About C&C

Core Components

Check & Connect® is an intervention used with K-12 students who show warning signs of disengagement with school and at risk of dropping out. At the core of Check & Connect® is a trusting relationship between the student and a caring, trained mentor who both advocates for and challenges the student to keep education salient. Students are referred to Check & Connect® when they show warning signs of disengaging from school, such as poor attendance, behavioral issues, and/or low grades.

The Mentor

A person assigned to a specific student(s) who builds a strong relationship with them based on mutual trust and open communication, nurtured through a long-term commitment focused on success at school and with learning. This person may be called a mentor, monitor, graduation coach, intervention specialist, etc.

"Check"

Systematic monitoring of student performance variables (warning signs of disengagement such as attendance, grades, and behavior referrals) using data readily available to school personnel.

"Connect"

Timely, personalized, data-based interventions designed to provide support tailored to individual student needs, based on the student's level of engagement with school (“check” data), associated influences of home and school, and leveraging of local resources.

Parent/Family Engagement

Mentors partner with parents/families. They work with caseloads of students and families for at least two years, functioning as liaisons between home and school and striving to build constructive family-school relationships.