What’s Worth Fighting For

Diplomas Now and

Conditions of Success

Session Objectives

For you to be able to:•Learn common language of Conditions for Success and Diplomas Now•Explore the nesting of WSWC expectations in Diplomas Now schools•Problem solve around reaching core elements of the Conditions of Success

• The Document– Stand up/ Sit down– Actual work

• A Debate (yeah!)• Problem Solving around Core Issues

Agenda

The Document

Stand Up Sit Down

• Corps members (CMs), teachers and student support staff discuss data to identify students in need of moderate (Tier 2) and intensive (Tier 3) supports

• CMs meet regularly with the student support team to co-construct and monitor progress of Tier 2 interventions and Tier 1 support

• CMs understand and advance school culture

• CMs support school-wide attendance initiatives and support consistent attendance of students on focus lists

• CMs have defined role as positive behavior coaches throughout the day

• CMs add capacity to existing efforts and initiate additional engagement opportunities for families, with specific attention to the families of students on focus lists

• CMs are trained on curricula and accompanying intervention strategies and coordinate with teachers on how to best support instructional practice

• CMs have access to core content specialists in literacy/ELA and math, who provide training and support to CMs for targeted interventions and classroom support

• CMs and City Year staff are invited to participate in all appropriate trainings

• Each CM follows one cohort through ELA/Literacy and math courses and has a focus list of students in that cohort

• CMs support students in core courses, support double dosing, provide interventions, and coordinate with their teacher team

• CMs plug into existing program structure and implement standard CY offerings (e.g., service learning, enrichment clubs, targeted tutoring, and homework assistance)

Engage the Document

• If you were describing this document for someone who didn’t understand, how would you explain what each of the following pieces was:– Description– CY Target– Achieved Through Diplomas Now

The Debate

Structure and Teams

• Create pairs of pairs• Choose who is affirmative and who is negative• The basics:

– 5 minutes prep– 3 minute aff and then 3 minute neg– 3 minutes prep– 2 minutes neg and then 2 minutes aff– Wrap up

The Resolution

Diplomas Now removes obstacles to the implementation of Whole School

Whole Child.

The Debate

– 5 minutes prep– 3 minute aff and then 3 minute neg– 3 minutes prep– 2 minutes neg and then 2 minutes aff– Wrap up

The DProblem Solving

• Choose one of the issues we have listed as common concerns, and generate some action steps around achieving full implementation.

• Each group should generate:– Talking points on why the obstacle should be

addressed– Site based suggestions for who should champion– Each member should have a next step in mind for

their school/site

Four Corners

• What is a metaphor for the relationship between DN and WSWC?

Closing

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