ISLLC Standard II: The Culture of Teaching and Learning
Sub Goal: Identify strengths and those in need of improvement of the CSI department and entrance criteria as it relates to the learning program at Colonial Road School for 4th & 5th graders.
Activity II.A:
Collect and analyze CSI Student Attendance Rates and Create an Improvement Plan.
Artifact II.A: Summary of the current attendance data, list of areas needing improvement in attendance, goals, and improvement plan to be implemented
Summary of the Current Attendance Data:
After collecting CSI student attendance data from 2014-2015, it is apparent that student attendance is a contributing factor to our student learning concerns. Focusing on students that were enrolled in CSI, and
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“zero period.” Teachers have expressed concerns about those students that are tardy at extreme rates, because they are missing the majority of their CSI instruction. For example, Mrs. Steines had Sebastian G. in her 3rd grade CSI class, and he was tardy 80 times. He was only absent from school on 2 occasions. This student had a transportation issue due to his parents working during the day, and his carpooling situation was not reliable. Although the teacher attempted to communicate with Sebastian’s parents and find another way for Sebastian to get to school early, he continued to be tardy the majority of the time. All students with excessive tardy rates experienced significant difficulty getting to school during zero …show more content…
Tardies ranged from 0-83 times. Upon analyzing this attendance data it becomes clear that student tardy rates significantly impact student performance in CSI classes.
Areas Needing Improvement:
Student tardy rates have significantly hindered their attendance at CSI zero period classes. This has affected student achievement levels, and the rate at which students are retained in the CSI program, thus leading to a high student retention rate in CSI from year to year. This also results in large CSI class sizes that are not beneficial to student learning. In addition, when interviewing CSI teachers, it is apparent that numerous attempts were made to communicate with parents and remedy the attendance problem, however students continued to show up late to school, or miss zero period completely.
After analyzing attendance data, as well as speaking with CSI teachers regarding these concerns, it is clear that the CSI schedule needs to be changed so that student attendance rates improve. There are individual students whose overall school attendance is satisfactory, but who struggle to attend classes that take place before school for a variety of reasons (most often related to transportation/parent work schedules).
Goals/Improvement Plan to Be Implemented:
Scheduling
Day after day, late students are punished or end up in detention due to short passing periods. Having short passing periods can make a student’s grade go down or worse when students are late to class. This can be prevented by extending passing periods to 10 minutes. Although the staff at H.P.M.S may disapprove, but in the long run, they will see the effects of having longer passing periods has on students. Because of the short time of passing periods, students at Happy Place Middle School are petitioning to extend their passing period time to 10 minutes. In short, some of the positive effects are that students can get to class on time, and gives students and teachers time to prepare.
Shorter passing times are much more dangerous than they may seem. According to Rachel Pancare, author of “Effects of Tardiness on Your Child’s Education,” as a result of frequent tardies, students can have a hard time getting used to their schedules, something kids tend to rely on a lot. In middle school, students are very aware of how they’re
If students were not late to class, they would be able to go do their extra curricular activities after school. In the article Longer Passing Periods, by Jason Li “ Not only would there be fewer detentions, but citizenship grades would improve”. Many teachers count tardiness when grading citizenship. It’s not fair to students that have to walk all the way across campus and still need to get ready for the next class. If they had more time there will be less detentions. Also citizenship grading will go
Adding just an extra ten minutes to each class, the new schedule would create the potential for students to have more homework time, lab time, learning time, and/or valuable free time to read for pleasure, relax with music, draw, etc. (Hadfield). Especially as students get older and more involved in extracurriculars and rigorous academic courses, the need for any spare moment to get assignments done, study, or even sleep increases. When this time is unavailable or extremely hard to get, students are more likely to fall asleep in class, miss school due to illness, misbehave, cheat, hand in incomplete assignments, or drop out altogether. The same is largely true for teachers. The more homework turned in by students, the more grading has to be done by teachers who are already exhausted from a long, often repetitive day of work. Therefore, it is important to emphasize the fact that this extra time should not be used to cram in larger quantities of learning standards or homework problems, but rather to enhance the quality of the already demanding school regulations that are in schools
In 2007, the school had a change in leadership and had students attend 2 periods per day, mourning class and afternoon class. They would complete a semester's worth of work in 21 days, then focus on 2 additional classes for another 21 days. So that at semester, students would have completed 6 classes like the rest of the building. The only hiccup with this is attendance was so bad, if students missed more than 2 days it was equivalent to missing 3 weeks of school at the comprehensive setting. Students had to have homework logs documenting how many hours of homework they had completed.
To stay out of getting tardies come to class on time you only get five minutes in between classes.
along with it, and teachers just turn their heads and overlook the absences. This particular year
Not every student is able to receive 100% attendance throughout the year. Whether it is because of work, because of a child, because of sports, or because of an emergency student will always have an extra something on their plate making school difficult. eCampus ultimate success will fall down to if you are willing to make extra profit while also helping students to succeed.
This category is primarily characterized by students who are struggling with time management, and therefore, are constantly having difficulty getting to class on time. Despite the fact that they may be occasionally tardy, these students often have excellent attendance and show a willingness to learn. Unlike the high school students, it appears that these students show less of a concern with social interaction and are more concerned with getting to and from their classes.
Secondly, the author stated that "In 2003, Jessamine County's high schools started 50 minutes later." As a result, students were more on time and in better attendance first period than they had been in the past. Lastly, as stated in the text, “teachers especially wanted a change because they were concerned about student attendance and student readiness to learn that first period of the day. " The author then stated that “We noticed better attendance and less student sleeping in class that first
Relevance: As most of you know, attendance is crucial for you to do well in your classes. It’s also crucial to be on time. However; there are 30,320 students who live off campus and rely on the Bobcat shuttle transportation system to get them from their homes to class on time (Texas
Sub Goal: Identify strengths and those in need of improvement of the CSI department and entrance criteria as it relates to the learning program at Colonial Road School for 4th & 5th graders.
There is a lack of student motivation, and lack of attendance in schools. How can we spice up the school curriculum? How can struggling students do better? There are options for students who have not responded well to traditional methods.
As we review and synthesize data of a district for planning school improvement, the following information is needed to access and determine the needs of a school. First, a thorough analysis of performance data must be reviewed to see how school districts measure up with state and federal accountability. During this process, it is very important that schools focus the performance indicators that will guarantee growth and success. School teams must refer to the districts mission and vision to guide the planning process. The performance indicators will provide data that will be beneficial in creating improvement strategies. So, after careful evaluation of the data, the next step would be to plan effective methods and strategies that will improve student achievement. Moreover, this plan should include needs, demographics and opportunities for students to be successful. Additionally, the baseline data is important information to include in the improvement plan.