The session focused on college students who are hired to work with the university's college access and success program.
Four members of the ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ community traveled to Chicago in March to present at the annual conference of the Association of Supervision and Curriculum Development.
Professor Deborah Long, director of the ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ Academy; John Pickett, assistant director of scholar support for the academy; senior Kelly Coble, a math education major; and junior Kyle Keith, a middle grades language arts education major, co-presented “ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ Academy: College Students Serve as Mentors to Increase College Access.”
The ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ Academy, a college access and success program for promising high school students with financial need and/or no family history of college, includes summers on the university campus and year-round Saturday programs.
College students are hired and trained to serve as mentors. Mentors regularly communicate with their assigned cohort of scholars and schedule monthly “face-to-face” meetings to offer guidance and support to ensure academic success in high school and beyond. Scholars and mentors form long-term, meaningful relationships that positively impact the success of our scholars.