2121 K Street NW, Suite 200 Washington, DC 200371830

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THE MAP FOR GROWING UP SAFE AND SMART
2121 K Street NW, Suite 200 Washington, DC
20037-1830 Phone [phone] Fax (202)
496-6244 Web site www.hamfish.org
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The Map for Growing UpSafe and Smart

• Dennis L. White, Hamilton Fish Institute on
  School and Community Violence, The George
  Washington University, Washington, DC
• Kusi O. Akuoko, Franklin County Development
  Department. Columbus, OH

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The Map for Growing up Safe and Smart

• GIS mapping has become a strategic planning
  tool for e-government. U.S. Department of
  Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Office of
  Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
  (e.g., North Miami Beach Weed Seed Program,
  Asset Map / Resource Map)
• GIS mapping is an opportunity for parents to
  support schools in a systematic way. In
  particular, GIS enhances
• - Positive contact between schools and parents,
  and
• - Sharing ideas among teachers and parents as to
  what constitutes parental support.

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The Map for Growing up Safe and Smart

• GIS mapping is an opportunity for parents to
  get involved in decision making and advocacy for
  higher levels of student achievement and greater
  public support National PTA, National Standards
  for Parent/Family InvolvementSchool Decision
  Making and Advocacy.
• GIS enhances the parents/adult caregivers
  ability
• - to take an active role in school,
• to understand what is being done in school and
  the community,
• to get organized, and
• to make it clear that the parent/adult caregiver
  supports school policies and rules that help
  create and sustain a safe place for all students
  to learn (NCPC Be Safe and Sound Initiative).
• Why? How?

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The Map for Growing up Safe and Smart

• The common element among youth service
  providers and the school is the child/youth.
• School is the place where both positive and
  disruptive behaviors are observed.
• School is not the likely causal factor nor the
  most important influence on, especially, the
  disruptive behaviors. Family (immediate and
  extended), community (within and beyond the
  neighborhood), society at large, and the physical
  environment are generally more influential.

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The Map for Growing up Safe and Smart

• School just happens to be the place where we
  observe the effects.
• Parents are the first customers of school.
• Parents can be more informed customers by
• - knowing where youth spend their time and what
  they do there,
• - knowing where services for youth are available
  and the extent of their availability, and
• - knowing how the schools can coordinate services
  and resources.

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The Map for Growing upSafe and Smart

• Map youth services and resources
• Identify opportunities for improved support of
  youth development
• - multitude of influences
• - influences of family, community, and
  environmental factors on learning and behavior
• - the de facto role of schools
• Exercise What are the assets in your
  community? (5 minutes)
• Exercise Where are your children spending
  their time? (5 minutes)

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The Map for Growing up Safe and Smart

• Street map
• School map
• Agency map
• Parks and recreation
• Faith-based activities
• Public transit
• Crime
• Drugs
• Disadvantage index (from census tract data)
• School bus routes

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The Map for Growing up Safe and Smart

• Other resources
• http//www.parents.ksaplus.com/framesplpubs.html
• GIS software
• http//www.esri.com/industries/k-12/index.html
• See the Education Users Conference.
• MapPoint Microsoft
• GeoLib project Florida State University
• http//www.geolib.org/about.cfm

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CONTACT INFORMATIONDennis L. White, M.S.P.,
q.s.e.Hamilton Fish Institute2121 K Street NW,
Suite 200Washington, DC 20037-1830(202)
496-8491 phone[phone] faxWeb site
www.hamfish.orgE-mail dlw_at_gwu.edu