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Our College Readiness Program is designed for school districts, high schools, charter schools, and college access programs seeking to expand student support and improve postsecondary outcomes and college completion rates.

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"Support for counselors,"

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The approach of the College Readiness program is threefold

  • To inspire students

To adopt positive, postsecondary aspirations for education and careers,

  • To support students

Academically to ensure their ongoing matriculation toward college, and

Understanding purpose with college & career Preparation

College & Career Readiness Solutions for Schools

Enroll in our College Fairs

Give Your Students a Chance to Win $500!

We’re excited to offer a $500 scholarship raffle exclusively for students registered to attend our College Fair.

Every student you register gives that student a chance to win!

The more students you help register, the more students from your school will have the opportunity to participate and be entered into the scholarship raffle.

How It Works

  1. Register your students for the College Fair.
  2. Each registered student is automatically entered into the $500 scholarship raffle.
  3. One eligible student will be selected at random to receive a $500 scholarship to help support their educational goals.

We encourage guidance counselors to share this opportunity with students and families and help as many eligible students as possible register for the College Fair.

Your support can open the door to college opportunities — and could help one of your students earn a $500 scholarship!

Register Your Students
Download Permission Slip

Scholarship eligibility, drawing date, and award requirements are subject to the official scholarship rules and eligibility requirements

College Fair Resources for Guidance High School Counselors

For high school guidance counselors, college and career advisors, and school staff coordinating student participation in our College Fairs. Below, you’ll find the resources and information you need to share the opportunity with your students, communicate with families, and prepare your students for a successful College Fair experience.

Counselor Resources

Student Permission Slip

Download and distribute the permission slip to students

Download and distribute the permission slip to students who will be attending the College Fair. Please collect completed forms according to your school’s policies and procedures. Please submit all student participants’ names on a spreadsheet and email it to collegefairstudents@youhaveapurposeprep.com.

Download Student Permission Slip

Help Your Students Prepare

Encourage students to come prepared with questions for college representatives. This is a great opportunity for students to learn about:

  • Academic programs and majors
  • Admissions requirements and application processes
  • Financial aid and scholarships
  • Campus life and student activities
  • Career opportunities
  • Housing and campus resources
  • Important application deadlines

Counselor Checklist

Before the College Fair, we recommend that counselors:

☐ Share the College Fair information with eligible students
☐ Distribute the Student Permission Slip
☐ Collect completed permission slips
☐ Review transportation and school participation procedures
☐ Encourage students to prepare questions for college representatives
☐ Remind students of the event date, time, and location

Questions?

If you have questions about the College Fair, student participation, or the resources on this page, please contact us:

We appreciate your partnership in helping students discover opportunities and make informed decisions about their future.

College & Career Readiness Solutions for Schools

Mission: Equip every student with personalized college- and career-readiness resources without increasing your staff’s workload. Our comprehensive platform provides coaching, courses, scholarship guidance, executive functioning support, and college planning that schools can offer to an entire grade level, academy, or student population.

Workshops We offer:

Mission: Equip every student with personalized college- and career-readiness resources without increasing your staff’s workload. Our comprehensive platform provides coaching, courses, scholarship guidance, executive functioning support, and college planning that schools can offer to an entire grade level, academy, or student population.

  • Workshop Course #1:
  • Purpose College Readiness:
  • Everything you need to know about college
  • 8 classes for this segment.
  • You Have a Purpose! Are you College Ready? The College Admissions Process
  • College Assessment: Everything you need to know about college
  • Career assessment: Career day & Career Exploration
  • Scholarship Assistance and Preparation to Apply
  • Your Mission Statement/ Self-Assessment
  • Character Development
  • Leadership Skills & Development
  • Building Raw Dreams (Goal setting)

Academic Life Skills Work

  • You Have A Purpose! Are You College Ready?

Discover your unique purpose, strengths, and potential while preparing for the next chapter of your life. Build the confidence, knowledge, and mindset needed to become college and career ready.

Academic Life Skills Work

  • Your Mission Statement / Self-Assessment

Identify your values, strengths, passions, and personal goals through guided self-reflection. Create a meaningful mission statement that gives direction to your academic and personal journey.

Academic Life Skills Work

  • Character Development

Develop integrity, responsibility, resilience, discipline, and a strong sense of self. Learn how positive character traits can shape your relationships, decisions, and future success.

