After Hours in the Tower

Grant Augenstein
Shannon Carwell
Benjamin Johnson
Michelle Miller
Alberta Negri
Brianna Tomasi

Hughes High School

Public STEM school

Large percentage of population is disadvantaged

Economically
Environmentally

Poor report card in most statistical areas

1200 students strong

Class of 2013 - 70.7% four-year graduation rate

Among all of the labels are signs of hope!

Strengths and Growth

Students show a grade-by-grade increase in success

Attendance numbers are also promisingly high

Numbers show a desire from students to learn

Potential for growth is there if the right tools are given

Overview of Proposed After School Program

The Life of a UC College Student

Shadowing program

Insight
Motivation

Hughess goal to prep students for future paths

Discussion of Potential
Challenges/Obstacles to Implementing
Program
Challenges at Hughes High School

Getting information about the program to the students

Send pamphlets home with students

Flyers around the high school

Announcements

At the end of the day

During assemblies

Homeroom
Getting information about the program to UC students

Emails to Honors students

Emails through Center for Community Engagement

Flyers

Discussion of Potential
Challenges/Obstacles to Implementing
Program Cont.

Getting UC Students to participate

Giving service hours

Toward Cincinnatus Scholarship etc.

Getting Hughes High School students to participate

Getting to experience/see Nippert Stadium, DAAP, dining hall, The Rec etc.

As well as going to classes

Getting to experience a field of interest

Ex. Pre-med, Nursing, DAAP, Engineering

Lack of feedback

Make sure to have the Hughes students email

Send them the questionnaire to fill out

Getting the Hughes High School student into dining halls and The Rec

Emails to the staff of The Rec and the dining halls (or handwritten copies) with list of the names of the
Hughes student that will be visiting that day

Tell the Hughes student to bring a form of ID

Concluding Thoughts Relating to Hughes

Initiative/Program

Despite the potential issues, including getting information to both Hughes and
UC students, and getting Hughes and UC students to participate in the
program, we believe our Life of a UC College Student initiative would be
effective in addressing the problem of a lack of Hughes High School Students
attending UC by demonstrating to them the benefits of attending college, and
showing them how they can get accepted to UC and finance their education.
This will encourage more Hughes students to attend UC and help them to
become successful and productive individuals.

Overview of Learning Related to

Leadership gained through Hughes
How could we lead Hughes?
-It is more than teaching them to solve a math problem
-authentic relationship building
-showing each student that you cared

How we lead Hughes

-Encouragement is key
-Giving them positive attention for the
good behavior and minimizing the bad
behavior
-Asking questions
-Be engaged
-Genuine enthusiasm to be present

Leading in practice
A girl made me mad and I punched her.

Strengthsfinder StrengthsStudent Engagement

Achiever- Pushing the students to work hard
Communication- Explaining problems to students
Connectedness- Finding the cause of errors
Futuristic- Inspired by the potential of the students
Positivity- Creating a safe environment for students
Woo- Connecting with the students

Strengthsfinder StrengthsProposal
Analytical- Allowed us to see all the factors that affected the proposal
Communication- Has strong presentation skills
Consistency- Allowed us to create a consistent process
Futuristic- Inspired by the potential of the program
Positivity- Created a great atmosphere for the team