Recently TEEN TRUTH’s Sharon Aguilar was able to train 26 student coaches in the RISING UP: Coaching Program Peer-to-Peer Curriculum. Working with administrators from both GEAR UP and the district’s 21st Century ACE Program Aguilar had this to say about her...
This month TEEN TRUTH’s RISING UP: Coaching Program will extend our partnership with the GEAR UP program in ESC 12 (Waco area). Working with select student leaders at Groesbeck High School, we will be training 26 student coaches to work with after-school students who...
With the stroke of a pen, the No Child Left Behind Act became history on Thursday, Dec. 10. President Barack Obama signed the bipartisan bill, the Every Student Succeeds Act, drafted by the House and Senate conference committee which replaces NCLB. Here are some...
We are pleased to announce that Decker Middle School has officially committed to come on board with the RISING UP: Coaching Program! This fall DMS will be bringing our founder, JC Pohl, out to train student coaches as well as present his award winning TEEN TRUTH film...
RISING UP’s Founder, JC Pohl, and Rachelle Fink met many years back in graduate school at Texas State University. Once Rachelle heard about JC’s work she promised to bring him in to work with her students. Now a school counselor at Manor Middle School,...
Long time supporter of the RISING UP: Coaching Program, Alileah Hoke, had been working for over a year to bring our ASCA inspired curriculum to her campus. As a school counselor she truly understood the value of peer-to-peer based programming and ultimately sold her...
