Next Generation Reflection

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The summer program I used to complete my observation hours for the course of the summer was a youth development program offered in Dawsonville, GA. called Next Generation. and their mission is to provide an opportunity for positive youth development as well as access to resources and opportunities many children otherwise don’t have access to. They aim to use this program to provide mentoring for the youth, tutoring for afterschool assignments, and offer many opportunities as a prevention program to the advancement of vulnerable youth. Next Generation is open year-round for students, and have a smaller program available for the summer. This is a youth program whose mission isn’t to “repair” the youth that are not excelling in academics, participating …show more content…

Within the program, there was no differences in regards to race among the participants. However, the diversity revealed itself in many different ways, such as the variations in age ranging from early middle school to early high school students, both genders were equally represented among the students. Many of the students represented a slightly lower middle class socio-economic status within their families. However, the commonality between the students is that they were struggling either academically, socially, or disciplinarily at their school of origin. For the students to be accepted into this program, their report cards and school records are carefully read through in order to choose students who would benefit from being involved in this specific environment. Next Generation took these children that many people would write off as a challenge or not worth the effort and provide them with the resources and attention to make an enormous impact on their …show more content…

The staff is dynamic and helpful to the students in every regard. They work together collectively to isolate the issues and using the combined brainstorming power to change learning for the benefit of the students. Next Generation has figured out that if they are going to correctly transform these student’s lives for the better, they have to address the current issues found in our educational systems that have been failing the student thus far. I hope to use these experiences to encourage my staff as well as aid me in becoming the teacher my future students

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