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<br />participant in ways that help them transition to higher levels of achievement, and continuing with <br /> <br />supportive services after goals and objectives are reached in order to maintain achievement levels. <br /> <br />The Social Development Model is incorporated by providing opportunities for youths to form <br /> <br />pro-social relationships with peers, staff and SAPD officers in activities that encourage bonding <br /> <br />and a desire in students to behave positively so as not to jeopardize their relationships. Skill <br /> <br />development and opportunity to use the skills learned in ways that make a meaningful contribution <br /> <br />to the community are also integral to the strategy as is a high level of recognition and reward to <br /> <br />acknowledge accomplishments in ways that can help youth earn respect in fTont of their peers and <br /> <br />family members. Individual achievement plans are aimed at establishing high expectations of <br /> <br />participants resulting in a sense of competence at the completion of each benchmark. <br /> <br />The program will include academic assistance strategies that are utilized by the lead agency in <br /> <br />its past and current services. These strategies incorporate two categories of instructional methods <br /> <br />that have been demonstrated by research to be effective in working with youths who are at risk of <br /> <br />academic failure. The Continuous Progress and the Cooperative Learning methods address a <br /> <br />hierarchy of skills that are tested at each level to assess readiness to advance to the next skill level. <br /> <br />This allows students to receive specialized instruction in areas they have not yet mastered and to <br /> <br />move on in areas they succeed at. Cooperative Learning includes student teams that work in small <br /> <br />groups of similar skill levels at the start of instruction and in mixed skill levels as students make <br /> <br />progress and are able to help each other. Although students are tested individually, students <br /> <br />receive recognition based on learning of all team members. <br /> <br />Role of Participating Agencies: The lead agency will coordinate closely with partner agencies to <br /> <br />oversee the coordination, development and implementation of the program; hire qualified staff and <br /> <br />provide supervisory/administrative staff to manage the program. The lead agency will ensure <br /> <br />compliance with operational, administrative and fiscal requirements, will oversee all program and <br /> <br />6 <br />