CHANGING LIVES, ONE COURSE AT A TIME
Our Mission
Ambassadors Corporations and Education (ACE) and Ambassadors of Compassion (AOC) is a conglomeration of talented educators, leaders, and mentors who are dedicated to the task of building resiliency and character in our future leaders of tomorrow. The ACE/AOC curriculum seeks to equips youth with the critical skills necessary to navigate and succeed through life’s inevitable challenges. Character based instruction is fundamental to our program, ensuring students receive not only the pragmatic tools necessary to navigate the job market, but to also gain an appreciation for the character traits necessary to succeed in their future endeavors. The full program is supported by the latest research in developmental psychology and has objectively proven its worth for thousands of participants. ACE partners with caring corporations, celebrities and the entertainment industry, pro and college sports teams, schools, and community-based groups, all with the shared vision of providing proven resiliency training to the next generation of influencers, leaders, and valued members of our communities.
The Challenge
One of the great challenges of contemporary education is engaging youth, our next generation of leaders, with opportunities that inspire, motivate, and equip them for an opportunity filled future. Several significant issues exist in today’s educational institutions which serve as major obstacles to future success, which the ACE/AOC program seeks to address. These issues include;
Drug and Alcohol Abuse
School Dropout/Truancy
Lack of effective workforce preparedness
Mental Health Issues
While these issues are significant enough on their own, this list does not encapsulate the totality of the challenges facing our aspiring youth. As experienced educators, we recognize the complex landscape of contemporary education and social interaction amongst young people, and has therefore sought to create a course of instruction which can help a student navigate not only these problems, but also deal with the unknown in a confident and capable manner.
“ There are more than 75 million students enrolled in schools in the United States. They are the successors to today’s business leaders. The problem is, approximately 30% of those students will drop out or fail to graduate from school. About 50% of minorities are dropping out.”
Jim Clifton | Chairman and CEO, Gallup
The ACE/AOC solution
The program is currently split into two curriculum plans, distinguished by age group. Both curriculum sets are comprised of multiple session, interactive programs that are built on both age-old principles and modern advancements in developmental psychology which seek to educate students in several core concepts;
ACE-RISE
RESPONSIBILITY: Exploring the characteristics of a responsible person and the need to take ownership of one’s thoughts and actions to help accomplish one’s goals and dreams in life.
INITIATIVE: Understanding initiative is an action step based on one’s decisions resulting in a multitude of lasting benefits, including strong, healthy relationships and reaching one’s greatness in life.
SERVICE: Discovering the importance of serving others and also serving the needs in the community.
EXPECTATIONS: Examining the power of expectations in one’s relationships, goals and dreams, as well as distinguishing and evaluating the difference between realistic and unrealistic expectations and knowing how to manage them.
ACE- LIFE
LABOR: Understanding the role that labor plays in our lives, recognizing the needs of others and the needs within our community, and taking action to help.
INFLUENCE: Recognizing we are influenced both positively and negatively by the culture and people around us and acknowledging that we ourselves influence others.
FORGIVENESS: Discovering that forgiveness is a process of understanding and experiencing the freedom and power that comes from forgiving others, forgiving ourselves, and also asking for forgiveness when we offend others.
EXPERIENCES: Exploring the importance of building on our life experiences and those of others, and facing and letting go of any negative experiences in order to help us reach our goals and dreams and full potential in life.
Parents:
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