M&SSuccess

Enterpris
e
A
pplication
for Tutorin
g Four
of Mississi
ppis Midd
le State
School Stu
dents

PRESENTED BY:
SHERMA EDWARDS
DEPM 622 9040
APRIL 26TH, 2014

AGENDA
0 Introduction and Purpose
0 Discuss participants and beneficiaries
0 Market Research
0 Stakeholders
0 Business Plan
0 Financial Plan
0 Conclusion and Questions

A New Educational
Venture
M&S-Success Enterprise
0 Not for profit organization
0 Seeks enrichment opportunities and rise in literacy levels
0 Serve as a high quality after school program
0 Blended learning environment
0 Improve both math and writing test scores
0 Positive impact on student attainment
0 Measure improvement(AYP- Adequate Yearly Progress)
0 Persistently low achieving test scores
0 Use of e-learning tutoring systems and technology
0 Although its a starting point its not the end!!

Whos Involved?
0 M&S-Success Enterprise
0 Four of Mississippis Middle State Schools will

be as part of the pilot program

0 High need public schools in this particular
state
0 K-12 (Ages 11 through 14)
0 Grades 6 to 8
0 21st Century Community Learning Center (21st
CCLC)

Market Research
0 Research shows there is a need for after school

programs in the State of Mississippi

0 264, 912 kids in Mississippi would participate in an
afterschool program if one were available to them
(57%)
0 130, 697 kids are on their own in the hours after
school in Mississippi (25%)
0 58, 029 kids in Mississippi participate in afterschool
programs
0 Competitors with the same concept as M&S-Success
Enterprise are very few and far between
0 One example: 21st Century Community Learning
Centers (21stCCLC)

Challenges
0 Implementing and introducing this new venture
0 Will there be enough students to participate?
0 Obtaining permission- public school regulations
0 Do students have access to technology outside of

this program? (school or at home)

0 Are they computer literate?
0 Will there be sufficient staff to sustain value?
0 NCLB-No Child Left Behind- Title 1
0 High population of poverty stricken homes
0 Funding

Stakeholders
0 Teachers and volunteers
0 Federal government
0 Students
0 Parents
0 Specified school district
0 Donators and Fundraisers (Investors)
0 Visiting Role Models

Strengths
0 M&S-Success Enterprise will add value to both the

community and family who are on a low income and

tight budgets
0 Students will be kept safe and engaged
0 Strengthen parent support
0 Effective use of technology, integrated with support
0 Invite visiting role model-fun day
0 Students opportunity to learn at own pace while
providing tutoring, homework assistance
0 Positive academic, stable and social environment
0 Additional funding

Funding Parameters
0 Initial grant through federal funding aligned

for afterschool program:

0 21st Century Grant
0 Dollar Grant Youth Literacy Grant
0 4-H Youth Development Program
0 State Farm Good Neighbor Citizen Grant
0 American Honda Foundation Grant

Financial Plan
Year

Funding

Initial Investment

-$746, 000

Source

Year 1
Income

$1000,000

Grants, federal etc.

Cost per year

-$473, 000

Computers,
computers, salary
etc.

Profit

$527,000

Conclusion &
Questions?

M&S-Success has covered all avenue and has a sound and strategic plan
place