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Ready-to-deliver content, facilitator guides, and materials
Customized courses, workshops, and seminars designed for your specific program needs
Content for live, virtual, synchronous, or asychronous delivery formats
Custom-designed courses for 6-week summer programs, in-school programs, and summer bridge programs
Interdisciplinary and project-based core academic courses
College and graduate-school essay-writing courses
Support with curriculum implementation and evaluation
One-on-one coaching and consultation
Staff training on facilitation and student engagement strategies
Academic Tutoring | Core Curriculum | College Entrance Exam Preparation | Completing College Applications | Financial Literacy | College Planning | Career Development | AI Literacy | Patriotic Education | Graduate Admissions
This curriculum collection equips educators to prepare students for every step of the college admissions process, from exploring college fit to submitting stand-out applications. Each topic includes a slide deck, facilitator guide, activities, and materials.
Build Your Best Fit College List
Application Game Plan
Show Off Your Strengths: Resumes and Activities Lists
Tackling College Essays
Get Money for College
This on-demand asynchronous or synchronous course guides students step-by-step through the personal statement essay writing process from brainstorming to prewriting, drafting, and revising.
"I would recommend this course because it gave me a lot of confidence for my personal statement. Before this course I didn't know how to start or how to pick the topic but now I understand I have a lot to tell about me."
"Without this course I know I would have been so lost and not know what to write or how to start."
Strengthen your program’s impact by streamlining curriculum planning and design, giving your staff more time and energy to focus on delivering high-quality direct services, engaging with students, and building meaningful relationships.
As a former TRIO professional and first-generation college graduate, I understand firsthand the challenges facing LIFG students and the professionals who serve them. Having co-authored 10 successfully funded TRIO grants, I also understand the regulatory and reporting demands programs face. I translate this experience into customized, objective-aligned solutions designed to support your program’s success.
I draw on expertise in educational psychology, culturally responsive teaching, Universal Design for Learning, and adult learning theory to create authentic learning experiences that are engaging, interactive, and outcome-driven.
"Monica’s curriculum development is without parallel. She takes the time to determine what students really need, and then delivers a unique curriculum that is culturally responsive and employs the tenets of universal design. Her curriculum always complies with TRIO regulations and takes tight budgets into account, but allows your students and project to achieve rigorous outcomes and objectives through creative, innovative, and meaningful learning experiences for diverse high school-aged youth and college students."
Ellen Houston, Executive Director First Generation Student Center