In partnership with the Northeastern University Charlotte campus and the Graduate School of Education community there, you are invited to a virtual discussion on Wednesday, July 15th, from 12:00 pm -1:30 pm EST. This webinar is part II of a three-part series.
Join us for a creative conversation on the choices that high school graduates can explore for the coming year amid COVID-19.
During the webinar, you will have the opportunity to:
Youth Corps is a life-changing leadership development and growth experience for 36 dedicated 9th and 10th-grade students per cohort in the Midlands
(Richland & Lexington Counties) of South Carolina.
The program begins in August with leadership weekend and culminates in May with a rewarding graduation experience.
Students participate in nine different experiential learning and leadership (modules), where they gain hands-on experience and opportunities to learn, think, and lead.
Top community leaders lead each module.
The program is involved in a participatory action research study.
The goal of the study is to discover the qualitative factors that have enabled youth corps participants to be successful in gaining college acceptance and career focus.
Corinne Guidi is an independent educational consultant specializing in primary and secondary school searches,
gap year planning, and independent curriculum development.
From preschool to mid-career, her greatest passion is supporting people in their education and life journey by connecting them to opportunities that will move them toward a more conscious and meaningful life.
Corinne’s thesis research explored the gap year phenomenon in the United States and the perceived impact it had on the lives of those who took a gap year.
Since 2015, Corinne has been an active member of the Gap Year Association Research Committee, a group of professionals, gap year providers, and researchers working collectively to advance research in the gap year space.
Stephen Lance joined Clemson University’s Youth Learning Institute (YLI) in 1999 and was appointed Executive Director in July 2014.
Lance has been instrumental in growing YLI into a $14 million a year, self-funded unit housed in the university’s research division.
YLI has developed and delivered hundreds of programs through partnerships with public and private organizations and operates six sites that serve over 25,000 individuals of all ages every year.
Lance leads a team of 300 staff and his leadership has helped secure and maintain some of the organization’s most significant partnerships including several multi-million-dollar research projects with state agency partners.
Lance holds degrees in Business Management (B.S.) and Youth Development Leadership (M.S).
He serves on the Board of Directors for the Autism Academy of South Carolina and the DSS State Advisory Board.
Recently, he recently coauthored the book Transforming Stress for Teens.
Kimberly Nolan is an Assistant Teaching Professor in the Graduate Education programs, including the Doctor of Education program.
Dr.
Nolan teaches doctoral courses such as “Introduction to Doctoral Studies,” “Student Engagement,” and “Research Methodology,” and she advises doctoral students through their dissertation.
She also serves on the adjunct faculty of Lyndon State College in Vermont, and is the coordinator of academic services at the Community College of Vermont.
Dr.
Nolan has two manuscripts currently under review: “Online advising—What works?” in League for Innovation in the Community College and “Does suspension deter disruptive behavior?” in Principal Leadership.
Previously, Dr.
Nolan was a teacher and teaching principal at LEARN (Lyndon Educational Alternative Resource Network); an assistant principal at Kennett High School in Conway, New Hampshire; the dean of students at St.
Johnsbury School in Vermont; and a science teacher in the New York City Public Schools.
Founded in 1898, Northeastern is a global research university and the recognized leader in experience-driven lifelong learning. Our world-renowned experiential approach empowers our students, faculty, alumni, and partners to create impact far beyond the confines of discipline, degree, and campus.
Our locations—in Boston; Charlotte, North Carolina; London; Portland, Maine; San Francisco; Seattle; Silicon Valley; Toronto; Vancouver; and the Massachusetts communities of Burlington and Nahant—are nodes in our growing global university system. Through this network, we expand opportunities for flexible, student-centered learning and collaborative, solutions-focused research.
Northeastern’s comprehensive array of undergraduate and graduate programs— in a variety of on-campus and online formats—lead to degrees through the doctorate in nine colleges and schools. Among these, we offer more than 195 multi-discipline majors and degrees designed to prepare students for purposeful lives and careers.
Founded in 1898, Northeastern is a global research university and the recognized leader in experience-driven lifelong learning. Our world-renowned experiential approach empowers our students, faculty, alumni, and partners to create impact far beyond the confines of discipline, degree, and campus.
Our locations—in Boston; Charlotte, North Carolina; London; Portland, Maine; San Francisco; Seattle; Silicon Valley; Toronto; Vancouver; and the Massachusetts communities of Burlington and Nahant—are nodes in our growing global university system. Through this network, we expand opportunities for flexible, student-centered learning and collaborative, solutions-focused research.
Northeastern’s comprehensive array of undergraduate and graduate programs— in a variety of on-campus and online formats—lead to degrees through the doctorate in nine colleges and schools. Among these, we offer more than 195 multi-discipline majors and degrees designed to prepare students for purposeful lives and careers.