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Situation Appraisal revising programs

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Situation Appraisal revising programs

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    1. JMH 1 Situation Appraisal—revising programs This is a presentation made to the Southeast Polk Community School District Advisory Committee. The District Advisory Committee requested an update on a semester test opt-out program that Southeast Polk High School offers. It is an illustration of how to use Situation Appraisal in order to review academic programming.

    2. JMH 2 Ram Plan Southeast Polk CSD District Advisory Committee

    3. JMH 3 Ram Plan—a brief history Incentive program began in 1994-95 Original purpose: bolster sagging attendance (89.9% ADA) Premise 1: if students are not in class, they will not learn Premise 2: students with exemplary attendance should be provided options

    4. JMH 4 Ram Plan—a brief history Ram Plan Revision #1 was in 1997 (91-93% ADA) Ram Plan Revision #2 was in 2005 2005-2006 ADA = 95.1% 2006-2007 ADA = 94.6% Ram Plan in its current form has been in operation since 2005-06 academic year Conclusion—the plan fulfilled its promise, and it is continuing to work

    5. JMH 5 Why revise Ram Plan (or any other program) ? Policies and programs should be reviewed periodically in order to stay current Downward/flat line data trends occur Issues arise Heightened expectations

    6. JMH 6 The 2005 Revision Committee Board of Education Members Pat Staggs VanderWert and Katie Temple (parent) Attendance Office Personnel Kathy Allred and Cheryl Northway Teachers Kent Horstmann (parent), Mike Johnson, and Trina Rogers Guidance Counselor Joel Schutte HS Administrator Joe Horton

    7. JMH 7 2005 Revision Process Assembled a committee of representative stakeholders Used Situation Analysis as an analytical process to reveal “what’s going on” with Ram Plan as an incentive program In the SA, the committee solicited student and staff input as to the issues surrounding Ram Plan The committee also added their own issues to the pool

    8. JMH 8 2005 Revision Process—Top 10 Issues Identified The original Ram Plan was built for a school of 900 students The original Ram Plan has been successful Legislation is now demanding more in terms of attendance The current guidelines are complicated, unclear, and not concise Administration of the plan has not been prudent Kids see testing as punishment under this system rather than a natural part of schooling and life Students sometimes come to school ill The list of Ram Plan excuses is growing and becoming unmanageable A revision should alleviate negatives and improve student achievement

    9. JMH 9 How does a student qualify for Ram Plan? Step 1 95% overall average daily attendance Step 2 Passing grade in the course Step 3 Two or fewer absences in the course that are not classified under the “Ram Plan Excused” section of the Reason Directory Step 4 Two or fewer tardies in the course unless the pass from a school official would excuse the student under the Reason Directory Step 5 Parent approval in writing for every student in every course Step 6 Student is allowed to opt out of semester exams

    10. JMH 10 Ram Plan Reasons Directory Late bus Administrator’s office visit Counselor’s office visit Nurse’s office visit School activity College visit— scheduled and completed appropriately Field trip Gold card absence Student Council or Advisor Rep. meetings Testing Talent Search or Upward Bound Activity or athletic event participation Teacher approved Late lunch Support group Central Place TLC

    11. JMH 11 What might be on the horizon for Ram Plan? A periodic review in approximately 2009-2010, if not before A growing student population Adding higher degrees of academic proficiency to the qualifying equation (8 and 16 week assessments; proficiency on ITED assessments) Continuing to send the message that tests measure learning and are not punishment Continuing to empower families to make decisions about what is best for their children when given the “opt out” choice

    12. JMH 12 Question/Answer Session

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