Presented by:Dr. Ervin Griffin , President & CEO

Daniel J. Lovett, Director

"P.R.I.D.E. - A sense of one's own proper dignity, value, or self-respect”

What is the Freedom to Learn Male Mentoring Program

Funded by the Department of Education Predominantly Black College Initiative (PBI)

Funded for a period of two (2) years

PRIDE is an academic enrichment, mentoring, leadership, professional development and student success program

P.R.I.D.E. of HalifaxPReparing men for Intellectual, acaDemic, and Educational Success

• Our Product (internal/external ) we enhance, embellish, & build the program around

• What we do, market, cultivate, and instill

• Program Identity

• The Program’s Technical Descriptor

Freedom To

Learn

P.R.I.D.E. of

Halifax

PRIDEA Sense of One’s on

Proper Dignity, Value, or Self-

Respect

Preparing men for

Intellectual, Academic, & Educational

Success

What is The P.R.I.D.E of Halifax

• Open to all HCC males, however, its primary objective and funding is designed to improve academic performance, retention, graduation, and four-year college attendance rates of African American males

Access

• Focus on Learning Coaches – single point-of-contact resource persons and problem solvers (academic success coaches trained in developmental advising, mentoring, career exploration, financial aid, etc.,). Monitor student from point of acceptance to graduation & transfer

Single point of contact

• Firmly rooted in the belief that high-touch academic and student services combined with positive one-on-one mentoring relationships are critical components of student success

High-Touch

Organizational Chart

President

Vice President for Advancement

Administrative Assistant

Learning Coach Learning Coach Learning Coach

Conundrum of the Under-Educated

Under-Educated

Under-Employed

Health Care & Transportation

Challenges

Illegal Activity(making ends meet)

Incarceration

Socio-Economic Condition

P .R.I.D.E. Goals

Success

4-Year Transfer

Graduation

Retention

Academic Performance

Professional Development & Career Preparation

Faculty Development

Satisfaction, Engagement, Connectedness, Belonging

P.R.I.D.E Program/HCC QEPs

Student Engagement-

College Adjustment

Enrollment Confidence

Interactions

Advising Finances

Co-curricula

Resources

Transportation

Navigating Campus

Academic Skills

Study Skills

Test Taking

Note taking

Reading,

Time Management

Goal Setting

Community/Belongingness

Learning Community 2nd Co-Course

Study Groups

Advising Group

Group Building

Courses

ACA 085

MAT 060, 070,

Math Tutors & Lab

`People

Other Students

Learning Coach/Advisor Faculty, Staff, Administrators

Professional Mentor Workship/Internship

Mentor, Active & Cooperative Learning

Activities

P.R.I.D.E.

Other Support Services Academic Program/ Major

Club/ Organizations, Community, Co-curricula

P.R.I.D.E. Collaborations

• Advising• College Transfer• Orientation• ACA Courses

Academic Dept

•Early Warning•Academic

Monitoring •Workships•Internships

Counseling & Joblink

• Tutoring• Lap Top Loan• Financial Aid• Registrar

HCC Support Services

Learning Coaches

Mentoring 1st

Point of Contact

ACA & Dev Mat Learn , Comm,

Academic Skills /Adjustment

Mentoring

(3/4 Levels)

Financial & Transfer

Counseling

Conferences & Workshops

Lap Top Loan Workships

Internships

Professional Development

Business &

College Visitations

Faculty Development

Evaluation/ Assessment

Advisory Com.

Steering Com.

P.R.I.D.E. VS. other College Success Programs

P.R.I.D.E. Traditional

P.R.I.D.E. Interactions

150 Students

100 Tutoring

95 Mentors

55 Workships (On Campus)

55 Internships (Off Campus)

20 Business / Industry

Visitations Learning Community

College Visitation

Faculty Training

Managed Via Learning Coaches

Learning Coaches

Primary Point

of Contact

Mentor

Advisor

Counselor

Friend

Academic Support

Advising

ACA Instructor

Tutoring

Technology

Performance

Monitoring Academic Monitoring

3-Week Grade Report

3-Week Attendance Report

Midterm Grade Review

Professional DevelopmentCareer Counselor

Community Service

Work study

Internships

College Visitation

Professional Conferences

Higher Education College Transfer Financial Aid

Loan and Debt Counseling

Scholarship Assistance

Professional Mentors

Personal

Self Sufficiency

Independence

Spirituality

Work study

Assertiveness

.

