“if this were a disease and 32 percent of people died, we would probably consider it a plague. we...
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INTRODUCTION VIDEO
“Welcome To The Future” by Brad Paisley
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JAH_V3gb5c
If robots took over the entire
education system to teach our youth, what would you do
next?
Bridging the GAP
DROPOUTS!WHY IS THE ISSUE SO
IMPORTANT? “If this were a disease and 32 percent of people died, we would probably consider it a plague. We would throw all our resources into it. I think it’s vital to the state and country. The 21st century jobs created around the state require more than a high school diploma to be considered.”
U.S. Sen. Richard Burr speaks out (SC) by Andrew Mackie Record Staff Writer
April 7, 2009
Who’s at Risk?Students with:
•Low academic achievement
•Poor behavior
•Poor attendance
•Low family socioeconomic status
Why Students Drop OUT?• Unable to manage work and school• Poor relationships with teachers• Unable to finish school requirements• Pregnancy• Got a Job• Could not keep up with schoolwork• Didn’t like school• Poor grades/failing school• Thought it was easier to get GED• Too many absences
National Dropout Prevention Center, May 2007
DROPOUTSARE
8 TIMES MORE LIKELY
TO GO TO PRISON
Dropouts are 8 times more likely to go to prison.
7,000 students dropout every school day
More than 1.2 million each year
Dropouts from the class of 2007 cost the US Governmentmore than $329 billion in lost wages, taxes, and productivity
over their lifetimes.
US Department of Education
The World Is Flat
The individual must become moreresponsible for managing
their own career,risks, and economic security.
Thomas Friedman, author
Meet the Twixters
• Twixters--Young adults that live off their parents and bounce from job to job.
• 20% of 26 year olds live with their parents.
• In Great Britain they’re called KIPPERS---Kids In Parents Pockets Eroding Retirement Savings.
____? OfHigh school sophomores
Aspire to go to collegeYET………
Only ______%Of students from low Income* families have a degree by age 24.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFQ6j-BPwTs
There is a gap in what students want and reality—high school drop outs are high and college graduation rates are low.
We need to help students figure out who they are, talk about the future regularly, and build work skills. They need to be job ready when they complete high school. It needs to start in grade school.
Guidance needs to start in the classroom in 8th or 9th grade. Freshman year is pivotal because they will be making critical choices that will impact their life.
The problem is too many of our students
just don’t see the
relevance of school-Betsy BrandHere What We Must Do To Get Our Student Ready for Work
The Four “R’s” inEDUCATION
Reading‘riting
’rithmetic&
REALITY
For every 100 ninth Graders…..
? Graduate from high school time
?Of these students immediately enroll in college
?Of these students are still enrolled their sophomore year
And? Graduate from college within six years
THE GOAL
Creating
Economically
Self-Sufficient
Adults
15 minutes with a counselor, a couple of computerized interest inventories, and a paper on what you want to be when you grow up just won’t do it in today’s world.
What Can We Do?
Set course standards for a freshman transition class which
should include: personal/social development and skill
building, educational achievement plans, career and life
skills and planning. The benefits of this program will
reduce dropout rates, increase maturity in post-secondary
programs, increase number in Tech Prep programs and
provide skills to navigate through life and work.
KAPLAN HIGH PIRATES
Failure is not an option
for Kaplan High
Freshman! http://spiritclips.com/films/tcp
WHY TRANSITIONS?http://www.doe.state.la.us/lde/hsr/2427.html
PIRATES
GOALS OF HIGH SCHOOL REDESIGN 9TH GRADE INITIATIVE:
* Increase 9th to 10th grade promotion rates* Decrease 9th grade dropouts* Increase 9th grade daily attendance* Reduce 9th grade course failures* Decrease 9th grade suspension and expulsions* Increase 9th grade iLEAP test scores
Focus Area One: Personalization
• Teaming w/structured common planning time in Freshman Academy
• Freshman Academy (evaluating grades, attendance and discipline)
• 8th Grade Bridge Night (April)
• Placement into Intervention Programs (summer)
• Assigned Mentors (5 hour KICK-OFF Orientation)
• Advisory program
• Freshman transition skills course
• Interventions-STAR Reading and Math
• Increased parental contacts
FRESHMAN ACADEMY
Team Meetings
Evaluate Grades
Evaluate BehaviorEvaluate
Attendance
8th Grade Bridge Night (April)
Invite all feeder school students
Invite all 8th grade parents
Intervention Programs
Bridge to
Algebra
Voyager
Reading
Achieve
3000Zap Advis
ory
STAR Testin
gRTI
Mentor ProgramJr’s & Sr’s are chosen to mentor our freshman and guide them through an all day orientation and throughout the year in advisory meetings.
Pirates Advisory Teams (PATS)Freshman
Report card counseling & analysisParental contact for every student
at least once per six weeksTest Taking strategiesLearning styles testSetting of goals for iLeap based on
8th grade LEAPLA4 Plan analysisTOPS Opportunity & high school
Pirates Advisory Teams (PATS) – Sophomores
Report card counseling & analysis Parental contact for every student at
least once per six weeks Test Taking strategies and study skills
review LA4 Plan Opt Out TOPS Opportunity Career Identification-use of interest
inventory tests, especially ASVAB & others, emphasize serious nature of tests.
