The Needs Assessment Of High School Students

This is why parental involvement is important. Teens need someone to show them the societal benefits of education rather than the pointless math equations that teens typically associate with education. Teenagers in low socioeconomic areas are more subjective to academic failure. In some situations, parents cannot help the fact that they are undersupplying their children with the necessary tools to be successful students. In many instances, parents from low socioeconomic areas are less likely to purchase reading and learning materials for their children

Mentoring has arguments both for and against its effectiveness in relation to at-risk youth. These programs have been known to help in areas of self-esteem, attitudes toward drugs and alcohol, grades, attendance and disciplinary problems in school. Although, the scope of at-risk youth can be quite narrow, if administered correctly it can be inclusive of all teens with emotional and behavioral problems. These programs should not be considered a quick fix to such a large problem, but it can be used as a means to an end.

In urban priority school districts, educators emphasize the importance of graduation. The expectation of all educators should be that every child can learn and will graduate. It is through graduation that society begins to combat poverty. In New Haven Public Schools, where graduation rates are higher than comparable districts in the state of Connecticut, they are not inclusive of all public school students. It is through collaboration with the University of Chicago and the Consortium on School Research that freshman on-track indicators have been defined and implemented in one high school in the city. It is the purpose of this study to determine the effectiveness of the use of early warning indicators to increase the high school graduation

“In urban areas, dropout rates among minority and low-income students can reach 50 percent, with rates being highest for African-American and Latino males” (Bernstein-Yamashiro and Noam, 18). In a survey by the Civic Enterprises, 41 percent of dropouts reported that he or she had an adult to talk to about personal problems, 62 percent said they want to see schools do more to help, and 47 percent said schools contacted them after dropping out (Bernstein-Yamashiro and Noam, 18). The academic outcomes from student/teacher

For low-income students and minorities, their upbringing and their current socioeconomic status can and will factor into their perseverance and motivation due to the structural barriers they possess. Students’ of low-income families often come from working class homes who help their child to understand what their unavailability to balance work and go to school might be. Often times for minority and low-income students’ they reach an age (often times being the age of 18) in which they have to decide which path they will decide to take, take on work and go to school often times to support the family, or work full-time with the possibility of “growing within their work” with the basic knowledge they acquire once they graduate high school (assuming they do). The Los Angeles Youth is subdivided between the rich and the

A mentoring program has been coordinated by Millie DiStefano and high school students to mentor elementary school students each day for 30

The Lincoln County Needs Assessment quoted a recently released national research report that indicated mentoring is one of the keys to academic achievement and keeping students in school and on track. This new research reinforced the growing body of evidence that mentoring is also a critical asset in helping America’s disconnected young people to persevere and find pathways to meaningful and productive lives. (America’s Promise Alliance, Civic Enterprises and Peter D. Hart Research Associates, 2012). In the Executive Director’s View section (#3) of the 2014 Lincoln County Needs Assessment, when asked the question “Is there another provider or program you can think of that would enhance the effectiveness of our local system of the care?”, the reply was “Expanding the therapeutic mentoring program based on its effectiveness in reaching kids with varying degrees of mental health needs and the ability for mentors to get

Tim saw this and became inspired to become a mentor with the Helping Services For Northeast Iowa. In order to be a mentor “The ability and willingness to value the mentee as a person; Develop mutual trust and respect; Maintain confidentiality; Listen both to what is being said and how it is being said; Help the mentee solve his or her problems, rather than give directions; Focus on the mentee’s development and resist the urge to produce a clone.” (University of Washington). Since the start of the Youth Mentoring Services in Northeast Iowa, 1,137 youth have been connected to a role model (“Youth Mentoring Services”). Kids who are mentored have ”significantly more confident in their academic abilities and considerably less likely to display behavioral problems.”(Centre for Addiction and Mental Health). Through the mentoring experience, Tim has learned that the best part is guiding some fun into a child's life while educating them (Egemo). Tim has helped a few children become better human beings through this mentoring

While studies have shown there’s a correlation between socioeconomic status and low achievement for African American Teens. There are valuable resources that can be used to help improve Urban Education including mentoring programs, after school programs, peer-to-peer activities, skill building & career development, and cultural activities.

1. Growing up I experience, and saw the struggle that my siblings and classmates faced in our community. In a community where resources were scarce and inadequate guidance was provided, pursuing higher education became a challenge. Four out of eight children in my family, including myself, were able to earn a high school diploma. The other four dropped out of high school due to a combination of language barrier and gang affiliation. My research papers sought to examine the reason why so many at risk youth end up dropping out of high school.

Research suggests that mentoring has the potential to be a powerful and effective mechanism for success within African American males (Woodland, 2008; Bandy & Moore, 2011). Supportive adult-child relationships are critical to the social and emotional development of children. Children who have these relationships tend to demonstrate more confidence, experience a greater sense of security, have higher grades, and for African American youth in particular, mentoring has also been associated with higher rates of college attendance (Suarez-Orozco, Pimentel, & Martin, 2009; Woodland, 2008). Additionally, research also supports fostering partnerships between the communities and schools, and connections between youth programs and families as promising practices for serving African American males (Bandy & Moore,

Although school based mentoring is more cost efficient over community based programs, involving less frequent support for mentor-mentee matches and shorter assessment processes, they may block some capacity of the organization to develop solid, long term school-based matches. In contrast to MODEL, BBBS youth are referred only through their parents, and mentors meet with youth only about two to four times a month to play the role of friend and guidance provider. MODEL believes a one-on-one relationship needs to connect more consistently than a few times a month and should be more actively involved in their academic life. A mentor that meets their mentee at least a couple times a week can have a greater impact and connection they develop. MODEL hopes to do more than meet the basic needs of youth development. It hopes to promote more guidance and support in all areas of a young person’s life in order to help them reach their

Persuasive essay: Female athletes should be permitted play with males or on a male's sport team. Female students being able to take part in playing a sport with males is important because equality is becoming more prominent in today's society. My contention is that coed sports promote a kind environment where everyone has a chance to participate and teaches children and young adults about gender equality. According to Laura Pappano coauthor of “Playing with Boys: Why Separate is not Equal.” She says that “Constructing a team based on skill level will show the misbelief in male athletes and teams being superior.”

A high school diploma should be a very important accomplishment to our life. More of the poorest neighborhood have the lowest amount of graduation from high school and the majority is African American and Latinos young men that likely drop out school when they are struggling with the lowest grade and feel that they couldn't make it and the result of this is no getting a diploma. In the article “Stop Holding Us Back” by Robert Balfanz. He refers how like more of one-third of African American and Latinos don’t graduate. These problems must have to be fixed creating programs that capture their attention, assigning mentors to help student with his personal problems and creating special tutoring for the students.

While the educational difficulties of African American students from low-income households are well documented and widely discussed in a wide range of educational literature, far less attention has been paid to African-American student successes in school despite significant challenges such as poverty, housing instability, and food insecurity. A review of the literature and campus CIP and TAPR can help identify the protective factors and processes that facilitate academic success among African American (K-12) students placed at-risk of school failure. Educational adaptability, or the ability