Introduction
Walk into a school which hosts a Men of Determination program on any given day, and you will notice right away that something different is going on with their students. Boys -- young gentlemen -- in fact, wearing shirt and ties will open the door for you. They will shake your hand, look you in the eye and welcome you to their school.
In short, positive behavior is the model in the Men of Determination program, and it happens every day! When mentors are motivating students through lessons in leadership, respect, brotherhood, and service the whole community becomes impacted. The positive behaviors the mentors, also known as the D.R.E.A.M. Team, teach over the weeks in this program are practiced every day within the classrooms and halls of various schools as a condition to being a member of the club.
MOD, as it is better known, began in a classroom at McClure Middle School from the inspiration of a seventh grade language arts teacher Joel Marc. As a part of an effort to empower his students to be responsible for their behavior and their grades, Marc has grown a program that began as a small mentor group in a keyboarding lab, into one that is demonstrating enormous impact across communities in Georgia and Florida.
In short, positive behavior is the model in the Men of Determination program, and it happens every day! When mentors are motivating students through lessons in leadership, respect, brotherhood, and service the whole community becomes impacted. The positive behaviors the mentors, also known as the D.R.E.A.M. Team, teach over the weeks in this program are practiced every day within the classrooms and halls of various schools as a condition to being a member of the club.
MOD, as it is better known, began in a classroom at McClure Middle School from the inspiration of a seventh grade language arts teacher Joel Marc. As a part of an effort to empower his students to be responsible for their behavior and their grades, Marc has grown a program that began as a small mentor group in a keyboarding lab, into one that is demonstrating enormous impact across communities in Georgia and Florida.