Assign a counselor/mentor who continuously monitors students and coordinates multi-context support¶

Strategy · All strategies
Evidence · no claims cited

Description¶

ALAS assigns each student a counselor/mentor who monitors attendance, behavior, and academic achievement, provides feedback to students and families, serves as a student advocate, and intervenes when problems are identified. Teachers provide weekly and, if needed, daily feedback through the counselor/mentor, and staff connect families to community services such as mental health and substance-abuse counseling.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• Ongoing staff salaries are the bulk of costs; supervisors provide ongoing training to counselors
• Support and follow-up across multiple years of program participation

Constraints¶

Target Learners¶

• high-risk middle and junior high school students

Target Learning Goals¶

• school persistence
• classroom behavior and homework completion

Related Strategies¶

• Trainee-selected, program-screened and trained mentors sustained through monthly staff contact after residential programming

Examples¶

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Key Sources¶

• WWC Intervention Report: ALAS. (2006). What Works Clearinghouse, U.S. Department of Education. https://www.alasdropoutprevention.com