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Snyder, Jon D.; Spindel, Ann Stacking the Odds: A National Directory of Exemplary Programs. Indiana Youth Inst., Indianapolis.
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Reference Materials Directories/Catalogs (132) MF01/PC09 Plus Postage. Adolescents; Career Counseling; *Directories; *Long Range Planning; Post High School Guidance; Program Descriptions; Program Development; Program Guides; *Pupil Personnel Services; School Counseling; School Counselors; Secondary Education; Secondary School Students; Student Needs
ABSTRACT
A recent study found that many students have dreams for the
future, but many of them are on paths that do not lead to that future. Many
institutions are already taking steps to close the gap between aspirations
and reality, and some of the programs that are working to stack the odds in
children's favor are profiled in this directory. Educational research
indicates that visits to successful programs motivates visitors by allowing them to see how the process works and by showing them the power of possibility. This directory is intended as a resource that individuals or institutions can refer to when looking for ways to help students and to
locate financial aid, counseling programs, and other information. The program
descriptions are designed to provide sufficient information to pique interest
and to encourage a site visit. The directory helps identify programs that may
support readers' needs. It is organized around the focus of project activities. Exemplary sites fall into four domains: (1) Pathways in schools; (2) Pathways into Postsecondary Institutions; (3) Pathways into work; and (4) Pathways to families and communities. Sites are also grouped into geographical clusters. Further information on mini-grants, such as the school
counselor project, is also provided. Appended is a partial list of
organizations listed by state who supported this work and continue to engage
in efforts to promote programs that enhance education and career options for
young people. (RJM)
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Stacking the Odds
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Meeting the Challenge
A National Directory of Exemplary Programs
Jon D. Snyder
Director of Teacher Education Graduate School of Education University of California, Santa Barbara
Ann Spindel
Educational Consultant Scarsdale Group
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Authors' Acknowledgments
First and foremost, we thank the people and programs whose labor and commitment are evident on every page of this document. Second, we received an incredible amount of information from the people and projects we have listed in the Resource Guide. The time and expertise they gave to us was indispensable to our work. We also gratefully acknowledge the researchers who traveled to the sites and provided us with the concrete information that allowed us to recommend these sites for visitations: Sally Cato, Leticia Fickel, Victor Geraci, Kyle Haver, Connie Ruff, Ann Sabatini, and Dolores Wisdom. We have also been blessed by wise and supportive counsel from Joseph Huse, Stephanie Hasbrouck, Joan Lipsitz, and Susie De Hart. As all writers know, we owe a debt of gratitude to our editor, Jean B. Rose. We also cannot forget the hard work of Judy Reuter, our graphic designer. Finally, though they deserve much more than a line in the acknowledgments, "Thank you," to the members of our families who lived through this work with us Cinda, J.B., and Paul.
About the Indiana
ITnhde iana Youth Institute
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Youth Institute
The Indiana Youth
ll.brIong with adults
who case aDout youtn Institute (IYI), is an
intermediary organiza-
tion which promotes attentiveness to
Indiana's young people and those who work
on their behalf; encourages policies and
programs that foster healthy development of
youth; collaborates with state and national
organizations to improve the lives of our
state's young people and ensures that their
voices are heard. IYI promotes the healthy
development of youth by providing research,
training and development, and advocacy
services for adults who serve and influence
the lives of youth.
Authors:
Jon D. Snyder Ann Spindel
Project Coordinator: Stephanie Hasbrouck
Editor:
Jean B. Rose
Designer:
Judy Reuter
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Snyder and Ann Spindel,Stacking the Odds: A National Directory of Exemplary Programs (Indianapolis, IN: Indiana Youth Institute, 1997).
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Table of Contents
Stacking the Odds: A National Directory of Exemplary Programs
Introduction to Stacking the Odds
High Hopes, Long Odds
5
Function of the Directory
7
How to Use the Directory for Site Visits
8
Site Selection
9
How the Directory is Organized
9
National Site Descriptions
Cross-Reference Grid of National Sites
11
Pathways in Schools.
