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Achievement Counts
Achievement Counts Overview
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see a listing of other publications, click
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Recent
Honors for MBRT's Achievement Counts Program
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"MBRT
has pioneered the role business can play in helping parents become
more effective participants in and advocates for their children's
education."
Susan
Traiman
Director, Education Initiative
The Business Roundtable
"Achievement
Counts is one of the best-conceived - and most successful - programs
I have seen in my career in education. It has, in less than
two years, become one of our shining lights in Maryland."
Dr.
Nancy S. Grasmick
State Superintendent of Schools
MD State Department of Education
"These
collaborative efforts between education and business are essential
if we are to meet the challenge of educating our young people to
be successful in the workplace of the 21st century."
Dr.
Joe A. Hairston
Superintendent
Baltimore County Public Schools
"Wow!
What a great experience for 9th graders and myself to interact with
business leaders."
9th
grade teacher
"Bringing
transcripts into the hiring decision sends a powerful message to
students that hard work, attendance, and achievement in school does
matter and will enhance their job prospects."
Tom
Saquella
President
Maryland Retailers Assn.
"Asking
for transcripts brings home to the applicant that employers are
serious about their education, work attitude and ability to complete
tasks."
A.L.
Daniels
Human Resource Manager
Independent Can Company
"Asking
for high school transcripts is a win-win for business and education.
Employers gain valuable information to assist in the hiring process
and reinforce the message to students that academic achievement
counts. We are proud to support the national and state transcript
campaign, for it strengthens the link between business and education
and, ultimately, everyone benefits."
Jim
Salsini
Human Resources Manager
State Farm Insurance Companies
(Seaboard Region)
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GIVING
STUDENTS A REASON TO ACHIEVE
Achievement
Counts is reaching tens of thousands of students many
times throughout middle and high school to help inform their decisions
and motivate them to excel in school. Achievement Counts:
- Informs
students of the realities of life in the “real world”
and what they need to succeed in it
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Engages students in exploring exciting career opportunities
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Motivates students to take rigorous courses, achieve at high levels
and begin planning their futures
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Inspires students to pursue their dreams
Each strategic
and interwoven component of Achievement Counts - Maryland
Scholars, Speakers Bureau, Teen Web, and
Parents Count - was designed to provide students with strong
messages that are delivered early, often, and by many.
MBRT’s
Achievement Counts campaign includes:
Maryland
Scholars
- (8th through 12th grade)
Letting Students Know That Choices Matter, Courses Matter
- Encourages
middle and high school students to make good decisions about coursework
that will prepare them to succeed in college or the workplace.
Business volunteers provide students with compelling information
about how completing rigorous courses in high school will translate
into broader opportunities in their personal and professional
lives.
Speakers
Bureau
- (9th grade)
Showing Students That Hard Work in School Pays Off in Life
- Motivates
high school freshmen to take learning seriously and begin planning
their futures. More than 2,500 volunteers show students the connection
between what they're learning in school and life in the real world,
and provide them with concrete reasons why working hard in high
school will enable them to get and keep the jobs they want.
Teen
Website
(6th through 12th grade)
Engaging Students in Career Exploration and Academic Preparation
- Sustains
our conversation with students and inspires them to move from
interest to action. This dynamic, interactive website –
designed for and with teens – allows students to explore
exciting career options and take next-step actions, engaging students
of many ages in an ongoing quest to create their future.
Parents
Count
– (Birth through 12th grade)
Helping Parents Help Their Children Succeed in School
- Arms parents
with effective strategies to help their children succeed in school.
Through monthly emails, newsletters, and a website, Parents Count
provides valuable information on a variety of topics, each customized
for parents of infants & toddlers, elementary school children,
and middle and high school teens.
Workforce
Survey
– To clearly spell out workplace expectations for students,
parents, and educators, this survey of Maryland employers, conducted
every 18 months, paints a compelling picture of Maryland workforce
needs and the skills that Maryland firms expect new employees to
bring with them to the job.
JUMP
ON THE BANDWAGON!
We encourage
you to join in our efforts. Consider ...
- establishing
a transcript policy at your workplace
- proposing
to a business organization with which you are affiliated that
they endorse the campaign
- volunteering
to join our Speakers Bureau which
will make presentations to Maryland 9th graders
- volunteering
to speak to Maryland students in our Maryland
Scholars program
- enrolling
to receive our Parents Count
monthly messages
If you would
like to establish a policy to use high school transcripts when hiring,
or for more information, e-mail
us here
To view a list
of other involved businesses, click
here
Achievement
Counts
Partners:
Achievement Counts Funders:
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