Operation R.E.A.D.

Operation R.E.A.D. is a motivational program designed to inspire low achieving students, specifically African-American students and students from low socio-economic backgrounds, to reach their full potential. With an extrinsic motivational approach provided for students who are from a challenged environment, where the ability to focus and manage distractions are easily compromised, this innovative program will redirect their way of thinking and intrinsically transform each student to want to learn and want to become high achievers. This program is exceptional because the majority of the educational programs in place today are geared towards improving teaching strategies and giving the students better tools; e.g., new computers, new text books, new curricula, new school buildings, etc. These programs without a shadow of a doubt are good, necessary and valuable. However, very few of these programs change the culture and are geared towards helping send students to the classrooms motivated to learn. If we combine these programs that are in place, coupled with the student readiness Operation R.E.A.D. will provide, then student achievement will soar.

The need for this innovative, very unique and life changing program is because students are missing the link between merely being present and fully academically engaged. Putting It Together Training, LLC believes that the missing link is student motivation. A large number of students in persistently low performing schools, specifically African-American students and students from low social economic levels are not motivated. They are not focused in class, not doing their work, not listening to the instructors, not behaving appropriately, and doing other negative things…all of which are causing low student achievement. This lack of motivation on the part of students are causing them not to be successful and ultimately resulting in the school(s) not having a high CCPRI score.