In addition to classroom participation, students are required to meet with a troubled youth in the community for a minimum of three hours per week. Students receive training in how to effectively mentor troubled youth during class sessions. Class Reflection Sessions will also be used to discuss communityservice experiences on a group and individual basis. Approachesfor understanding and working with ethnically-diverse and female youth will be examined and discussed in the class. Finally, a series of field trips and guest speakers will be scheduled to further facilitate classroom learning and community service experiences.
Students serve as mentors to one troubled youth in the program three hours per week.
Theories of delinquency and gang involvement and strategies to reduce violence among adolescents are included in class content. In addition, one 60-minute class per week will be devoted to Reflection Sessions. Two field trips to the juvenile court and Division of Youth Corrections are scheduled to further facilitate integration of course content and field work. The Director and other personnel from the Club will participate in Reflection Sessions three times per quarter to provide additional feedback to students. Students will be asked to notify Project Staff on any ongoing involvement in the project beyond the Fall Quarter class.