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It describes culturally responsive professional development for early childhood educators, family engagement, and the 500 for 500 mentoring program pairing K–12 students with trained adults focused on literacy and personal support. 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Despite improvements district-wide, there are still considerable achievement gaps between young men of color and their peers. We must work harder to ensure that all students—particularly boys and young men of color—share equally in DCPS’ progress.  \nEmpowering Males of Color (EMOC) is a comprehensive effort to change that narrative, improve the student experience, and help our young men develop the academic and social skills that lead to success. Led by DCPS, the initiative engages the entire city in an effort to prepare our boys and young men of color for  \ncollege, careers and life.  \nHighlights of EMOC’s First Year  \nCulturally responsive professional development and family engagement.  \nWorking with Bank Street College of Education and the national Office of Head Start, DCPS developed a culturally responsive professional development program for classroom teachers and paraprofessionals of 3-and 4-year-olds.The program’s goals include improving the quality of the school experience for boys of color, building stronger relationships between early childhood staff and the boys’ families, and supporting the boys’ relationships with their families.  \nMore than 30 educators who teach 225 boys participated in the training. Principal and pre-K teacher teams reported increased consciousness and intentionality toward creating  \nmore positive interaction with African American boys and families. They also reported increased motivation to be advocates for change within their schools, homes and communities.  \n500 for 500: Mentoring through Literacy.  \nThis program aims to recruit, train and connect 500 mentors with K–12 students by June 2017. DCPS has met its year-one recruitment goal of 250 mentors and will connect more  \nstudents with caring and invested adults in the coming year.  \nIn the 500 for 500 program, the academic focus is literacy, but the mentors build relationships to support their students both academically and personally.  \nSchools are incorporating mentoring in both existing programs and new efforts. For example, in 2015–16 DCPS introduced a mentoring partnership with DC’s Metropolitan  \nGROUNDED IN DATA  \nEMOC was developed in response to data that shows unacceptable gaps for male students of color. DCPS is investing in EMOC to close these gaps and will track DCPS indicators including the ones shown here.  \nREACHED LITERACY SKILLS BENCHMARK (DIBELS)  \nLiteracy skills gap: 12 percentage points  \n100%  \n90%  \n80%  \n70%  \n60%  \n50%  \nGRADUATION RATES  \nGraduation gap: 14 percentage points  \n100%  \n90%  \n80%  \n70%  \n60%  \n50%  \n■ MALES OF COLOR ■ ALL OTHER STUDENTS  \nPolice Department (MPD) . MPD cadets are literacy mentors for 19 students at three schools.  \nDCPS also has partnered with some of the strongest literacy and mentoring organizations in the city, including Reading Partners; For Love of Children; Higher Achievement; Life Pieces to Masterpieces; Mentors, Inc.; and Reach, Inc.  \nNew empowering males high school.  \nDCPS will soon open the city’s first public, all-male college-preparatory high school.The new school will be located at the site of the former Ron Brown Middle School, which is currently being modernized to accommodate the needs of a full high school program.  \nDr. Benjamin Williams has been selected to serve as the school’s founding principal, and he is hard at work recruiting the staff and the inaugural freshman class.The first class of 150 9th grade students will start in August 2016.The school will emphasize college and career programming with a goal of a 100 percent graduation rate from both high school and college.  \nEMOC Innovation Grants. A competitive grant opportunity for DC Public Schools, Innovation Grants enable individual schools to address the  \nunmet needs of their male students of color. The grants are helping schools provide additional academic support, expand so","cbCailWDdMpYFUMV","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCailWDdMpYFUMV","pdf",1188391,"English","# Highlights of EMOC’s First Year\n## Culturally responsive professional development and family engagement\n## 500 for 500: Mentoring through Literacy\n# Grounded in Data\n## Reached literacy skills benchmark (DIBELS)\n## Graduation rates\n# New empowering males high school\n# EMOC Innovation Grants\n## Bringing more men of color to the classroom","[{\"question\":\"What is the purpose of the Empowering Males of Color (EMOC) initiative?\",\"answer\":\"EMOC is designed to change the narrative, improve the student experience, and build academic and social skills for young men of color, helping them succeed in college, careers, and life.\"},{\"question\":\"How does DCPS approach literacy support in the first year?\",\"answer\":\"DCPS uses the 500 for 500 program and partnerships that focus on literacy, recruiting and connecting mentors with K–12 students to support learning academically and personally.\"},{\"question\":\"What kinds of programs or resources do EMOC Innovation Grants provide?\",\"answer\":\"Innovation Grants enable schools to address unmet needs of male students of color by expanding academic support, social/emotional support, and family engagement through partnerships and targeted initiatives.\"}]","YEAR 1 of a community-wide investment in our students | PDF",1792047401]