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Empowering Latino Youth and their Families in the Pursuit of

Academic Success: Juntos Program Evaluation.Ana Gómez, Lauralee Fernandez, Daniel López-Cevallos, Jeff Sherman and Juntos Coordinators State Team

Open Campus & Center for Latino/a Studies and Engagement, Oregon State University.

What is Juntos?

Juntos means “Together” in Spanish and is an

accurate representation of a program that works to

unite community partners , schools, parents and

8-12th grade Latino students in their journey

towards academic success and graduation in a

historically excluded population.

This program was initially formed in North Carolina in

2007 and starting 2012 has been implemented

across the state of Oregon.

What is our goal?

To empower Latino students and their families

with the knowledge and skills to be more successful

in the K-12 system and increase the likelihood that

they will pursue higher education.

Who are we?

Stakeholders: Families, Community, School Districts

and Higher Education institutions.

Staff: Facilitators, Coordinators, and Evaluators.

Some partners include: Central Oregon Community

College, Oregon Coast Community College,

Chemeketa Community College, Columbia Gorge,

Community College, Linn Benton Community

College, Chalk Board Project, The Better Together,

Jefferson School District, The Dalles School District,

Hood River School District, Culver School District,

Sisters School District, Redmond School District,

Corvallis School District, Tillamook School District,

McMinnville School District, 4H Latino Outreach and

many others.

How can you get more information about our

program?

More information about the Oregon Juntos program

can be found at :

http://opencampus.oregonstate.edu/

What do we do?

We start with a series of 5 workshops in Middle

School and a series of 6 workshops in High

School. Some of the topics are:

• Making education a family goal

• Effective communication at home

• From Middle School to High School

• From High School to Higher Education

• Higher education opportunities and resources

• Educational and financial plan

After workshops, Families may continue to meet

and participate in a variety of activities shown

below:

What impacts have we made?

• Empowering Families

• Building sustainable Community

• Increasing Opportunities

• Increasing Leadership

• Increasing Knowledge and Communication

Where are we?

In 2012 Madras was the first city in Oregon to

have Juntos and since then the program has

expanded as shown on the map below:

2½ hour family workshop series of 5-6 sessions once a week

Monthly family workshop

Continued Student Club and Parents Club

College visits, summer camps and colleges / programs connections

Locations 2011-2015

Locations 2015

• Hood River Middle schools

• Mosier

• Redmond Ridgeview High School

• McMinnville School District

• Corvallis High School

• Newport CCC

• Dayton High School

• Hillsboro High School

• Madras High School

• Culver High School

• Tillamook High School

• Sisters School District

• The Dalles Middle School

• Warm Springs

New Locations 2016

• Linus Pauling Corvallis Middle School

• Redmond High School

QuestionPre test

(%)Post-test

(%)

Student

My parents and I are discussing and planning my future for when I am done with high school 48.1 66.7I know the options I have for higher education after I graduate from high school. 44.4* 76.7*I know what the requirements are to graduate from high school. 73.1 90.0

Parent

My child and I talk and plan their future for once they finish high school. 31.7* 78.9*I know the requirements necessary in order to graduate from high school 48.8 78.9I know the options for higher education that my child has once they have graduated high school 17.5* 60.5*

Where are we going?

In 2016, Juntos hopes to successfully continue the

implementation of various programs across

Oregon and begin to better evaluate and monitor

aspects of students lives that may affect academic

success.

A new pre and post test survey has been

developed that will not only measure student and

parent knowledge, but also academic motivation,

perceived discrimination, acculturation, and parent

suppport.

Focus groups will be held for parents, students,

facilitators and coordinators to gain a better sense

of qualitative outcomes, and information about school

resources will be gathered systematically.

By developing an improved evaluation plan JUNTOS

hopes to continue growing and providing

students and parents with the best support for

their academic success.

Contact information:

Ana Gomez

Juntos Program Coordinator OSU Oregon Open Campus –

CL@SE Associate Director of Engagement

200 Gilkey Hall – SW Waldo Place | Corvallis, OR 97331 | Phone:

541-737-8803 http://opencampus.oregonstate.edu/

[email protected]

Daniel López-Ceballos

Assistant Professor - CL@SE Reasearch Associate Director

Juntos Evaluator

Waldo Hall 262 | 2250 SW Jefferson Way | Corvallis, OR 97331 |

Phone: 541-737-3850

[email protected]

First students visit to Oregon State Campus

A family working together during a Juntos session

Juntos in Madras, Oregon

Juntos Tillamook, Oregon

Juntos The Gorge, Oregon

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