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Program Summary |
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primary component of Youth Life Learning Centers is a faith-based,
intensive after-school academic program. Students enroll in the
Life Center program within the first five grades. Enrolled students
are able to continue in the program through high school. Non-enrolled
students can attend drop-in tutoring sessions for one hour each
afternoon. The program is based on early admission, annual contracts
with students and parents/guardians, regular progress assessments
on all aspects of each student’s individualized learning program,
best-practices educational techniques, and training in character,
manners, and life-skills. An average 15:1 teacher-student ratio
at the Learning Centers is further improved by community and corporate
volunteers. |
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a result, Life Center students’ academic performance would be
considered outstanding for any neighborhood and quite extraordinary
for children from the most economically depressed and worst academicly
performing neighborhoods in Nashville. Performance fluctuates based
primarily on the number of under-performing students newly enrolled
into the program each year, but generally over 85% of Life Center
students are on grade level and over 70% maintain A or B averages
in math and reading. |
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Life Learning Centers also collaborate with numerous youth development,
governmental, and social service organizations to deliver a wide array
of services to the families and children in the neighborhoods served
by the Life Centers. Youth LIfe Foundation of Tennessee staff and
stakeholders consistently take significant leadership roles in the
youth development efforts in Davidson County. |
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details on the strategy and rationale of the YLLC program go to program indepth and program results. |
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