Professional Lifestyle

Employment

Career

Decision Making

Professional

Presentation

Internships

Academic

Good Grades

Class Attendance

Time Management

Tutoring

Midterm Grades

Monitoring

Community Uplift

Community Service

Community Involvement

Faith Community

Volunteerism

Mentoring

Spring ‘08 & Fall’09

121

New

Fall’ 2009

20

Dropouts

3

Spring’08

104

GED

Spring’08

11

HCC Spring‘08

93

P.R.I.D.E. Participants

Internships

Internships• Internships are off-campus

work opportunities which provides valuable work experience in an area closely related to their future career aspirations. The internship component is framed just as the workship with the student being granted to opportunity to work a maximum of 10 hours per week at $7.00 per hour.

First 5 Months

12 Departments

18 Requests

5 Placements

Workships

Workships• Workship are on-campus work

opportunities. Similar to the federal work study program, which helps develop a good work ethic (punctuality, communication skills, multi-tasking). Ideally, students complete a workship opportunity for at least one semester before they are transferred to an off-campus internship. Students are able to work a maximum of 10 hours per week at $7.00 per hour.

First 5 Months

16 Departments

29 Requests

25 Placements

Workship & Internships

28 Departments

34 Placements 47 Request

Professional Mentors

Male=23Female=12

Community 13

Campus22

Current Total

35

P.R.I.D.E. Goal= 95

FLI/P.RI.D.E. Info Sessions (2)

P.R.I.D.E. Orientation Sessions (4)

Career Exploration & Validation

Study Skills

Who is Jawanza Kunjufu

Preparing for Job Interviews

Financial Aid

Etiquette (theory & practice)

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Book Discussion Audacity of Hope -President Barak Obama

Discussion Forums/Workshops

Activities

Counseling Techniques Workshop

Noel & Levitz Retention Webinar

Department of Education P.R.I.D.E. PBI Presentation

Chicago State Best Practices Presentation

Men To Men Conference

College Visitation (WSSU)

Men United for Change Conference (Ahoskie)

A Safe Place Presentation

African American Male President’s Round Table Webinar

Match Professional Mentoring Training Nash Community College MMMI WorkshopForsyth Tec, WSSU, Wake MMMI WorkshopNorth Carolina Lifetime Legacy Award -Honoring Julius L. Chambers

Training & Professional Development

Activities Weldon Chamber of Commerce Business Expo

Weldon Little League Baseball

Weldon, Roanoke Rapids, Littleton Church Visitations

Roanoke Rapids, Halifax County & Western Northampton County Middle & High School Visitations

Weldon Chamber of Commerce Job Fair

JLAC Presentations & Workshops

Roanoke Rapids Career Management Class

Men United for Change (Ahoskie Men Summit)

MATCH Program (Mentoring Activities Tailored for Children in Halifax County Program - Info Session at Weldon HS

Match Program Assignment Training

Golden Leaf Foundation – Mentor Recruitment

Northeaster n North Carolina Re-entry Program

Community Activities

Methodology

Learning

Coach

Professional Mentor Tutoring

Internship

ACA Course

Intramural

Tutoring ACA Course

Workship

Professional Mentor

Tutoring

ACA Course

Tutoring

Professional Mentor

Workship

Internship

Workship

ACA Course Tutoring

Measuring Success

• Improved Satisfaction 5%

• Improved Retention5%

• Increased Hours Earned 5%

• Decrease Dropout for Financial Reasons5%

• Decrease Failure Rate in Gate Keeper Courses5%

• Increased Second Year Return Rate5%

• Graduation 5%

• 4-Year Transfer5%

Assessment Techniques

P•Combination of t-testing, ANOVA, correlations coefficients & chi square testing •Assesses the impact of the program on participants in relation to the comparison group

R• All AFAM males participating in PRIDE will receive various components of the

program

I• Divided by those matched with a mentor and/or are assigned a workship/internship

D• Comparison group will be the wider student body of African American male students

E

• Indicators for other groups e.g., Black females, White females, White males, and others, will also be analyzed to track the educational disparities and to assess whether FLI is narrowing the educational gap

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