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Think Of The Children! An East New York Success Story In Academic/Socio-Emotional Intervention For At-Risk Students, Tom Ng, Martin Palamore
Think Of The Children! An East New York Success Story In Academic/Socio-Emotional Intervention For At-Risk Students, Tom Ng, Martin Palamore
Male Enrollment and Graduate Alliance (MEGA)
In 2018, the faculty and leaders at Achievement First East Brooklyn High School set out to rethink what it meant to support our most vulnerable students, including those overaged and under-credited and/or with IEP's. The session will include the achievements, challenges and key takeaways for the “Evergreen Success Program,” an initiative that provides targeted socioemotional support and differentiated academic intervention through teacher development, school design, family partnerships and student voice. In 2020, the intervention led to a 90% graduation rate of our “Red-Flag Scholars” compared to a 25% graduation rate of similarly at risk students in other schools in our …
Bridging The Emotional Gap, Elijah Blackwell
Bridging The Emotional Gap, Elijah Blackwell
Male Enrollment and Graduate Alliance (MEGA)
How many times have you heard the words: "Achievement Gap?" This presentation will review both common and uncommon contributions to educational gaps facing students of color from Kindergarten to Post Secondary. Relevant historical events and the healing needed from these events for both students and educators will be explored. Student achievement initiatives for minoritized student populations in K-12 and post secondary institutions will be discussed.