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collaboration with community school systems, colleges, or universities,
The GoodWorx Foundation provides dynamic group mentoring/life-coaching
sessions by integrating the methods of its unique independent mentoring program,
The MTC Program. School-based programs are built upon the MTC philosophy for Individual
Student Success. This Individual Student Success Plan (ISSP) is tailored to each
individual participant and consists of a combination of tutoring and mentoring sessions
with GoodWorx staff.
The GoodWorx objective is to:
- Build Vision
- Set Goals
- Establish Plan
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Achieve Success
The GWx Foundation and the Sayreville Board of Education
Middlesex County, New Jersey
In 2006, The GoodWorx Foundation received approval
from the Sayreville Board of Education to conduct an after-school program at the
Sayreville Middle School for 6th and 7th grade students. The GoodWorx Foundation, using their MTC philosophy,
built a unique after-school program centered on 10 key life skills seminars. Response
was immediately felt by students, parents, teachers, and administrators. Development
is lead to expand existing programming to target the transition period
into high school for students in the 8th and 9th grade. Additionally,
a similar MTC collaboration is in effect for the Samsel Upper Elementary School.
Ultimately, it is the goal of The GoodWorx Foundation to expand into all elementary schools within the Sayreville School District providing school-based mentoring programs at every academic level.
The GoodWorx Foundation and New Jersey City University
Hudson County, New Jersey
The GoodWorx Foundation is currently working with
New Jersey City University in providing support for the NCAA CHAMPS Life Skills
Program. The foundation integrates The MTC Program’s unique philosophy into a university-based
program providing life coaching sessions centered on 10 key life skills seminars.
After the initial pilot program’s success, The GoodWorx Foundation
and NJCU are focusing their efforts into expanding the program in order to reach
over 25% of all student athletes enrolled at the university. Looking forward to
a five-year plan, both, GWx and NJCU, hope to have a profound impact on the lives
of the students while enriching the overall undergraduate experience.
The GoodWorx Programs of Distinction
The GoodWorx Foundation's "Read Something" Literacy Program
The mission of The GoodWorx Foundation's "Read Something" Literacy Program is to
offer children and adults access to a variety of books, magazines, and newspapers
in an attempt to promote and educate our community on their fundamental right to
literacy. Along with providing the resources, we also offer free confidential reading
instructions, by trained volunteers, to people of all ages as we strive to give
people the basic foundation to advance their education.
The GoodWorx Foundation's "Imagine That" Art Appreciation Program
In support of its major focus on cultural diversity, The GoodWorx Foundation created
a new addition to our programming. The "Imagine That" Art Appreciation Program extends
appreciation of cultural diversity to include that of the diverse world of the arts.
As part of this enlightening new program, we plan on coordinating trips to art museums
and galleries that will expose our program participants to the wide world of creative
expression.
The GoodWorx Foundation's "Onward and Upward" Transition Program
With a strong emphasis on the concept of "Life Skills", The GoodWorx MTC "Onward
and Upward" Program focuses on students making the transition from elementary school
to middle school, and middle school to high school. This program provides support
for 5th, 6th, 8th and 9th grade students and focuses on issues that adolescent students
often face while making the transition to the next level of the academic and social
experience.
The GoodWorx Foundation's "Gang Prevention" Program
As one of our MTC Program Life-Skills seminars in development, we seek to provide
an awareness of the concept of gangs, gang peer-pressure, and the mindset of alternative
behavior when faced with this reality within our society.
The GoodWorx Foundation History Timeline
2006
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Established The GoodWorx Foundation MTC Program (Meet The Child/ Mentoring,
Tutoring, Life-Coaching)
in 2006.
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2007
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The GoodWorx Foundation MTC Program partnered with
the Sayreville Middle School to provide after-school programming for 6th
and 7th grade students. Programming focused on enhancing life skills
to help youth realize their full potential by incorporating the unique blend of
mentoring, tutoring, and life-coaching with a recreation component as well.
The GoodWorx Foundation MTC Program partnered with
New Jersey City University to support the initiative of the NCAA CHAMPS Life Skills
Program. The partnership objectives included student retention and the enrichment
of the undergraduate experience. The GoodWorx Foundation
integrated the core component of its mentoring technique, life coaching, into the
university-based program in order to have the greatest positive impact on the student-athletes
involved.
The GoodWorx Foundation MTC Program announced its
initiative to provide additional services for 8th and 9th
grade students. The programming will focus on the transition from middle school
to high school, as well as the four-year preparation essential for a successful
transition into higher education.
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2007-2008
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The GoodWorx Foundation will expand its partnership
within the Sayreville School District to include the Samsel Upper Elementary School
providing after-school programming for 4th and 5th graders.
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