Circumstances and barriers for students vary widely across communities. Our local approach allows us to identify the unique needs in our community and leverage resources to make a difference in the lives of our young people.
Across our community, the identified local needs and risk factors vary for each school, family, and individual student. To address these needs, our school-based site coordinators have implemented the following supports:
Our Services in Schools
Case Management
School-based site coordinators empower students to stay in school through individualized access to needed resources, and ongoing encouragement and guidance to build confidence to reach their potential and achieve their dreams.
Tier 1: School-Wide Services
Widely-available services and resources that are designed to foster a positive school climate and address school-level risk factors. They are short-term interventions that are provided on an as-needed basis, and are open to all students. Examples of tier 1 services include assemblies, college and career fairs, and anti-bullying programs.
Tier 2: Targeted Programs
Targeted case-managed services that are typically provided in a group setting to students with common needs. These services are long-term interventions and typically on-going throughout the school year. Examples of Tier 2 services include girl empowerment groups, Gay-Straight Alliance groups, and after-school academic tutoring.
Tier 3: Individualized Support
Intensive services directed toward the highest needs students who are case managed by a Site Coordinator. These students receive services on a daily to weekly basis, and are tracked for progress in the areas of attendance, behavior and coursework. Examples of Tier 3 services include school-based mentoring, one-on-one crisis intervention, goal setting and monitoring, life skills building, credit retrieval, and social/emotional support.
Mentor Program
Since 1995, the Communities In Schools of Renton-Tukwila (CISRT) Mentor Program has matched volunteer mentors with students in grades K-12 as an early intervention to school drop-out. This is important because dropping out of school is a process, not an event, with factors building and compounding over time.