NAACP Education Committee Educational Workshop

1. NAACP Education CommitteeEducational Workshop Sponsored by Statesville NAACP

2. What you need to know to help students be successful? Sponsored by Statesville NAACP

3. Welcome • This information contained on this CD is for you to provide information to parents and students. • The information will help to adequately prepare you to know what questions to ask of schools and teachers. • You and your child will be equipped to plan for a successful future toward graduation. • Included in this CD will be information, handouts for print, website links, scholarship, and college/university information. Sponsored by Statesville NAACP

4. “There are only two lasting bequests we can hope to give our children. One of these is roots, the other is wings.” Hodding Carter Sponsored by Statesville NAACP

5. Our Intent • Provide you with policy and law • Equip you to know what questions to ask about your child’s learning and education • Know who to go to in school for help and assistance with your child • Know the process for progress and report card • Know what additional programs are available for you child • Prepare your child to be successful in High School • To be equipped for College Sponsored by Statesville NAACP

6. What is the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB)? • Schools are held accountable for ensuring your child learns and shows growth on performance assessments. • Schools have highly qualified teachers • Programs and support in place if students need additional help. • Student Support Plans that identify specifics to help your child be successful. These are used with all children for high achieving and low performing. • Schools with high % of economically disadvantaged (students from low income homes) are provided additional money, resources, and support. • Parents are kept involved and communicated with on the progress of their child’s learning. Sponsored by Statesville NAACP

7. Parent, Family, Community Involvement in Education No greater significant factor in ensuring optimal learning than is the Parent, Family, and Community Be Actively Involved in your child’s education! Sponsored by Statesville NAACP

8. It is never to late for involvement! • Parent, family and community involvement correlates with higher academic performance and school improvement. • Students tend to earn higher grades, attend school regularly, stay in school longer, and enroll in higher level programs and attend college when they have the support of parents, families and community. • Less drop outs, motivated students. Sponsored by Statesville NAACP

9. North Carolina General Statute for Parental Involvement Leave • 95-28.3 Leave for parent involvement in schools • 4 hours of leave per year to any employee who is a parent, guardian, or person in charge of school-aged child to attend school meetings • Employers need: notification of leave time and date, may request verification, or give 48 hour notice • Leave is unpaid Sponsored by Statesville NAACP

10. Reviewing and requesting your Child’s Records • Family Education Rights and Privacy Act • Gives legal parent/guardian rights to review their students record Sponsored by Statesville NAACP

11. “Kids only have one chance for an education---and we need to have the courage to stand up for them.” Anne Duncan Sponsored by Statesville NAACP

12. What Questions should I ask about my child’s school and learning? What is it that my child needs to learn this school year? • Essential Curriculum- lists all objectives or topics your child must learn. • Learning Targets How will I know if my child is successful with learning these objectives? • Teacher should provide examples of progress checks and assessments on the essentials learned. • Formative Assessments and Summative Assessments Sponsored by Statesville NAACP

13. What Questions should I ask about my child’s school and learning? How will my child practice skills and what strategies are being used in class to help with learning? • Students should be given time to practice skills. • A variety of strategies should be used because not all students learn the same way. • Skills and strategies should be modeled by the teacher to help student understand. • Time should be provided during the day and afterschool to support your child. Sponsored by Statesville NAACP

14. What strategies should be used? • Engaging • Time with partners or groups • Hands on • Movement • Technology based • Differentiated- Students given a choice • Connected to experience, environment, and culture Modeled! Modeled! Modeled! Sponsored by Statesville NAACP

15. Who has answers to school questions? • Teacher • Counselor • Student Assistance Program Director/SAP • Principal Sponsored by Statesville NAACP

16. Who do I go to when my child is having problems at school? • Teacher • Counselor • SAP • Principal or Designee • Central Office Support Sponsored by Statesville NAACP

