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Thursday, March 25th, 2010
Coming up for air and admiring the new class we have starting today. All our of 1 week and 4 week members are bright, responsible and have a combined field experience of 7 ½ years in the Private Service Industry. We are truly lucky to have them on board. The 8 week class for those folks out there with 5 or less years of experience is starting on April 5th! If you are interested in attending this course, it is NOT too late to submit an application J
Warmly,
Ms. Kristin Parks
Tags: household, Management, private, service
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Wednesday, November 4th, 2009
We here at Starkey are grateful for wonderful friendships we have with our students and clients. We are truly lucky to be a part of your lives! Starkey is excited to dive into the new year to continue to nurture new and existing relationships. Our next round of classes start on January 4th, 2010 and January 11th, 2010. We have a large variety of classes being offered…a little something for every experience level. If you are a Starkey Graduate, Client, or potential student, please check out our 2010 schedule. It promises to be a fruitful year!
Donald Jardine
Chief Operating Officer
Starkey International
Tags: 2010, butler, chef, Education, Estate Manager, expertise, fall, Household Manager, maid, Management, Nanny, personal assistant, Private Service, profession, service, Starkey, Starkey International, Starkey International Institute, Thanksgiving
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Tuesday, October 20th, 2009
Halloween is just around the corner, the weather is cooling down, and Starkey International is getting prepared for the 2010 course schedule. We are pleased to announce that we will be offering an additional 4 week course starting January 4th, 2010. Please sign up quickly as interest has been high by potential students! Seats are filling up fast.
Donald Jardine
Chief Operating Officer
2010 Schedule of Course Offerings
(All Courses offered in Denver, Colorado unless specified)
Certified Household Management Program
Eight -Week
January 11 – March 5, 2010 (Class 109)
April 26 – June 18, 2010 (Class 111)
August 9 – October 1, 2010 (Class 113)
Certified Manager’s Program
Four –Week
January 4 – January 29, 2010 (Class 108)
March 22 – April 16, 2010 (Class 110)
July 5 – July 30, 2010 (Class 112)
October 11 – November 5, 2010 (Class 114)
October 18 – November 12, 2010 (Washington, DC) (Class 115)
Restoring the Art
Continuing Education Conference
Denver, CO
March 18-20, 2010
Certified Service Management System
One-Week
January 4 – 8, 2010
January 11 – 15, 2010
March 8 – 12, 2010 (Las Vegas)
March 22 - 26, 2010
April 26 - 30, 2010
June 21 - 25, 2010 (New York City)
July 5 – 9, 2010
August 9 – 13, 2010 (Denver)
August 9 – 13, 2010 (Los Angeles)
October 11 – 15, 2010
October 18 - 22, 2010 (Washington, DC)
Tags: 2010, Admissions, class schedule, colorado, Courses, denver, Education, Estate Management, expertise, household management, Mary Starkey, offerings, Private Service, profession, programs, Starkey, Starkey International, training
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Monday, October 5th, 2009
This new economy has created many new challenges for all people – businesses, working people, and students alike. Many of the traditional lending sources have limited access to funding once easily obtained. Sallie Mae Financial, a traditional education lending source, cut 3,000 Private Career Schools from their programs in the Spring 2009. The majority of which were in good standing but had a smaller population than the larger state or community colleges.
Starkey International Institute has taken the lead and has been seeking alternate sources of financing for students desiring to attend one of our premier courses in Certified Household Management. Keep in mind that home equity loans, personal lines of credit and your stock portfolio are still excellent cash resources already at your disposal.
In addition, Starkey has setup a relationship with American General Financial Services in Denver, Colorado for those who would qualify for a personal loan. A down payment will be required and the interest rate starts at 17%. You would apply directly with the lender and they can send your tuition funds directly to Starkey International.
Additionally, it used to be that only persons who have an employer sponsor, a family member or an association with a Credit Union could seek membership with a credit union. This is no longer the case. Many credit unions across the country are now allowing membership with a small contribution (many times $5) to a sponsored organization which is deposited into a savings account you own. You may apply online for loans at very reasonable interest rates – some as low as 10%. If approved you will need to visit the credit union to sign signature cards and receive your loan funds to deliver to Starkey International.
