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Contact Information
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Candace
B.Ozerden
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700
Pass Road
Gulfport, Mississippi 39501
601-865-4678
601-865-4705 (fax)
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Description
of District
The Gulfport School District is located in the Mississippi Gulf
Coast bordered by I-10 on the north, the Mississippi Sound on the
south. Midway between New Orleans, Louisiana and Mobile, Alabama,
the total student population is 6,200, with 50% Caucasian, 49% African
American, and 1% other. The district is composed of ten schools
and one alternative school. Gulfport School District has recently
completed a $35 million building project reconfiguring to middle
schools, building new elementary middle school and ninth grade center.
School clinic facilities were added to each school facility. Our
mission statement reiterates our commitment. Our mission is to inspire
each student to become a problem solver, lifelong learner, and productive
member of society.
Description of Project
The project affords us the means by which the access to communication
technologies are increased. Through this funding, greater efficiency
in collaborative service delivery occurs; and also, increased efficiency
in optimal service delivery is realized. Funds for computer networking
components to link with the district's existing computer system
enables us to build a medical data base for immediate access and
allow accessibility at each site's wellness center.
Appropriate violence prevention skills through the Second Curriculum
(violence prevention curriculum) enables the students to improve
their communication skills and thus create a safe school environment.
Through the mastery of targeted social skills, violence-related
incidence are reduced. By addressing basic needs of health and interpersonal
skills, optimal learning occurs and student performance improves.
Through collaboration with our local hospital and the Healthy Community
Alliance, we have four fully licensed clinics staffed by full-time
RN's. Treatment is provided by physicians who rotate through the
clinics on a voluntary basis.
By utilizing our comprehensive Student Services department, the
Gulfport School District (GSD) provides for the appropriate needs
of all students. The pressing needs of at-risk students have received
additional attention. GSD has built a comprehensive primary and
secondary prevention and intervention program to combat substance
abuse, dropouts, pregnancy, violence, etc. Primary prevention is
achieved through curricula. Our prevention efforts integrate a comprehensive
network of moving from identification of at-risk students through
numerous intervention strategies that address specific needs and
provide a secure safety net.
All Gulfport schools have Student Assistance Team (SAT) programs
which identify the "at risk" student and plan intervention strategies.
The program is designed to support the student in crisis and strengthen
the attachment to education. The SAT is made up of school administrators,
teachers, counselors, nurses, and other support personnel. The program
has served as a model and has been replicated throughout the nation.
Our Community Mentorship Program allows good role models to have
an impact on the lives of young people who have been identified
as "at risk" i.e., potential dropouts. Mentoring is a relationship
that encourages and guides personal growth and development. The
purpose of the Mentor Program is to help the child achieve success
in school and in life.
Three Year Goal(s)
| 1. |
By the
end of the three years attendance,the Second Step violence prevention
curriculum will be fully implemented in grades K-8 across the
District. Implementation will include curriculum purchase and
support. |
| 2. |
By the
completion of the project,all health clinics will be networked
through the Student Data Management System to record student
health information. |
| 3. |
By the
completion of the project there will be a decrease in the number
of suspensions and repeat offenses, resulting in academic improvement
of students. |
First Year
Outcome Objectives
| I. |
By June,1998,seventy
percent of the appropriate teachers who received the Second
Step Training in August, 1997, will have provided classroom
instruction in the Second Step violence prevention curriculum
for grades 1-3 and grade 6 for 60% of the students in those
grades.
Achievement of results will be benchmarked through utilization
of attendance records (reduction of absenteeism), discipline
reports (infractions such as assaults, substance use, tobacco
use, gang violence, weapons, etc.), law enforcement reports,
Family Court statistics and DHS statistics, and number of Student
Assistance Team referrals.
Training for appropriate staff will have been completed. Sign-in
sheets and training evaluation forms will have been utilized
for validation of training success.
Participation in training will have been documented through
sign-in sheets. The effectiveness of the training is measurable
though comparison of self-reported data. |
| II. |
The computer
linking hardware will have been purchase for ten health sites
by the end of the first year. |
| III. |
All project
activities will be documented. The process will involve collecting
data from each of the components for precise measurement. The
review of student data will be ongoing to document any changes
that have occurred. Accommodations can be updated or changed
to provide opportunity for positive student outcomes.
The results will have included: a reduction in student check-outs,
increased identification of medical problems, student preventative
health care services which in turn reduce catastrophic illnesses,
and a reduction in the number of violence-related incidence. |
KEY INDIVIDUALS FOR THIS PROJECT
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Carlos
Hicks, Superintendent
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Candace
B. Ozerden, Director of Student Services
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P.O.
Box 220
Gulfport, MS 39502
228-865-4605
228-865-4718 (fax)
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P.O.
Box 220
Gulfport, MS 39502
228-865-1920
228-865-4705 (fax)
Role in Project: Director/Supervisor of programs/activities
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Kitty
Dietrick, Principal Community Liaison
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Larry
Williamson, Media Center Supervisor
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Healthy
Community Alliance
P.O. Box 1810
Gulfport, MS 39502
228-863-4617
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P.O.
Box 220
Gulfport, MS 39502
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