“Ensuring Our Students Are College and/or Career Ready”

FLORENCE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT THREE

“Ensuring our Students Are College and/or Career Ready”

FSD3’s Youth Grant Update

Ms. Alberteen McFadden

Florence School District Three WIOA Youth Program

A Partner of

What is WIOA? Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act. Equal opportunity program. It outlines a broader youth vision that supports an integrated service delivery

system and provides a framework through which states and local areas can leverage other Federal, state, local and philanthropic resources to support ISY and OSY.

WIOA will provide high quality services for youth and young adults, beginning with career exploration and guidance, continued support for educational attainment, opportunities for skills training in in-demand industries and occupations, such as pre-apprenticeships or internships and culminating with a good job along a career pathway, enrollment in post-secondary education or a registered apprenticeship.

Purpose of WIOA Youth Program Increase access to and provide opportunities for individuals to receive, the

employment, education, training, and support services necessary to succeed in the labor market, with a particular focus on those individuals with disabilities or other barriers to employment including out-of-school youth with the goal of improving their outcomes.

Eligibility Requirements

Must be between the ages of 16-24( Not attending any school) HS Dropout Low Income Single parent/pregnant parenting Juvenile Delinquent Basic Skills Deficient Homeless/Runaway Foster Child Disabled

Services Provided GED/High Diplomas Occupational Skills Training Basic Skills /Keytrain Upgrading Tutoring Work Keys Job Searching & Resume Prep Workshops( Mentor, Interviewing, Dress for Success, etc.) Supportive Services( Childcare/Transportation) Case Management Comprehensive Guidance Follow up(one year after exiting program)

College Tours

• Francis Marion University, Florence, SC • Coastal Carolina University, Conway, SC • Florence Darlington Technical College, Florence, SC • Coker College, Hartsville, SC

Community Service Projects

• Adopted the residence of Lake City Trellises/FCDSNB

• Deliver gifts to residents during the months of December and February

Work Based Learning Job Shadowing On- the –Job Training Apprenticeships Internships Work Experience

SUCCESS STORY

Brooke Parrott • Single mother of two

children. • Obtained Certificates in

CNA/Phlebotomy. • Employed at Southland

Nursing Center for 2 ½ years as a Unit Secretary.

• Recently got accepted in the LPN program at WTC and will begin classes this fall .

Success Story • Kyianna S. Jones is a former WIOA

participant and 2012 graduate from Lake City High School.

• She attended Benedict College from 2012-2016 to pursue a degree in Computer Science Engineering.

• Obtained degree in Computer Engineering on May 6, 2016 from the school of honors as Magna Cum Laude.

• Traveled on May 18, 2016 to travel to Livermore, California to work as an intern at the Lawrence Livermore Laboratory as a Cyber Defender in conjunction with the Department of Homeland Security.

• She also plans to enroll in MUSC obtain a PHD in Biomedical Engineering.

In closing, Florence District Three WIOA Youth Program is a program that as been an asset the district and the Lake City community because of the services provided. It is just one of the many intervention programs that is helping making a difference in the community and surrounding areas because it supports the mission statement:

“ Ensuring Our Students are College and/or Career Ready” Thank you!

Credits

Workforce Innovation and Opportunity ACT (WIOA) of 2014 Section 2.1.1

Reading Partners Update

Ms. Gloria Campbell

Reading Partners Florence School District 3

Mission and Vision Reading Partners’ Vision

• All children in the United States will have the reading skills necessary to reach their full potential.

Reading Partners’ Mission

• To foster literacy and a lifelong love of learning by empowering communities to provided individualized attention with measureable results.

Our Values

• Big Challenges Are Our Thing • Reading Matters • Volunteers Get Results

• Data Drive Decisions • Together We Are Better • Laughter Keeps Us Going

Reading Partners South Carolina

Regional Program • 11 Charleston County Schools • 3 Berkeley County School • 2 Florence County Schools • 1,000 Community volunteers • 675+ K-5th grade students

Local History • Strategic Grassroots Volunteer

program-Book Buddies • 2nd Grade only 20 students per

school • 2013 Merged with Reading

Partners • Ability to scale and expand.

• Reading Partners Students are identified and enrolled in the program through a collaborative partnership with teachers and school leadership.

Target Student Population • 1 month to 2.5 grades behind in reading skills • Conversational English skills • No cognitive based IEP • Student is in Grades K-4

Our Target Students

Engaging Community in our Title 1 Schools

• 100% of principals reported improved reading progress school-wide

• Over 1,000 Weekly volunteers

• Teachers report 98% of students increased their confidence level

12,545 HOURS OF ONE-ON-ONE TUTORING

WITH STUDENTS

$1,1M Private Philanthropy Dollars raised for

South Carolina Schools Reading Partners program

Critical Factors

• Every student gets one-on-one reading support using structured curriculum.

• Each school partner site has a reading center that is staffed by a full-time Site Coordinator who is on site full time and a Program Manager who is on site once per week.

