Project Description

My project will involve  using data collected on students who have already
dropped out of school and have found themselves back in school to
identify  potential-dropouts in an experimental
 high school who will receive a counseling
strategies to determine its effects.

In this project, I will give  a survey online to three racially/ethnically
different schools to gather information on these students who have dropped out of high school and have returned. This information will be used  when gathering information on the experimental high school   students  to determine if any students fall in the potential-dropout
category. The experimental  high  school students will will receive
a pre and post online survey. This survey will be  analyzed and used
to determine the experimental  treatment . The counseling strategies
will  include peer,group,personal and career counseling. I will make 
links to dropout prevention resources on the web also. At the end of
the counseling strategy period, a post assessment will be submitted online by the students engaged in the counseling strategies.

I will use this project because IÕm involved in a Block schedule program  for sophmore students in high school. It is an urban high school. My job
is to teach 2  classes per day in biology/chemistry and devote a period
and a half to Guidance/advisary.  The gold of the academy is to offer the
students more support in guidance. The   school enrollement is low,graduation rate is low and many students leave school early or dropout before graduation for various reasons. The goal is not to keep students in school but help them make good sound life choices/goals.
Students at my  school is the Experimental group. 
I will ask the experimental group to help design the qustionnaires from
a sample form. Information will be exchanged between the experimental
group and the group of dropouts. Assessment will be ongoing.


Minnie L. Robinson
MRobin9267@aol.com