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Increasing Student Success A model of learning at rfhs

Increasing Student Success A model of learning at rfhs. ACISD – Rockport Fulton High School Heather Hedrick. People without information cannot act . P eople with information cannot help but act Ken Blanchard. Overview.

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Increasing Student Success A model of learning at rfhs

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  1. Increasing Student SuccessA model of learning at rfhs ACISD – Rockport Fulton High School Heather Hedrick

  2. People without information cannot act. People with information cannot help but act • Ken Blanchard

  3. Overview • The focus of our meeting is to foster collaboration between the CIC, parents, students and ACISD ; to assist students in reaching academic achievement and success.

  4. Who is the teacher? • Parents are the first teachers for their children. • Children can be shaped by family, school, and community. Let's start by working together to help all our students succeed.

  5. Student Success • Facilitating student success and continuing the commitment to new programs that strive to achieve success is a vital project for ACISD.

  6. Where do we start? • AEIS RESULTS • According to the 2011 AEIS results for RFHS, Special education students have lower success rates than non-special education students. • However there was an overall increase in their performance from 25% in 2010 to 29% in 2011. • So lets keep the ball rolling…

  7. Who do we start with? To increase accountability and success to special education and 504 clients, we should start by focusing our immediate efforts on them.

  8. Programs of interest • Community Tutoring • Content Mastery • One-to-one Laptops for students • After school reading program

  9. Community Tutoring • Individualized tutoring addresses academic deficiencies and helps students improve, and tutors can serve as role models and examples for students (Mayer and Mitchell, 1993; Yampolskaya et al., 2006). • Programs that involve school, community, and family are more likely to be effective in helping students stay in school and be more academically successful (Involving families in tutoring program, n.d.; Knesting & Waldron, 2006; Nowicki et al., 2004; Yampolskaya et al., 2006)

  10. Content Mastery Center • Content Mastery is a learning lab where identified students come to work in small groups or one on one with a teacher. • It is a fully operational learning center designed to support the education of students and provide support and resources to teachers to assist the students in achieving their maximum potential.

  11. Laptops in the classroom • Serves as a sounding board for ideas (interactive programs, chat rooms, emails and instant messaging) • Expands student horizons by exposure to new concepts and information (virtual tours, simulations, research data) • Forces the student to think critically (examine and analyze multiple points of view, participate in online debates) • Motivates student to participate (visual medium, multi-media, interactive programs that can work at your pace but challenge you to get to the next level) • Helps to produce (simplifies complex operations, magnifies your effort by converting numbers to charts, spell and grammar checking, automating presentations)

  12. After school reading programEncourage Reading for Pleasure • Offer students who stay late after school a variety of materials of interest such as comic strips, sports articles, cereal boxes, etc.

  13. Summary • Student success is a goal we all share. In order to prepare these special students for life after high school, we should dedicate our time and efforts into programs that will carry them from high school into adulthood. • The programs I have discussed all have measurable achievements that we can discuss at our next meeting. • Thank you for your time and dedication to the students at ACISD.

  14. References Brigman, G. & Campbell, C. (2003). Helping students improve academic achievement and school success behavior. Professional School Counseling, 7 (2), 91-97. (EBSCO Academic Search Premier) Cook, J. B., Kaffenberger, C.J. (2003). Solution Shop: A solution-focused counseling and study skills program for middle school. Professional School Counseling, 7 (2), 116-123. (EBSCO Academic Search Premier) Crosswhite, L. & Araya, I. (1994). La Lectura y La Habilidad Para Estudiar en Casa. Manual Para los Padres. Massachussetts: Curriculum Associates, Inc. Wittmer, J. (1993). Managing Your School Counseling Program: K-12 Developmental Strategies. Minneapolis: Educational Media Corporation.

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