Planting Seeds
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Nombre
Brandon
Apellido
Hill
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Sobre tu organización
Nombre de la organización
Nashville Conflict Resolution Center
Sitio web de la organización
País de la organización
Estados Unidos, TN, Nashville
Países en donde este proyecto está creando impacto social
Estados Unidos, TN, Nashville
Tu organización es
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Otro.
Tipo de escuela(s) afiliada(s) con tu solución:
Pública (gratuita)
¿Cuánto tiempo ha estado operando la organización?
Más de 5 años
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Innovación
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Crecimiento (tu iniciativa piloto ya se está aplicando y se empieza a expandir)
¿Hace cuánto que viene operando tu organización?
Operando entre 1-5 años
La necesidad: ¿Cuál es el problema que tratas de solucionar?
Studies have found that safe, caring, participatory and responsive school climates tend to foster a greater attachment to school and provide the optimal foundation for social, emotional and academic learning for middle school and high school students. We hope to solve the issue of poor school climate (schools that are unresponsive to students social-emotional needs) through an intervention using empathy to engage youth and adults in a collaborative process to build peace and understanding among students.
La solución: ¿Cuál es tu solución? Sé específico.
Studies show that schools which invest time in purposeful conflict resolution programs show improvement in academic achievement, reduction in time spent in discipline, financial cost savings as a result of fewer absences, and an overall improvement in school climate. Through a partnership between the Nashville Conflict Resolution Center and Metro Nashville Public Schools, we will address this through a youth-led conflict resolution program in which a team of 12-15 youth will annually be trained to mediate conflicts amongst students, teachers, and other members of their respective school community. The program engages all stakeholders of the school community in a process that focuses on relationships, safety, and social-emotional learning. Our belief is that a core group of empathetic students can help create a school climate that promotes physical/emotional safety, develops positive student/student and student/teacher relationships, and supports students social-emotional needs.
El Modelo: Muéstranos a través de un ejemplo específico cómo tu solución hace una diferencia, incluye tus actividades primarias
We currently operate in 3 Metro Public High Schools. At one of our high schools, a group of 10 students, 1 teacher, and 1 administrator were identified last spring to participate in a 8-week experiential training led by seasoned mediators from our organization. Following the training, these students begin to advertise the opportunity to “mediate conflicts” for other members of the school. As students enter the school each day, a small dropbox allows you to drop a note inside if you have (or know of) a conflict with any members of the school that you’d like to address in a safe, private manner. Meanwhile, the group of “peer mediators” meet in a classroom once a week to reflect, share, and develop new learning. Youth and adults work together in a collaborative process and build relationships with each other and throughout the school.
El mercado: ¿Quiénes son tus pares y competidores? Identifica a otros que también estén trabajando para dar respuesta a las necesidades que tú abordas y en qué te diferencias de ellos. ¿Cuáles son los desafíos que estos jugadores podrían representar para tu éxito o crecimiento?
Currently, there are no peer-led conflict resolution programs operating in Metro Nashville Public Schools. While other agencies focus on anti-bullying efforts and reducing violence, no current program utilizes the process of peer-led mediation while engaging all members of the school community and outside community partners. The absence of any ongoing peer-led mediation program may be our greatest challenge as we must work to convince our partners to make an investment in an under-utilized approach.
Ahora que has pensado en tu innovación, ayúdanos a presentarla.
Define tu empresa, programa, servicio o producto en 1-2 frases cortas. [136 caracteres/25 palabras]
An intervention to train youth “peace-keepers” to help resolve and create positive relationships between members of the school body.
Identifica lo que es innovador en tu solución en 1-2 frases cortas. [136 caracteres/25 palabras]
A program led by youth, for youth, that will positively affect the culture and climate of a school.
Impacto social
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¿Cuál ha sido el impacto de la solución hasta la fecha?
In 2011, 41 youth from a Metro Nashville Public School, a local charter school and an after-school program for juveniles with substance abuse problems received training in conflict resolution & peer mediation through the Nashville Conflict Resolution Center’s youth program, “Planting Seeds.” Of the youth trained, 100% completed a written evaluation and 95% said that their listening, communication and problem-solving skills had improved and they were better able to manage conflict at school and home. In addition, 24 youth completed a written survey 1-3 months following training (59% of total youth trained) and reported that they regularly utilize mediation skills and would recommend the NCRC program to their peers.
¿Cuál es tu impacto proyectado para los próximos 1-3 años?
The Planting Seeds program hopes to train and develop 200-240 youth mediators over the next 3 years in 8 local Metro Nashville Public High Schools to handle conflicts between peers, teachers and other members of the school community. We believe our impact will result in a greater number of students increasing their listening, communication and problem-solving skills, a reduction in student discipline, and raised capacity of partnering schools to mediate disputes among students.
Las iniciativas ganadoras presentan un plan fuerte de cómo van a alcanzar y realizar un seguimiento del crecimiento. Identifica tus metas a seis meses para el crecimiento de tu impacto
The Nashville Conflict Resolution Center’s projected impact over the next 6 months will include these outcomes:
Identifica tres grandes tareas que tendrás que completar para llegar a las metas de seis meses.
Tarea 1
1) NCRC will host 3 post-training parties (1 per partner site) for a total of 70-80 youth trained per year in the NCRC “Planting
Tarea 2
2) 85-95% of youth trained and completing written evaluations will report that their listening, communication and problem-solvin
Tarea 3
3) 85-95% of youth trained and participating in a phone survey 1-3 months following the training will report that they used medi
¡Ahora piensa en grande! Identifica tu meta de impacto a 12 meses.
The Nashville Conflict Resolution Center’s projected impact over the next 12 months will include these outcomes:
Identifica tres grandes tareas que tendrás que completar para llegar a tu meta de impacto a 12 meses
Tarea 1
1) NCRC will host 7 post-training parties (1 per partner site) for a total of 70-80 youth trained per year in the NCRC “Planting
Tarea 2
4) 75-85% youth trained will report in a phone or personal survey 1-3 months following training that they mediated at least 1 pe
Tarea 3
5) Between 1 to 3 faculty and administration members of partnering schools and agencies will apply to participate in one of NCRC
Historia de la fundación: Queremos saber acerca del momento en el que hiciste "¡Ajá!". Comparte la historia de dónde y cuándo el/los fundador(es) vio (vieron) el potencial de esta solución para cambiar el mundo.
Nashville is a growing city for youth development opportunities that merges professional expertise of community members with school goals. As the success of NCRC's programs became more evident and the problem of negative social-emotional school climate continued to grow we felt this program was a perfect fit to help our schools succeed.
Sostenibilidad
Cuéntanos sobre tus alianzas.
NCRC currently has partnerships in every school in which our program is active. In addition, NCRC partners with the local General Sessions and Juvenile Courts, the District Attorney's office, state and local government agencies addressing issues of discrimination in housing and employment, and numerous non-profit organizations providing an array of social services to residents in Metro Nashville. NCRC offers free / low-cost mediation services to all of its partners. In addition, NCRC provides affordable community mediation trainings and short conflict resolution workshops.
¿Qué tipo de equipo (personal, voluntarios, etc.) te asegurará que logres las metas de crecimiento identificadas en la sección de Impacto social/i>?
Tamara Losiel is the Executive Director of NCRC, has more than a decade of experience in non-profit administration and development; Michele Flynn, Juvenile Court & Family Director has trained mediators in the field for over 5 years; Brandon Hill is a youth community organizer with over 10 years experience working on local and national youth initiatives
Por favor, pon en claro las necesidades u ofertas que hayas mencionado anteriormente y/o sugiere categorías de apoyo que no están especificadas en la lista
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