Check and Connect is a dropout prevention intervention that focuses on:
Monitoring school performance
Case management
Individualized attention and connection in school
Community and family supports
Students are given a mentor who regularly reviews attendance, behavior, or academics and intervenes when problems are identified. The mentor also advocates for students, coordinates services, provides ongoing feedback and encouragement, and emphasizes the importance of staying in school.
There are four core components of Check and Connect:
Mentor: relationship building, long-term commitment, and persistence
Check: systematic monitoring, focus on alterable variables
Connect: problem solving, capacity building, personalized, data-based intervention, promoting participation/affiliation with school
Engagement with families: connect, partner, and engage with caregivers/families
According to What Works Clearinghouse, this intervention has found positive effects on staying in school and potentially positive effects on progressing in school.
Tier 2, Grades K-8, Grades 6-12, Tier 3, Academic