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Randomized Controlled Trial
. 2015 Jul;16(5):744-53.
doi: 10.1007/s11121-015-0550-2.

Impact of Experience Corps(®) participation on school climate

Jeanine M Parisi  1 , Christine M Ramsey, Michelle C Carlson, Qian-Li Xue, Jin Huang, William A Romani, Sylvia McGill, Teresa E Seeman, Elizabeth K Tanner, Jeremy Barron, Erwin J Tan, Tara L Gruenewald, Ike Diibor, Linda P Fried, George W Rebok
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Randomized Controlled Trial

Impact of Experience Corps(®) participation on school climate

Jeanine M Parisi et al. Prev Sci. 2015 Jul.

Abstract

We examined the impact of the Experience Corps(®) (EC) program on school climate within Baltimore City public elementary schools. In this program, teams of older adult volunteers were placed in high intensity (>15 h per week), meaningful roles in public elementary schools, to improve the educational outcomes of children as well as the health and well-being of volunteers. During the first year of EC participation, school climate was perceived more favorably among staff and students in EC schools as compared to those in comparison schools. However, with a few notable exceptions, perceived school climate did not differ for staff or students in intervention and comparison schools during the second year of exposure to the EC program. These findings suggest that perceptions of school climate may be altered by introducing a new program into elementary schools; however, research examining how perceptions of school climate are impacted over a longer period is warranted.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.

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Hypothesized causal pathway of the Baltimore Experience Corps program effects on children and school outcomes (Figure adapted from Glass et al., 2004)
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School initiation and discontinuation of participation in the Baltimore Experience Corps program between the 2006–07 and 2010–11 school years
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