Introduction
13
AVID (Advancement Via Individual Determination)
15
Alliance for Achievement
18
Destination: Education IUK
21
East Bay Consortium The Pre-Collegiate Academy
24
Get A Life
28
Indian Creek High School
31
Northridge High School Guidance Program
34
Pursuits Program Fort Wayne Community Schools
37
The Governor's School for Government and International Studies
40
The Valley: A Comprehensive Youth Agency
44
Pathways into Postsecondary Institutions
Introduction
47
Asian-American Communities for Education
48
Educational Talent Search
52
Options
54
Upward Bound at Bowdoin College
57
Pathways into Work
Introduction
61
California Partnership Academies Pasadena Unified School District
62
Career Beginnings
66
Fenway Middle College High.School
69
Job Shadowing Program
72
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New Way Workers and the Mayor's Youth Employment & Education Program
75
PACE (Partnership for Academic and Career Education)
78
Youth Build Sandtown Project
81
Pathways to Families & Communities
Introduction
85
An Achievable Dream
86
Canton Middle School
89
Crawford Community Connection
92
E=MC2 (Expanding Effective At-Risk Programs = Michigan Communities Making Change)
95
I Care Program
98
Now For The Future
101
Parent Empowerment Project
104
Village to Child
107
Indiana Meeting the Challenge Mini-Grant Project Descriptions
Introduction to Indiana Mini-Grants
111
Cross-Reference Grid of Indiana Mini-Grants
112
School Counselor Mini-Grant Projects
Introduction
113
Bridging the Information Barriers
114
Connections: Opening the Lines of Communication
115
Focus on Your Future
117
Lunch With School Counselors
119
Peer Pathways to Planning
121
PREP Program: Keeping Parents Informed
123
Soaring To Success
125
S.U.C.C.E.S.S.
127
Work Force 2000
129
Community Change-Maker Mini-Grant Projects
Introduction
133
Articulation Reducing the Odds
134
Blueprint For Tomorrow's Careers
137
Bridging the Information Gap with Career Planning
139
Career Awareness Initiative
141
Career Pathways: The Labor Market Information Connection
143
Choices 2000
145
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Dreams and Dollars for Parents and Scholars
147
Education and Career Planning for Parents and Students
151
Education and the Workforce: Bringing It All Together
153
The Electronic University
155
Enhancing Career Opportunity Information and the Teaching of Study Skills
157
Fill it UP for MDA
159
Finding a Good Job Becomes Reality
162
Four Years: The Rest of Your Life
163
Future Focus
164
GUIDANCE! A Musical in Three Movements
165
Inspiring Kids to Reach For Their Dreams ... The American Dream
167
L.E.A.P. Project
170
Opportunity Information Project
172
Pike County's Workforce of Tomorrow: Building a Quality Tech Prep Program
173
P.LAN.S. for the Future ... Making Dreams Come True
176
Reduce the Odds, Increase Your Opportunity, Use Labor Market Information
178
Teacher Internships in Industry: Linking Education and Employment
180
The TLC Program: Teens Learning to Care
182
Train The Trainers
185
Two Worlds Transition Pilot Program
187
Appendix
Resources
191
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Introduction to
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gntroducticn t @ Seale/ming ghe
High Hopes, Long Odds
I'm overwhelmed by the immorality of what we're doing. I have a vision of my father on the boat and the man on the dock telling him, "You can't make it here. The dream is not for your kids." (High School Counselor)
Stacking the Odds: A National Directory of
Exemplary Programs (Directory) serves as a follow-up to the High Hopes, Long Odds study. High Hopes, Long Odds is a collaborative research project conducted by Dr. Gary Orfield and Dr. Faith Paul, disseminated by the Indiana Youth Institute, and funded by the Lilly Endowment. The three sets of collaborators shared certain centering convictions:
All young people deserve a fair opportunity and caring guidance to see a bright future for themselves and to follow a pathway to that future.
A primary function of education policy and practice is to promote young people's and their parents' aspirations for the future.
Young people and parents need information that helps them match their aspirations with what is possible in the state and national economy.
Families, schools, communities, and policymakers share responsibility for ensuring fair opportunity and providing guidance to young people.
High Hopes, Long Odds documented that children and their families have powerful dreams for their futures. The issue, as the report made clear, was not low aspirations:
Supposedly knowledgeable people have argued for years that teenagers
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(particularly low-income youth and young people of color) have low educational and vocational aspirations if they think about their future at all. The way to motivate them is to get them to raise their aspirations.
But this view does not match most Indiana teenagers' and their parents' views. Most Hoosier teenagers male and female, white, African-American, Hispanic, rich and poor, urban and rural
have extremely high aspirations. And their parents share these high aspirations.
The issue identified by the study was not a shortage of dreams but rather the long odds faced to make those dreams a reality the challenges to creating and living a future of one's own choosing. For instance, three in four high school seniors think the chances are high they will go to college; yet, even among students in college preparatory programs, only 57% have taken the courses required by all schools and campuses and the numbers in the general and vocational programs shrink to 19% and 14%, respectively. The students do have dreams for the future, but many are on paths that do not lead there. Worse, many students are on paths to the past a past that no longer exists. For instance, while vocational, technical and service jobs still exist, they increasingly require not just a high school degree but also some form of postsecondary education. The old either/or of college or a job is no more. As the report elucidates:
While not all Hoosier students may want to go to college after high school, an ever-increasing number of vocational/ technical jobs and other service positions call for the mathematical, communication
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