I have just begun the implementation of my major project which focuses on 9th grade repeaters. We placed our 9th grade repeaters into separate Guided Studies from the general population. These six Guided Studies take place everyday and are in conjunction with their lunch period. The biggest issue I am facing is the Guided Study is the ONE class that our students consistently skip and that is the class that I am supposed to visit on a weekly basis. During this time I plan to meet with each student bi weekly to go through SMART goals with them as well as talk about their attendance, grades, graduation, Maxwell, etc. Have any of you tried certain incentives that have worked with students in getting them to either come to school and/or attend all of their classes on a daily basis? Also, my plan is as follow but would appreciate any other advice or feedback you can give me.
1. Meet with 9R GS once a week- SMART Goals individually, talk
about grades, attendance, classes, etc.
2. Pull student grades and attendance weekly
3. Call parents of each student and have necessary parent conferences with student
4. NHS Student Mentors and Parent Mentors once a week working on Math and Language Arts as
well as any other academic area
Ashley, we have something similar but it is for students failing 3 or more. Students receive several reminders leading up to their scheduled time. When students do not show, they receive a consequence for AWOL. Usually it's Silent Lunch, which is an hour long. The kids hate silent lunch so it usually only takes 1 or 2 times of them sitting through silent lunch and then they show.It can be frustrating because as teachers/administrators we feel we are doing everything possible to help students succeed and they will not do their part
ReplyDeleteBesides incentives, my 9th grade counselors had conducts what is called and Attendance Tuesdays. This was a group that consisted of the APs', social worker, counselors and a teacher that was on planning during that period. This was an intervention committee use to discuss students
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