This Is Just The Beginning

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With things coming to a close this school year my thoughts are directed towards the next phase of this leadership program. I believe that in order for me to take this program to the next level and realize the full potential of this program additional resources must be deployed. The type of resource I am referring to is an individual that has a mind and heart to serve youth in the urban community. These individuals will share the wealth of knowledge they received throughout their academic career as well as life experiences. My goal is to have a team of mentors that can work alongside me with the youth that Reaching Out 2 U serves in the community. The direct impact they will have will be identifiable in the classroom. I have learned from my initial experience working with the kids at KDCA that I was not able to justly serve them all because I was spreading myself too thin. With so many teens competing for my time and attention it was hard to make sure I was being utilized to my full capacity. If I could just focus on a few kids at a time then I can be more involved in their day-to-day activities. When there are twenty kids all asking if you will be able to spend some time with them that day it makes it hard to meet all of those commitments. The wonderful thing is that I have a plan to eliminate these bottlenecks. If this plan works out as I intend is another story. With that being said I fully intend that this plan is going to work.

 

 

So you may be asking yourself now what does all of this mean and if you have been keeping a close eye on how things have been progressing through this blog you may be wondering what does the next step look like. First, any plans I have currently that I look forward to implementing into this program are going to be delayed until at least fall of 2013. The reason for the delay is that my unit will be preparing to deploy this upcoming fall (I am in the PA Army National Guard if you didn’t know). I will be using this time to refine this plan so that when I return the project should be ready to be implemented in the day-to-day activities of this organization. Second, I still want to focus on KDCA (KIPP DuBois Collegiate Academy) and the investment I have already made with the students. So, with that being said I do not plan on branching out to multiple schools until I solidify the program at this school first. Finally, It is going to be important for me to continue to build relationships with various organizations, colleges and universities that can help provide me with resources that are necessary in expanding this project. The more I think about this the more excited I get and if you were me you would be excited too.

 

Please remember that I am always soliciting your opinions, advice, suggestions and criticism. If you have any leads or references that I can use that would help expand this program please let me know. All you have to do is visit the contact us link on this blog and shoot me an email or simply comment on this post and I will most definitely get back to you. I appreciate any help you can give.

 

BE BLESSED!!!