These are just a few of the additional resources that Starkey has been able to identify for potential students to access. As we discover other resources we will be sure to notify you. If you find a resource we would love hearing from you too.
As our world and economy changes, your education is more important than ever. We at Starkey International look forward to speaking with you soon.
Tags: academic, butler, career, chef, colorado, denver, economy, Education, Estate Manager, finances, Financial Aid, financing, Household Manager, maid, Mary Louise Starkey, Private Service, professional, Starkey, Starkey International, Tuition
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Monday, August 24th, 2009
5 weeks to go! The countdown has begun and we are thrilled, energized, and optimistic about the future here at Starkey International Institute. Our classes our filling up quickly, both in Denver and Washington DC. If you have ever thought about starting a new career as a Certified Household Manager, there is no better time than right now to come on board! We have clients who are actively searching our Starkey Graduate database to choose the right graduate for their home! Our clients choose us because Starkey International Institute delivers ‘service as an expertise’.
Donald Jardine
Starkey International Institute
Chief Operating Officer
Tags: academic, Admissions, butler, Certification, chef, colorado, denver, donald jardine, Education, Estate Manager, expertise, graduate, Household Manager, maid, Mary Starkey, Placement, private, profession, professional, service, Starkey, Starkey International, Starkey International Institute, washington DC
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Tuesday, August 11th, 2009
It has been very busy in admissions since the CostCo Connection article was published. Our phones are very busy with new students requesting admissions to our four and eight week Household Management Certification Programs both in Denver and at our Washington, DC location. We are very excited to receive our new students, here and abroad. I hope you have a great summer!
Call or email me directly, anytime you have questions about our spectacular programs at 1-800-888-4904 at Starkey or 303-994-7407 on my cell.
I look forward to the opportunity to be of service.
Donald Jardine
Director of Operations
Starkey International
Tags: academic, Admissions, Articles, butler, chef, colorado, costco, dc, denver, donald jardine, Education, enlisted aide, estate, Jobs, maid, Manager, Mansion, media, military, Nanny, Placement, press, private, professional, property, school, service, Starkey, Starkey International, washington
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Monday, August 10th, 2009
Classy Class
Starkey International teaches
service with style
By Doug McPherson
The Costco Connection
Published August 2009
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It may be the classiest school on the planet— a 13,000-square-foot, 108-year-old Victorian mansion nestled in the shadows of Denver’s skyline, a kind of ultra-elegant laboratory for its students: future butlers (the more modern term is “household managers”).
Graduates will be lighting cigars (hold the flame an eighth of an inch from the end to ensure an even start) and polishing Rolls-Royces (be gentle and don’t leave swirls) for their employers—that richest 1 percent you hear about in election years.
Harvard’s got nothing on this place. It’s called Starkey International Institute for Household Management, and its headmistress and founder, Mary Louise Starkey, is just as chic as this school she started back in 1990. (And she prefers to be called Mrs. Starkey, not Mary.)
“This is all about growing service into a
true profession,” she explains, sitting on a traditional English-style formal sofa in the mansion’s
front room, just steps outside her office.
Mrs. Starkey is made for the job. She grew up in South Dakota with wealth. “My father had old-guard service staff. It was beautiful to see and to have in our lives,” she says. One of her most poignant memories is, at age 7, watching her father’s driver, Walter, polish a family automobile. “He did it with
such great love,” she recalls. “I can see it in my mind now.”
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Service with a smile: Future butlers practice the protocol of formal dining.
Mrs. Starkey could have lounged in a life of leisure. Not a chance. “I walked away from a lot of money,” she states, “but I wanted to return to my roots on my own terms.”
After college she landed a job with Goodwill Industries in Denver, finding jobs for the developmentally disabled. But one day a friend asked her to help fix up her house, and the idea of starting her own housecleaning and cooking business hit. “I put an ad in The Denver Post,” she says. “In three months I had 100 clients.” That was in 1981.
