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Empowering Students Through Mentor Relationships Keystone Education Radio
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About this Episode
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Discover the work being done in Philadelphia schools between the Office of School Safety (OSS) and its students, particularly young black males, through its Leaders Encouraging Achievement and Development, or LEAD, mentoring program. On this episode of Keystone Education Radio, host Annette Stevenson speaks with OSS chief safety officer Kevin Bethel on the merits of this program and the benefits the district, the mentors and the mentees are gaining.
In this episode, you’ll discover:
The innovative approach Philadelphia School District is taking to pairing school safety officers with young mentees
How and why the district and the Office of School Safety have plans to expand this program and find methods to capture its effectiveness
How mentoring can develop empathy in both the mentee and the mentor
Skip to: 01:11 What objectives were initially identified in the development and evolution of the program since it was launched?
“And so how can we kind of build beyond, as has historically been in the space, strictly focused on safety around people coming and going, and some of the negative activities, but what are the positive things around safety, where we can really engage young people early upstream and really develop those relationships that will impact them for the rest of their lives.”
Skip to: 02:22 To date, how many students and officers are involved?
“We have a number of individuals who are stepping up, want to play in that role and be mentors. So we’re excited about building this program even further.”
Skip to: 02:50 I imagine that [virtual component] may have been even more essential during these past months where folks were isolated. I imagine that might’ve even been more critical, that connection?
“You know and your audience knows that I think what people learn from the pandemic is how critical school is to our children. Anybody had any questions before that, all of that should be dismissed.”
“I’m really proud of the men and women who were involved in that virtual space. Because they kept it going through the supports of the strategic planning team, the principals, and those at the schools, we were able to keep it going and it was really exciting to see that happen.”
Skip to: 03:56 Are there short-term and long-term markers of success that will represent the program’s overall effectiveness?
“We are looking at, as we continue to build out the program, how do we bring in some of the research, because we kind of know mentoring works. There’s plenty of research in the spheres that tell you that it does, but we do want to make sure that the program is living to the efficacy of what it was developed to do.”
Skip to: 05:33 Does the experience of being a mentor and having that interaction with the students, does that also impact the school safety officers and how they carry out their role?
“I think sometimes we fail to realize, sometimes we g
About this Episode
Time Stamps
Q&A
About our Guests
Resources
Discover the work being done in Philadelphia schools between the Office of School Safety (OSS) and its students, particularly young black males, through its Leaders Encouraging Achievement and Development, or LEAD, mentoring program. On this episode of Keystone Education Radio, host Annette Stevenson speaks with OSS chief safety officer Kevin Bethel on the merits of this program and the benefits the district, the mentors and the mentees are gaining.
In this episode, you’ll discover:
The innovative approach Philadelphia School District is taking to pairing school safety officers with young mentees
How and why the district and the Office of School Safety have plans to expand this program and find methods to capture its effectiveness
How mentoring can develop empathy in both the mentee and the mentor
Skip to: 01:11 What objectives were initially identified in the development and evolution of the program since it was launched?
“And so how can we kind of build beyond, as has historically been in the space, strictly focused on safety around people coming and going, and some of the negative activities, but what are the positive things around safety, where we can really engage young people early upstream and really develop those relationships that will impact them for the rest of their lives.”
Skip to: 02:22 To date, how many students and officers are involved?
“We have a number of individuals who are stepping up, want to play in that role and be mentors. So we’re excited about building this program even further.”
Skip to: 02:50 I imagine that [virtual component] may have been even more essential during these past months where folks were isolated. I imagine that might’ve even been more critical, that connection?
“You know and your audience knows that I think what people learn from the pandemic is how critical school is to our children. Anybody had any questions before that, all of that should be dismissed.”
“I’m really proud of the men and women who were involved in that virtual space. Because they kept it going through the supports of the strategic planning team, the principals, and those at the schools, we were able to keep it going and it was really exciting to see that happen.”
Skip to: 03:56 Are there short-term and long-term markers of success that will represent the program’s overall effectiveness?
“We are looking at, as we continue to build out the program, how do we bring in some of the research, because we kind of know mentoring works. There’s plenty of research in the spheres that tell you that it does, but we do want to make sure that the program is living to the efficacy of what it was developed to do.”
Skip to: 05:33 Does the experience of being a mentor and having that interaction with the students, does that also impact the school safety officers and how they carry out their role?
“I think sometimes we fail to realize, sometimes we g
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