School-based site coordinators empower students to stay in school through individualized access to needed resources, and ongoing encouragement and guidance to build confidence to reach their potential and achieve their dreams.
Services
Circumstances and barriers for students vary widely across communities. Our local approach allows us to identify the unique needs in our community and leverage resources to make a difference in the lives of our young people.
Across our community, the identified priority local needs and risk factors vary for each school, family, and individual student. To address these needs, our school-based site coordinators have implemented the following supports:
Program-Wide Support
Through the annual Stuff The Bus Campaign, CIS of Seattle provided school supplies for over 14,480 low-income students at 38 schools in the fall of 2015. During the holidays, CIS of Seattle also works with partners to bring food and gifts to families at our 10 schools.
Site Coordination
CIS of Seattle has site coordinators in 9 Seattle Public schools who provide intensive case management to 10% of the student population and provide enrichment activities to the entire school community. The site coordinators link students to a variety of activities and resources. They may include: tutoring and homework assistance, mentoring, high risk behavior intervention or prevention, college application assistance, basic needs, family support and much more. The site coordinators bring resources into the schools from a comprehensive network of support that includes teachers and school personnel, community members, volunteers, organizations, religious groups, local businesses and corporations.