NSAESC Mentoring Technical Assistance

The National Student Attendance, Engagement, and Success Center (NSAESC) is excited to offer training and technical assistance to eligible districts and states around the implementation of mentoring best practices. Success Mentors is an evidence-based model that has been successfully utilized in school districts across the country to reduce chronic absenteeism and promote student success.

The NSAESC is working with MENTOR: The National Mentoring Partnership and its network of state and local affiliates to offer no-cost training and technical assistance (TA) for schools and districts implementing or interested in implementing the Success Mentors model to address chronic absenteeism and/or promote student engagement and achievement. Applicants can access up to 50 hours of training and TA, depending on need and availability, either virtually or in-person to address any needs you may have with regard to mentoring best practices and support you in designing, launching, and implementing a sustainable Success Mentors program in your school/district. Areas of focus can include mentor recruitment, supporting mentors, training mentors, training school staff in mentoring best practices, developing a policies and procedures manual, scaling your program, etc.
Apply below, and you will be notified about your acceptance and the assigned TTA provider who will be working with you within 2 weeks.

Please indicate details about yourself and your school or district below.

1. Your Name

2. Your position in your school/district

3. I am applying as a:

4. School or district name

5. School or district address

6. Number of schools within your district

7. Point person

8. Point person email

9. Point person phone number

To be eligible for technical assistance through the NSAESC, you must have a need for support to improve student outcomes, the readiness/capacity to apply what you learn through technical assistance, and if you are a school, the ability to share your learnings and/or tools created through this TA with other schools in your district (if you are applying as a district, this is N/A). Please answer the below questions about your need and eligibility for TA.

10. What student need(s) you plan to address using this technical assistance? *This question is required.

11. What is the focus of the technical assistance or training you hope to receive? Possible areas might include: aligning your program with evidence-based practices for mentoring, help recruiting mentors, training mentors and staff, creating plans to support mentors and students, parent and family engagement strategies, program sustainability, scaling your program, or something else. Please be as specific as possible. *This question is required.

12. Do you have the capacity to work with a Technical Assistance provider to implement the learnings and tools you gain from TA? *This question is required.

13. If you are a school, are you able to share your learnings and tools with other schools within your district? *This question is required.

The next few questions are to help us learn a little more about your school or district and your experience with mentoring.

14. Was your district a part of the MBK Success Mentors Initiative in 2016?

15. If so, how many mentees are you currently serving? Please describe your progress with your program.

16. Do you know if your school is eligible for School Improvement Grants (SIG)?

17. Other than the point person noted above, who else from your team will be involved in the training or technical assistance visit?

18. How will you apply what you learn through the training and TA you receive?

19. What is the ideal time frame for your training and TA to begin and end?

20. Are you interested in a no-cost TA visit about Early Warning Systems in addition to the mentoring support you are applying for? If so, we will connect you with the appropriate contact at the Everyone Graduates Center/Johns Hopkins University for additional support.

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Are you interested in no-cost support to help your school or district employ effective campaigns and strategies to promote attendance more broadly, including family engagement strategies? If so, we will connect you with the appropriate contact at Attendance Works for a phone consultation.

The work reported herein is supported under the Education Technical Assistance and Support Services (EDTASS) project, National Early Warning System and Chronic Absenteeism Reduction Center, Contract Number ED-ESE-15-A-0011/0004, from September 27, 2016 – September 26, 2018, as administered by the Office of Safe and Healthy Students, U.S. Department of Education. This contract was awarded to Jobs for the Future, Inc. (JFF). The contents do not necessarily represent the positions or policies of the Office of Safe and Healthy Students or the U.S. Department of Education and you should not assume endorsement by the federal government.