Fostering Opportunities Program Manual: Middle and High School Version. Report No. 105A

Autor/inn/en	Clemens, Elysia V.; Sheesley, Alison P.
Institution	University of Denver, Colorado Evaluation and Action Lab
Titel	Fostering Opportunities Program Manual: Middle and High School Version. Report No. 105A
Quelle	(2019), (122 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Leitfaden; Middle School Students; High School Students; Foster Care; Graduation Rate; Program Development; Program Implementation; Elementary Secondary Education; Educational Legislation; Federal Legislation; Social Capital; Child Welfare; Student Placement; Alignment (Education); Coordinators; Specialists; Caregiver Role; Parent Role; Advocacy; Mentors; Interviews; Motivation Techniques; Trauma; Student Empowerment; Eligibility; Caseworker Approach; Best Practices; Colorado + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Middle school; Middle schools; Student; Students; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Schüler; Schülerin; High school; High schools; Oberschule; Studentin; Pflegehilfe; Programmplanung; Bildungsrecht; Schulgesetz; Bundesrecht; Sozialkapital; Kindeswohl; Schülerpraktikum; Koordinator; Parental role; Elternrolle; Sozialanwaltschaft; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Motivationsförderung; Studienberechtigung; Eignung
Abstract	Fostering Opportunities is an innovative student engagement program for middle school and high school students who have experienced foster care. The goal of the program is to help youth who have experienced foster care be successful in school and ultimately earn a high school credential. Fostering Opportunities was developed because of the clear need to improve high school graduation rates for students in foster care. The percentage of youth in foster care who graduate with their class varies throughout the nation, but typically ranges from 23% to 63%. With the goal of supporting the unique population of students in foster care, Fostering Opportunities was conceptualized, developed, and piloted in Jefferson County, Colorado, a geographically diverse, 890-square-mile area. Although Jefferson County was an early adopter of implementing the foster care educational stability provisions in the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), the majority of foster students in the area still change schools with each foster care placement because the commute time to remain in their schools of origin is too long. With its highly mobile student population, Jefferson County provided an ideal setting to develop the Fostering Opportunities program in alignment with ESSA, starting with a pilot program in 2015 that served elementary students. Then, beginning in 2018, lessons learned from the elementary pilot informed and shaped the development of the current pilot program that serves middle and high school students. [The development of the Fostering Opportunities Program Manual was funded by the Community First Foundation.] (As Provided).
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01