what engages high school students? 2013 - 2014 established relationships with students talked to...
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WHAT ENGAGES HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS?
2013 - 2014• Established relationships with students• Talked to students about Attendance and what were their issues
surrounding their attendance• Had several students video themselves coming to school (Awarded a
Senior w/Laptop, gift cards for other two students)• Worked with Senior Counselors to develop of Wall of Fame for
Senior’s who received acceptance letters to college• Took several Senior’s to community meetings focused on PPS • Took several Senior’s to Public Hearings to speak out on RISE Teacher’s
Evaluations• Learned about Brashear’s attendance
policies/suspensions/detention/etc…• Worked on an Attendance Team with Teachers, FACE Coordinators,
Principles and staff members• Attended conferences, meetings, seminars to become more familiar
with issues and polices surrounding attendance
2014 – 21015 DESIGNED PROGRAM
• ESTABLISH MEANINGFUL RELATIONSHIPS WITH STUDENTS
•TRUST• DESIGNED THE PROGRAM AS “STUDENT LEAD” – BRASHAEAR
ATTENDANCE AMBASSADORS
– LISTENED TO THEIR IDEAS– SUPPORTED THEIR IDEAS– ENCOURAGED THEIR CREATIVITY– HAD A PLAN BUT ALLOW THE STUDENTS TO DEVELOP A MORE DEFINED
PLAN
PARTNERED WITH DIFFERENT GROUPS ALREADY COEXISTING IN THE SCHOOLWORKED WITH AND INVOLVED TEACHERS, STAFF, AND ADMINISTRATIONINVOLVED PARENTS AND FAMILIES
DESIGNED PROGRAM (CON’T)
• NETWORKED – WORKED WITH COUNSELORS, TEACHERS AND STAFF TO MEET STUDENTS, THEN CONTINUED TO MEET STUDENTS THROUGH THEIR FRIENDS, VOLUNTEERED TO GO ON FIELD TRIPS, ATTENDED EVENTS, FOOTBALL GAMES, BASKETBALL, SENIOR RECOGNIATION DAYS, SUPPORTED FUND RAISERS, JOINED PTO, ATTENDED PSCC MEETINGS AND EXCELLENT FOR ALL MEETINGS
• CONVERSATIONS – HUNG OUT IN COUNSELORS SUITE AND TALKED WITH STUDENTS ABOUT WHAT THEY WANT, NEED AND ABOUT THEIR FURTURES
• MET PARENTS THROUGH STUDENTS
SPEAD THE WORD• POSTED BE THERE POSTERS IN THE SCHOOL BUS’S INFORMED BUS DRIVERS
ABOUT THE CAMPAIGN AND ENCOURAGED THEM TO SUPPORT THE CAMPAIGN BY ENCOURAGING STUDENTS
• POSTED BE THERE POSTERS IN EVERY CLASSROOM, DESIGNED A SCRIPT FOR TEACHERS TO ANNOUNCE DURING ADVISORY PERIODS SO THAT ALL TEACHERS, STAFF AND STUDENTS KNEW WHAT THE “BE THERE” CAMPAIGN WAS AND KNEW ABOUT THE KICK OFF EVENT “BE THERE BRASHEAR” WHERE STUDENTS TOOK THE PLEDGE TO BE THERE
• ESTABLISHED A GROUP OF STUDENT “BE THERE BRASHEAR” ATTENDANCE AMBASSADORS. GROUP CONSISTED OF STUDENTS WHO VOLUNTEERED TO HELP SPEAD THE WORD AND PROMOTE GREAT ATTENDANCE THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL YEAR. THESE STUDENTS WERE ALSO REQUIRED TO IMPROVE ON THEIR ATTENDANCE AND MAINTAIN A 2.5 GPA OR HIGHER. THESE STUDENTS WERE TO NOT ONLY PROMOTE GREAT ATTENDANCE BUT ENCOURAGE OTHER STUDENTS TO IMPROVE ON THEIR ATTENDANCE.
POSTED BE THERE POSTERS IN THE SCHOOL BUS’S
KICK OFF EVENTSTUDENTS TOOK THE PLEDGE TO “BE THERE” BY SIGNING BANNERS DISPLAYED AND MANNED BY STUDENT AMBASSADORS, TABLES WERE SET UP 9TH THROUGH 12TH GRADE
MADE IT A COMPETION TO SEE WHICH GRADE HAD THE MOST SIGNATURES
FRESHMAN WON
WHAT ENGAGES HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS?
WHAT WOULD MOTIVATE YOU TO SHOW UP AT SCHOOL?
TEACHER’S WHO
REALLY CARE
A BETTER EDUCATION
FRIENDS
IF THE ADULTS WOULD
LISTEN TO USE MORE
BEING INVOLVED
IF MY PARENTS
WERE MORE INVOLVED
BETTER FOOD
PEOPLE WHO REALLY
CARE
FAIRNESSBETTER HOURS
BETTER TRANSPORTATION
IF TEACHERS DID THE
WORK THEY ARE SUPPOSE
TO DO
WHAT FACTORS STOP YOU FROM ATTENDING SCHOOL
TEACHER’S DON’T MAKE
IT FUN OR EXCITING TOO MUCH BOOK
WORK DRAMA
BEING UGLY
SLEEP
BORING
IT’S DEPRESSING,
TEACHER’S MAKE YOU
FEEL STUPID
WORKING TOO LATE
OVERWHELMED WITH TOO MANY
AP CLASSESTOO
EARLY, CHANGE
TIME TO 9
WAKING UP TOO LATE, MISS BUS
I HAVE TO BABYSIT MY SISTER AND BROTHER
STRESS
FAMILY PROBLEMS
DRUGS
GIVE THEM RECOGNITION • Created a “Be There Brashear” Wall with photos of
Attendance Ambassadors• Recognize students for “Perfect Attendance” and for
noteworthy Improved Attendance, (moving from one category to the next) Severe to Chronic, Chronic to At Risk and At Risk to Satisfactory
• Create Student Videos• Recognition:
– Award Assemblies– Photos on Be There Brashear Wall– Awarded Certificates for Perfect/Improved Attendance– Awarded Gift Cards for Perfect Attendance
PERFECT 10NEVER LATE FOR CLASS, PERFECT ATTENDANCE
AWARDED THE CERTIFICATE OF ATTENDANCE EXCELLENCE FOR IMPROVED ATTENDANCE FOR REPORT PERIOD ENDING
JANUARY 2015 .
ANETTE ATTENDANCE
IS
ATTENDANCE IMPROVEMENT AWARD
Kimberly Safran, Principal
LAST YEARS STUDENT VIDEO
QUESTIONS???