- Group Contract
- Advisory Teacher (same teacher all 4 years, about 20 students)
- Security said things were very quiet
- Students did not cut or get in trouble (only remembered one student getting in trouble - expelled for stealing a laptop)
- Sophomore said that things were more difficult in the freshman year.
- Students do fail some times, but they know that they are responsible (it is a choice that they make, if there is a student that is already going to fail and will not work with the group the teacher would just grade the rest of the group)
- Student said if there is tension between group members, they can speak informally to the teacher and transfer groups. Student stated, though, that culture makes this fairly unnecessary.
- We asked what happens "if a student needs special help" with tasks. Students replied vaguely that they can speak to a teacher or choose a role that is better suited for them. Their group might reduce their expectations.
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
Interventions
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Teacher planning -> discuss accommodations for struggling students...older students have SpEd pull-out sessions. SpEd teachers are "Academic Coaches".
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ReplyDeleteAdvisory teacher has weekly grade check (four weeks on one paper) that parents must sign and students must show the teacher. Failure to do so results in parent contact and detention.
Students get lunch detention first. Failure to fulfill lunch detention results in Wednesday after school detention. Failure to fulfill Wednesday after school detention is referred to the office.
Students can be expelled from the school. Administration seems to think this is less likely than students fear.
Students were very aware of consequences.
SpEd teacher was in a separate room. She suggestions appropriate changes for students. Her base list is not the same as her advisory list. Very small SpEd numbers (16 or so for the whole school?). Discourage some from signing up, but would probably lose if the parents pressed the district. (Not something that we can/will do?)
Additions by Aaron (Sean, please comment on anything that I missed or that I got wrong, thanks.