STARS

Cause Area

  • Children & Youth
  • Education & Literacy
  • Employment
  • Race & Ethnicity

Location

3300 Fort Meade Rd.Laurel, MD 20724 United States
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Mission Statement

STARS - Speakers, Tutors, Achievement, Retention, Success is helping increase Job Corps students' academic achievement, career skills attainment, and retention in the program by providing motivational speakers to inspire them, and highly qualified tutors and mentors to assist them in academics and personal skills.

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STARS has three components: a speaker's program, tutors and mentors. The speaker's program will provide students with the opportunity to hear and interact with real-life achievers they can relate to, based on students' backgrounds and experiences. Tutors will vilunteer to assist students in academic achievement. Mentors will help students with academics; assist students with their personal career development plans; and provide guidance in career technical areas, personal development and life skills. The types of mentoring that can be offered include one on one; group; peer to peer; and e-mentoring.

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