IMPROVING LIFE FOR ADULTS OVER 55

WHILE BY IMPROVING THE FUTURE OFOUR CHILDREN

Experience CorpsBaltimore City

Aff il iate of national Experience Corps - award-winning program that engages people 55 years of age and older in meeting their communit ies’ greatest chal lenges

Operates in 20 cit ies across the United States

2,000 plus members mentor and tutor students in grades K-3 national ly

National Experience Corps mission – to create powerful opportunit ies for older adults to meet society ’s greatest chal lenges

National Program

Intergenerational programming at i ts best

Balt imore City is “The gold standard”

300 Experience Corps members

20 schools across the city

5800 students impacted this year

92 percent Afr ican American, 7 percent white, and 1 percent other

85 percent women; 15 percent men

Average age 68

For Students – Higher test scores and improved learning environment

For Schools – Better c l imate for learning, teachers perceive less bul ly ing and less fi ghting, improved student discipl ine, increased teacher sat isfact ion

For Older Adults – Improved physical , mental and social wel l being

Triple Win

The Program:

Strengthens schools and communit ies

Provides meaningful opportunit ies for adults over 55

Helps chi ldren achieve and bel ieve in themselves

Builds social capital

Improves perception of ret irees and older adults

Provides students with posit ive adult role models outside of the home

“Experience Corps Balt imore City ut i l izes the wisdom and l i fe experience of older adults to strengthen academic achievement, improve school c l imate, and create hope for chi ldren in Balt imore City schools . As they volunteer to improve the future of the city ’s chi ldren, these adults also add value to their own l ives, improve their health, and renew their sense of purpose.”

Experience Corps Baltimore City Mission

17 Standards o f Per formance

2 Per formance Rev iews a year

Classroom Ass i s tant Model

1-on-1 tutor ing and mentor ing

Signifi cant ly Impacts Schoo l C l imate

32 hours o f in i t ia l t ra in ing for Members

Program

Experience Corps Baltimore City has provided 1,000,000 volunteer hours to students in Baltimore City over the last 11 years .

Accomplishments

• Eleven years old this year• Have grown from three to 22 schools• Partnership with JHU for over ten years• Strong data that supports outcomes for

bothchi ldren and adults

• Developed broad and deep support in ci ty• Schools value program and have proven

they are wi l l ing to pay for i t• Strong relat ionship with national program

Accomplishments

• Bet te r t e s t scores : th i rd g raders work ing w i th Exper ience Corps members scored s ign ifi cant l y

h igher on the MSA than ch i ld ren in cont ro l schoo l s .

• • Bet te r behav io r : in schoo l s w i th Exper ience Corps , r e fe r ra l s to the pr inc ipa l f o r c lassroom

behav io r decreased by one - th i rd ; r e fe r ra l s in the cont ro l schoo l s remained about the same .

• •Thi rd grade suspens ions were one th i rd o f those

in cont ro l schoo l s .

Student Outcomes

Working with Students Benefits Experience Corps Members

Better overall health: For Experience Corps members, physical activity, strength, and cognitive ability increased significantly. These areas of improvement shown by Experience Corps members are important predictors of health outcomes in later life, including disability and dementia.

Increased strength: Forty-four percent of Experience Corps members said they felt stronger at the end of the school year; in the control group, only 18 percent did.

Higher activity levels: Sixty-three percent of Experience Corps members reported being more active, compared to 43 percent of controls.

More calories burned: Experience Corps members reported a 25 percent increase in calories burned each week; controls reported only a 5 percent increase.

Less TV time: Experience Corps members decreased by 4 percent their numbers of hours spent watching TV, compared to an 18 percent increase among controls.

Bigger social network: Experience Corps volunteers reported a significant increase, compared to a decline in the control group, in the number of people they felt they could turn to for help.

Participant satisfaction: Ninety-eight percent of Experience Corps members were satisfied with their school experience, and 80 percent returned the following year.

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Making the last years count