I started this week with a vague notion of exactly what my research project would entail. I spoke with the assistant principal at my school who is in charge of attendance to get some clarification and now I have a firm grasp on exactly what I will be doing.
I am going to use the Saturday school program to help students recover credits while at the same time improving TAKS scores.
The Saturday sessions will include 3 TAKS sessions and one study hall session. Students will have one hour in each session. The three TAKS sessions are Science, Math and English. I did not include social studies for several reasons. The main reason is that our scores in that area are consistently above the 90th percentile and extra support is no warranted. I only have 4 hours to put the kids minds to work and I wanted to work in at least a little time so that they could complete work for their regular teachers and help to make sure they are passing.
Staff needed for the program will be 3 teachers and one administrator. At the present moment there are 140 students in danger of losing credit due to attendance.
By implementing this plan I hope to achieve greater student success in 3 main areas: Attendance, TAKS scores, classroom grades.
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