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Take Control of “Your Future”

Take Control of “Your Future”. Justin Sarratt Clemson University Youth Development Leadership. High School Objective. Do students understand why they go to school and how education will open the doors that they wish to go through?

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Take Control of “Your Future”

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  1. Take Control of “Your Future” Justin Sarratt Clemson University Youth Development Leadership

  2. High School Objective Do students understand why they go to school and how education will open the doors that they wish to go through? Do H.S. students have specific goals for achievement and to graduate? Are high schools setting up students for employment and being able to be fiscally responsible?

  3. Problem Statement • Many high school students do not understand: • What awaits them after high school • The cost of living in this world • How education can help them afford this price and succeed. • Graduation rates and employment rates need to be improved today in order to set students up for a life where they can afford to live and prosper in American society.

  4. High School • By The Numbers • 72%: 2008 national high school graduation rate. • 1.2 million: Students that did not graduate from high school in 2011. • $154 Billion: Total lost life-time earnings for this class of dropouts alone. • 52.4%: Percentage U.S. high school seniors scored on a 30 question financial literacy survey

  5. Purposed Study • The purpose of this study is to educate high school students: • Of the responsibilities that await them in the working world • How to be fiscally responsible, and • To understand how and why education will put them on them on the path to independence. • Improve Graduation Rates and Employment Rates

  6. “Your Future” • 4 Year High School Program • One day event at the Beginning of each School Year • Freshman: Why they attend high school and creating a plan to graduate. • Sophomore: Higher Education Requirements and Employment. • Junior: Financial Literacy. • Senior: Career Research and Applying to Colleges.

  7. Guiding Questions • What is the level of educational aspirations and financial literacy of high school students prior to participating in a focused intervention designed to improve these outcomes ? • Will participating in the “Your Future” program improve students’ future educational aspirations after completing the program? • Will participating in the “Your Future” program increase students’ level of fiscal responsibility upon completing the program? • Will participating in the “Your Future” program increase educational aspirations and fiscal responsibility relative to a control group of students who did not participate in the program?

  8. Literature Review • By The Numbers • 72%: 2008 national high school graduation rate. • 1.2 million: Students that did not graduate from high school in 2011. • $154 Billion: Total lost life-time earnings for this class of dropouts alone. • 52.4%: Percentage U.S. high school seniors scored on a 30 question financial literacy survey

  9. Literature Review (Cont.) Source: U.S. Department of Education, 2011 9.1% Unemployment Rate in August 2011 High School dropouts have a greater chance of unemployment during economic downturns

  10. Literature Review (Cont.) Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2011

  11. Literature Review (Cont.)

  12. Gaffney High School • Located in Gaffney, SC • Grades 9 – 12 • 2,200 Students • Class Levels • College Prep / Tech Prep • Honors • Advanced Placement / Dual Credit

  13. Methodology Quantitative Research Design Survey Research Survey administered to 9th, 10th, 11th, and 12th grade students at Gaffney High School in Gaffney, SC Stratified Random sample because will include students of all academic levels within each grade (i.e. college prep, honors, advanced placement) Survey looks into high school students’ knowledge of goals, requirements for higher education and employment, and financial literacy. Survey will determine a need for the “Your Future” program.

  14. Implications Will provide accurate findings of students’ knowledge of the topics under review. Will determine the need for the “Your Future” program. Will determine exact information students need to be taught to prepare them for the world after high school.

  15. References • Alliance for Excellent Education (Alliance). “The High Cost of High School Dropouts,” 2011. • Alliance for Excellent Education (Alliance). “The Nation’s High Schools.” 2012. • Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2012). Usual Weekly Earnings of Wage and Salary Workers. Retrieved from U.S. Department of Labor website: http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/wkyeng.pdf • Conley, D. (1999). Being black, living in the red: Race, wealth, and social policy in America. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press. • Editorial Projects in Education, ―Diplomas Count 2011: Beyond High School, Before Baccalaureate,‖ special issue, Education Week 30, no. 34 (2011). • "Education pays ..." U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. 4 May 2011. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. 13 Mar. 2012 <http://www.bls.gov/emp/ep_chart_001.htm>. • Hagenbaugh, B. (2006, April 04). USA Today. Retrieved from http://www.usatoday.com/money/economy/2006-04-05-literatcy_x.htm • How the Average Consumer Spends their Paycheck. (2009, October). Retrieved from http://www.creditloan.com/infographics/how-the-average-consumer-spends-their- paycheck/ • Investing Answers. (2012). investinganswers. Retrieved from http://www.investinganswers.com/financial-dictionary/economics/unemployment- rate-809 • IRS (Internal Revenue Service). (2012). Retrieved from http://www.irs.gov/app/understandingTaxes/index.jsp • "National Standards: Food, Clothing and Other Items." Internal Revenue Service. 1 Mar. 2011. 13 Mar. 2012 <http://www.irs.gov/businesses/small/article/0%2C%2Cid%3D104627%2C00.html>. • T. D. Snyder and S. A. Dillow, Digest of Education Statistics 2010, (Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Institute of Education Sciences, 2011). • U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, The Nation’s Report Card: Reading 2009 (NCES 2010–458) (Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 2009). • U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, ―Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey,‖ http://data.bls.gov/cgi-bin/surveymost?ln. • Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2012). Usual Weekly Earnings of Wage and Salary Workers. Retrieved from U.S. Department of Labor website: http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/wkyeng.pdf

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