Helping Jackson's Youth Maximize Their Education
The Jackson Legacy Student Success Structure will provide a continuum of support and coordination to assist students and families in understanding, accessing and utilizing support systems available in the school and community that will help each student achieve academic success and decrease barriers to learning so that they may be properly prepared for post-secondary education, and ultimately, to enter the work force.
One component of the Student Success Structure will be a Legacy Night Open House for parents and high school incoming freshmen and sophomores to inform them of the Jackson Legacy Program and the Student Success and college Access service; and to assist junior and senior level students with applications to Jackson Community College, Baker College and Spring Arbor University as well as online assistance for financial aid.
Outcomes and Evaluation
The anticipated outcomes reflect the expected short-term and intermediate outcomes of the project that directly impact youth as they transition from high school to post-secondary education.
Students who graduate in years two and three of the project will:
Have an exit portfolio that includes:
- High school transcripts
- Transcripts from college courses completed while attending high school, as applicable
- Documentation of career/vocational assessment
- Documentation of assessment of personal readiness, strengths/weaknesses, and supports required relative to career pathway
- Documentation of any volunteer, community service and/or paid work relative to career pathway
- Completed college/technical certification program applications and acceptance letters
- Documentation of completed associated placement tests and scores
- Documentation of any required remedial programs
- Financing plan with associated budget and financing applications, scholarships, loans, grants and/or other sources of financial aid
- Improved attendance (increased number of student/school days).
- Increased number of appropriate community service referrals and acquisition of referral services.
- Increased on-time high school graduation rates.
- Decreased drop-out rates.
- Every Jackson Area Career Center student has applied to college, to the military, a technical/certification program, or has an employment plan.
- Reduced remediation in English and Mathematics courses.
- Increased total scholarship, loan and grant dollars awarded to students.
- Increased college/technical certification program enrollment.
- Increased college/technical certification program retention after one year (as applicable to program).
- Increased college degree/technical certification program completion.