Academic Life Skills Work

  • Leadership Skills & Development

Build the communication, teamwork, confidence, and decision-making skills needed to become an effective leader. Discover how to lead with purpose, influence others positively, and make an impact.

Academic Life Skills Work

  • Building Raw Dreams (Goal Setting)

Turn your dreams and ideas into clear, achievable goals with practical strategies for success. Learn how to create action plans, stay motivated, overcome obstacles, and track your progress.

Academic Life Skills Work

  • College Assessment: Everything You Need to Know About College

Gain a clear understanding of college life, admissions, academic expectations, and the steps needed to prepare. Explore what it takes to find the right college and make informed decisions about your future.

Academic Life Skills Work

  • Scholarship Assistance (UNCF Partnering) – Preparation to Apply

Learn how to identify scholarship opportunities and prepare competitive applications. Develop stronger essays, resumes, personal statements, and application strategies to maximize your opportunities for financial support.

Academic Life Skills Work

  • Career Assessment: Career Day & Career Exploration

Explore different career paths based on your interests, strengths, skills, and aspirations. Career-focused activities and experiences help you connect your education to real-world opportunities.

Academic Life Skills Work

  • Habits of Highly Effective Teens to Be Implemented

Develop practical habits that support academic achievement, personal growth, time management, and healthy decision-making. Put proven success habits into action to become more focused, responsible, and prepared for the future.

  • Workshop Course #2:
  • Academic Life Skills & Academic Preparedness
  • 8 classes for this segment.
  • Time Management & Organization Skills
  • Effective Study Habits (Grades Matter)
  • Problem Solving/ Decision Making
  • Conflict Resolution (Anger Management)
  • Stress Management
  • .Interpersonal Communication Skills
  • Persuasive Writing
  • Public Speaking

Academic Life Skills Work

  • Time management skills

Teaching the process of planning and exercising conscious control over the amount of time spent on specific activities, especially to increase effectiveness, efficiency or productivity.

Academic Life Skills Work

  • Organization skills

Along with communication and computer skills, organization skills is one of the most important transferrable job skills a worker can possess. Companies need workers who can stay organized and focus on the project at hand.

Academic Life Skills Work

  • Effective Study skills and Habits

Studying is a skill. Being successful in school requires a high level of study skills. Students must first learn these skills, practice them and develop effective study habits in order to be successful. Very often the study habits and practices developed and used in high school do not work for students in college. 

Academic Life Skills Work

  • Problem solving/Decision making

The process of working through details of a problem to reach a solution or the process of finding solutions to a difficult or complex issues. Having good strong problem solving sills can make a huge difference to your career.

Academic Life Skills Work

  • Conflict resolution

Dealing with conflict in a healthy manner.

Academic Life Skills Work

  • Stress management

Powerful strategies for managing stress and bringing life into balance. What are the symptoms and effect of stress?

Academic Life Skills Work

  • Persuasive & Effective Writing Skills

The writers workshop will focus on building students ability to write effective papers, Recognize common abbreviations, follow simple multiple-step written instructions, write a friendly letter complete with the date, salutation, Ask for clarification and explanation of ideas.

Academic Life Skills Work

  • Interpersonal Communication Skills

Listening skills, verbal communication, building rapport, effective speaking, nonverbal communication.

Academic Life Skills Work

  • Public Speaking

conquering fears, improving stage speech, and presentation.

  • Workshop Course #3:
  • Career Planning & Job Development
  • 6 Classes for this segment.
  • Self-Assessment
  • Resume Writing /Personal Presentation
  • Employability Skills/ Negotiation skills
  • Interviewing Skills & Job development
  • Career day & Career Exploration
  • Internships/ Entrepreneurship /Volunteer Work/Community service

Academic Life Skills Work

  • Self-Assessment

Discover your strengths, interests, values, and skills to better understand your unique potential. Use self-assessment to identify areas for growth and make informed career decisions.

Academic Life Skills Work

  • Resume Writing / Personal Presentation

Learn how to create a professional resume that highlights your skills, experiences, and accomplishments. Build a strong personal brand and develop the confidence to present yourself professionally.

Academic Life Skills Work

  • Employability Skills / Negotiation Skills

Develop essential workplace skills such as communication, teamwork, problem-solving, professionalism, and adaptability. Learn effective negotiation strategies to confidently communicate your value and advocate for yourself.

