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ERIC Number: ED286889
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1986-Mar
Pages: 27
Abstractor: N/A
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Evaluation of the Dade County Public Schools Roving Leaders Outreach Program.
Morris, Donald R.
The Roving Leaders Center, one of the Dade County (Florida) Public Schools' Educational Alternative Outreach Programs, is designed as a last resort beyond the opportunity schools. Although it originally involved counselors who visited the schools, it now consists of a classroom, recreation room, offices, and reception area. It is staffed by a coordinator, an instructor and instructor's aide, a secretary, and a job developer. The program has embraced 69 adolescent students who have stayed with the program between 6 and 437 days (with an average of 132). The 22 students currently in attendance in June, 1985, completed a questionnaire evaluating the program and surveying students' future plans. The questionnaire, tabulated results, and student responses about their future goals are appended. All students reported that they expected to graduate from high school. An additional 15 students who had left the program to reenter the school system were followed by means of telephone interviews with their counselors. The Roving Leaders program was judged to compare favorably with other similar programs regarding attendance; improvement in behavior and performance seemed to be related to how recently the student had left an outreach program. It was recommended that the program be retained but not necessarily duplicated. (MGD)
Publication Type: Reports - Evaluative; Tests/Questionnaires
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: Dade County Public Schools, Miami, FL. Office of Educational Accountability.
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