The Teachers as Mentors – Professional School Based Mentoring (PSBM) Services

The TEACHERS AS MENTORS – Professional School Based Mentoring (PSBM) Services….Because every student needs a raving fan!

Dr. Adolph “Doc” Brown, III pioneered the idea of rigorously training educators as mentors for students. Doc Brown et al. (2010) carefully studied it, put it into practice, and showed that it stands as a model of best practices for everyone to learn from. The Teachers as Mentors PSBM Services are “Best Practice” resources used to build capacity, effectively engage family & community, and achieve positive student outcomes.

The Teachers as Mentors – Professional School Based Mentoring Services (PSBM) developed by Dr. Adolph “Doc” Brown, III recognize that our highest risk students DO NOT constitute a homogeneous cluster of youth with like characteristics. The Teachers as Mentors PSBM services skillfully and willfully address the gifted learner with anxiety issues to the angry learner with family problems.

The Teachers as Mentors PSBM Services are proven evidenced-based research strategy for the highest risk students in primary and secondary settings.
The Teachers as Mentors PSBM Services holistically address the student’s needs, provides the appropriate resources and measures the outcomes.
The Teachers as Mentors PSBM Services address the following areas using SMART goal setting: Academic Attitude, Behavior Targets & Curriculum (ABC’s)
The goals of the Teachers as Mentors PSBM Services are as follows:

Improved academic performance (usually defined through grades or standard test scores)
Improved feeling of scholastic competence and confidence
Improved relations with peers, teachers, and other school personnel
Increased attendance and class participation
Improved homework completion
Increased access to other school resources (such as the library or computer lab)
Reductions in classroom disruptions, fighting, suicidal ideation/impulse/intent, drugs and alcohol, and other negative school behavior.
Increased exploration of, or acceptance to, secondary education opportunities.
Improved job placement, career exploration or college readiness.
Teacher & parent training & promotion of positive behavioral supports for effective behavior management
Parent and community engagement and commitment to the student’s academic success.

The Teachers as Mentors PSBM Services provide assistance teachers and students, not an additional burden.
The Teachers as Mentors PSBM Services are NOT a “Here we go again program!” There is invested support over the next 1-2 years to improve the academic and personal lives of our highest risk students.
Campus referrals will go through a school-based committee (The “Failure Is Not An Option Committee”) to determine students in greatest in need within the school.
Teachers as Mentors PSBM’s will be assigned to campuses and maintain a caseload of 20-25 students.
Teachers as Mentors PSBM’s receive on-going specialty professional development, intense supervision and monitoring, and participate in book studies leading to certification as a Certified Professional School Based Mentor.
Online forms for documentation of Teacher and Parent Input on student progress, Parent Permission, and End-Of-Year assessment will be available.

The multiple dimensions of the student’s life is effectively addressed with the ABC’s:
A Academics
B Behavior
C Community Support