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The Student Success Planning program from ThinkBuildLive Success is comprised of three books that can be used individually or together as a progressive program. ThinkBuildLive Success is a dynamic, scalable, skill-building program designed to reach even the most reluctant student.
Created with real-life challenges in mind, TBLS offers practical, workable strategies and relevant, immediately applicable tools and resources to promote students’ core life skills, get them career ready, and develop essential social emotional learning competencies.
The material is rich enough to be taught as a stand-alone class and flexible enough to be integrated into existing courses and offerings. We also offer comprehensive support materials including a Teaching Leader's Guide, Student Survival Guides customized by region, career readiness videos, and motivational posters.
Many student success programs currently on the market offer a one-size-fits-all formula for success. The TBLS program takes a non-didactic approach to self-improvement. The student is in the driver’s seat from the very first exercise. We feel that real, sustainable change only comes when students take an active role in their own learning and development - and that’s what TBLS facilitates - through a dynamic, exercise-driven process of self-discovery.
Instructors and Students share their stories about the TBLS Student Success Planning Program
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“In my 30+ years in proprietary education, we’ve always struggled with teaching the soft skills that are so vital to preparing our students to secure jobs and build successful careers. I’ve tried a variety of different life skills programs and ThinkBuildLive Success is the very best I’ve found.”
ThinkBuildLive Success is a dynamic, scalable, skill-building program designed to reach even the most reluctant student. Created with real-life challenges in mind, TBLS offers practical, workable strategies and relevant, immediately applicable tools and resources to promote students’ core life skills, and their career readiness, and develop essential social emotional learning competencies. Through engaging exercises, students enjoy learning about themselves, discovering unknown strengths, and building a plan of action for the life they want to live, all while becoming more focused, empowered, and assured of their ability to succeed.
Young adults need more than just academic skills to succeed in school and thrive in adulthood. Emotional intelligence (EQ) has proven to be at least as critical as IQ in determining our quality of life and sense of personal fulfillment. ThinkBuildLive Success gives students the tools they need to build a high EQ, helping them improve their school experience, transition effectively into the next phase of their lives--whether college or the workforce, navigate diverse social terrain, identify their strengths and areas for improvement, set realistic goals, and effectively manage even difficult relationships.
“ThinkBuildLive Success offers a unique blend of self-reflection, self-improvement, and self-empowerment tools to guide students through graduation and onto successful careers.”
Thousands of students have benefitted from the TBLS Student Success Planning Program - along with many educators. We've helped with student retention, job placement, and academic success at high schools, colleges, and youth-based organizations around the country.
People of all ages and abilities, and varied backgrounds and experiences, can benefit from the TBLS Student Success Planning program. The program teaches to each individual’s strengths, utilizing existing life skills to build a foundation for greater success in all areas of a student’s life.
Teachers who have integrated the TBLS Student Success Planning Program into their daily lessons note a positive change in students’ enthusiasm for tackling assignments and a shift toward a cooperative classroom atmosphere that's more conducive to learning. Administrators report increased student satisfaction, retention, career readiness, and improved job placement.
“ThinkBuildLive Success is one of the most inclusive and comprehensive programs I've found to build social, emotional, and core life skills. I highly recommend it to both educators and parents or anyone looking to give students the best chance to become more successful as adults."
Book One teaches key life skills such as organization, healthy eating, goal setting, effective study habits, stress reduction, money management, and self-motivation. These are crucial for students to succeed in school and beyond. These life skills help build competence, confidence, and direction, making transitions easier and increasing chances for success.
Book Two has a focus on social emotional learning. It helps students identify what is and isn't working for them, develop self-motivation and goal-setting skills, improve communication, choose a career path, and stay on track with a sustainable plan. It uses engaging activities and exercises to make lessons relevant to real life.
Book Three provides step-by-step instructions for finding and securing a job, creating a strong resume and cover letter, excelling in interviews, and succeeding in the workplace. Finding the right job can sometimes feel like treasure hunting without a map and securing the job once you find it can be a daunting task but Book Three will help make the process a smooth and productive one.
The Teaching Leader’s Guide is a training tool for High School, College, and University instructors facilitating the ThinkBuildLive Success program. It is also a great guide for new educators on teaching best practices. It emphasizes the importance of seeing teachers as leaders and offers tips, tools, and resources to support educators in their role. The Teaching Leader's Guide also gives teachers detailed lesson plans and quizzes to help make delivering the program as easy as possible.
“It greatly changes people. I’ve had students tell me if it was not for this program, I know I wouldn’t have gotten that job and that’s a tremendous thing to witness. Book 3 is like that invisible little person on your shoulder as you go through the process saying, ‘You can do it!'"
Elizabeth Kemler is a seasoned educator, curriculum designer, and performer, who is committed to helping people thrive, using a complementary suite of educational, social-emotional, and arts-based tools. Since 2000, Elizabeth has worked as an instructional designer and facilitator for the CONNECT communications program at the Cooper Union School of Engineering; Decker Communications, and MaxKnowledge, the leading employee training company for the career college sector.
In 2001, Elizabeth began working as the in-house presentation skills consultant and trainer for Information Builders, Inc., one of the country’s largest privately held software companies, where she developed innovative presentation workshops for Sales Staff and Engineers. Elizabeth holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Theater from Sarah Lawrence College, a Master's in Education Degree from Pace University, certifications as a Higher Education Professional (CHEP) and an EQ Educator, and continues to broaden and hone her skills through various professional development programs including the Prison Mindfulness Project and Mindful Schools Educator training.
Elizabeth has an extensive background in communications and performance, founding both theater companies and comedy groups in NYC, producing shows for public radio, and writing for educational and cultural organizations. She has founded and worked with a wide range of non-profit organizations, including Ecomix, Sing for Hope, Storahtelling, Cherub Improv, Community Access to the Arts, Earth Celebrations, Youthbuild, AMIKids, and 13 Hands Equine Rescue.
Elizabeth has also acted as the Director of Local Programming for Hope Sings, where she and founder Beth Blatt worked in partnership with nonprofit organizations to produce musical events like Songs for a Cause and recordings that raise awareness of critical social issues facing women and children both locally and around the world.
Growing up, I struggled with ADHD and Dyslexia, as well as a good dose of social anxiety, back when these things were seen more as weaknesses of character than actual, neurological conditions. Teachers were ever perplexed and frustrated by my seeming inability to ‘live up to my academic potential, while continually discounting my learning differences and social emotional challenges.
As a result, I came to believe that I simply lacked the skills necessary to succeed in life, a belief that took many years to debunk and tripped me up mightily along the way. My school experience inspired me though, to seek out and create real-world relevant, readily applicable tools for promoting student success for all types of learners, both in and outside of the classroom. The culmination of this quest was the development of the ThinkBuildLive Success series.
I am a big proponent of experiential, project-based, cooperative, and self-directed learning with a strong emphasis on social emotional support and development. I believe in doing all we can to help promote in students a sense of self and social awareness while encouraging creative, out-of-the-box engagement with subject matter.
I am also a big fan of service learning--particularly when it aligns with a student's area of interest. I believe in helping students leverage their existing strengths in support of new skill development by continually emphasizing what is working for them over what is not. The teachers I have found most inspiring over the years are those who know how to invite students into an active investigative process, engage their curiosity, and activate their strengths.
These teachers get to know their students in a way that allows them to discover and speak to each individual’s point of engagement. In other words, they meet the student where they are, while encouraging them to look beyond their perceived limitations.
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