Be More Excellent U Takes the Stress out of Succeeding in School & Life
Interactive, Virtual Learning that Produces Authentic Results Proven to Give your Child the Skills and Confidence to Get Organized, Self-Advocate, and Succeed in School & Life.
What are Executive Function Skills?
Harvard University's Center on the Developing Child reports that "Executive function and self-regulation skills are the mental processes that enable us to plan, focus attention, remember instructions, and juggle multiple tasks successfully. Just as an air traffic control system at a busy airport safely manages the arrivals and departures of many aircraft on multiple runways, the brain needs this skill set to filter distractions, prioritize tasks, set and achieve goals, and control impulses."
Relevant. Rigorous. Real-World Learning.
Be More Excellent U Scholars Executive Function Seminar is based upon the pedagogy of real-world learning. Students who participate in our seminars produce relevant, meaningful artifacts, and our process strategically activates and strengthens the executive function skills we teach them in a real-world context.
BEMU scholars quickly learn that they have to produce quality work that will be immediately used in a real-world context and that their most valuable “grade” is the feedback that they receive from the professionals with whom they communicate outside of the classroom. Since we are striving to create a student culture of excellence, students are given multiple opportunities to reflect upon and revise their work. We embrace a learning cycle whereby students have an opportunity to safely fail, receive constant feedback, and more opportunities to succeed through the resubmission of their work. Ultimately, this pedagogy accelerates the learning cycle and the development of executive function skills for students.
At the end of the program, students present everything they learned in the seminar to their peers, teachers, family, and friends in a Final Exhibition.
Inevitably, school leaders, parents, and guests are amazed by how much their students produced in such a short period of time. Our surveys show that parents' number one response is that their child's confidence has dramatically increased.
Schedule a Strategy Session with The Barlows to make this exceptional opportunity available to the students you serve.
*BEMU Executive Function Skills and Success Strategies Seminar meets the PA Future Ready Index's College and Career Readiness Measures Requirements.
What do students get out of the BEMU Executive Function Skills & Success Strategies Seminars?
Be More Excellent U Scholars (BEMU) comprehensive, virtual seminars guide your 8th-12th graders through processes that enable them to produce authentic work such as 90-day plans, professional letters, final exhibition slide decks, fundraising, public speaking experience, establishing personal 529 College Savings Plans, and more. The work they do strengthens their Executive Function Skills and immediately gives them the clarity and confidence they need to get much more organized, self-advocate, and succeed in school and life.
Over $2500 in cash, prizes, and recognitions are awarded to Winning Scholars for their Final Exhibitions. All students earn a Certificate of Completion BEMU wristband, and a signed copy of the co-founder's best-selling book, Don't Be Scared. Live on Purpose!
All students receive a custom BEMU email address. All classes are virtual and are administered via Google Classroom at a time that best serves your scholars.
100% Virtual Learning
Your children will learn from the comfort and safety of your home/school, avoid excessive gaming and screen time, and benefit from faculty who have over 40 years of combined experience as leaders in education.
100% Fun & Interactive
Be More Excellent U Alumni say that our seminars are engaging, challenging, meaningful, and fun.
100% Proven
Success
Like the thousands of students we have served since 2001, your students will have a
SIGNIFICANT head start on their peers who are entering high school!
“After participating in Be More Excellent U, I view the world through a new lens . . . thank you so much. You guys have no idea of what a big change you amazing teachers have made in my life. If you were My seventh-grade teachers this year, I would love to go to school.”
Victoria R.
7th grade student
Scholar Exhibition Winner
1st Place
“Learning about the Executive Function Skills of flexibility and emotional control really helped me see that I can control my emotions. That really helped me!”
Lonell L.
6th grade student
“Because of Be More Excellent U, I have a better mindset so I can make better choices.”
Aniyah W.
8th grade student
Scholar Exhibition Winner
1st Place
“This was the first time that teachers taught me something that was going to help me.”
Jianna J.
8th grade student
“I learned how to manage my time.”
Anonymous
8th grade student
“I was concerned that I wouldn’t be able to adapt and that I might get off to a bad start with my teachers.”
Anonymous
8th grade student
“Thank you for what you are doing for young people. I wish this program was available when I started high school.”
Parent
of an 8th grade student
“Be More Excellent U helps build students' confidence so that they can navigate the high school process.”
Parent
of an 8th grade student
“The Barlows held the students accountable for their work. They are respectful and passionate about the information shared.”
Parent
of an 8th grade student
“The Barlows were nothing short of supportive coaches, leaders, and sources of light during this experience. Anytime I had questions they were immediately available and always kept me up to date on my child's progress.”
Parent
of an 8th grade student
“ I noticed a difference in my scholar. She is more assertive and has already begun to be a more critical thinker. Her study habits have also increased significantly.”
Parent
of an 8th grade student
“Be More Excellent U has helped my son to acknowledge his thoughts and fears about entering high school. The seminar provided him with the skills he needed to address and ease his fears.”
Parent
of an 8th grade student
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