RISE
Mentoring
1,200,000
HIGHSCHOOL DROPOUTS ANNUALLY ACROSS THE US
7,000
DROPOUTS ACROSS THE US, EVERY DAY
75%
OF NY STATE INMATES ARE HIGH SCHOOL DROPOUTS, AS ARE 59% OF FEDERAL INMATES
36%
OF DROP OUTS DO SO IN THE 9TH GRADE
85%
OF STUDENTS WHO REPEAT 9TH GRADE FAIL TO GRADUATE
Every 26 seconds, a student drops out of high school in America
THE EFFECTS OF DROPPING OUT HAVE DEVASTATING REPERCUSSIONS FOR SOCIETY:
Dropouts are 3.5 times more likely than high school graduates to be incarcerated in their lifetime.
The US death rate for persons with fewer than 12 years of education is 2.5 times higher than for those with 13 or more years of education.
A cost-benefit analysis found that for every $1000 spent on dropout prevention, society gains a return of up to $3000.
On average, high school dropouts earn $260,000 less than high school graduates over their lifetime.
RISE: Re-Integrating Students through Education is nationally recognized for dropout prevention.
The reasons why students drop out are myriad and complex. RISE is a comprehensive model that addresses students’ social-emotional needs and provides them with tools for overcoming obstacles and challenges in their lives. The program’s multiple systems of support include P2L Trainers, Site Coordinators, Supervisors, and graduate level Social Work Interns providing Tier 1 (school-wide) and Tier 2 (targeted) interventions.
RISE program participants have demonstrated increases in attendance and credit accrual. RISE has also shown qualitative and quantitative improvements in:
Academics
Goal setting and achievement
Identity development (self-concept)
School connectedness
Teacher interactions
Classroom behavior
Relationship building
"A Revival of Hope": RISE Testimonial
Faculty and students from the Taft Campus (Bronx, NY) describe their experience with the R.I.S.E. Program. Re-Integrating Students through Education uses the strength of one-on-one mentor relationships to connect disengaged students to their school community and their own power.
“I RISE when my mentor checks on me to go to class and asks how I’m facing the day.”
AT PROGRAM’S LAUNCH
Each of the targeted students are assigned a mentor
Together, mentor and student complete a Student Contract
Mentor works with school staff to compile a Student Assessment File
The Student Contract and Student Assessment File become the baseline measurements against which the student’s progress through the program is measured.
ONCE THE PROGRAM IS UNDERWAY THE FOLLOWING ELEMENTS ARE IMPLEMENTED WITH THE TARGET POPULATION
Daily mentor check-ins
Individual and group supportive counseling
Weekly on-on-one mentoring meetings
Facilitation of Leadership’s evidence-based, empirically-validated Violence Prevention Project curriculum for both targeted and general population of the school
Facilitation of The Leadership Program’s Organized for Life for both targeted and general population of the school
Alternative Disciplinary tract is established for school-based behavioral issues
“It is clear to me that this was the path I wanted to go and was absolutely the right thing to do. This is when I starting rising from a 65 to a 95 (even 100’s at times) in all my quizzes, exams, and classwork, gaining more positive attitudes from all my teachers and my parents. That’s when I knew that not only did I see the change, but others around me saw it too.”
— RISE Alumnus
“I RISE when I come to school because of my mentor.”
