You know you did something right when you are the first person a student wants to hug after graduating.
Ombudsman Educational Services has established partnerships with more than 120 school districts nationwide to help at-risk students graduate from high school and help school districts improve graduation rates.
How Ombudsman Helps
Because many school districts struggle to meet the educational needs of each student, we offer an alternative education program that offers highly personalized, computer-assisted learning for middle and high school students facing a variety of issues, including truancy, credit or academic skill deficiencies, social and family challenges or learning/behavioral disorders. The Ombudsman program helps reduce classroom disruptions, counseling costs, teacher frustration, suspensions and expulsions.
Educators can refer middle and high school students who are struggling in a traditional classroom setting to Ombudsman’s non-traditional learning environment, where students benefit from small class size, increased interactions with instructors and the opportunity to work at their own pace. Ombudsman learning centers are typically located within the school district they serve, but away from the campuses to minimize social distractions and allow students to focus on their studies.
Meeting Standards
School districts turn to Ombudsman to help educate their at-risk students and improve graduation rates. Ombudsman teachers are certified and meet the federal Highly Qualified Teacher requirements as defined by No Child Left Behind. Our program is aligned with state standards, ensuring that students learn and master the necessary skills and content knowledge they need to graduate.
Track Record
Ombudsman has educated more than 100,000 students since 1975. Ombudsman’s individualized programs help students graduate, earn credits or return to their district school closer to or at grade level. Ombudsman’s nationally accredited program has an 85 percent success rate and standardized test results over three school years illustrate that, on average, Ombudsman students achieve more than one academic year’s growth in less than one year’s time. This means students can and do graduate.
Funding
Students remain on school district rolls and Ombudsman reports enrollment and attendance information to its school district partners. This allows school districts to benefit from improved graduation and attendance rates as well as retain funding streams.
School districts can also
utilize federal stimulus dollars from the ARRA to fund Ombudsman programs that help improve outcomes for at-risk students, support important academic achievement goals, reduce dropouts and improve graduation rates.
