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Atlanta Public Schools – Booker T. Washington High School Early College Program

Congratulations on your acceptance to Clark Atlanta University Early College. The School of Education and Transfer Student Services would like to thank you for selecting Clark Atlanta University to begin your journey to exploring higher education. As you transition into your role as a dual enrollment student here at CAU, the team is excited about working with you throughout your academic experience. We are also committed to supporting you and assisting you to take advantage of resources available to you on campus.

The team is devoted exclusively to helping the early college students make a smooth transition to the University. The program is designed with your needs in mind for success. Should you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact Carlethia Townsend, liaison Early College Program for School of Education at 404-880-8505; visit Clement Hall or email ctownsend@cau.edu. We will be happy to assist you.

Again, welcome to Clark Atlanta University!
The CAU Early College Team

Early College Outline

What will Early College Provide?

  • Tuition for fall and spring semesters for 6 credit hours only
  • Books for courses assigned to students
  • Lunch in Crogman Dining Hall -main student dining facility- (campus restaurants will be an additional charge)
  • CAU Early College Student ID

Early College Students are expected to:

  • Attend classes on Tuesday and Thursday from 9:00AM to 1:30PM
  • Check in and out at Clement Hall 120
  • Be punctual and attentive
  • Follow the CAU Student Code of Conduct (on www.cau.edu)

Program Benefits:

  • Early College Resource Center
    • College Preparation
    • Career Exploration
    • Student Development
  • Students Mentorship Program
  • Student Peer Sessions
  • Campus Involvement
    •  Athletic Events
    • Campus Student Activities
    • Use of Campus Facilities (Student Center)

Early College Joint Meetings

Mid-Semester Roundtable (Nov/March)

End of Year Celebration (May)

HBCU C.A.R.E.S.

DID YOU KNOW?
  • 8 million U.S. adults will not receive needed mental health treatment and counseling services*
  • 5 million adults and children will not receive needed addiction treatment*
  • By 2025 the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services predicts shortages of behavioral health professionals
  • Behavioral Health fields include Counseling, Nursing, Psychology, Psychiatry, and Social Work
OUR MISSION

The mission of HBCU C.A.R.E.S. is to raise awareness of and offer access to behavioral health fields for diverse students.

GOALS
  • Increase the number of racial and ethnic minority students prepared to enter behavioral health fields
  • Increase student awareness of careers in behavioral health
  • Assist students with continuing their education in behavioral health
  • Establish partnerships among HBCUs and other organizations to share resources and strategies to strengthen their capacity to recruit and train students for careers in substance use, mental and co-occurring disorder treatment.
KEY INITIATIVES

A. ADVISORY COUNCIL

  • The Advisory Council provides oversight and support from various HBCUs and community agencies.

B. WEBSITE

  • The HBCU C.A.R.E.S. Website provides career and training resources to behavioral health students and professionals.

C. BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AMBASSADORS

  • Behavioral Health Ambassadors promote Behavior Health fields and topics with undergraduates at HBCUs.
  • Ambassadors receive mentoring, professional development and a stipend during their ambassadorship.

Visit our official website: HBCU Cares – HBCU Cares (myhbcucares.org)

JumpStart

Jumpstart is a national early education organization working toward the day every child in America enters kindergarten prepared to succeed. We provide language, literacy, and social-emotional programming for preschool children from under-resourced communities and promote quality early learning for all children. Since 1993, we’ve trained more than 50,000 college students and community volunteers to transform the lives of over 123,000 preschool children nationwide.

VISION

Every child in America enters kindergarten prepared to succeed.

MISSION

Jumpstart provides language, literacy, and social-emotional programming for preschool children from under-resourced communities and promotes quality early learning for all

 

Come support the language, literacy and social development of preschoolers from underserved communities in Atlanta. Help implement proven research developed curriculum with data to support it.

Why should you join?

  • Work Study Eligible Program
  • Earn AmeriCorps Education Award
  • Gain Valuable experience to build resume
  • Internships Available
  • Become Part of a National Team
  •  Develop creative & innovative materials
  • Make a positive change in the lives of preschoolers  

Schedule

  • 10-15 hours a week
  • Sept – May
  • Monday &Wednesday or Tuesday & Thursday (9am-12pm)
  • Flexible hours to fit your schedule
  • Multiple opportunities offered weekly to earn hours

Interviews are taking place now and spots are filling up quickly. Complete the online application now to begin the interview process! 

