CEO, Wes Hall, receives a standing ovation after presenting a keynote, for Wilder's Preparatory College-Ready, Charter School's, opening, Parent Night. Wilder's is ranked one of the top 10 charter schools in the state of California. Here's what the daughter of the founder, had to say about Hall's, presentation: Click file below
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Break the Cycle of Inter-generational Poverty - Never Assume!Never assume a parent automatically understands how to successfully navigate the ever-moving and sometimes not so friendly, educational landscape. Many parents who emanate from economically challenged environments, can attest to negative experiences they endured when they attended school. Those attitudes and feelings still persist and in many ways dictate how those parents respond to teachers, administrators, and the educational system overall.
The Institute and our representatives offer a parent-friendly approach to helping parents gain a deeper understanding of how to successfully engage the complex world of education. Simple techniques such as "It takes teamwork to make the dream-work," helps parents shift the paradigm from adversarial to building a successful team (comprised of teachers, faculty, and administrators) for their child. Our aim is to help parents see themselves as the educational role model for their child and to assist the parent in constructing an "Academic Architectural Design" that acts as the road map and personal contract for their child's success. |
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Helping Parents Develop An "End-Game" for Their Child
"If your child shows up in my classroom without an "End-Game" the failure is not theirs." That's the message, CEO, Wes Hall, had for a group of parents at his latest empowerment session. Parents were challenged to assess their short, mid, and long term academic and career visions, put in place by them, for their child. While most parents shared visions of their children going to college, few had visited a college campus with their child or possessed intimate knowledge of the scholarship competition process. Fewer still, had a long term vision for their child that included college graduation, identifying a major, or working in identified major, after graduation. "We are assuming our parents are versed in the basics of producing a high achieving student, when most possess little to no understanding of what is needed to properly prepare their child to compete in a highly competitive global society," Hall said.
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Felicana Public School District, Retains the Services of the Institute.
The Feliciana Public School District, through a grant from the United Way, retained the services of the Institute, to help create innovative programming designed to inspire their parents to take a more active role in the academic lives of their children. Institute reps helped design an app that the parents will use to communicate their ideas, interests, and concerns. Wes Hall, CEO for the Institute, will travel to the district 4 times during the course of the school year to meet with the parents and provide ongoing parental empowerment and instructional training workshops
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Parents Receive Free Children's Book for Their Child
Parents are on the constant lookout for reading materials that can empower their children. At a recent parent empowerment session for the Los Angeles Unified School District, parents were treated to a free copy of, "Jack and the Sly Fox," written by the Institute's CEO, Wes Hall. The book helps young readers gain a deeper understanding of how to use their natural gifts and talents to attract a life of wealth and abundance. The district purchased the books and provided them to the parents, at no cost.
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