When the Educational Excellence Contract comes to your school, you can choose any two of the programs listed below. All presentations are grade appropriate, and can be varied based on the needs you have for your students. The programs are listed below: |
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Financial Literacy
Program - With the recent financial crisis, it is
clear that our children should be given the gift of
financial literacy at an early age. Dr. Watkins
has taught Finance at the college level for 15
years and is one of the top financial experts in the
world. He creatively and energetically covers the
following topics:
- What is money and how to make it work for you
- Creating healthy money habits
- Understanding your relationship with money and
banks
- What is credit and how to use it wisely
- Turning pennies into dollars
- Youth & Money: Time is on your side
- Understanding taxes
- Five keys to financial stability and prosperity
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Getting Ready for College
1) How to study like a straight A student |
- Tips on academic achievement
- Time management
- Study skills
- Managing relationships with college professors
- Biggest mistakes made by college students
- Secrets your professors don’t want you to know
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| 2) Getting ready for college |
- Finding the money for college
- Going through the application process
- Preparing for standardized tests
- Setting your time frame for preparation
- Choosing the right college for you
- How to get support if it is not around you
- Choosing the right major for you
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| 3) Getting your grades out of the toilet |
- Figuring out why your grades are low in the first place
- Adjusting your study habits to fit your expectations
- Having the right support systems
- 5 things you have to do right now
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| 4) College life outside of the classroom |
- How college students ruin their lives
- Drinking, drugs and extracurricular activity
- How to have a blast in college while getting straight As too
- 5 reasons you’re going to love college life
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| 5) Preparing for life after education |
- Making the transition from college to life
- Critical life skills you need to have in the adult world
- Managing your money before it’s too late (credit cards, savings, etc.)
- Personal choices and how to manage them
- How to find that first job
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| 6) Starting college off with a bang |
- What you MUST do during the first month of college
- The biggest mistakes made by college Freshmen
- Managing your time
- Study techniques that always work
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