As business grew, Mrs. Starkey became more interested in training her employees in the proper ways to serve clients, so she converted her business to a school. Some of these clients hired her first graduates. She also tapped advertising and publicity to find new clients. So far she’s sent 1,200 students
to the world’s most extravagant estates.
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Mrs. Mary Louise Starkey
She says she’s particularly proud of turning their salaries around from $30 a week to $70,000 to $200,000 a year.
Yes, you read that correctly. The average starting salary runs $60,000 to $80,000. But students have to invest about $16,000 for the eight weeks of training.
The classroom in the mansion’s lower level (not far from the wine cellar) looks surprisingly like, well, a classroom: three rows of tables with laptop computers (Mrs. Starkey has patented her own software that identifies, organizes and prioritizes service expectations), and up front a white board next to a TV and DVD player. The walls are covered
with scraps of large easel-board papers; one has a layout of a large home that’s separated into “cleaning zones.” Think home economics on steroids.
Classes cover food preparation, housekeeping,
cleaning, property maintenance, transportation arranging, safety and property protection, event coordination, vendor management, service standards, clothing and personal care skills, wine, human resources communications and more.
Clearly the real learning happens in other parts of the mansion, especially the kitchen and dining room, where the students learn the details of running a formal dining table: “It’s an old art form intrinsic to the family and family entertaining,” Mrs.
Starkey says. “It’s about etiquette, manners and graciousness”—three words that sum up Starkey International.
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Mrs. Starkey pauses and ponders a question: Has the world lost the meaning of service? “Yes. Wherever we go, we educate about service. Service is meeting a specific expectation, and it requires both a giver and a receiver for service to actually take place.”
An elegant toast to both.
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Doug McPherson is a freelance writer in Centennial, Colorado, who admits he’s never had a butler but bets his wife would love one.
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Member Profile
Company name: Starkey International Institute for Household Management
Owner: Mary Louise Starkey
Address: 1350 Logan St. Denver, CO 80203
Phone: 1-800-888-4904
Web site: www.starkeyintl.com
Motto: “Service as an expertise”
Comments about Costco: “We love the
quality of the local meat selection,” says William Althoff, private service training instructor for Starkey International and a past aide to former Vice President Al Gore. “I love the microfiber rags,” says
Debra Bullock, a certified household manager at Starkey.
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Monday, August 3rd, 2009
Thank you to all of our Veterans! Many of you shared the Military Stars Event at the Embassy Suites Hotel on July 30th, 2009 with Starkey International Institute. Ms. Stimson, Mr. Althoff, and myself hope you enjoyed the Employer Panel and stopping by the Starkey booth. Good luck on your civilian workforce transition! If I can be of any assistance, please contact me at your convenience on my cell phone 303-994-7407. I look forward to the opportunity to be of service.
Mr. Donald Jardine
Chief Operating Officer
Starkey International Institute
djardine@starkeyintl.com
Tags: Admissions, Civilian, Education, Enlisted Aides, Estate Manager, First Lady of Service, household management, Jobs, Mary Louise Starkey, Mary Starkey, Mary_Starkey, military stars, Starkey, Starkey International, veterans
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Wednesday, March 11th, 2009
Looking for Tuition Dollars? Scared about the economy? We here at Starkey are here to help. We have secured some private lending institutions who are familiar with Starkey’s reputation in the industry and were excited for an opportunity to assist our students. Also with the new year comes the new MGIB and its benefits for our military students. As always we continue to work with Vocational Rehabilitation. Looking for scholarships or grants…..check out www.scholarships.com. Once your profile is established, Scholarships.com will email you on a weekly basis on scholarships available to you, deadlines for applications, and the amount of funding provided.
It is important for every student to exhaust every resource available to each of you. For any help on the resources available to you, please contact the Admissions Department at 303.832.5510 or 303.994.7407
Tags: Admissions, Financial Aid, grants, MGIB, Military Students, scholarships, Student Aid, Tuition
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