Who are CCR Advisors?
First-generation college students rely on numerous mentors on their pathways to college. In a recent survey we conducted, most cited teachers, coaches, community members and others as critical sounding boards.
Guidance counselors are rarely mentioned—because they’re frequently too overwhelmed to focus on students in a position to pursue a college degree.
That’s where you come in. A CCR Advisor™️ can be anyone who is passionate about a student’s success. Our training and tools empower you to support our students as they address challenges such as admission requirements, financial aid applications, and ways of paying for college.
How Training Works
The course starts with a live 30-minute opening session that provides examples of how corporations are helping underserved students become college and career ready, while strengthening their own future workforce pipeline. Following session one, participants engage in two pre-recorded 30-minute lessons that provide specific strategies to support students and to build a culture that is diverse and inclusive while meeting bottomline goals.
The 30-minute live closing brings it all together and melds what participants learn into a plan to not only help students but also prepare their corporation for the future. Newly minted CCR Advisors leave with case studies, planning tools and other resources to meet ongoing challenges.
Participants who complete the training receive a certificate from the University of Vermont. While the CCR Advisor training costs $1,500 per person, it’s free for CFES partners.
CCR in the Media
June 2023
CFES President and CEO Rick Dalton Presented with Colgate University’s Alumni Corporation Humanitarian Award
CFES Brilliant Pathways President and CEO Rick Dalton ‘71 received the 2023 Alumni Corporation Humanitarian Award during Colgate’s Alumni Weekend on June 3-4 for his leadership of the nonprofit he founded in 1991 that has helped over 100,000 underserved youth become college and career ready. Established [...]
May 2023
Area Students Learn About Mentoring, College Readiness
The following was originally published in The Daily Star. By Vicky Klukkert Students from 12 schools in Otsego and Herkimer counties learned about mentoring and the path to college during a workshop at the Otesaga Resort Hotel Wednesday, May 17. The districts — Cherry Valley-Springfield, Cooperstown, [...]
CFES Alumnus, Google Executive Featured in Harlem Community News
Check out the full article here (pg. 15) on Wadleigh grad Tony Boyle about his college and career pathway to success.
April 2023
10th Graders Get STEM Career Tours Through CCC, Local Manufacturer Partnership
The following was originally published in the Sun Community News. PLATTSBURGH | More than 100 10th-grade students from five area schools embarked on an eye-opening field trip April 18 as they toured local manufacturers and explored the Institute for Advanced Manufacturing (IAM) and Clinton Community College [...]