Optional: Lay out passports from last month so students can grab theirs as they walk into class.
Make sure each student has a pen/pencil.
Set up a snack area for students to grab snacks as they enter
Write the schedule on the board. Include start time, activities to complete, end time and next visit.
Find a blank wall in the classroom near a plug. Plug in the photo printers and connect them to a staff member’s phone. Students who did not take a photo last month may want to this month.
Set up tables in groups of 4-5 so students can share supplies and connect with one another.
CLASSROOM SETUP TIPS
1
Plug in the photo printer and connect it to a staff member's phone. Print a test photo to make sure the Wi-Fi is strong enough for printing.
2
Set up tables in groups of 5-6 so students can share materials and work collaboratively. Make sure each table group has pens/pencils, scissors, glue sticks, and travel stickers. Scissors and glue sticks will only be used by students who did not start or finish Part 1 of the passport.
3
Draw the Travel Graphic on the board near the schedule. Lay out passports from last class so students can pick up their passport as they enter. Give new students a passport and icon pages. Ask a student or support staff to explain Part 1 of the passport so they can start working.
4
Greet students as they enter. Remind students that the photo printer is available again during class if they would like to take a photo for their passport.
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We provide consistent, long-term support from middle school through high school, post-secondary education and the launch of your career.
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All Give Back programs are built on the three pillars of our curriculum:
Economic Stability, Resiliency Building and Relational Wealth.
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Give Something Back (Give Back) is a national nonprofit that empowers students to build resilience, overcome adversity and find pathways to become self-reliant adults and leaders of their communities. Partnering together for change, San Bernardino County Superintendent of Schools and Give Back were one of 20 awardees selected by the California Department of Education to receive a two-year Homeless Innovation Program (HIP) grant. The HIP grant aims to discover and promote previously implemented creative approaches that align with the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act. Its goal is to enhance the educational stability, access, support, and academic achievement of children and youth facing homelessness. Awardees were asked to use their Model Innovative Practice (MIP) to create a toolkit that could be accessed, shared and implemented statewide to empower communities to bring about systematic change.
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Editor in Chief
Olivia Walker
Assistant Manager
Dan Mitchell
Programming Editor
Noah Patterson
Art Director
Tess Anderson
PARTNER SPOTLIGHT
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Passport Procedure: Career Exploration Map
Do an example Career Exploration Map on the board. Use your own spark, one shared by a student or a common spark you heard discussed by students. An internet search like “careers that involve/incorporate __________” will produce good examples. Engage students in a discussion about the hundreds and thousands of careers there are in the world. Ask students to think outside the box when coming up with options. Here are two examples. Use these or create your own to share with students.
Give Back Academy (GBA) is a club designed to empower youth who have been identified by school staff to display resilience in the face of adversity. Academy is a word derived from the Greek hero, Akademos; a protector of sacred spaces. Membership in the Give Back Academy signifies a commitment to a group who maintains and promotes community values including respect, inclusivity, safety and empowerment. GBA is currently being offered in over 50 middle school and high school campuses in six school districts throughout San Bernardino County.
GBA was created by Give Something Back, a national nonprofit, whose mission is to provide long-term coaching, career exploration opportunities and post-secondary pathway scholarships to youth who have experienced foster care, homelessness or the incarceration of a parent. GBA coaches provide monthly workshops on topics like community connections, life skills, character building, and career/educational exploration to help youth prepare for their unique post-secondary path. In collaboration with San Bernardino County Superintendent of Schools and the Homeless Innovative Partnership Grant, this website was created to serve as a collaborative curriculum hub for community members and educators serving as consistent, nurturing mentors in the lives of youth statewide.
Give Back Careers is our most intensive offering, providing professionally trained coaches who meet with each student twice a month, help them develop and implement action plans for their personal, educational and career goals, and lead monthly group activities.
We provide consistent, long-term support from middle school through high school, post-secondary education and the launch of your career
We have learned that helping young people not only dream big, but also make plans, implement them, and hold them accountable for achieving them can be transformational. Coaches help students create action plans for their personal, educational and career goals, regularly check in on their progress, and update the plans three times a year.
We have learned that helping young people not only dream big, but also make plans, implement them, and hold them accountable for achieving them can be transformational. Coaches help students create action plans for their personal, educational and career goals, regularly check in on their progress, and update the plans three times a year.
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A GIVE BACK TIMELINE
2022
Give Back Careers
rapidly expands into
Florida, North Carolina,
Washington D.C,
and Minnesota.
Kansas sees its first
graduate from
the program.
Give Back Careers launched and expanded the program into new states. In partnership with Peter Mallouk, 150 students were selected in Kansas to support the program and the first students were added in the Kentucky and Washington programs.
2021
2018
Kansas selects their first group of scholars which included 50 freshmen through seniors in high school.
Give Back starts in Kansas and partnered with Kansas State University, Wichita State University, Pittsburg State University, and Baker University. Give Back also partnered with Rowan College at Gloucester County in New Jersey to include a community college route for scholars.
2017
2010
Give Back commenced handing out scholarships and received its first graduating class from the Princeton Day School
high school program.
2012
The Give Back Pre-Paid Program launched with three college partners, Lewis University,
University of St. Francis, and Blackburn College
in Illinois.
The New Jersey Pre-Paid Program launches with gifts to Rowan University, The College of New Jersey, and Montclair State University, while the Delaware Pre-Paid Program launches with a gift to the University of Delaware.
2015
2016
New Jersey Scholars are selected and the New Jersey Pre-Paid Program is expanded to St. Peter's University, New Jersey Institute of Technology, and William Paterson University. Give Back partners with Snyder Hockey to create Goal & Assists, signing their first Post Secondary Education Option with West Chester University. Give Back also develops a Trade School route for scholars through a partnership with Williamson College of the Trades.
Give Back will be celebrating its 20th anniversary as its program reaches 2,000 scholars and graduate over 100 scholars this academic year.
2023
Due to economic uncertainty, Give Back had to pause the program.
2009
Give Back expands to New Jersey, creating a high school program at Princeton Day School.
2006
2007
Give Back hires its
second employee and takes the IL scholars on the first Give Back trip to Princeton, NJ and New York. The Give Something Back Foundation was officially launched.
Give Back’s first college partner agrees to reduce their tuition in order to accommodate Give Back Scholars.
2008
It all started when Bob Carr receives scholarship from Lockport Women’s Club. His gratitude and wish to give back by providing scholarships to others was the inspiration for founding Give Something Back.
1963
2003
Give Back is founded and provides $100,000 to the Lockport Women's Club and awards its first scholarship to Noah Birch.