Basic Skills
Component

Counseling Component

School District of the City of Detroit
Youth Employment Programe

Description of Program
Fourteen-year old Title I middle
school youth are offered, as a sup-
port service, an opportunity to work
under close supervision and with
extra counseling in order to improve
their academic and aspirational le-
vels and encourage them to continue
in school through high school gradu-
ation. Specifically, the program
aims to enhance the enrollees' aca-
demic performance by improving their
self-concept, classroom attendance
and providing academically related
employment.

A paid work experience is built
around academically related employ-
ment, on-the-job supervision in
group sessions. Tutorial training,
academic remediation and career ex-
ploration, using workshops and se-
lected visits to colleges and indus-
try are also offered.

Basic Skills Component
Approximately fifty percent
of the participating students
are enrolled in a Title I
reading or math laboratory.
Intensive development of
mathematics and/or reading
skills are persued five (5)
class periods per week.

All other participating stu-
dents receive reading and or
math skills to facilitate
their involvement as tutor-
ers. These skills are pro-
vided by the Middle School
Work Study counselor on an in-
dividual basis or small group
session. Tutorial skills are
also developed in two Saturday
workshop setting, 5 hours in
length.

Counseling Component
Students are counseled to
assist them in developing a
compatible peer group rela-
tionship, a positive rela-
tionship with adults, and in
making a smooth transition to
high school.