Academic Life Skills Work

  • Interviewing Skills & Job Development

Master the techniques needed to prepare for and succeed in job interviews. Learn how to answer questions confidently, communicate your strengths, and identify opportunities that align with your career goals.

Academic Life Skills Work

  • Career Day & Career Exploration

Explore diverse career pathways and gain insight into different industries, professions, and workplace opportunities. Connect with professionals and discover careers that match your interests, skills, and aspirations.

Academic Life Skills Work

  • Internships / Entrepreneurship / Volunteer Work / Community Service

Gain valuable real-world experience through internships, entrepreneurship, volunteer work, and community involvement. Build your network, strengthen your skills, and develop experiences that prepare you for long-term career success.

Academic Life Skills Work

  • Persuasive & Effective Writing Skills

The writers workshop will focus on building students ability to write effective papers, Recognize common abbreviations, follow simple multiple-step written instructions, write a friendly letter complete with the date, salutation, Ask for clarification and explanation of ideas.

  • Reading Skills & Vocabulary

Developing reading and vocabulary for effective test taking skills.

  • Organization skills

Along with communication and computer skills, organization skills is one of the most important transferrable job skills a worker can possess. Companies need workers who can stay organized and focus on the project at hand.

  • Time management skills

Teaching the process of planning and exercising conscious control over the amount of time spent on specific activities, especially to increase effectiveness, efficiency or productivity.

  • Stress management

Powerful strategies for managing stress and bringing life into balance. What are the symptoms and effect of stress?

  • Problem solving/Decision making

The process of working through details of a problem to reach a solution or the process of finding solutions to a difficult or complex issues. Having good strong problem solving sills can make a huge difference to your career.

  • Public Speaking

conquering fears, improving stage speech, and presentation.

  • Effective Study skills and Habits

Studying is a skill. Being successful in school requires a high level of study skills. Students must first learn these skills, practice them and develop effective study habits in order to be successful. Very often the study habits and practices developed and used in high school do not work for students in college. Good study habits include many different skills: time management, self-discipline, concentration, memorization, organization, and effort. Desire to succeed is important, too.

  • Conflict resolution

Dealing with conflict in a healthy manner.

  • Negotiation Skills

Describe the common stages in the process of negotiation. Describe the different types of negotiation. Outline key points for successful negotiation. Effective negotiation is a skill that can improve your career.

  • Interpersonal Communication Skills

Listening skills, verbal communication, building rapport, effective speaking, nonverbal communication.

  • Character Development (Cultivating Positive Attitude & Mindset)

Every stage in life, plays a role in the development of one’s character. The process of character development defines our successes and failures in life. Students will get the opportunity to learn about their character, and understand how it may be affecting their lives, either in a negative or positive way.

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SAT/ACT Prep Course Schedule

(7 Sessions 16 hours of preparation)

  • The SAT

SAT Prep course: 7 sessions over 6 Weeks (16 hours of preparation & Review), 2 classes: one on Tuesday and one on Thursday. Two courses a week: 3:00-5:00 pm and 2 Saturday Practice Exams

  • The ACT

Provide students with study materials to prepare for both exams. The instructor will educate students on the most recent tools, methods, and best practices to score above average. Practice exams will be administered and graded.

  • SAT/ACT Pre-Testing
  • Week One: English/Essay
  • Week Two: Math/Science
  • Week Three: Reading Comp
  • SAT/ACT Practice Exam One
  • Week Four: Review for SAT
  • Rest/Break for SAT exam
  • Week Four: Math
  • Week Five: Reading Comp/English
  • SAT/ACT Practice Exam Two
  • Week Six: Review
  • Rest/Break for ACT exam
  • ACT/SAT World Wide Testing

Workshop Course Descriptions:

  • The college Admissions Process

This workshop explains what colleges are looking for in a prospective student and provides an overview of the top 40 U.S. colleges and universities’ requirements for admissions, tuition, and test scores. Evaluate the pros and cons of living on and off campus or out of state. We will share a short introduction to academic life skills for college survival.

  • College Admissions & Financial aid/ Financial literacy

Naviance career site and test prep for assessment and evaluation at www.naviance.com, and we will assist.

  • Complete one college admissions application
  • Selecting a college
  • Paying for College (requirements to qualify for financial aid)
  • Interviewing Skills & Job development
  • Financial Literacy (saving for college, Default, Credit score, Opening a bank account, debt)

Academic Life Skills Workshop Courses:

  • Interpersonal Communication Skills

Listening skills, verbal communication, building rapport, effective speaking, nonverbal communication.

