SMARTER GOALS

SMART GOAL 1:

Youth are mentored by barbers on community resources available to them in family-centered barbershops to facilitate trust between youth and Barbershop U mentors. Mentors provide aid to youth in the form of active listening, personal hygiene, financial literacy, academic performance, interpersonal relationships, and self enhancement (sports, music, arts, industry, career development). 100% engagement by Barbershop U mentors is measured against barber, barbershop, and youth recruitment numbers. In addition, each Barbershop U mentor must attend an annual mentoring education session. This goal is worthwhile because Barbershop U focuses on serving communities in ways that are relevant and differentiate Barbershop U programming to that of other programs.

SMART GOAL 2: 

By 2023, recruit, orient, teach, and coach at least 10 Barbershop U mentors and 30 youth per annum, achieving an increase of 10% from each year thereafter. This goal is worthwhile because Barbershop U mentors help youth attain the goal of becoming contributing members of society. In doing so, mentoring provides youth the opportunity to actively participate in the socio-cultural, free enterprise, democratic society of western civilization. Supplementary mentoring and education includes, civic participation focusing on the importance of community service, voting, and communicating with local, state and/or national politicians to achieve educational, political, and financial parity in society.

SMART GOAL 3: 

By 2023, encourage community participation and support in Barbershop U programming by increasing stakeholders/partnerships/funding by 25%. The long-term effects of this goal is to increase capacity. Capacity is delineated/measured by target zones in the city and as a whole program. The intermediate goal is that within the targeted zones, structured mentoring programming formalizes Barbershop U’s purpose of reducing socio-cultural, financial, and education disparities. In this manner, youth have a trusted community access point for their mentoring needs. This goal is measured annually by March 30. 

Evaluate Program Goals

Program goals are measured and evaluated monthly and annually because of the programming metric accrual system needed for reporting. Activity programming is evaluated quarterly or per funding specifications. Likewise, Barbershop U mentors meet monthly, but no less than quarterly to align mission, vision, values, goals, ethos, and provide support/training/networking. Barbershop U mentors are required to attend an annual strategic planning session for training, to foster innovation, as well as obtaining updates regarding Barbershop U, and other relevant information to help mentors better serve youth, families, and communities.

Revise Program Goals as needed.

Barbershop University – Weekly Assessment

For more information contact co-program managers:

Tony Burdett at Well Groomed Barber Shop – 859-312-4442

Rev. Willis Polk at Imani Baptist Church – revwillispolk@gmail.com

Location: 470 E New Circle Rd #4, Lexington, KY 40505

Sponsoring Organizations:

Imani Baptist Church – https://www.imanimbc.org

Project Ricochet, Inc. – https://projectricochet.org/barbershopu/