Overview

• Youth Development Specialist Role

• School Staff - YDS School Assignments

• Volunteer Program (VISION)

• American Indian Student Association(AISA Club)

• American Indian Science &Engineering Society (AISES Club)

• Dropout Prevention

• Get Involved

• Building Relationships for Effective Dropout Prevention

• Helpful Websites

• Forms & Publications

• YDS Forms

• Helpful Websites

• Gov. Cooper

• SACIE Report

• SACIE Report 2020

Indian Education Project

Title VI

ROLES OF THE YOUTH DEVELOPMENT SPECIALIST

Grades K-2

• Serve as strong advocate/positive role model

• Monitor attendance of all Indian students

• Make home visits when necessary

• Send correspondence to parents

• Make telephone calls for attendance daily

• Individual supplemental counseling/support when necessary

• Monitor and collect Indian Education 506 forms

• Parent, teacher, administrative conferences

• Make referrals to community agencies when necessary

• Identify and recruit positive Indian role models as resource persons

Grades 3 - 6

8:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.

• Tutoring groups in reading

• Group supplemental counseling/support

12:00 noon - 3:15 p.m.

• Monitor attendance of all Indian students

• Make home visits when necessary

• Send correspondence to parents

• Make telephone calls for attendance daily

• Monitor and collect Indian Education 506 forms

• Parent, teacher, administrative conferences

• Make referrals to community agencies when necessary

• Work on incentive program

• Conduct a craft workshop, if possible

• Recruit students for Summer Enrichment Camp & Indian Education Resource Center Reading Camp

• Prepare/submit project reports

• Attend monthly staff meetings

Grades 7-8

• Group supplemental counseling/support

• Monitor attendance of all Indian students

• Make home visits when necessary

• Send correspondence to parents

• Make telephone calls for attendance daily

• Individual counseling when necessary

• Monitor and collect Indian Education 506 forms

• Parent, teacher, administrative conferences

• Make referrals to community agencies when necessary

• Monitor attendance of all Indian students

• Work on incentive program

• Conduct a craft workshop if possible

• Recruit for Summer Enrichment Camp - Indian Education Resource Center Reading Camp

• Prepare/submit project reports

• Attend monthly staff meeting

• Identify and recruit positive Indian role models as resource persons

• Tutoring groups in reading

• NASA/AISES Clubs

Grades 9-12

• Monitor attendance of all Indian students

• Individual/group/supplemental/counseling/support/when necessary

• Make home visits when necessary

• Make telephone calls for attendance daily

• Send correspondence to parents

• Monitor and collect Indian Education 506 forms

• Parent, teacher, administrative conferences

• Make referrals to community agencies when necessary

• Work on incentive program

• Conduct a craft workshop

• Organize/sponsor NASA/AISES Club meeting once a month after school

• Recruit students for the "SAT" Prep Classes

• Recruit students for:

  • AISES Program

  • N.C. Indian Youth UNITY Conference

  • National Indian Youth UNITY Conference

  • Broyhill Leadership Conference

• Identify/schedule positive Indian role models as resource persons

• Recruit from official drop-out list for 1) re-entry to regular school or 2) enrollment in an alternative program

• Prepare/submit project reports

• Attend monthly staff meetings

• Supplemental Indian student advisement for college entry/high school course selection

• Coordinate with guidance division financial aid/applications for post secondary training and education

NOTE: Youth Development Specialist are employed during Summer Enrichment Camp.