Rising
Stars™ is a process that helps youth develop their ability to make
positive life choices based upon sound values and a vision of a
successful future. It helps students improve their GPAs, increase
attendance rates, develop positive attitudes and self-confidence, and
reduce risk behaviors.
Rising Stars™ is an innovative and unique
inside-out development process that focuses on four critical elements
that promote personal leadership, healthy behaviors, and the skills
employers identify as essential. These elements are:
- developing positive attitudes
- developing interpersonal skills
- developing goal-achievement skills
- developing time-management skills
There are many positive outcomes associated with the successful completion of the Rising Stars™ process.
- Participants successfully apply skills from their assessment
- Seeks out options from diverse alternatives
- Able to make goal-oriented and informed decisions
- Communicates effectively in diverse situations (socially confident)
- Demonstrates leadership in various situations
- Team-player and/or leader
- Provides a vision and purpose to a cause
- Uses influence to obtain planned outcomes
- Outcomes examples for participants:
- Graduates had a 40% grade point increase
- Graduates had a 56% reduction in school disciplinary/
truancy incidents
- College attendance within one pilot site increased from
5% to 75%
