Explanation
This ordinance authorizes the City Clerk to enter into a grant agreement with The Masters Preparatory Academy, a non profit entity, for the support of The Ubuntu Leadership Institute.
The Masters Preparatory Academy is an all-male, grade 7-12, boarding school. The mission of the school is resilience and forming personalized learning communities that provide a high quality, comprehensive, and relevant education for urban males by increasing their educational support and the social, emotional, and academic development of each student.
The Ubuntu Leadership Institute (ULI) is an intensive six-week educational, leadership, and workforce development program established through a partnership between Masters Preparatory Academy’s Ubuntu Program, and two significant resources at Ohio State University: The College of Education & Human Ecology and The Todd Bell National Resource Center on the African American Male. The main objective of the Institute is to offer 75-100 rising ninth, tenth, and eleventh grade African American young men from throughout Central Ohio, in collaboration with ADAMH, United Way Central Ohio, Columbus City Schools, The Ohio Collective, NAACP, and Columbus Recreation & Parks with an intensive, in-person/virtual hybrid summer experience. Programming is designed to immerse students in an environment that will enhance their leadership skills, character development, problem-solving, critical thinking, and equip them to become positive change agents for their communities and families.
The Ubuntu Leadership Institute provides students, their families, and communities access to practical but extremely high-level exposure with an educational experience that includes personal and professional development through the following:
- Self-Assessments & Emotional Intelligence
- Leadership, Mentorship, Motivation, and Relationship Building
- Communication, Negotiation, Problem Solving Skills
- Data, Research, and Continuous Improvement for Lean ...
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