Plan test-emphasize importance for dual enrollment scheduling
Dual enrollment
Pirates Advisory Teams (PATS) – Juniors
Report card counseling & analysis Parental contact for every student at
least once per six weeks Test Taking strategies and study skills
review Dual enrollment ACT Prep College placement based on ACT scores Advanced placement College requirements College major & course load (catalogs) Diploma endorsement
Pirates Advisory Teams (PATS) – Seniors
Report card counseling & analysisParental contact for every student
at least once per six weeksTest Taking strategies and study
skills reviewCareer options and plansScholarshipsFASFA formsACT planningCollege selection/applying for
college
KAPLAN HIGH SKULL & CROSSBONES
TRANSITIONS 101
Students are more likely to apply
themselves to more rigorous academic
studies if they have a vision of their
future and if they understand that what
they do in school means something to
their future. They need to know what’s
in it for me.
VISION + ENERGY=SUCCESS
• “Mandatory” elective for all freshman
• Meets the Education for Careers Criteria which allows the course to count towards a technical career endorsement.
• Curriculum is interdisciplinary-English, math, business, life skills.
• Major course in our Freshman Academy.
FLEXIBLE CURRICULUM
• Student Planners
• Learning & Using Study Skills, a guide for academic success.
• Achieve 3000 (reading program)
• Career Choice Curriculum
• LA eportal
• Advisory
Kaplan High’s Plan for Transitions
• Monday/Achieve 3000
• Tuesday/Skull & Crossbones 101
• Wednesday/Skull & Crossbones 101
• Thursday/Skull & Crossbones 101
• Friday/Laeportal & Study Skills
Outline of Curriculum
Section One: WHO AM I?Chapter 1—Envisioning Your FutureChapter 2—Your Personal Profile
Section Two: WHAT DO I WANT?Chapter 3—Lifestyles of Satisfied & HappyChapter 4—What Cost This Lifestyle?Chapter 5—Your Ideal CareerChapter 6—Career Research Chapter 7—Decision Making
Outline (continued)
Section Three: HOW DO I GET IT?
Chapter 8—Setting Goals & Solving Problems
Chapter 9—Avoiding Detours & Roadblocks
Chapter 10— Attitude is Everything
Chapter 11— Getting Experience
Chapter 12—Where Do You Go from Here?
Study Skills Outline
•Time Management •Study Environment•Personal Aspects•Study-Reading•Listening for Note taking•Exam Strategies•Writing Non-Fiction Assignments
•Library Research
Study Skills (continued)
• Learning How to Improve Math Skills
• Memory for Learning
• Reading for Speed & Comprehension
• Vocabulary Development
• Concentration While Learning
• Health & Vision
• Attitudes
• Campus Involvement
LOUISIANA’S EDUCATIONAL
GOAL“FAILURE IS NOT
AN OPTION…SUCCESS IS THE ONLY OPTION”
HOW CAN I APPLY THIS TO
MY CLASS?
Tell me, and I forget.Show me, and I remember.
But involve me… and I understand!
We need to start motivating students and encourage them to create their future no matter the obstacles.
http://spiritclips.com/films/thelittlefrog
If you don’t have time in your school schedule to devote to a freshman transition course you can integrate in English or communications class. You can also team teach with school counselor, career instructors, family and consumer sciences, tech courses, or integrate with 2 classes such as:
Transitions/EnglishEnglish/BusinessTransitions/Keyboarding
Grade Recovery Study Skills Life Style Math Learning Styles Visualization Parent
Communication
STANDARD SUGGESTIONS FOR IMPLEMENTATION
Class Guidelines Expectations Positive Academic
System Positive Discipline
System Interventions
(academics, discipline, attendance)
ADOPTION PREVIEW
Grade RecoveryGrade Recovery is meant
to assist students who have made an effort to be successful in a course but have failed to make adequate progress to meet standards during a grading period. Grade Recovery is not a vested right automatically conferred upon a student who receives a failing grade.
• Recover points on test (set a time other than class) .
• You can require tutoring or extra help periods (I-contracts) to raise grades from F and D’s to C.
ORGANIZE, ORGANIZE, ORGANIZE
Agendas –keep up with assignments/projects Divided Binder—only one binder to keep up
with Whiteboard Calendars – Each classroom
has a calendar with assignments for all classes Consistent Rules and Consequences!!!
INTEGRATION Time Management Study Environment Personal Aspects Study-Reading Listening for
Notetaking Exam Strategies Writing Non-Fiction
Assignments Library Research
Learn How to Improve Your Math Skills
Memory for Learning Efficient Reading for Speed
& Comprehension Vocabulary Development Concentration While
Learning Health and Vision Attitudes Campus Involvement
REAL-WORLD MATH
Lifestyle Math
Learning Styles
PERSONALITY TEST
PICTURE YOURSELF GRADUATING!!
Students took pictures in graduation gowns so
they could visualize themselves as graduates.
Parent Communication
Email distribution list set up first 6 weeks of school.
Team teachers collaborate and compile information to send out weekly.
Ongoing correspondence with parents through email, mail, and/or telephone
Parent Nights with FRESHMEN & PARENTS ONLY
“I have had children in school for more than 15 years and this is the first time I have felt a true connection with my children’s teachers. Thank you so much Freshmen Academy and Kaplan High School.” --Freshman Parent
“Good teachers do not cover
material…they uncover
material!” --Harry
Wong
Real“Lifesave
rs”