  • Character Development (Cultivating Positive Attitude & Mindset)

Every stage in life plays a role in the development of one’s character. The process of character development defines our successes and failures in life. Students will get the opportunity to learn about their character and understand how it may be affecting their lives, either negatively or positively.

  • Persuasive & Effective Writing Skills

The writers’ workshop will focus on building students’ ability to write effective papers, recognize common abbreviations, follow simple multiple-step written instructions, write a friendly letter complete with the date and salutation, and ask for clarification and explanation of ideas.

  • College Scholarship Application Assistance & Essay Writing

Presenter will identify various college scholarship funds and assist students with completing the application requirements. Each student will compose a personal statement, essay, and request letters of recommendation.

  • Complete Essay for Scholarship Application
  • United Negro College Fund (UNCF)Representative to make presentation
  • Paying for College (requirements to qualify for financial aid)
  • Interviewing Skills & Job development
  • Financial Literacy (saving for college, Default, Credit score, opening a bank account, debt)

Community Development Project

ARE YOU COLLEGE READY?

  • The college Admission Process (This workshop provides a quick overview of steps to be college ready)
  • Taking a look at the top ranked colleges and admissions requirements
  • Cost of Tuition & Paying for college (financial aid & scholarships)
  • Choosing a career/major
  • Assessment/evaluation of student for student to complete

Career Development & Job

Career Counseling Day:

What’s Your Passion?

Choosing a major is one of the most important

  • Finding Purpose on Purpose! You have a purpose Workshop!
  • Reviewing over 100 majors and career paths and prepare a resume!
  • Complete Mock interview and make recommendation for available jobs.
  • Naviance: Each Student with Career Planning and job development will register on

What To Expect

  • To facilitate practical assistance to these students

And their parents to ensure their connection to postsecondary institutions. College Readiness incorporates the following components and activities into its year-round programs with students:

  • College preparation
  • Leadership Development
  • Academic preparation, Tutoring
  • Social opportunities
  • Mentoring, Career Planning and academic life skills
  • In each class students

 Will provide a written assignments to articulate their understanding of the topic and participate in activities pertaining to the subject. Each workshop presentation provides hands on expertise through visuals, handouts and power point presentation when applicable.

  • Each student

Will develop a portfolio of all completed assignments and summarize a speech stating their purpose, paradigms, desires for college, career choice and future goals. Each student will be invited to share their speech at a ceremony designated for their class. Parents, school administrators, sponsors, friends, and guest will be invited to attend. Each students will be prepared to publicly declare their purpose/goals/future/ Positive paradigms).

  • Each student will walk away

Declaring purpose

  • Understanding grades matter/improving GPA
  • Developing good study habits *selecting career choices/choosing a major/entrepreneurship
  • Selecting a college to attend
  • Reviewing tuition cost/financial aid/saving money
  • Scholarship preparedness
  • Character development
  • Leadership training
  • Improving test scores for college admissions exams SAT/ACT. Each student will leave
  • Scholarship preparedness
  • believing in their ability to achieve their goals.

Each student will have:


1.Resume 2.Scholarship Essay

3.1 College Application complete

4.Join a club/organization/Volunteer

5.Academic Life Skills/obtain better study habits


6.ACT/SAT Class Participation

7.Register on Naviance Career and Test prep site


8.Increase GPA 2.5 or higher

Purpose Life Coaching Sessions

Skill What It Means Example
Planning Setting goals and creating steps to achieve them Creating a study schedule before the SAT
Organization Keeping materials and information in order Maintaining organized class notes and digital files
Time Management Using time effectively Balancing homework, sports, work, and extracurriculars
Prioritization Deciding what is most important Finishing a college application before a less urgent assignment
Working Memory Holding and using information while completing tasks Remembering multiple math steps during an ACT problem
Task Initiation Starting tasks without excessive procrastination Beginning an essay several weeks before it's due
Self-Monitoring Evaluating progress and adjusting as needed Reviewing practice test results to identify weak areas
Emotional Regulation Managing emotions under stress Staying calm during the SAT or after receiving a disappointing grade
Attention & Focus Maintaining concentration despite distractions Completing homework without constantly checking a phone
Flexibility Adapting to changes or setbacks Revising a college list after a scholarship opportunity changes
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