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What are the biggest struggles you face with the Retaining your Students ?. Encouragement Works Better than Hounding TRUE or FALSE?. Not every student is Lazy and it’s easy to just think that when you look at data. What’s their: - Story like? -Home life like? -LC support like? - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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What are the biggest struggles you face with the Retaining your Students?

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Encouragement Works Better than Hounding

TRUE or FALSE?

• Not every student is Lazy and it’s easy to just think that when you look at data.

• What’s their: -Story like?-Home life like?-LC support like?-Work/Study Style like?

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Remind them to Dream!!

• So many of our students forget to look ahead because they are ‘stuck’ where they are right now.

• Action Plans are not just about data- it’s about reminding them of short AND long term goals

• Be their sounding board to remind them what THEY want- let them have ownership

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• Let Students Define Success- Let Students Define Goals for each class, each grade, and each “baby step”

• LC’s MUST be active- It’s ok to advocate for students and get LC’s more involved! Every AP meeting they should be there, be active in the participation and solutions and goals setting!

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Share your live and they’ll share theirs!

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“In light of the hundreds (if not thousands) of things we might do, are we doing what matters?” (Goodwin, 2010, pg. 4)

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(Goodwin, 2010, pg. 9)

What Matters Most :

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(Goodwin, 2010, pg. 9)

What Matters Most:

An effective teacher has more influence on a student’s success than any other factor, including a student’s socioeconomic status or circumstances.

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Personalizing Contact

• Talk to Parents Like A PARENT- How would you want to be talked to if it was your student? Remember Parents will always be more emotional!

• Talk to students like they are people- “You are WANTED.”

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Defining Roles • Learn to take the time to coach the

parent on what their role is, and don’t be afraid to hold them accountable to that role!

• Meet students in blackboard to work if they aren’t logging enough hours.

• Prep for Action Plan meetings ahead of time to be organized and more ‘formal’- but make the meeting about the student creating goals

• Give the student /LC time to talk- get a good picture of the story

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Advocating for our Students

1. Be a GREAT advocate for the students.. and for the parents.

2. Stay professional at all times3. My Philosophy- Let them come

to their own conclusions through supportive dialogue and ask GREAT questions to help them make good choices. What will bring this student the BEST possible chance at success?

4. How can I be support staff for the teachers?

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Resources help!• Use your resources: • boostup.org website which has a library of student videos to help

motivate and encourage those at risk of dropping out of school. Check it out at this link: http://boostup.org/en/students

• Other Teachers- I often will ask about the student from each teacher before going into a meeting or refresh up on TV notes before the meeting so I get a better picture.

• Special Education Teachers and IEP documents in SharePoint• Data is probably one of my biggest helpers. I use the omnibus

reports to track students log in time, attendance and we use a probation tracker to help assist us in tracking students overall course averages each week.

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http://www.boostup.org/en

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Why Students Drop Out

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• Sample AP- Goals that were created by Student- TRACK Progress!

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Boostup.org

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Jib Jab- Smile Box- Voki

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Data , Data, Data• I also use good

note trackers outside of TV that help a lot as well.

• Note- meeting times, family issues (baby ect), health issues, Spec Ed, LC involvement level and student attitude etc.

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Tracking is key to helping kids!• This is my ongoing tracker. • Updated weekly• Tabs indicate how I keep track of weekly ap meetings

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WYVA’s Probation Tracker• Note the

Bottom workbook line:

• We sort by start date and then we have a new working list each week of students that need to be called.

We can also track the students that are doing WELL this way and make sure we exctend Kudos and celebrate with these students as well!

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What does an Action Plan Look Like?

• Action plans that are student driven- with student goals.

• This is just an example.

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What does an Action Plan Look Like?• I keep a

running record for LC and student to see- Ecollege, Grades and overall course averages by week.

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Data , Data, Data• Behaviors

to Success-

This is a Goal sheet that students fill out together with their LC’s. It puts them ‘on the same page”.

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Data , Data, Data• Course

Action Plan

This is a Goal sheet that students fill out together with their LC’s or Teachers. It puts them ‘on the same page” for Course specific Goals.

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Data , Data, Data• Week Long

Student Planning Guide

This is 1 of 2 options that the students have to fill out that will help them organize their assignments weekly.

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Data , Data, Data• Week Long

Student Planning Guide

This is 2 of 2 options that the students have to fill out that will help them organize their assignments weekly.

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Our At Risk Population

• Watching our At-Risk Population is important at WYVA. We make sure to make goals each week to contact students in these ranges in addition to our regular weekly ABC Calls

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Celebrate with our students!!

• As a result- this is the 60-100+ Range !!


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