ORCC AmeriCorps Retention Project

The Retention Project, a Washington and Oregon Campus Compact AmeriCorps program, places full-time AmeriCorps Members on college campuses for 11-months to create or expand mentoring programs.

Goals

The Retention Project is a college-based mentoring program that utilizes service-learning as a strategy to:

#1 Improve retention and academic advancement rates of middle school, high school and college students who are at risk of dropping out of school by providing them with a college student mentor and engaging them in service-learning activities

#2 Improve retention and academic advancement of college students by engaging them in mentoring and other service-learning activities

#3 Develop civic and work force skills of all students

The Roles of Retention Project AmeriCorps Members

- Work with college/university faculty and administrators to recruit college/university students to mentor middle school, high school, and/or college students who are at risk of dropping out of school (mentees) to overcome the barriers to academic achievement and advance along the educational continuum.

- Provide training to college student mentors to help them work more effectively with their mentess and to develop civic and work force skills.

- Develop long-term sustainable partnerships between colleges/universities and middle and high schools to improve college access and success of all students.

- Develop service-learning opportunities in the community for mentors and mentees for the purpose of improving academic achievement, and cultivating strong civic and workforce skills and attitudes of the participants.

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