It has been such a pleasure to work with the Office of Homeless and Foster Care in the DPS Community District. In my first blog post, I mentioned that I was prepared to help make any input or opinion on issues that students are facing particularly in foster care. I was disappointed that I didn’t […]
Week 9: Goodbye…For Now :) Read More »
I am so glad I got to work with my community site to help identify which of the kids (they provided services to) are in the chronic absenteeism data collected from the school district. In general, they have been trying to find ways they could help students that are experiencing homelessness stay in school and
Week 8: What About The Kids? Read More »
I read an article about Elton’s murals and how he started making the art in Detroit. The article mentioned that Elton came to the southwest Detroit area in 2014 and fell in love with it. He started making these murals because he felt that the Hispanic community was invisible to the rest of Detroit (mainly
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The word “disciplinary” is often used in schools to describe various types of punishments for misbehaviors. Some examples of disciplinary actions that may be taken by a school are detention, suspension, expulsion, or sending a student to the principal’s office. – Google (educationattorney.com) As I have been doing my research with the Detroit Public School Community
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So this past few weeks, I have been making phone calls to families that identified as being homeless in the last school year. One of the questions I ask is “is your student(s)/family receiving any mental health services as a result of experiencing homelessness?”. So far I have called the parents or guardians of about
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The culture that I have been exposed to at my community site is very much a positive one. Everyone I work with seems to be friendly no matter the kind of day they might be having. Overall, we work on different tasks so it allows us to be on our own little planet (obviously working
Chronic Absenteeism is “missing at least 10 percent of days in a school year for any reason, including excused and unexcused absences”. – AFT This week I did research on what my site does and what is their mission. Detroit Public Schools Community District- Office of Homelessness and Foster Care is focused on Chronic Absenteeism
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Hello Guys, Just like I said in my elevator pitch: “i’m working with Detroit Public Schools- Office of Homeless and Foster Care. We are collecting data on students’ attendance and living status in order to find interventions that can reduce the chronic absenteeism rate in Detroit schools. We provide services such as food, clothes, school
Week 2: Fun Math, Not Michigan Math :) Read More »
“If you make the world a better for kids, you make it better for everyone” Kid President Hi everyone! My name is Edisa and I will be working with the Detroit Public Schools- Office of Homeless and Foster Care. A community is a group of people in the same area working to gather to improve
Week 1: ABC (Always Believe in Children)! Read More »
