Walking To Success The Walking To Success Program is a program that assist Hispanic High School students in graduating through mentorship, counseling and tutoring on the weekends. Tanya Walker Program Evaluation April 25, 2014

Graduation Rates of Syracuse City School District

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Logical Approach Worksheet (this is automatically completed based on your answers in the Need Worksheet. If you need to make changes go back and make them in the Need worksheet). PROBLEM OR ISSUERESOURCESACTIVITIESOUTPUTSSHORT- TERM OUTCOMESLONG-TERM OUTCOMESIMPACT The Community Need In order to accomplish In order to address ourWe expect that once We expect that if accomplished This is the problem we our set of activities we problem or asset we willaccomplished thesethese activities are trying to solve will need the following: accomplish the followingactivities will producewill lead to the following activities:the following evidencechanges in 1–3changes in 4–6changes in 7–10 years: or service delivery:years: In our community the percentage of Hispanic Students Graduating High School is a very low amount.The rate is currently It would be much better to be closer to 0.9.This problem is a result of the students having language barriers and living in disadvantaged neighborhoods. Rendón, M. G. (2014). "Caught Up": How Urban Violence and Peer Ties Contribute to High School Noncompletion. Social Problems, 61(1), doi: /sp Executive Director, Accountant, Social Worker, Front Desk Secretary, Teachers, Tutors,, Books, Computer, Assessment tests,, 5 classrooms, two offices, Recreational Room. High School Students will participate in Walking to Success, a program that Tutoring, Counseling, and Mentoring Hispanic Students on the Weekends The outputs will be a monthly count of how many Hispanic High School Students sign up for and participate in the program The percent of Increase in Graudation Rate amongst Hispanics to 50% will be higher for those participating in the program as compared to those not participating. The percent of Increase in Graudation Rate amongst Hispanics to 90% will be higher for those participating in the program as compared to those not participating. The community problem of Hispanic Graduation Rate will incrase from the current amount of 0.36 closer to the desired lower level of 0.9.

Literature Review According to George’s Article, the misconception of a student whose first language is not English is a bad thing. Many students who speak Spanish as their first language are automatically sent to ESL classrooms which they learn at a slower pace. In Ibarra’s article, the focused is on the documentation the student has. In many states like California, Arizona, and New Mexico many students do not have proper documentation to go to college. This is just deters them from completing high school in which they would usually go to work at a low skill job. “Caught Up” described the neighborhood and setting of a child growing up is detrimental to their learning process. In this article, the author focused on violence in the child’s community which gives them a negative impact.

Work Cited George C., B. (2008). Latinos, Language Minority Students, and the Construction of ESL: Language Testing and Placement From High School to Community College. Journal Of Hispanic Higher Education, 7(1), Ibarra, H. (2013). Facing the giant: higher education access and financial assistance for undocumented students in Texas. International Journal Of Leadership In Education, 16(4), doi: / Rendón, M. G. (2014). "Caught Up": How Urban Violence and Peer Ties Contribute to High School Noncompletion. Social Problems, 61(1), doi: /sp

Data Binary ◦Chi-Square ◦Logistic Regression Evaluation Design XO O Evaluation Question: Are you most likely to graduate High school after participating in Walking to Success

Data Analysis

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