Greenville Texas

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Greenville Texas

• The Texas Scholars Partnership Beyond

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Building the Partnership

• Chamber GISD Meeting
• Principals Meeting
• Principals, Counselors, Education Co-Chairs
• Principals Counselors, Education Committee
• (meetings took place in Oct Nov)

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The Working Meeting

• GISD C of C Host Workshop
• Develop the Strategies
• Do you know who or what your obstacles are?
• Know who your real leaders are!
• Understand and accept your limitations.

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Let the Magic Begin (cont.)

• Develop the Action Steps
• Dont overwhelm your committee
• Keep the tasks simple and short term
• Evaluate the Process
• Stop and host a review and recap meeting after
  every major accomplishment
• Allow the volunteers to move towards developing
  the direction
• Guide and be willing to modify your action
  steps

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Strategies

• Introduce Texas Scholars to the Community
• Revisit Rebuild Education Council

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Introducing Texas Scholars to the Community

• Develop ownership from GISD and key leaders from
  within the Business Community
• Train volunteers on how to give the Texas Scholar
  Presentation
• Identify volunteers to set up speaking
  engagements with clubs and organizations, GISD
  Board, C of C Board, and Ministerial Alliance
• Identify volunteers who are willing to make
  presentations

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• Identify build a master list of volunteers who
  want to participate in presenting the Great
  Expectations Investing in Your Future
  programs to students

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How Do We Fund Texas Scholars?

• Develop a budget
• Develop a prospect list
• Grants
• Clubs Organizations
• Churches
• Business Community
• Individuals
• Identify volunteers who will help secure funding
• GO FOR IT!!!!

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Classroom Presentations

• Identify volunteers
• Confirm presentation dates with Middle High
  School
• Host training workshop
• Have spreadsheet available for volunteer sign up
• Send reminders

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ISD Relationship

• Things to think about
• Power Point Equipment
• Name tags
• Copies of presentations
• Goodies for the kids
• Goodies for the counselors and teachers

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Whats In It For Me?(a volunteers perspective)

• Cares about education
• Cares about youth
• Trying to build their reputation/needs exposure
• Truly understands TX Scholars is Workforce
  Preparedness
• Likes to see their name and picture in the paper
• Their BOSS made them do it

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Promotion, Promotion, Promotion

• Chamber Newsletter
• Newspaper
• Website
• Speaking Engagements
• Brochures
• Posters
• Medallions
• Incentives

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Education Council

• Texas Scholars
• Mentoring Program
• GISD Scholarship Fund
• Career Fair
• Algebra Camp

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• Let the Magic Grow
• Funding and support
• Keep sharing the Message
• Mentoring Program
• Career Fairs
• Local Scholarship Funds
• Develop and know the Master Umbrella of
  Educational Services

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The Magic Continues

• The National Boys Girls Club is using
  Greenville as pilot program for introducing
  Career Launch

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• Presentation by
• Kelly R. Hall
• President/CEO
• The Greenville Chamber CVB
• P O Box 1055
• Greenville TX 75403-1055
• 903-455-1510
• kelly_at_greenville-chamber.org
• http//www.greenville-chamber.org