Young Mens Character Club

1. Young Men’s Character Club YMCC Mentoring Program for At-Risk Students Changing School Culture by Building Relationships, Mentoring Youth Calallen Middle School Corpus Christi, Texas Marcos M. Flores/Principal [email_address] R. Vasquez / Coach [email_address]

10. The TREND 6th 7th 8th Total 2006-2007 463 530 559 1552 2007-2008 382 545 696 1623 2008-2009 ? ? ?

19. Young Men’s Character Club To inspire at-risk students to succeed by providing mentors who will teach them life-long character development skills as they experience success behaviorally and in the classroom.

26. YMCC Weekly Grade/Behavior Sheet Name: _______________________ Gr: ___ Week of: ____________________________ Student's Mentor:___________________________________ Pd Class Teacher Positive/Negative Comments Missing Assignments 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Please feel free to add any additional comments _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

28. MENTOR STUDENT # of referrals Last year Ref. Year total # Failed 09-10 Failed last year Bell, Bobby Student 1 17 1 Student 0 7 10 Student 2 11 0 Student not here Brotherton, Mike Student 5 20 0 Student not here 6 0 Student 3 10 3 Fowler, Cliff Student 1 9 0 Student 1 6 0 Student 3 7 1 John, Billy Student 1 11 0 Student 0 0 3 Student 0 4 1 Kirkpatrick, Steve Student 1 4 4 Student not here ? not here Student not here ? not here Nowell, Brian Student 0 5 4 Student 2 8 0 Student ? ? Student 1 6 4 Vasquez, Richard Student 1 9 1 Student 3 11 1 Student 1 7 3 TOTAL

29. MENTOR STUDENT # of referrals Last year Ref. Year total # Failed 08-09 Failed 07-08 Bell, Bobby student 0 2 5 0 0 Student 1 1 13 2 1 studentt 1 6 27 1 ? Brotherton, Mike Student 1 5 13 0 0 student 0 5 11 0 0 Student 0 3 8 3 4 Flores, Nick student 3 1 6 2 6 student 2 1 19 0 0 at DAEP student 0 5 12 0 1 Fowler, Cliff student 0 0 5 0 student na 9 na student 3 5 13 1 2 John, Billy student 0 7 20 2 0 student 1 2 12 0 1 student 0 5 12 0 2 Kirkpatrick, Steve student 2 7 17 0 1 student 1 5 19 1 3 student 2 1 13 1 1 Nowell, Brian student 1 1 15 1 0 at DAEP students 2 2 6 1 3 Vasquez, Richard student 0 2 9 0 3 student 0 3 6 0 0 student 2 6 16 0 1 TOTAL 20 75 15 29

30. How we keep track YMCC

31. How we keep track YMCC

34. YMCC - Overall Referral Results There was a 62% reduction in referrals with the YMCC in place. Referrals decreased by 181.

35. YMCC - Overall Failure Results There was a 28% reduction in failing grades with the YMCC in place. Referrals decreased by 38.

36. Behavior Results - YMCC 82% had less referrals that previous year. Only 2 students had 10 or more referrals compared to 16 the previous year. 7 students had 5 or more referrals compared to 22 the previous year. 8 dropped their referral counts by 10 or more

37. Academic Results - YMCC 22 students took 73 test and passed 89 % of their test 18 or 22 students did better or had the same number of failing grades as the year before with 12 improving .

39. YMCC helped keep students in school! Total instructional days lost due to ISS or OSS decreased!

40. The TREND 6th 7th 8th Total 2006-2007 463 530 559 1552 2007-2008 382 545 696 1623 2008-2009 ? ? ?

41. Campus-Totals by Year YMCC YMCC Implementation YMCC 6th 7th 8th Total 2006-2007 463 530 559 1552 2007-2008 382 545 696 1623 2008-2009 180 493 490 1163

42. A Surprising Result: A change in Culture at CMS

43. Conclusion: A change in Culture at CMS We have seen a change in culture when it comes to attitudes toward behavioral problems from both students and teachers. The number of referrals are down, campus wide. The incoming 6 th graders are following the lead of the 8 th graders and have fewer referrals then ever. The emphasis is on keeping students in class and finding other resources to handle discipline. Teachers realized there were other options. Mentors were very involved and built relationships with their students and communication throughout campus . Teachers are crucial to the program’s success. They must buy-in to the program and they must nurture the at-risk student’s success.

44. A change in Culture at CMS

45. Young Men’s Character Club YMCC Mentoring Program for At-Risk Students Calallen Middle School Corpus Christi, Texas Marcos M. Flores [email_address] Asst. Principal