​Closing-the-Gap Action Plan/Results Report

School Benito Juarez Community Academy

Name

Annual By the end of the 2021-2022 school year, African American students will
Student
Outcome decrease dropout rates by 4% from 10% to 6%.
Goal *This is diaporpotunate to Juarez’s student population because only 2.7% of the
students identify as African American.

Mindsets & Behaviors​ (Limit of three)

1. M 3. Sense of belonging in the school environment

2. B-SMS 6. Demonstrate ability to overcome barriers to learning
3. B-SMS 8. Demonstrate the ability to balance school, home, and community activities

Mindsets & Behaviors Survey Items

1. I feel included and recognized within my school
2. I have skills on how to manage challenging barriers within my life
3. I feel that I have a support system (staff, teacher, etc.) within the school that I can turn to
for help
4. I know how to advocate for myself as a minority

Interventions

Direct Student Services Indirect Student Services

1. Individual counseling to support students 1. Professional development

2. Create small groups - sense of belonging workshops among staff on
abolitionist teaching
3. Workshops/Lessons on building community and inclusive
environment 2. Student-Parent conference
and collaboration
5. Provide a range of residential after school resources -
group mentoring (My Block My Hood My City, YAP, R.E.A.L) 3. Community partnership for
students - mentoring and sel
support
4. Analyze trends/factors
leading to dropout rates
(push-out vs pull-out)
Data Collection Plan Results Data

Participation Data Plan Participation Results Data

Anticipated- ​47 students invited Actual

● Create a needs assessment
● Interview with each student individually to see where
they need the most support – create separate
groups based on outcome data
○ Sense of inclusion and identity within the
school culture
● Professional development lessons on “Abolitionist
Teaching”
○ Teacher/student check ins
● Small groups
○ 8 students / group
○ 5 Group Sessions: diversity and inclusion,
understanding one’s identity within Juarez,
community building, and empowerment
● Community outreach (mentoring and sel support)
○ My Block My Hood My City
○ YAP
○ R.E.A.L
● Parent conferences
● Individual check ins

Mindsets & Behaviors Data Plan Mindsets & Behaviors Data

Results

Pre-Intervention Data Average: Post-Intervention Data

1. Average:
2. 1.
3. 2.
4. 3.
4.

Outcome Data Plan Outcome Data Results

Baseline Data: Final Data:

Total students = 1,734
2.7% African American students Percent Change:
 African American students = 47
Total dropout rate = 5%
African American dropout rate - 10%
47 (African American student) x .1 = 5 African American
student dropout

Implications
Analyze your data. How with data inform future practice?

Sources:
My Block My Hood My City
https://www.formyblock.org/
YAP
https://www.yapinc.org/
R.E.A.L.
http://www.realprogram.org/