ELEMENTARY PATHWAY
Dream Center Evansville’s Elementary Pathway strives to help students achieve the Cradle to Career milestones of third grade reading and middle grade math proficiencies. Elementary Promise students receive support in both school and out of school settings, guiding them through challenges and celebrating their progress toward reaching these milestones. The elementary years are foundational in shaping not only academic skills, but also social and emotional development. Staff encourage and coach students in developing important life skills such as perseverance, responsibility, and empathy.
Dream Center’s Elementary Pathway staff walk with students through the following programs and engagement opportunities:
STUDENT SUCCESS COACHING
Beginning in 1st grade, Promise students receive a Student Success Coach that meets with them regularly during the school day. Coaches build a strong, trusting relationship with students, encouraging students toward success and advocating for them. Student Success Coaches work one-on-one with students to establish clear, measurable goals for academic, personal, and social-emotional growth. These goals are co-created with students to foster ownership using proven goal-setting methods such as S.M.A.R.T. goals. Coaches then co-actively track progress of these goals, reviewing them regularly with the students and championing their successes.
OUT OF SCHOOL PROGRAMMING
After-school and summer programs provide an engaging environment for students during out-of-school time. Students participate in activities that focus on academic, spiritual, and social-emotional development through hands-on experiences, experiential field trips, tutoring, and enrichment clubs.
Promise students also participate in tutoring and receive homework help during out-of-school programming. Dream Center staff and teachers provide one-on-one support to help students achieve academic success.
MENTORING
We believe every young person deserves someone in their corner — someone who notices them, believes in them, and walks with them as they grow. A DCE Mentor is a caring, trained Christian adult who commits to being consistently present for one of our Promised students for one full year. Mentors are encouragers, listeners, and positive role models who help guide students in their personal, emotional, academic, and spiritual development. Many of our students tell us how much it means to have another trusted adult cheering them on, and mentors often see growth in confidence, decision-making, and hope for the future.
Interested in becoming a DCE Family?
Dream Center Evansville collaborates with students residing in the Jacobsville neighborhood who attend Delaware Elementary, North Junior High, and North High School. If you are interested in having your family participate in DCE programming, please complete our parent interest form below.
