Big Brother Big Sister Initiative

What is Big Brother Big Sister?

Quick Facts

• Big Brother Big Sister has been around since 1904. (bbbs.org)
• Idea is to create one-to-one relationship built on trust and friendship between mentor and student. (bbbs.org)
• Our school does not have any program like this that will create long lasting impact on our students.

Who are the Stakeholders?

• By definition the term "stakeholders" means: "a person with an interest or concern in something, especially business.
• As teachers, our business are our students.
• So the stakeholders in this particular initiative would mainly be with teachers.

Who are the Participants?

• The participants play a huge part in making this initiative successful.
• First, our very own students from as young as first grade all the way through graduation are able to apply to be in this program.

Who are the participants cont.

• College students who are interested in mentoring our students.
• They will go through a series of screenings and must attend training before they are qualified.

What is the purpose of the initiative?

• "Surveys by the organizations show taht 67 percent of college students who had a Big Brother Big Sister mentor credited the adult volunteers with their decisions to go to college. (Prine, 2014)
• "The longer kids are in the Big Brother Big Sister program, the less likely they are to do drugs and 90 percent of them improve their grades in school, according to the nonprofit's research." (Prine, 2014)

What is the purpose of the initiative cont...

• Most of our students come from extreme poverty which puts them more at risk of not even making it through high school.
• This initiative would allow our students to access a mentor to help keep them accountable and to create a healthy role model relationship that so many lack at home.

How will this initiative be structured?

• For every 10 college students that apply to be a Big Brother Big Sister, we would need 5 teachers to volunteer their time.
• This ratio will allow our teachers to truly get to connect with our volunteers.
• This will also help us connect the volunteers with the students.
• Each volunteer will have one student.

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• "Most local programs operate in more of less the same way; they recruit and carefully screen volunteer applicants for one-to-one matches; they screen youth, who usually come from single-parent households and who must (along with their parents) desire to enter into a match; and they carefully match adult volunteers with youngsters based on backgrounds, on the stated preferences of adult volunteers, parents and youth, and on geographic proximity." (Grossman & Tierney, 2000)

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• of adult volunteers, parents and youth, and on geographic proximity." (Grossman & Tierney, 2000)

Time commitment

• Teachers will meet with student volunteers once a week.
• Volunteers will meet with students once a week.
• Teachers will meet with mentor/student once a month.
• This program will be offered to students all year long (including summer months).

What is the duration of the initiative?

• This initiative can stick around as long as we see fit.
• Our volunteers must commit for a minimum of one year.
• Students can join BBBS program as young as first grade.

Big Brother Big Sister

Resources

• Grossman, J. B., & Tierney, J. P. (1998). Does Mentoring Work?: An Impact Study of the Big Brothers Big Sisters Program. Evaluation Review, 22(3), 403-426. doi:10.1177/0193841x9802200304
• Prine, Carl. Pittsburgh Tribune Review (PA). 07/20/2014. , Database: Newspaper Source
• Who we are. (n.d.). Retrieved May 09, 2016, from http://www.bbbsfoundation.org/

Resources continued

• Who we are. (n.d.). Retrieved May 09, 2016, from http://www.bbbsfoundation.org/