Apply Now : www.jstart.org/apply 

Contact La’Kesha Cortes, Volunteer Manager, lakesha.cortes@jstart.org or call (470)480-5078 for more details.

TriO

The Federal TRIO Programs (TRIO) are Federal outreach and student services programs designed to identify and provide services for individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds.Clark Atlanta University administers 2 TRiO programs — Upward Bound and Talent Search. Clark Atlanta University has successfully conducted an Upward Bound program since 1965. The students that Upward Bound serves must come from low-income families (incomes at or below 150 percent of the poverty level) and/or are first-generation potential college students (neither parent nor guardian has earned a bachelor’s degree). The purpose of Upward Bound is to provide its high school students with the skills and motivation to succeed in and graduate from a college or university of their choice. To this end, Upward Bound has both summer and academic year components. The Upward Bound Program provides services to 100 participants who meet the program’s guidelines and attend either Carver, Jackson, or South Atlanta High Schools in the metro-Atlanta area.

The Talent Search Program is designed to encourage youth with academic potential to stay in school, graduate from high school, and ultimately attend a college or university. Talent Search (TS) counselors work with each of the students at their respective school on a weekly basis throughout the academic school year. TS offers additional enrichment activities such as field trips to college or cultural events. Seventy five percent of ETS participants enroll in college!

TRiO Program          

Upward Bound
Trevor Arnett Hall 2nd Floor
(404) 880-8200
(404) 880-6278 (Fax)

Talent Search – Atlanta 
Trevor Arnett Hall 2nd Floor
(404) 880-6093
(404) 880-8267 (Fax)

Talent Search – LaGrange
(706) 837-9995
(706) 884-8376 (FaX)


Programs Staff

Zandra Genous-Tate 
Director of TRiO Programs
zgenous@cau.edu 
404-880-8263

Daisha Lark  
TRiO Programs Office Manager  (Interim)
dlark@cau.edu 
404-880-8200

Farris Jones
TRiO Programs Budget Manager
fjones1@cau.edu 
404-880-6093

The Clark Atlanta University TRIO Programs has built a reputation for being comprehensive, innovative, and a dynamic educational program.  Participants involved in the TRiO Programs at Clark Atlanta engage in highly motivational and experiential curricula designed to uphold the highest standards and utilize up-to-date resources and technology in education. 

Visit Trio Program Official Page

Mission:

The mission of Upward Bound is to provide an intensive, year-round academic program to assist program participants in grades 9 thru 12 in the successful completion of high school and to prepare them for post-secondary education by providing them with rigorous and nurturing academic courses as well as culturally enriching activities.

The mission of the Educational Talent Search program is to provide a pre-college service to students in middle school and high school, as well as adults, with potential for education at the postsecondary level and to facilitate academic success, retention, enrollment and graduation from college for first generation and low-income students.

 
Application Process

The CAU-TRIO Programs are committed to providing equal educational opportunities for all applicants. It
enrolls participants without regard to race, color, sex, age national origin or disability. This commitment to equal opportunity includes recruitment, admissions, access to and usage of facilities, counseling and testing, financial assistance, placement, co-curriculum programs and all-purpose services and activities.

Only target school attendees are serviced by the CAU-TRIO Programs.

For a list of participating schools please visit each program’s page.

Select application type below

ATLANTA TALENT SEARCH APPLICATION

LAGRANGE TALENT SEARCH APPLICATION

UPWARD BOUND APPLICATION

Fact Sheet

Horizons Atlanta Program

It was the vision and the heart of the 2013 Clark Atlanta University Board of Trustees, Board of Trustees Member Emiratis – Dr. Lisa Borders, and former University Presidents to bring forth the Horizons Atlanta Clark Atlanta University Program! For the seventh summer, the Horizons Atlanta Clark Atlanta University Program, anchored in the School of Education, is the only Historically Black College and University in the Horizons National Network of Affiliates of over sixty other sites. 

The Horizons Atlanta Clark Atlanta University Program has a strong and focused presence in Atlanta, Georgia, and in our Nation to reduce and prevent children’s summer learning loss. As a Clark Atlanta University community outreach Program, we seek to positively impact the learning and living of underserved children and families!

