DCSS Update: October 2016
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<strong>DCSS</strong>/Boys & Girls Club program<br />
wins statewide award<br />
A work-based learning<br />
program developed<br />
between the Dougherty<br />
County School System’s<br />
CTAE department and<br />
the Boys and Girls Club<br />
of Albany won the <strong>2016</strong><br />
won two statewide awards<br />
recently.<br />
The program was<br />
awarded the <strong>2016</strong> Program<br />
Impact Excellence<br />
Award and the Education<br />
and Career Development<br />
Award by the Georgia Area<br />
Alliance and Council.<br />
Boys and Girls Club<br />
CEO Marvin Laster said in<br />
an email to supporters that<br />
the program is doing as<br />
expected.<br />
“In the fall of 2015<br />
Boys & Girls Clubs of<br />
Albany set out to create a<br />
program that would better<br />
equip young people with<br />
the opportunities, experiences,<br />
and exposure necessary<br />
to ensure that they<br />
are better prepared for life<br />
beyond their high school<br />
years. Thus the Work Based<br />
Learning (WBL) program<br />
was developed. Each of<br />
you were champions for<br />
this program from the<br />
beginning and we sincerely<br />
appreciate your commitment<br />
to the young people<br />
WE serve.”<br />
Building on its after<br />
school programming,<br />
the Boys & Girls Clubs<br />
of Albany implemented a<br />
program that would not<br />
only provide theoretical<br />
information on college and<br />
career readiness, but would<br />
provide real world experience<br />
and exposure while<br />
encouraging academic success<br />
and civic engagement.<br />
The Work-Based Learning<br />
Over the course of<br />
this comprehensive, collaborative<br />
program, Club<br />
members participated in<br />
weekly Teen Nights held<br />
Monday- Thursday from 6<br />
pm - 9 pm nightly. During<br />
Teen Nights, members<br />
participated in mandatory<br />
programs such as Diplomas<br />
2 Degrees, Money Matters,<br />
and Career Launch.<br />
Additionally, members<br />
were required to maintain<br />
a minimum grade point<br />
average of 2.5, complete<br />
100 hours of community<br />
service, complete 100 hours<br />
of on the job experience in<br />
their assigned internship/<br />
apprenticeship. At the end<br />
of each nine weeks, CTAE<br />
Club members who met<br />
the attendance, grade point<br />
average, community service<br />
and internship/apprenticeship<br />
minimum received a<br />
$125 stipend. At the end of<br />
the fourth nine weeks, 12<br />
grade CTAE Club members<br />
successfully meeting<br />
their quarterly requirements<br />
received a $500 scholarship.<br />
To encourage success<br />
in the Work-Based Learning<br />
program, Boys & Girls<br />
Clubs of Albany provided<br />
quarterly community service<br />
opportunities, for program<br />
participants, as well<br />
as supplemental internship<br />
experiences. Work Based<br />
Learning participants hosted<br />
College Weeks at their<br />
respective Clubs, participated<br />
in various college-based<br />
field trips, and served as<br />
tutors and peer mentors to<br />
younger Club members.<br />
Our annual youth<br />
outcomes survey illustrates<br />
many positive findings<br />
from participation in Boys<br />
& Girls Clubs of Albany’s
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