Model Programs Database

The JAG Model consists of a comprehensive set of services designed to keep youth in school through graduation and improve the rate of success in achieving education and career goals. The ultimate goal is for participants to receive a high school diploma (or GED if a diploma is not feasible), secure a quality job, pursue a postsecondary education and/or seek career advancement opportunities. JAG Model components include: Classroom Instruction; Employability Skills Training; Adult Mentoring; Guidance and Counseling; Summer Employment Training; Leadership Development; Job and Postsecondary Placement Services; Linkages to School and Community-Based Services; 12-Month Follow-up Services; Accountability System; and Professional Development.

Program Descriptors Include:
Academic Improvement, Alternative Education, Career Education, Family/Parental Involvement, GED, Mentoring/Tutoring, Service Learning, Study Skills

Strategies for Locating Students:
Unspecified

Starting Date: 1980
Students Served Per Year: 500+
Reenrolled Students with Disabilities: N/A
Last Verified: 2010

Program addresses the following:

Individual factors

• Has a learning disability or emotional disturbance
• Parenthood
• High-risk peer group
• High-risk social behavior
• Low achievement
• Poor attendance
• Low educational expectations
• Lack of effort
• Low commitment to school
• No extracurricular participation
• Misbehavior

Family factors

• Low socioeconomic status
• Low education level of parents
• Not living with both natural parents
• Family disruption
• Low educational expectations
• Sibling(s) has dropped out
• Low contact with school
• Lack of conversations about school

School factors

• Limited resources: expenditures per student/ teacher salaries/ student-teacher ratios
• School size: too small/too large
• School math achievement
• School policies and practices
• Student engagement
• Teacher expectations

Community factors

• Family composition/socioeconomic status
• Local labor market/neighborhood stability
• Youth social attitudes

Program promotes the following:

Relationships

• Presence and involvement of caring, supportive adults
• Opportunities and rewards for pro-social involvement
• Clear social norms
• Good relationships with parents, peers, and teachers
• Involvement with positive peer activities
• Perception of support from adults and peers

Independence

• Healthy/conventional beliefs and standards
• Positive/resilient temperament

Competence

• Social competencies
• Self efficacy

Creativity

• Problem-solving skills
• Flexibility

Optimism

• High expectations by community, family, school, and self
• Optimistic

How evaluation data was collected:
Data collected and analyzed at school/district level
Data collected and analyzed at state or organizational level