The school-based programs are designed to improve student behavior, academic success and socialization skills. Some of the topics of school-based workshops include:
• Creating a Safe School Environment which are strategies to help schools create safe environments for effective teaching and learning.
• Teaching Writing & Math Across the Curriculum are initiatives to prepare students for the technology and information age.
• School-Wide Discipline Projects are efforts to make school discipline a collective issue.
• Classroom Management
strategies help teachers manage diversity and distractions in the classroom.
• Working with the Unresponsive Student are strategies to assist teachers encourage learning in students who appear to be indifferent.
• Educating African American Males provide specific tips to address the challenges of encouraging learning in African American males.
Program Design & Development
• After School/Summer Camps & Saturday Programs for youth: Customized to meet the academic and social needs of youth.
• Male Involvement Programs (Fatherhood Projects): Designed specifically to encourage young fathers to be active participants in their children's lives.
• African-American Male Institute (AAMI):
• 72 Hours (Teaching lifeskills and resource development to incarcerated men
and women): According to national data, the recidivism rates for African American and Latino males are staggering. The 72 Hours Project provides juvenile and adult offenders life skills and resource development essential for transitioning back into the community. The concept is based on the notion that the first 72 hours after an individual is released are critical to whether he will be capable of living in society without re-offending.
Urbanyouth.org believes that the key to education lies within society's ability to transmit knowledge and information to future generations. With the increasing demands placed on public schools to produce youth whom are able to compete globally, the development of supplemental educational experiences for youth (such as, after school programs, summer camps and male leadership classes) are essentials.
An eight-week training program designed to increase academic skills and improve the retention and graduation rates of African-American males in primary and secondary education. The AAMI has also been piloted with African-American males in higher education at the Howard Community College in Howard County, Maryland.
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