
Empowerment Model Bootcamp
EMPOWERMENT MODEL BOOTCAMP
This intensive modeling workshop focuses on building self-confidence and self-esteem through modeling. This unique camp provides a wonderful experience for all. Our goal is to utilize fashion as a vehicle to provide young men and women with the necessary tools to help build their confidence and self-esteem regardless of the career path they choose.
Empowerment Fashion Bootcamp Program Curriculum
-
First impressions
- Valuing oneself – Who am I? What we value?
- Objectives:
- By the end of the session, participants will:
- Remember what inspires them or makes them happy.
- Reflect on how they construct their identities and life plans and the importance of having a positive sense of self.
- Reflect on what is most important to them.
- By the end of the session, participants will:
- Objectives:
- Valuing oneself – Who am I? What we value?
-
Personal grooming, skin care and makeup
- Personal Grooming is essential to enhance our overall image. It helps us to feel confident, look sharp and establish a lasting first impression.
- Objectives:
- By the end of the session, participants will:
- Understand why personal grooming is important for everyone.
- Personal hygiene
- Skin care
- Hair care
- Makeup
- Understand why personal grooming is important for everyone.
- By the end of the session, participants will:
- Objectives:
- Personal Grooming is essential to enhance our overall image. It helps us to feel confident, look sharp and establish a lasting first impression.
- Nutrition and exercise
- An active lifestyle and exercise routine, along with eating well, is the best way to stay healthy
- Objectives:
- By the end of the session, participants will:
- Learn that eating a healthy balanced diet accompanied by regular exercise is essential in maintaining physical and mental health and well-being.
- Puberty and the body
- Discuss pressures related to physical appearance, the changes that occur during puberty, and how peers can help each other through puberty.
- Objectives:
- By the end of the session, participants will:
-
- Describe how cultural pressures related to appearance affect their self-esteem.
- Describe the physical and emotional changes that occur during puberty.
- Understand that these changes that occur during puberty are normal.
-
- By the end of the session, participants will:
- Objectives:
- Discuss pressures related to physical appearance, the changes that occur during puberty, and how peers can help each other through puberty.
- Modeling 101:
- Poise, posture and walk
- Objectives:
- By the end of the session, participants will:
- Learn the basic runway walks
- In depths look at correct poise and posture, walking and completing half and full turns with ease.
- learn how to combine attitude with rhythm and physical vocabulary.
- Enhance personal style through attitude.
- Learn how to dress depending on your figure and shape
- how to dress for success.
- By the end of the session, participants will:
- Objectives:
- Poise, posture and walk
- The art of conversation
- Communication skills:
- Learn about and practice behaviors that enhance communication.
- Objectives:
- By the end of the session, participants will:
- Learn that what one person says and the other person hears are sometimes different.
- Understand the need to be very clear in what one says.
- Increase their ability to formulate assertive responses.
- Be able to adopt behaviors that enhance communication.
- By the end of the session, participants will:
- Communication skills:
- Cell phone etiquette
- There are generalized rules that should be followed in regard to cell phone use.
- Objectives:
- By the end of the session, participants will:
-
- Learn general cell phone etiquette
- Etiquette for cell phones at school
- Etiquette for cell phones on dates
- Etiquette for cell phones at work
-
- By the end of the session, participants will:
- Table Manners/Dinning etiquette
- Table manners are the rules of etiquette used while eating, which may also include the use of utensils.
- Objective:
- By the end of the session, participants will:
- Learn how to set a basic, informal and formal place setting
- Top ten table manners
- Do’s and don’ts of table manners
- By the end of the session, participants will:
- Objective:
- Table manners are the rules of etiquette used while eating, which may also include the use of utensils.
- Bullying, fairness, and empathy
- Participants discuss the importance of treating people fairly and learn about bullying and what to do to prevent it.
- Objectives:
- By the end of the session, participants will:
- Understand the importance of fairness.
- Know what to do when they see bullying or are bullied
- Expand their capacity for empathy
- By the end of the session, participants will:
- Objectives:
- Participants discuss the importance of treating people fairly and learn about bullying and what to do to prevent it.
- Decision-making
- Participants learn basic steps for, and practice, making decisions
- Objectives:
- By the end of the session, participants will:
-
- Use the steps in BE A STAR model to make responsible choices and decisions.
- Reflect on decisions, actions, and personal accountability.
-
- By the end of the session, participants will:
- Objectives:
- Participants learn basic steps for, and practice, making decisions
- Goal setting
- Participants will think about their future, learn what goals are, and practice developing goals.
- Objectives:
- By the end of the session, participants will:
- Discuss their dreams for the future
- Define what a goal is
- Work on short-term goal setting
- Understand the importance of having someone help them achieve their goals
- By the end of the session, participants will:
- Objectives:
- Participants will think about their future, learn what goals are, and practice developing goals.
- Financial education
- Participants learn some basic savings principles and consider ways to reduce risky income.
- Objectives:
- By the end of the session, participants will:
- Learn the “Eight steps for savings”
- Determine their own savings priorities
- Discuss the risks and risk-reduction strategies of income cycles.
- By the end of the session, participants will:
- Objectives:
- Participants learn some basic savings principles and consider ways to reduce risky income.
- Negotiation and leadership:
- Participants learn that negotiation is a way of talking and working together with others to solve problems. Also, participants consider what makes an effective leader and how to avoid using negative leadership behaviors.
- Objectives:
- By the end of the session, participants will:
- Learn that by cooperating rather than competing with each other, both parties may reach their desired results, even in situations that seem competitive.
- Learn the difference between positions and interests and show the possibility of reaching a win-win solution.
- Identify the qualities of good and bad leadership, and think about how they would like to develop to become leaders
- By the end of the session, participants will:
- Objectives:
- Participants learn that negotiation is a way of talking and working together with others to solve problems. Also, participants consider what makes an effective leader and how to avoid using negative leadership behaviors.
- Social etiquette/Making the world a better place:
- Participants explore what they can do in their own lives to make the world a better place
- Objectives:
- By the end of the session, participants will:
-
- Feel supported by their peers
- Have increased motivation and confidence to change the world in which they live.
-
- By the end of the session, participants will:
- Objectives:
- Participants explore what they can do in their own lives to make the world a better place
Fees
*The monthly fee is based on summer vacation months; all holidays, vacations are tallied into the payment. There is no prorating monthly tuition due to absence of illness, school or vacation. Students will be allowed to make-up classes missed due to illness WITH PRIOR CONSENT FROM Sandra or Vernet. There will be no refunds of registration fees or monthly tuitions
**All classes are one hour long. (Dates and times TBD)
$75 Registration fee per student
MONTHLY TUITION- $120/month (1 CLASS A WEEK)
- $175/month (2 CLASSES A WEEK)
MONTHLY TUITION FOR STUDENTS ENROLLED IN AUTOMATIC WITHDRAWAL FROM CHECKING ACCOUNT
- $95/month (1 CLASS A WEEK)
- $150/month (2 CLASSES A WEEK)
**Minimum 10 students
- By the end of the session, participants will:
- Objectives:
- An active lifestyle and exercise routine, along with eating well, is the best way to stay healthy