an expressive and instructive book that offers everyone who reads it a chance to consider what must be done to reach America's youth, especially those who did not fare well in traditional educational settings. De Jesus' message is that which many educators have been communicating for years: education and work experience makes a big difference."
Reg Weaver, President, National Education Association.
Item Number: YCUI
List Price: $15.95
You can also order a case by using the below method. Each case contains 44 books. For larger orders please call 301-216-2566
Item Number: YCUI44
List Price: $657.80 ($14.95, each)
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MaKiN' IT |
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MAKiN iT Post Assessment
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Put the message into the hands of your Young Adults Today.
"Makin" It" is a publication designed to teach young people about the realities of making the transition from youth to adulthood. Through thought provoking interviews with youth who overcame many barriers to success, hard hitting facts and an experience and insight identifiable to millions of youth nationwide, youth advocate and author Ed DeJesus reveals the strategies used by many young people to get an education and achieve success.
Item Number: YMI
List Price: $12.95
You can also order a case by using the below method. Each case contains 50 books. For larger orders please call 301-216-2566
Item Number: YMI50
List Price: $447.50 ($8.95, each)
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MaKiN' iT Curriculum and Program Manual: A New Pathway to Pre-Employment and Life Skills Development |
Sample Unit Available |
The Makin’ It Curriculum and Program Manual, developed by the Edward DeJesus Seminars and Consulting (EDSC), is a workforce preparation/life skills program for young adults ages 14 - 24. The Makin’ It Curriculum and Program Manual is a revolution in reaching youth because it organizes programs to take a look at their most valuable asset - youth. It is an entirely new method for connecting with youth and then using youth to produce positive program outcomes for their peers and programs alike. In the The Makin’ It Curriculum and Program Manual, you will receive EDSC's: |
- YCC Staff Development Curriculum: 15 hours of staff instruction on incorporating YCC into current program design.
- YCC Youth Leader Training Curriculum: 30 hours of impactful training for young adults wanting to assume responsibility for promoting: 1)educational and workforce achievement among their peers and 2) the importance of YCC throughout the program.
- YCC Pre-Employment/Life Skills Development Curriculum: more than 40 hours of YCC Pre-Employment/Life Skills instruction focusing on the use of peer influence, youth involvement and youth popular culture.
- YCC Program Improvement Projects: 21 YCC projects to guide your organization in increasing the level of youth cultural competence. All Program Improvement Projects are to be led by YCC Project Leadership Teams comprised of youth and adults.
- YCC Project Management Guide: A Practical method to track your agency's progress towards YCC. Excellent management tool. Call EDSC for sample unit.
Item Number: YFEOPAC
List Price: $895.00 (450pages, includes 50 student workbooks)
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MAKiN iT Curriculum Program Manual and Handbook |
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The MAKiN iT Curriculum Program Manual and Handbook equips staff to deliver the "MAKiN iT" message in an educational or workforce development setting. It explains how to set up a "MAKiN iT" Chapter and how to use the power of youth involvement and peer pressure to produce positive outcomes for youth. Extremely effective in schools and programs where young adult's are deeded at-risk. Included are:
- Student/Staff Surveys
- Program Data Forms
- Activities Questionnaire
- Program Plan
- Coaching Club Registration
Item Number: YMICPMH
List Price: $189.95 (Free with purchase of "MAKiN' iT" Curriculum)
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Youth Cultural Competence Report |
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Based on in-depth research of ten programs that are effectively recruiting, retaining and engaging youth in workforce development, education and arts programming, the Youth Cultural Competence (YCC) Report provides a detailed look at how YCC is being used in programming to enhance program design and outcomes. The YCC Report was developed by EDSC after conducting interviews with program directors and front line staff, site visits and sampling of curricula; all of the information that was obtained was put together in a comprehensive report to provide a base of information on YCC and highlight specific best practices of the programs that were researched. |
EDSC’s definition of YCC includes: 1) youth involvement –engaging youth in shaping and designing program offerings, 2) Positive Peer Influence – harnessing the influence of youth’s peers through group activities and lessons to encourage youth to take part in program offerings and 3) Youth Popular Culture –utilizing young people’s music, fashion, creativity, language and entrepreneurial spirit to engage them.
The YCC reports includes a self evaluation instrument that program can use to gauge their level of youth cultural competence.
Item Number: YYCC
List Price: $21.95 , (72 pages)
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EDSC Recruitment and Orientation Manual |
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In the EDSC Recruitment and Orientation Manual, you will receive:
- 3 Signature EDSC Recruitment Activities
- 3 Creative Orientation Activities
- 3 Ongoing Activities to promote student retention and participation
- Ten 1.5 hr instructional activities designed to promote the importance of youth’s investment in workforce preparation and education.
Item Number: YDRFROM
Price: $199.95
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MAKiN iT Collared Shirt |
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Black Collared Shirt:
Sizes L, XL, XXL: 25.00 each
Item Number: MAKBLKSHT
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MAKiN iT T-Shirt |
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White T-Shirt:
Sizes L, XL: 10.95 each
XXL: 12.95 each
Item Number: MAKWHTSHT
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EDSC Survival Scale |
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The EDSC Survival Scale is a colorful 2’ x 6’ banner which illustrates the three zones youth and young adults live in. This powerful tool can be incorporated easily into lessons from the MAKiN' iT Curriculum, or utilized on its own for discussions about accountability and decision making. Participants learn to self identify where they are on the scale and which direction their friends, families, and policies are pushing them. Whether a 1, 2,3,4,5, or 6 on the scale, there are no right or wrong answers …just degrees of survival.
Item Number: YDRSURSC
Price: $249.95
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The MAKiN iT Book Assessment Manual and Post Assessment |
is a great way to measure learning impact from participation in MAKiN iT activities. The MAKiN iT Assessment manual presents organizations three ways to get the MAKiN iT message (Life, Freedom and Future Economic Opportunity) through to youth and young adults:
-MAKiN iT Book Review and Assignments
-Portfolio Based Projects
-Staff Led Activities
Item Number: YMIPA
Price: $279.50
Includes 50 Post Assessments
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