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Educating Future Generations
IT'S THE KIDS!
by Barbara Barnes
A Real-World Learning Framework Teaching K-12 Students Skills for Life, Work, Citizenship and Service
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Partners

Business and community partners play a large role in providing real world, up-to-date information, relevant data, financial analysis, and work-related skills for the future. They also provide field-study locations and job possibilities. Parents provide access to their work-related content.
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OUR PARTNERS

These organizations provided real-world content, current information, skills needed for employment,training, and financial support.
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Water

  • Tennessee Valley Authority
  • Metropolitan Water District
  • Tennessee Aquarium
  • South Coast Water District
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ECONOMICS

  • JJ Wenrich - Teaching Kids to Buy Stocks
  • Trader Joe's
  • Union Bank
  • Schools First Federal Credit Union
  • Wells Fargo
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TRAVEL

  • Marriott Hotel
  • Hilton Hotel
  • Subaru
  • Honda
  • British Regional Railways
  • Holiday Inn, Leeds UK
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ENERGY

  • San Onofre Nuclear Power Station
  • SOCO Institute
  • UCI Hydrogen Fuel Cell Research Center
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DESIGN & BUILD

  • La Palita
  • GKK Architects
  • Manufacturers Association
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LAND

  • Nature Conservancy
  • Farm Bureau
  • Caterpillar
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HEALTH

  • Medtronics
  • San Clemente Veterinarians
  • Local Doctors & Dentists
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ART

  • Bowers Museum
  • Pacific Symphony
  • Alaska Native Elders
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SPORTS

  • Jacksonville Jaguars
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COMMUNICATIONS
  • Apple
  • Toshiba
  • IBM
  • NBC
  • Royal Mail UK
  • McKee Foods
  • HYPE - Global Youth Summit
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GOVERNMENT

  • Local Elections
  • Government Agencies
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WEATHER

  • San Diego Weather Channel
ORGANIZATIONAL STRATEGIES
  • Joel A. Barker, Futurist. Tactics of Innovation / Paradigm Shift
  • Stephen Covey: Seven Habits of Highly Effective People
  • Warrington Parker-Rockwell: Multi Age Teamwork

MENTORING, AWARDS & SUPPLIES

  • Local ElectRotary
  • Marine Ministry
  • Kiwanis
  • 100 Black Men
  • 100 Black Womenions

UNIVERSITIES & EDUCATOR TRAINING

  • UCI - Univ. of California, Irvine
  • UTC - Univ. TN Chattanooga
  • MTSU - Middle TN State Univ.
  • Chapman University
  • ASU - Arizona State University
  • NFI - North Florida University
  • University of Phoenix
  • Sheffield Hallam University, UK
  • The New School, NY
  • Pepperdine University
  • University of Alaska
  • Virginia Tech
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The purpose of this book is to encourage Private Sector PARTNERS to promote high-level learning, provide real-world content and the latest technology skills, help ALL students develop a positive plan for their future, and keep them safe digitally and in their schools.
• Host students at your company
 • Provide career information
 • Share specific content with real world applications
• Apply organizational strategies to improve schools
• Help students understand finance and investments
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THE POWER OF PARTNERSHIPS
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PARTNER NEWS
Howard Tuckett, Headmaster at Wycombe Abbey School, Hong Kong, shared the following ECO Service Project: Wycombe Abbey School, Hong Kong met together as a community last Saturday to hold our Beach Clean event. It was such a treat for the entire school community to be able to meet up on Hong Kong’s Shek O Beach for the morning. Well done to all our pupils, parents, and staff colleagues for coming together to focus on protecting our environment by recycling all the plastic we found.
Beach Clean
A Charter School partnered with San Clemente Presbyterian Church donated pajamas for babies and children of Marines in the 1st Combat Engineer Battalion stationed on Camp Pendleton MCAS. These PJ’s were distributed at the annual holiday dinner provided by the church for the Marines and their families. This is a continuation of the holiday donations at San Onofre School, located on the Marine Base.
Holiday Donations
The “Implications Wheel” created by Joel A. Barker, Futures, was utilized by educators in the EFG Curriculum Collaborative. This tool helped Learning Leaders and students formulate school and grade level organizational strategies. It continues to be a valuable private sector tool today.
Implications Wheel
“Seven Habits of Highly Effective People”, by Stephen Covey, was field tested by K-12 Learning Leaders at 21st Century Prep in 1993. Educators and students were trained using the “Seven Habits”. These were a major focus for K-12 students. More books were subsequently written and these “Habits” were utilized at the school on Camp Pendleton in 2010.
Seven Habits of Highly Effective People
Herbert “Book” McCray is the Founder and Director of BOYS TO MEN - A MALE MENTORING MODEL, in Chattanooga, TN. Book has had a lengthy connection with It’s the Kids / EFG. Following graduation from UTC, he became the Assistance Principal at 21st Century Prep. Now in the private sector, he continues to assist young men to develop skills for their future by partnering each student with a business leader.
Skill Development
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