Presented at the After School Centers of Education Conference in San Antonio. I explain how E4 Youth invests "Cultural Capital" in traditionally unders served students by placing them with professional mentors based on their interests. These mentors help them build professionally portfolios and qualify intensive summer employment/training.

2. Economic Affluence
=
Educational Achievement
Unfortunate Fact:

3. Cultural Capital
sum of all one's knowledge and experiences that makes them more
likely to be successful at something than someone who has not had
those experiences.
French Sociologist - Pierre Bourdieu

4. Cultural Capital Investments
=
Closing the Gaps

5. E4 Youth Yearly Milestones

6. E4 Youth's specialized professional mentors help students put their
learning in context with their passions and aspirations.

7. Passion + Digital Storytelling
=
Context

8. Professional & Graduate Mentors to support teachers and work
collaboratively with students as they build portfolios.

9. Virtual Workspaces, On-line Portfolios

10. 2012 Portfolio Winners and Job Candidates

11. It Could Be U Academy
- portfolio development
- media production
- branded entertainment
- interactive tools/apps
Target Date: June 2012
5 Weeks Summer Employment

12. and more...
Guest Lecturers/Advisers

13. ICBU Academy students work with professional and peer mentors as
they prototype digital content and applications.

14. ICBU Academy students pitch their prototypes to a professional panel in
hopes of landing a year round part time job.

15. ICBU
Academy
Grads
ICBU Academy grads return to their respective schools as trained
advocates that become beacons for their peers.

16. Content Creation + Healthy Lifestyles
=
Sustainable & Measurable Change
E4 Youth promotes real change based on science and driven by technology.

17. 2012 Stats: 2013 Goals:
4 teachers 20 - 50 teachers
100 kids mentored 300 - 500 kids mentored
100+ kids on field trips/job shadowing 300+ kids on field trips/job shadowing
50+ professionally reviewed portfolios 2000+ professionally reviewed portfolios
20 portfolio winners/job candidates 100 - 150 portfolio winners/job candidates
E4 Youth's plan to scale is driven by teacher training and direct
mentoring. Each teacher works with 100 - 200 students each each year.

18. Engagement + Community
=
Organic Infrastructures

19. Cinema Du Cannes is a non-profit in which students at all three high
schools in Pflugerville ISD write, produce and market films for the
Cannes Film Festival in France.

20. e4youth.com
@e4youth
carl@e4youth.com
@carlsettles