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Homegrown in Oklahoma:

Homegrown in Oklahoma:. Corporate/Community Mentoring Models & Best Practices. Why Youth Mentoring? What’s happening in your town?. Minority population Female-headed households Other non-traditional households Higher male to female ratio High number of families below poverty level

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Homegrown in Oklahoma:

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  1. Homegrown in Oklahoma: Corporate/Community Mentoring Models & Best Practices

  2. Why Youth Mentoring?What’s happening in your town? • Minority population • Female-headed households • Other non-traditional households • Higher male to female ratio • High number of families below poverty level • Number of children 6-14 • Dropout rates • Average tests scores below state average • Number of students with free/reduced lunches • 16- to 19-year-olds not enrolled in school and not high school graduates • 16- to 19-year-olds not working Sources: www.childrensdefense.org, http://www.ojjdp.gov/, http://www.census.gov/, www.ok.gov/sde/

  3. Why Youth Mentoring?Other Risk Factors • Incarceration rates • Homelessness • Race • Substance abuse • Number of juvenile arrests • Juvenile detention • Criminalizing children at younger ages • Intergenerational transmission of violence • Unmet health and mental health needs • Lack of community supports, role models, mentors, and positive alternatives to the streets Sources: www.childrensdefense.org, http://www.ojjdp.gov/, http://www.census.gov/, www.ok.gov/sde/

  4. Mentoring Program • 1995-Present • Reach • Employees only • Largest • Four schools: • A high school • A middle school • A partnership at an elementary school • The “original” elementary school

  5. The Chesapeake Model • Results: • Reading • Drop-out rates • Relationships • Other support

  6. The Chesapeake Model Mentor-mentee ratio Becoming a mentee Time Location Activities Administration

  7. Variations at Other "Chesapeake" Schools Belle Isle Enterprise Middle School Mentor-mentee ratio Becoming a mentee Time Harding Charter Preparatory High School Location Activities Administration

  8. Positive Directions • 1992 • Reach • Schools • Stanley Hupfeld Academy at Western Village, Oklahoma City • Fillmore Elementary, Oklahoma City, Bilingual • Shedeck Elementary, Yukon • Independence Elementary, Yukon

  9. The Positive Directions Model at Stanley Hupfeld Academy at Western Village Mentor-mentee ratio Becoming a mentee Time Location Activities Administration

  10. Stanley Hupfeld Academy at Western Village

  11. Mission Mentors, Fairview 2010 Elementary – High School Rural Western Oklahoma Mentor-mentee ratio Becoming a mentee Time Location Activities Administration http://www.missionmentors.com/

  12. Mission Mentors, Fairview • The Board • Recruitment and selection • Program operations • Mentor education and training • Program evaluation process • School’s Role • Minimal

  13. Lunch Buddies Mentor-mentee ratio Becoming a mentee Time Location Activities Administration

  14. Variations OPUBCO City of Oklahoma City Others Leadership Community leadership or corporate leadership, not the school

  15. Best Practice Summer Backpacks

  16. Best Practice Corporate Office Field Trip/Celebration

  17. The David & Molly Boren Mentoring Initiative A Resource for and Promoter of Youth Mentoring in Oklahoma Pam Ball (left), a longtime mentor with City Care’s Whiz Kids, and her mentee, Audrianna, are recognized by David Boren, founder and chairman of the Oklahoma Foundation for Excellence, during a mentor recognition event at the state capitol. www.okmentors.org Oklahoma Foundation for Excellence 120 N. Robinson, Suite 1420-W Oklahoma City, OK   73102

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