Students become mentors, and also become a part of the AASuccess organization management team. They become a leader at school or professional career, while continuing to give back in their community.
Students who enter Life Skills Success will be provided with an overview of general theories and opportunities for practical life experiences, career explorations, and soft-skills developments. Students in this level will learn compassion and respect, tips for successful leadership and project management, public speaking skills, polished mannerism and etiquette, relationship case studies, and how to measure growths – via both real-world career related activities and Arc360 Civics Projects. Life Skills Success will help students foster ethical, intellectual, cultural, and social development.
AASuccess is fortunate to have many community connectors support our programs and services. In this module with an emphasis on advanced life skills training, including soft and hard skills, students will learn about core programs offered at AASuccess and utilize technology to access necessary resources. Technology may include but are not limited to the areas of: Advocacy, Invention & Innovation, Business, Information Technology, Health, Language, Business and Science.
Students will learn how to create project plans and tips on how to effectively communicate with team members. Students will also learn about their own leadership styles.
Students will learn how to apply practical experience when working on case studies or real world technology or business projects directed to execution challenges. Students will learn how to diagnose and remedy difficult execution issues.
Students will utilize what has been learned to actively engage stakeholders in various career-oriented projects and/or STEM applications related topics. Students are expected to probe, devise, implement, and evaluate various ways to consistently and successfully communicate with a wide range of stakeholders.
In this module, students will learn how to engage others in a conversation without dominating the discussion. Students will learn how to use practical techniques to probe questions and answers that help them understand, seek, see and seize opportunities.
AASuccess mentors or skills coaches will help the students to prepare the job interview portfolio, as well as providing mock interviews to practice for the real-world application.