• 13/16 schools are also staffed by a full-time Literacy Lead who is on site and

who tutors a portfolio of students.

• Students participate in the program twice a week for 45 min sessions, consistently working with the same tutor(s).

Reading Partners brings substantial resources to students

READING PARTNERS PROVIDED AN AVERAGE OF $3610 WORTH OF RESOURCES PER STUDENT

$1,910 $1,700

Non-cash resourcesCash resources

MAJORITY OF PROGRAM RESOURCES PROVIDED BY NON-CASH DONATIONS

• Our unique program model brings together community volunteers, AmeriCorps, school and private resources to provide students in need with research-validated, one-on-one reading instruction

• The study demonstrated that an average of $3,610 worth of resources per student were provided for $1,700 in cash costs

• For every $1 invested, our volunteer tutoring model delivers over $2 in resources to students - doubling the impact of the cash investments we receive

Reading Partners a high value investment per school: $25,000 Fee For Service

SCHOOL CONTRIBUTIONS TOWARD RESOURCE COST • The study was a cost model analysis, not a cost effectiveness study

so does not provide comprehensive data comparing Reading Partners’ costs to other individual programs - this is an area we hope to explore in the future

• The study found the average contribution or “cost” to schools for other literacy interventions across 6 study sites was $1,700 per student compared to $710 for Reading Partners

• Other supplemental literacy interventions included small-group support, homework help, tutoring and computer-based programs

• Total resources for other interventions ranged from $1,050 to $4,890

SCHOOLS PAY ~20% OF RESOURCE COSTS FOR READING PARTNERS VS. 96% FOR OTHER INTERVENTIONS

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FSD3 2015-2016 Results

Lake City Early Childhood • Ended the year with 52 students

served • Average number of sessions per

student: 23 • 92% attendance rate

• Final performance goals met:

– 93% of Kindergarteners – 100% of First Graders – 85% of Second Graders – 92% Overall

Main Street Elementary • Ended the year with 73 students

served • Average number of sessions per

student: 26 • 101% attendance rate

• Percentile Rank Increase at EOY:

– 31% of Third Graders – 75% of Fourth Graders – 100% of Fifth Graders – 53% Overall

Looking ahead to 2016-2017

• We have a full-time Site Coordinator and Literacy Lead at both schools in FSD3. They are hired and currently undergoing training!

• We plan to enroll a minimum of 50-60 students at both schools this year.

• We are working with the State Department of Education to really look at what rural

schools need and to see what kinds of additional assistance we can give and what kinds of funding the state could provide for programs like Reading Partners.

“Ensuring our Students Are College and/or Career Ready”

Arts Summer Camp 2016

•Ms. Jennifer Maples

“Ensuring our Students Are College and/or Career Ready”

Salsa Garden •Ms. Britany Sanders •Ms. Emily Grier

Growing Children Through Gardening Scranton Elementary School

Our Purpose We had the opportunity this summer to have a group of

28 students plant and maintain a vegetable garden. We had tomatoes, banana peppers, bell peppers,

cilantro, and onions. Please enjoy this slideshow of all of our adventures this

summer!

Our Garden

Moore’s Garden On our very first day, we took a trip to Moore’s

Garden We learned so many tips for planting and growing

a garden! We even had the chance to try herbs and

vegetables fresh out the garden!

Cells! In order to truly understand plants, we wanted

to learn about plant cells and their organelles Students completed research then created

their own plant cells

Making Butter Students read and answered questions using Ag

Mags provided by SC Farmers. Using a recipe in the newspaper, the students

made their own homemade butter.

Culture Project It is so important for students to learn about other

cultures so groups chose different countries to research

They had to learn about the culture while also researching a crop that is native to the country.

Vegetable Research Students each chose a vegetable, fruit, or herb to

research They had to learn how to grow it, where it originated from,

and how to use it in a recipe We then made a dish with each one for students to try!

Soil After visiting Moore’s Botanical Gardens, students

were very interested in learning about soil and how it is made

Students learned about the layers of soil then made their own soil using edible items.

Riverbanks Students went on a field trip to Riverbanks Zoo and

Botanical Garden where they did a garden program to learn about plant habitats and adaptations.

Students also got to visit the vegetable garden and see several types of animals.

Ag Simulator Thanks to the SC Farm Bureau, students had the chance

to ride in the AG Simulator for free! This simulator allows students to feel what it is like to ride

a combine. While riding students also learned facts about corn,

cotton, wheat, and soy beans.

ART One of the best parts of this summer program was

the art that students made Throughout the summer, they made stepping

stones, paper, and designed t-shirts for the program

Making Salsa!

Let’s Have FUN!!

THANK YOU!!!! We honestly could not have done this program without:

McCall’s Farms Moore Botanical Lake City Concert Series 4-H Club SC Farmers Our wonderful district and the best principal in the world, Allana

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