There are nine other HORIZONS ATLANTA Programs: Horizons Georgia TECH, Horizons Woodward Academy, Horizons Atlanta Technical College, Horizons Holy Innocence, Horizons Kennesaw State University, Horizons Georgia State University, Horizons International School, Horizons at Purpose Built Schools, Horizons at The Galloway School.       

Source: http://www.horizonsatlanta.org

HBCU Executive Leadership Institute

In 2018 the HBCU Council of Past Presidents approached Clark Atlanta University about the possibility of establishing a program to prepare future HBCU Presidents. The CAU School of Education in collaboration with the Online Learning and Continuing Education office wrote a planning grant to develop the HBCU Executive Leadership Institute. With the support of our distinguished Advisory Board and the HBCU ELI Team, the program is ready to welcome our Community of Fellows in January 2022.

The HBCU Executive Leadership Institute aims to establish a sustainable model for increasing the quality and supply of qualified candidates to serve as HBCU presidents and other executive level leaders. The Institute will support the design of a leadership development program that will focus on the preparation and development of HBCU presidents and executive leaders. The vision is to develop a performance-based leadership preparation program that will engage aspiring and new HBCU Presidents in an extended learning network that provides opportunities to practice and demonstrate proficiency in real time, in the real HBCU working environment.

The HBCU Executive Leadership Institute will address the following four components:

  1. Well-defined competency model (knowledge, skills, and dispositions) for effective HBCU leadership.
  2. A high-quality performance-based preparation program that engages participants in a combination of face-to-face and online learning experiences.
  3. A well-defined approach for recruitment of potential participants that includes selection criteria and protocols.
  4. A model for ongoing evaluation and support of aspiring and practicing HBCU leaders.

Executive Director

Dr. Phyllis Worthy Dawkins, Past President Bennett College and
Acting President Cheyney University

ELI Team

Dr. J. Fidel Turner, Jr., Dean, CAU School of Education
Dr. Cheryl Dozier Davenport, Program Coordinator & President Emerita, Savannah State University
Dr. Mary A. Hooper, Curriculum Designer, Associate Provost, CAU Online Learning & Continuing Education                                    & Professor of Educational Leadership
Mr. Cameron Randle, Program Manager & Educational Leadership Doctoral Student
Dr. Dorothy Cowser Yancy, President Emerita, Shaw University & Johnson C. Smith University, Member,
HBCU AB/C-HBCU-PP Curriculum Committee
HBCU AB/C-HBCU-Past Presidents Selection Committee (Lyons, Lomotey, Hatton, Dolinger)
TalentQuest, External Program Evaluator Consultants

  • HBCU AB/C-HBCU-PP Curriculum Committee
  • HBCU AB/C-HBCU-Past Presidents Selection Committee (Lyons, Lomotey, Hatton, Dolinger)
  • TalentQuest, External Program Evaluator Consultants
  • Dr. Richard Lucas, Vice President, Institutional Advancement, Resource Person
  • Ms. Quisa Foster, Assistant Vice President, Institutional Advancement
  • Mrs. Kimberly Sellers-Bates, Prospect Research Manager, ELI Resource
    HBCU AB Development Committee
  • Mr. Robert (Bob) Poole, Senior Philanthropic Advisor, Consultant
  • Mr. Mason Blacher, President, Mason Jay Blacher & Associates, Consultant
  • Mr. Sam Burston, Vice President, University Relations & External Affairs, Resource Person
  • Ms. Jolene Butts Freeman, Director of News and Media Relations 
  • Ms. Mia Walker, Social Media Director
  • Cecintel PR
  • NCompass
  • Per Se, External Marketing & Communication Consultants
  • Glass Ladder
  • TalentQuest LLC
  • Ncompass International
  • Per Se Media Group
  • Mason Jay Blacher & Associates
  • CAU Office of the President
  • CAU Office of the Provost
  • CAU Office of Online Learning and Continuing Education (OLCE)
  • CAU Office of Institutional Advancement
  • CAU Office of University Relations

The ELI Competency Model includes core leadership competencies of relationship building and networking, communication for influence, emotional intelligence skills, decision making, strategic planning, finance, and operations. 

Executive-specific competencies for HBCUs include branding, funding, recruiting, academic management, team building, board relations; recruiting and developing the management team; leading through crisis and uncertainty; and advocating for racial and social justice. 

These competencies provide the foundation needed for executives to ensure the success of students by equipping them with career enhancing tools (credentials, certificates, internships, etc.) to complement their subject matter training. 

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