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DC Promise Neighborhoods Initiative: Needs Assessment and Segmentation AnalysisTeenage Boy/GirlFocus Group Discussion GuideFocus Group Goals• To learn about what teenagers who live in the DCPNI footprint think are the greatest needs, challenges, andstrengths in the following areas:School, extracurricular activities, safety, graduation and college, physical health, familysupportive learning, and 21 st century learning tools.• The information learned will be used for:o U.S. Department of Education’s required needs assessmento Results-Driven Working Group program proposalsYou were invited to attend this focus group because we want to hear what teenagers think about their schools andneighborhoods. We want to hear from you about things that are working and things that you need to make thingsbetter.[Facilitators read rules of focus group.]Let’s start our discussion by introducing ourselves. Please tell us your first name, what neighborhood you live in,and where you go to school.HIGH SCHOOL (20 minutes)Let’s start off talking about the high schools in and around the DC Promise Neighborhood.What are some of the high schools that teenagers from this community attend?What do they like/don’t like about the high schools?How do these schools compare to others in DC?Probes: special education, teacher quality, school quality, safety, extracurricular activities?What about Chavez High school? Why would a teen choose to attend Chavez? Advantages/disadvantages? Whywould they choose not to go there?Probes: Special education (do certain schools provide better for students’ special needs).Do kids switch schools midyear? Why?Where do they switch to?Are students/parents happy after they switch? Why/why not?GRADUATION AND COLLEGE (20 minutes)Do the high schools encourage and expect students to graduate on time? What do the schools/teachers do tomake sure? What more could they be doing?Probe: counselors?Do the high schools encourage and expect students to go on for more education after graduating, like college,community college, trade schools, or accreditation programs? Why do you think that? Examples?Probe: Do counselors identify target schools, assist students in financial planning to pay for college, makesure students are academically ready?Probes: Do students want to go onto college or trade school?116
DC Promise Neighborhoods Initiative: Needs Assessment and Segmentation AnalysisWhat are some of the specific things schools do that are most helpful to get students ready to go on for moreschool after graduating? What more could they do to be supportive/helpful?Think about kids who have not graduated from high school—why do you think they don’t make it to graduation?What are they doing now?What would have helped them graduate from high school?SAFETY IN SCHOOLS (20 minutes)Let’s talk about how safe teens are in their school and traveling to go to school.Do teenagers feel safe in their schools? Why—what are the problems?Probe: Which schools do people think are the safest? The least safe? Why?What would it take to make them feel safer at school?Are teenagers in the neighborhood safe when traveling to or from school? What are the challenges if any?What would need to happen to make them feel safer?ACCESS TO SERVICES (25 minutes)Now we want to ask about the types of services, programs, opportunities that are in these neighborhoods.What types of activities are available to the teenagers who live in the neighborhood? Where are they?Probe: Are they after school, on the weekends, during the summer?Probe: employment opportunities? Training?What would teenagers like to see available to do in the neighborhoods after school, on the weekends, in thesummer?Probe: Do they have enough programs—do they get full quickly? What would make it easier tojoin/participate?What opportunities are there for teens to be active or get exercise in the community? Are there any challenges?Probe: Safety issues? Where in particular?Where do teenagers in this community go when they’re sick?Probe: emergency room versus regular doctor, mobile van, school nurseProbe: For regular check-ups or vaccinationsWhere do teenagers go for regular dental care?Where do teenagers get their information/advice about being healthy and taking care of themselves?Probe: school nurse, friends, parents, regular doctor, InternetHow much interaction do teenagers have with the school nurse? Does he/she provide information that teens use?Switching gears a bit, let’s talk about access to technology.Do teens around here have access to a computer and Internet? Where?Probe: Differentiate between cell phones and computers.Probe: Are computers available at home, library, rec center, work?Are there any challenges for teenagers in this neighborhood to get access to computers and the Internet? Whatare they?Probe: If parents/children don’t have access, what are they missing out on?117
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