17. What should I know about progress reports and report cards? • Progress Report –Report Card • Every 9wk- Student receive a Progress Report and Report Card-See school District calendar • All assignments, quizzes, and tests should be listed Question to ask: • How did you grade assignments? • What did my child learn? • What does my child still need to work on? • What opportunities will there be for my child to get additional help? Sponsored by Statesville NAACP

18. What if my child does not learn or is having difficulty with learning information? • The teacher should have a classroom plan for helping students. • The school should have an intervention in place for students also. • Request to see what your child is doing in tutoring, remediation before, during the day, or after school. • If your child is currently not getting help and you feel he or she needs it request additional help Sponsored by Statesville NAACP

19. Student Support Plan- SSP • SSP is for students who scored at level 1 or 2 on reading or math End of Grade or End of Course Assessment • 4 Required meetings during the school year with parents on students progress • The plan outlines students progress on assessments, tutoring, or remediation. • The plan should include samples of student work and progress data to show student progress. • Request to see the SSP and, as a parent, make sure to include your input • You may request a plan be done with your child at anytime you feel they may need additional help Sponsored by Statesville NAACP

20. What if my child already knows what is being taught? • How are you enriching the learning for my child? • What options does my child with completing assignments? The teacher should: • Have a different assignment or accelerated assignment • Allow the student to use technology or completing an enrichment project • Provide opportunities for children to write and respond by writing out their answers in clear constructed sentences (part of new assessment requirements). Sponsored by Statesville NAACP

21. How will I know as a parent how my child is doing and how will I know what to help them with nightly and weekly? • Ask the teacher about homework assignments • Ask how the teacher will grade the homework • Make sure to check and make the homework is meaningful • Make sure the directions are clear and the specific intention for learning is clear Sponsored by Statesville NAACP

22. What Support Programs are available for me and my child? • K.L.A.S • S.H.A.K.E • S.A.G.E • Dreambuilders-T.A.G. • Gear Up • Counselors • Piedmont Mediation • Crossroad Behavior • SAT/ACT Prep Courses online and in school • CFNC.org • SCAN (At risk students) • Teen Health • I-Care, Inc. • Mentoring Program Sponsored by Statesville NAACP

23. Additional Questions to ask: • What are your classroom rules and expectations? • What are the classroom consequences? • What plan do you have in place for helping my child with his or her behavior? • What additional ways can I help and support you in the classroom? • What strategies or intervention have you tried to help reinforce positive behavior or celebrate their success? Sponsored by Statesville NAACP

24. Things to Consider When Planning for Your Child’s Future • Talk with your child about their career. What do they want to do when they graduate high school? College? • In Middle School take Adv. Language Arts, Pre-Algebra and Algebra Courses. • Get your child connected in clubs: Robotics, Spanish, Band/Music. • What extra Curricular, Church or Organizational Youth Groups is your child a part of? • Provide Structure Homework, Reading Time for your child. Turn off the TV and put up the Wii and electronics. Intentional Reading or Study time. Sponsored by Statesville NAACP

25. 8th Grade Planning For High School • Choose a Career Pathyway- College Bound, Career Tech., Work after High School. • Choose what courses to take. Don’t take all EOC courses in one semester. Spread EOC courses apart. • Maintain at least a A-B average in all subjects. C is ok but need a good strong GPA for college to secure Scholarships. Sponsored by Statesville NAACP

26. Check with Free Online Sources for information on planning for career and college • College Foundation, Inc. • www.mycollegeguide.org • www.collegeboard.com • www.collegenet.com • www.collegeview.com • www.ed.gov/thinkcollege • www.campuscareercenter.com • www.careerbuilder.com • www.myfuture.com Sponsored by Statesville NAACP

27. Yearly High School Planning Guide • High School Planning Checklist in Documents on the CD for printing. • 9th Grade Freshmen Year is Planning with Guidance Counselor possible Career Choices and researching Colleges. Create a binder or folder of all College information and research • 10th Grade Sophomore Year take practice SAT, ACT. Continue Planning with focus on College/Career Bound Courses Sponsored by Statesville NAACP

