Let Each One Teach One (OJJDP Model Program Guide)

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Let Each One Teach One

Intervention:

Let Each One Teach One is based on literature findings that mentor relations facilitate academic success. The program uses the relationship between an elementary or middle school student and an older, more experienced student role model to provide life-skills enrichment, self-image, support, and a sense of belonging. Mentors help participants set personal and academic goals. The participants’ study skills are assessed, and mentors provide methods for helping them learn and remember what was discussed in class, plan and write papers, learn methods for math assignments, prepare for a test, complete homework, and improve study at home. Mentors model how they accomplished the foregoing and explore with the students a plan for doing the same. Visualization procedures are used to help students envision themselves as more successful.

The intervention approach consists of one-on-one mentoring, self-regulation skills building for promoting self-efficacy, and academic tutoring for minimizing individual and school risk factors. The program serves to enhance the protective factors of academic performance, attachment and commitment to school, consistent enforcement of rules regarding behavior, and attachment to prosocial role models.

Evaluation Methodology:

The program was evaluated using a quasi-experimental pretest–posttest design with comparison groups. Sixth, seventh, and eighth graders with high at-risk ratings in school A were randomly assigned to treatment group 1 (n=20) or to the waitlist (control) group (n=19), and in school B they were assigned to treatment group 2 (n=16). The treatment consisted of a weekly session in which the mentor met with the student for 50 minutes. The “will and skill” (group 1) sessions used the mentor relationship for addressing personal, school-, and problem-related areas. This mentor role-model function provided support, challenge, and vision for increasing academic achievement along with the establishment of a “skill” domain to help students acquire strategies for self-awareness, self-evaluation, and self-monitoring. Those in the “will” (group 2) condition did not establish a “skill domain.” The sample consisted of 55 youths: 20 in group 1, 16 in group 2, and 19 in the control group. All participants (n=55) and mentors were African-American males. Data was collected through the Children’s Self-Efficacy Scale, school data, mentor–student interviews/ questionnaires, and the Self-Perception Profile for Adolescents.

Evaluation Outcome:

The evaluation showed significantly higher posttest results for the treatment group 1 on self-efficacy, grade point average, and teacher conduct ratings when compared with the control group. There were no differences between treatment groups 1 and 2. A paired ‘t’ test showed that treatment group 2 obtained a significantly higher gain in self-efficacy, while treatment group 1 obtained a significantly higher gain in grade point average. Posttest results did not reveal any significant differences among treatment group 1, treatment group 2, and the waitlist group on the number of unexcused absences, office referrals, suspensions, self-perception for scholastic competence, social acceptance, behavioral conduct, and global self-worth. Paired ‘t’ tests showed that from pretest to posttest, treatment group 2 showed the most gain for scholastic competence, the waitlist group had a significant positive gain for unexcused absences, and treatment group 1 had the largest reduction in office referrals.

Other Information:

References:

Tomlin, Vicky. Let Each One Teach One Mentor Program Study Evaluation. Denver, Colo.: Excellence Plus.

Program Specification:

Current Rating:

Promising

Expected Date of Re-Review:

Spring 2013

Program Type:

Academic Skills Enhancement

Mentoring

Ethnicity:

African American

Gender:

Male

Age:

11 - 13

Problem Behaviors:

Academic Problems

Delinquency

Risk & Protective Factors:

Risk

Individual

Cognitive and neurological deficits/Low intelligence quotient/Hyperactivity

Mental disorder / Mental health problem / Conduct disorder

School

Low academic achievement

Negative attitude toward school / Low bonding / Low school attachment / Commitment to school

School suspensions

Truancy / Frequent absences

Protective

Individual

Perception of social support from adults and peers

School

High expectations of students

Opportunities for prosocial school involvement

Presence and involvement of caring, supportive adults in school

Strong school motivation / Positive attitude toward school

Student bonding (attachment to teachers, belief, commitment)

Additional Information:

SAMHSA: NREPP

Department of Education

Status:

Program is in operation at this time.

Performance Measures:

Suggested OJJDP Performance Measures for the Program Types(s):

Delinquency Prevention
Academic Skills Enhancement
Logic Model: PDF
Performance Matrix:PDF
School Programs
Academic Skills Enhancement
Logic Model: PDF
Performance Matrix:PDF
Mentoring
Mentoring
Logic Model: PDF
Performance Matrix:PDF

Contact Information:

Program Developer:
Vicki Tomlin, Ph.D., Psychologist, Consultant
Excellence Plus
P.O. Box 371803
Denver, CO 80237
Phone: 3037960414
Fax: 3037968071
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