INTERGENERATIONAL BENEFITS OF EXPERIENCE CORPS: IMPACT ON CHILDREN AND SCHOOLS

体验团的代际效益：对儿童和学校的影响

• 批准号: 7660302
• 负责人: GEORGE W. REBOK
• 金额: $ 7.84万
• 依托单位: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 至
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/7660302
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The aging of American society and the unmet educational needs of America's children are two issues at the forefront of the nation's local and national policy agenda. An innovative program addressing both issues, called the Experience Corps (EC), places older volunteers in public elementary schools in high-impact, generative roles designed to help meet schools' needs and increase the physical, cognitive, and social activity of the volunteers. Recent results from a pilot randomized trial in 6 Baltimore City schools support the potential of the program to improve health in the aging population and simultaneously improve educational outcomes for children and schools. We now propose to conduct a randomized, controlled, community-based participatory trial of the EC program, with dual randomization of 48 schools and 1046 older volunteers in Baltimore. We have a unique and timely opportunity to partner with the Mayor of the City of Baltimore, the school system, and the City Commission on Aging to scale up the EC program across Baltimore City and to conduct a randomized trial of its impact on older adults' health and function, schools and children, and society. The overall goal of Project 2 is to study the child outcomes, as measured by standardized tests and school record data, and their improvement as a function of the social capital offered by an aging society. We also seek to understand the potential benefits of such social capital for teacher retention and school climate, and the reciprocity between these important societal benefits from the contributions of older adults and positive feedback onto the older adults' wellbeing and outcomes. Hypothesized benefits of EC participation for children and schools are expected to result from the core features of the EC program which include placing a critical mass of trained volunteers in schools, having them fulfill meaningful roles to meet school needs, requiring a commitment of 15 hours/week, and providing an incentive reimbursement. Specific aims include testing hypotheses about gains in academic performance and readiness-to-learn from having a critical mass of EC volunteers in the school [Aim 1]. Aim 2 examines improvements in behavior essential to learning resulting from the EC. Aim 3 is to examine effects on school climate and on teacher retention and absenteeism. Finally, Aim 4 (in collaboration with Projects 1 & 4) examines the association of improved academic performance, behavior, and attendance in schools, with volunteer retention, program satisfaction, and efficacy. This proposal represents a direct contribution to human health in that it should result in further development and implementation of an intergenerational program designed to simultaneously impact health and well-being of older adults as well as educational needs of children. It is expected that scaling up will provide evidence for broader impact on older adults and children, and highlight the generative potential of an aging society for meeting critical social needs.

美国社会的老龄化和美国儿童未满足的教育需求是当今世界面临的两个问题。 国家和地方政策议程的前沿。一个解决这两个问题的创新方案， 被称为体验团（EC），将老年志愿者安置在公立小学， 创造性的角色，旨在帮助满足学校的需求，并提高身体，认知和社会 志愿者的活动。最近在巴尔的摩市6所学校进行的一项试点随机试验的结果支持 该计划的潜力，以改善健康的老龄人口，同时提高 儿童和学校的教育成果。我们现在建议进行一项随机，对照， EC计划的社区参与性试验，48所学校和1046名老年人的双重随机化 巴尔的摩的志愿者我们有一个独特而及时的机会与纽约市市长合作， 巴尔的摩，学校系统和城市老龄化委员会，以扩大整个EC计划 巴尔的摩市，并进行一项随机试验，其对老年人的健康和功能，学校 孩子们，社会。项目2的总体目标是研究儿童的成果， 标准化考试和学校记录数据，以及它们作为所提供的社会资本的函数的改进 一个老龄化的社会。我们还试图了解这种社会资本对教师的潜在好处 保留和学校气氛，以及这些重要的社会效益之间的相互作用， 老年人的贡献以及对老年人的福祉和成果的积极反馈。 儿童和学校参加幼儿园的假设好处预计将来自核心 EC计划的特点，包括在学校安置大量训练有素的志愿者， 他们履行有意义的角色，以满足学校的需要，需要承诺15小时/周，并提供 奖励性补偿具体目标包括测试关于学习成绩提高的假设 并通过在学校拥有足够数量的EC志愿者来随时准备学习[目标1]。目标2检查 行为的改善对EC产生的学习至关重要。目标3是研究对学校的影响 气候以及教师留用和缺勤问题。最后，目标4（与项目1和4合作） 研究了改善的学习成绩，行为和学校出勤率之间的关系， 志愿者保留率、项目满意度和有效性。这一建议直接有助于 人类健康，因为它应导致进一步制定和执行一项跨代的 该计划旨在同时影响老年人的健康和福祉， 儿童的需要。预计扩大规模将提供证据，证明对老年人的更广泛影响， 儿童，并强调老龄化社会满足关键社会需求的生产潜力。