28. Yearly High School Planning Guide • 11th Grade Junior Year – Take SAT or ACT. Recommend ACT much easier and more colleges are accepting ACT scores. Should begin to narrow college lists and career choice. Complete Student Profile, Work Resumes, Teacher Recommendations, and begin to request information from colleges and universities. Tour College Campuses. Consider taking Adv. Courses, and other courses that are college preresquites. Sponsored by Statesville NAACP

29. Yearly High School Planning Guide • 12th Grade Senior Year – • Take or Retake SAT/ACT. • Request unofficial transcript check Graduation Pathway and make sure on track to meet graduation. Meet and work with Counselor on this. • Attend additional college fairs, college nights, and visit colleges and universities. Choose 2-3 more Colleges/Universities and complete the Application process. • Continue to update student profile, teacher recommendations/references. Identify extra curricular, clubs, and involvement in the community, with youth groups, and any community service work. Sponsored by Statesville NAACP

30. If seeking Reserve Armed Forces • See the counselor on your High School Campus • See also the teacher or person in charge of the JROTC program at your school. • Same process all the way through High School, just additional Armed Forces requirements. Sponsored by Statesville NAACP

31. College Admission Factors: • Courses Taken (strength of program) • GPA/Grades • Rank in Class • Standardized Test Results (SAT, ACT) • Counselor/Teacher Recommendations • Activities outside School and Classroom and Special talents • Application questions and Essay • Geographic Location • Personal Interview • Behavior History, Ethnicity, Alumni Relationship, Major, and Financial Ability to Pay. Sponsored by Statesville NAACP

32. Websites for College Standardized Testing Support • www.collegeboard.com www.freevocabulary.com • www.act.org www.sparknotes.com • www.princetonereview.com www.powerprep.com • www.onlinetestprep.com • www.kaplan.com • www.learningcompany.com • www.petersons.com • www.ets.org/toefl • www.apcentral.collegeboard.com • www.ets.org Sponsored by Statesville NAACP

33. Touring College Campuses • If you know someone on campus try to arrange to stay with them on campus and get dorm experience. • Attend a class or two get a fill for college classroom and professors. • Visit the admissions office and your possible career/major department • Attend a sporting event • Take a tour of campus and ask questions of others who attend college there. • Visit food courts/cafeteria, and check out surrounding area and city. Sponsored by Statesville NAACP

34. Financial Aid Application:Completing the FASFA • Go to FASFA website, www.fasfa.ed.gov or go to your Counselor and complete the FASFA application. • If you go online complete the PIN application process. This PIN will allow you to access your application and account at anytime. • The application will require you to have a Social Security #, yours and/or your parents, Federal Income Tax records, and additional family income information. This information must be accurate and correct to speed up the process of you obtaining monies. This information should be completed before the end of Feb. each year. Sponsored by Statesville NAACP

35. Reviewing and Completing Scholarships for College • Take the Scholarship list and choose 3 scholarship links and review the requirements. See if you qualify for any of these scholarships. • Bookmark the links on your computer, download and save the scholarship applications. • Complete the scholarship applications for the ones you found. • Take the time and review additional scholarships and try to apply for the ones you think you have a chance of obtaining. Sponsored by Statesville NAACP

36. College Expense Planning Things to Consider: • Tuition • Books • Fees • Housing • Food • Clothing and Personal Needs • Laundry and Dry Cleaning • Cell phone/Computer/Car/Insurance/Credit Card • Entertainment and Recreation Sponsored by Statesville NAACP

37. Do you have questions? Sponsored by Statesville NAACP

38. For Contact Information Statesville NAACP Education Committee Marlene Bryan Scott Email marlene.bryansmith@yahoo.com Phone Number 704-253-3188 Sponsored by Statesville NAACP