Organization: QUALITY EDUCATION SERVICES OF MN INC
Mission: WE MOBILIZE COMMUNITY ELDERS TO BUILD CARING RELATIONSHIPS THAT HELP CHILDREN DEVELOP SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL, AND ACADEMIC SKILLS, WHILE CULTIVATING MEANINGFUL INTERGENERATIONAL CONNECTIONS TO THE COMMUNITY.
Activities: THE EXPERIENCE CORP PROGRAM SERVED 108 CLASSROOMS IN 23 SCHOOLS AND AFTER SCHOOL LOCATIONS IN MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL, MN. DURING THE 2019 FISCAL YEAR, 772 STUDENTS RECEIVED 19,443 HOURS OF TUTORING FROM 87 TUTORS. ALL 772 OF THESE STUDENTS RECEIVED SUSTAINED ONE-ON-ONE OR SMALL GROUP TUTORING DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR. PRE- AND POST-TUTORING ASSESSMENTS COLLECT MEASURES OF ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE, BEHAVIOR AND OTHER INDICATORS AND ARE COMPLETED BY TEACHERS OR SITE SUPERVISORS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SCHOOL YEAR AND AGAIN AT THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR OR WHENEVER A STUDENT EXITS THE PROGRAM. IN MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL, MN, 625 STUDENTS' TEACHERS OR SITE SUPERVISORS COMPLETED BOTH THE PRE- AND POSTTUTORING ASSESSMENT SURVEY 93% OF THESE STUDENTS WERE CLASSIFIED AS BELOW GRADE LEVEL AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SCHOOL YEAR. RESPONDENTS INDICATED THE FOLLOWING:- 67% OF STUDENTS WHO WERE BELOW GRADE LEVEL AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR IMPROVED THEIR READING AND LITERACY PERFORMANCE BY AT LEAST HALF A GRADE, - 47% OF STUDENTS WERE CLASSIFIED AS ON OR ABOVE GRADE LEVEL BY THE END OF THE YEAR, - 33% OF THE STUDENTS IMPROVED BY ONE FULL GRADE LEVEL OR MORE OR WERE CLASSIFIED AS ON OR ABOVE GRADE LEVEL BY THE END OF THE YEAR,- 79% OF THE STUDENTS WHO HAD PREVIOUS ATTENDANCE ISSUES WERE RATED AS EXHIBITING IMPROVEMENT IN ATTENDANCE BY THE END OF THE YEAR. - 79% OF THE STUDENTS WHO HAD PREVIOUSLY DISPLAYED DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIORS WERE RATED AS EXHIBITING IMPROVEMENT BY THE END OF THE YEAR. - 92% OF THE STUDENTS WHO HAD RECEIVED LOW RATINGS FOR ONE OR MORE SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL INDICATORS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR- CONCENTRATION, MOTIVATION, SELF-CONFIDENCE, OR PARTICIPATION-RECEIVED A HIGHER RATING AT THE END OF THE YEAR. 91 TEACHERS OR SITE SUPERVISORS COMPLETED THE MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL, MN TEACHER/SITE SUPERVISOR PROGRAM EVALUATION. THE FINDINGS INDICATED- 92% OF THE RESPONDENTS REPORTED THAT THE EC TUTORS HAD A MODERATE OR STRONG INFLUENCE ON STUDENT READING AND LITERACY PERFORMANCE,- 89% OF THE RESPONDENTS REPORTED THAT THE EC TUTORS HAD A MODERATE OR STRONG INFLUENCE ON STUDENT SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL INDICATORS, SUCH AS MOTIVATION, CONCENTRATION, PARTICIPATION, OR SELF-CONFIDENCE,- 94% OF THE RESPONDENTS REPORTED THAT THE EC TUTORS HAD A MODERATE OR STRONG INFLUENCE ON PROVIDING TEACHERS OR SITE SUPERVISORS WITH EXTRA TIME TO ASSIST STUDENTS WHO WERE STRUGGLING ACADEMICALLY,- 82% OF THE RESPONDENTS INDICATED THAT THEY WERE LIKELY TO REQUEST A TUTOR AGAIN NEXT YEAR 81 TUTORS COMPLETED THE MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL, MN VOLUNTEER TUTOR SURVEY. THE RESULTS ARE AS FOLLOWS - 95% OF THE TUTORS REPORTED THAT PARTICIPATING IN THE EC PROGRAM HELPED THEM STAY PHYSICALLY AND MENTALLY ACTIVE - 96% OF THE TUTORS REPORTED THAT THE PROGRAM INCREASED THEIR SENSE OF PURPOSE IN LIFE - 100% OF THE TUTORS REPORTED THAT THEY WERE SATISFIED WITH THE ACADEMIC PROGRESS THEY MADE WITH STUDENTS - 96% OF THE TUTORS REPORTED THAT THEY WERE SATISFIED WITH THE RELATIONSHIPS THEY HAD WITH THE STUDENTS THEY TUTORED THE NET PROMOTER SCORE, WHICH INDICATES HOW LIKELY VOLUNTEERS ARE TO RECOMMEND THE EC PROGRAM TO A FRIEND WAS 71
NTEE category: Education
Secondary category: Youth Development