Duval Urban Debate League Annual Assessment

1. Prepared by Ronnie B. Williams, Jr. Paxon Middle School Co-edited by Jermyn Shannon-El, The Blacksonville Community Network Duval Urban Debate League Assessment 2009-2010 06/18/10

2. <ul><li>To focus on improving literacy skills, academic achievement, school attendance rates, graduation rates, and matriculation into higher education for students. </li></ul><ul><li>Gives real-world experience in addressing social problems that affect their communities. </li></ul>Duval Urban Debate League Assessment 2009-2010 06/18/10 VISIT US ONLINE AT WWW.DUDL.ORG

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4. Duval Urban Debate League Assessment 2009-2010 06/18/10 <ul><li>- Sharpens cognitive, social, and reasoning skills </li></ul><ul><li>-Empowers debaters with unique ability to “think on their feet”. </li></ul><ul><li>-Develops life skills </li></ul><ul><li>Inspires a fervor for continuing education. </li></ul><ul><li>http://dudl.org/urbandebate/benefits-urban-debate/ </li></ul>-Lends itself to limit to argue two “points of view”, though thorough research “facts/experience” is the benchmark for success. -Students rarely write their own cases.

8. <ul><li>Extensive, structured program </li></ul><ul><li>Engages students and coaches </li></ul><ul><li>Promotes year-round collaboration and service-learning projects </li></ul><ul><li>Critical e-Learning lesson plans for teachers and students </li></ul><ul><li>Advocates public awareness concerning critical issues in the community </li></ul><ul><li>Encourages debaters to creatively express themselves </li></ul><ul><li>Develops global thinkers and reinforces holistic learning </li></ul><ul><li>Creates opportunities for success </li></ul><ul><li>Decreases classroom disciplinary referrals </li></ul><ul><li>Offers quality professional development for educators to improve teaching skills </li></ul>06/18/10 CLICK FOR FULL REVIEW

10. EMANUEL FORTUNE DEBATE COACH | GILBERT MIDDLE Duval Urban Debate League Assessment 2009-2010 06/18/10

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13. <ul><li>Mock Tournament-Paxon Middle School (11/14/09) </li></ul><ul><li>Tournament I-Florida State College of Jacksonville (1/23/10) </li></ul><ul><li>Tournament II-Raines High School (2/20/10) </li></ul><ul><li>Tournament III-Northwestern Middle School </li></ul><ul><li>(3/27/10) </li></ul><ul><li>City-wide tournament IV-UNF (4/24/10) </li></ul>Duval Urban Debate League Assessment 2009-2010 06/18/10 Season Kicked Off with 3 Week Saturday Train-the-Trainer Retreat and Monthly Support Workshops Sept – December. Click to view Full Photo Timeline .

18. <ul><li>On average, students participating in debate showed an increase in attendance by 5%. </li></ul><ul><li>On average, students increased their overall G.P.A. by 1.5 cumulative pts. </li></ul><ul><li>On average, students increased their ELA and/or Math grade by one letter grade. </li></ul><ul><li>Over 30 volunteers, 15 new students, 10 expansion schools registered on the DUDL website from Sept. 2009-June 2010. </li></ul><ul><li>The DUDL is fast approaching over 500 combined “followers/friends” on Facebook, Twitter, and Google. </li></ul><ul><li>Over 1,000 photos and videos covering the year is currently “in the cloud” on the world wide web. </li></ul><ul><li>(Right click on hyperlink to open and view data tracking form) </li></ul>06/18/10

19. <ul><li>A peer reviewed study of the Chicago Debate League suggests that African American male students raised their GPAs by 50% of a letter grade and 70% more likely to graduate from high school than non-debating peers. Compared to their non-debating peers, African American male debaters were 70% more likely to reach the ACT College Ready benchmark in reading and twice as likely to reach the benchmark in English. </li></ul><ul><li>http://dudl.org/urbandebate/benefits-urban-debate/ </li></ul>Duval Urban Debate League Assessment 2009-2010 06/18/10

20. Blacksonville is currently developing several service learning projects for debaters to show off their debate skills In the community. For moe information on DUDL Summer Debate, please click here >

Duval Urban Debate League Annual Assessment

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Duval Urban Debate League Annual Assessment