For the Heroes: A Pep Talk From Kid President
WHAT WE DO
Education Development: Musical Mentoring Program, STEM (science,technology,enginnering & math) Mentoring Program, Testing Preparation, Grade specific Checklist Assessment, Prevention & Intervention Education
To assist twenty-five 10-17 year old adolescents in Dade County communities in educational and prevention coaching while in school.
Educational Objectives
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Participants will be tutored in class work assignments.
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Participants will be coached in EOG test preparation.
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Participants will be coached in SAT and Act test preparation.
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Participants will be coached in prevention education through life-skill programs.
Education Development
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Occupational Development
Occupational Development: Interviews, Resume & Job Assessment & Implementation
Program Goal Two – Occupational Development
To assist twenty-five 10-17 year old adolescents in Dade County communities in obtaining employment by January 2015
Job Training Objectives
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Participants will participate in mock interviews.
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Participants will be coached in preparing resumes.
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Participants will be set up with a job coach for a week.
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Post-Graduation Development: Higher Education Skills, Assessment & College/Trade School Tours
Program Goal Three – Post Graduate Development
To assist twenty-five 10-17 year old adolescents in Dade County in post graduation career choices upon graduation.
Post Graduation Career Choice objectives
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Students will learn about college requirements.
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Students will learn about trade school requirements.
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Students will participate in college tours.
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Students will participate in trade school tours.
Post- Graduation Development
Community Service
Family and Youth Gatherings, Community Outreach and Resource Services (home visits for program participants and mentee/family needs evaluation and intervention)
To ensure that all students enrolled in Motivational Mentor of America will receive 20 hours of community service with local community agencies throughout Dade County.
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Students will learn the importance of community services.
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Students will learn trust, cooperation, and citizenship.
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Students will learn about diversity and multiculturalism.
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Students will learn critical thinking and problem solving skills.
Program Evaluation
Youth Peer-to-Peer Mentoring Model - Peer Youth Mentors will mentor the Peer Youth Mentees. The Middle School students will mentor the Elementary School students, the High school students will mentor the Middle school students and the College students will mentor the high school students. According to literature review regardless of the age of the target population, peer programs have been designed to encourage attitudes, knowledge, behaviors and outcomes that the community considers desirable, to discourage attitudes, behaviors and outcomes that a community considers undesirable, or to accomplish some of each. [Shiner, 1999] The success of the program will depend on the outcomes of each of the individual core components of the program. It is imperative that evaluations be given and collected to show how effective the program is and what type of impact it has on the crime that has been plaguing urban communities.For the educational development portion of the program, evaluations will be determined on how each participant is doing in school.The post-graduate portion of the program will be evaluated on how many students who stayed in the program and graduated high school actually went off to college or trade school.
Strategy & Plan of Intervention
Strategy and Plan of Intervention
The program’s strategy and plan of intervention will be based on theory of Diffusion of Intervention and the Youth Mentoring Model. The diffusion of intervention theory utilizes five concepts that will aid in the success and development of the program’s goals. These concepts include:
Relative Advantage
Compatibility
Complexity
Trial ability
Observability