Using Summer School to Point the Way to the Common Core Classroom

1. Using Summer School to Point the Way to the Common Core Classroom 1

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4. Lisa Dreher Academic Coach Harbour View Elementary Summerfield, Florida 4

5. Who Are Your Summer School Students? • Struggling Students • Academic Underachievers • ELL • IEP • Behavioral Difficulties 5

6. What Are the Challenges With These Students? • Academic Remediation • Disengagement • Lack of Motivation • Disconnect from Learning • Sustainability 6

7. Raising the Stakes: Common Core Expectations • Higher Standards • Demonstrate Work • Consistent Growth • Participation • Engagement with Learning 7

8. Raising the Stakes: Common Core Interventions • Backfilling Deficits • Growing to Proficiency • Differentiating • Reconnecting • Developing Motivation 8

9. Summer School Opportunity: • Connect Academic Remediation to Social and Emotional Skill Building • Jump Start the Fall Common Core Classroom 9

10. Opportunity to Build: • Confidence • Study Skills • Pro-Social Skills • Self-Monitoring • Self-Regulation • Positive Interaction • Appropriate Engagement • Intrinsic Motivation 10

11. Rigor / Relevance Framework • Guides HVE Approach • Most Students Moving to Quadrant D • Question: How to get Struggling Students There? 11

12. Rigor, Relevance & Relationships • 3rd “R” – Relationships – was Critical for our Struggling Students • Seeing Disconnects as Early as 2nd & 3rd Grade • Needed an Approach that was Organic • Seeking to Catalyze Internal Motivation 12

13. Learning Together Model • Peer Tutoring • Peer Mentoring • Peer Teaching • Peer Learning • Designed as Common Core • Aligned to STAAR, SOL • Reading or Math • Grades 2-12 13

14. Learning by Teaching • Pairing 2 Struggling Students • Rigorous Content, Structure • Scaffolded for Success • Repairs Academic Deficits • Engages Positive Psychological and Developmental Growth “Teaching is the highest form of understanding.” -- Aristotle 14

15. It Starts With… …Selection 15

16. Building Social and Emotional Skills • Leadership Academy • Scholars Institute 16

17. Common Core Lessons • Common Core Content • Anchor Standards • Learning Practices • Common Core Instruction • Reading and Math • Grades 2-12 17

18. Every Lesson is 2 Sessions • 1. Learning & Practice • Teachers to Tutors 18

19. Every Lesson is 2 Sessions • 2. Application & Mastery • Tutors to Tutees 19

20. Every Lesson is 2 Sessions 20

21. Learning Together Summer Options • Reading Boost – Fluency & Comprehension • Reading Together – 2nd Grade • Reading Together – 3rd Grade • Reading Together Intermediate (4th–6thGrade Interest) • Math Confidence Boost • Math Together Elementary: Critical Thinking • Available in English or Spanish • Pre-Algebra “Boot Camp” • Get Ready 4 Algebra • Advanced Reading & Writing Boost • Reading Together – Secondary (7th Grade + Interest) 21

22. Inside Every Learning Together Program • Proven Methodology and Structure • Peer Learning, Learn by Teaching • Evidence Based, Research-Driven • Developmental Psychology • Brain Research • Best Teaching Practices • Scaffolded Content • Academic Acceleration • Developing Pro-Social Skills 22

23. Extended Framework • Social and Emotional Resilience • Ethical Decision Making • Exploring Career Pathways • Building Study Skills • Improving Test-Taking Skills 23

24. Teacher Support • Training: 1 Day • Planning & Calendaring • All-Inclusive Kits • Follow-up Coaching • Support Resources 24

25. Results • 3rd Party Research • Academic Achievement • Improved Attendance • Reduced Behavioral Referrals • Consistent Across Districts, Subgroups • Long-Term Impact *Sample: Long-Term Reading Together Implementation, Cherry Creek, Colorado 25

26. Confidence… By Design 26

27. Take Aways • Build Social and Emotional Skills: Link to Academic Content • Don’t be Afraid to Pair Struggling Students • Structure is Critical: First Steps Must Drive Initial Success • Set Behavioral Expectations and Reinforce Constantly • Don’t Fake It: Students Know 27

28. Action Steps • Open Door to Real Responsibility • Reteach Fundamental Learning Skills • Allow Success then Expect Success • Incorporate Social and Emotional Support • Link to Rigorous Foundational Academic Content • Motivate, Monitor, Measure 28

29. Ready to Star in the Common Core Classroom 29

30. Contact Learning Together: Valerie Combrink 1-866-921-0000 (toll-free) or 1-336-852-6422 or Email: Valerie@LearningTogether.com 30