Focus Area 2: Academic Engagement Current Baseline: 1.2% Goal: Focus on academic engagement to decrease SWD drop-out rate. Baseline Year: 2014-2015 Objective: SWD drop-out rate will decrease by 0.3 of a percentage point per year (for example, the drop-out rate would be 0.9% at the completion of the 2015-16 school year, 0.6% in 2016-17, and 0.3% in 2017-18). Strategies Activities Person(s) Responsible Timeline(s)* Evaluation Measurable Result Keep students on track for graduation and motivated by incorporating student credit recovery. Create Virtual School credit recovery program. Open school computer lab for this purpose. Graduation Coach, counselors Jan. to June 2016 Number of students successfully completing credit recovery 10 students Provide alternative and creative academic support and enrichment opportunities. Offer enrichment activities at different times from core classes, or as electives, or as after school programs. Recruit school staff, parents and/or community members to provide tutoring. Establish partnerships with community organizations and/or postsecondary institutions to offer additional enrichment programs to SWDs. Principals, school faculty, Grad Coach Grad Coach, school faculty Grad Coach 2015/16 School Year Sept./Oct. 2015 Oct./Dec. 2015 Class/activity participation roster Number of SWD using tutoring program SWD participants in programs See roster 18 students 20 students Increase positive behaviors of SWDs who have been identified as having at-risk school behaviors. Start a Buddy Program for identified SWDs. Develop implementation plan for the program. Pair selected SWD with a responsible general education student who will serve as a mentor. Assign volunteer faculty member to mentor SWD and general education student pairs. Develop contact sheets for mentors and faculty to track number and nature of contact hours. Grad Coach, counselors, teachers Grad Coach Grad Coach Grad Coach, participating faculty Grad Coach Sept. 2015 Sept. 2015 2015/2016 school year Oct. 2015 Sept. 2015 List of selected students Program plan Academic performance and discipline data of selected SWDs Academic performance and discipline data of selected SWDs Contact sheets See list See plan GPA increase in 50% of participant students; 10% reduction in discipline referrals Same as above See sheets *Establish realistic timelines that drive the activities toward completion. Some activities may be completed in a short timeframe, while others will continue for months or the entire school year.
Improve school climate to keep at-risk SWD engaged. Participate in School Climate Survey, with SWD participation. Use survey results to inform areas of improvement. Initiate programs/interventions to address areas identified for improvement. School administrator, teachers Grad coach, school administrator, teachers Grad coach, school administrator, teachers Fall 2015 Winter 2015/16 Spring 2016 Participation in survey List of areas identified for improvement List of programs/ interventions 100 students took survey 3 areas identified 4 programs identified and started NOTES: Some strategies and activities are more ‘big picture’, while others are more detailed. This is normal. It is fine to have a variety of strategies and activities, you know best what is achievable in your school. Your Action Plan may include universal interventions (school wide initiatives) and interventions for targeted groups, such as at-risk SWD. Not ALL activities are required to have an evaluation component, but most will. Also, for some activities, it is to be expected that the person(s) responsible and timeline(s) may be the same. The following is a visual way to think about the terms goal, objective, strategy, and activity: