Monroe Clark Middle School School Counseling and Guidance Program Classroom Guidance 6 th Grade Study Skills

ASCA National Standard Academic Standard A Students will acquire the attitudes, knowledge, and skills that contribute to effective learning in school and across the life span. Hatching Results® (2010)

Student Competency A:A1 Acquire Skills for Improving Learning A:A3 Achieve School Success Hatching Results® (2010)

What Did Students Receive? Counselor Generated Study Skills Curriculum (based on the student agenda) Pre & Post Assessment How many? th Grade Students When?October 20 th -28 th How?Rotating Dyads in Core Classes Hatching Results® (2010)

What Did Students Receive? Lesson contained the following topics: –Identifying Relevant School Supplies –Describing Organization Skills –Using a Planner –Making To Do Lists –Identifying Homework Strategies –Group vs. Individual Work –Asking for Help –Time Management & Procrastination Hatching Results® (2010)

City Heights Educational Collaborative Goals For Monroe Clark Middle School 20% increase in positive report card marks in areas of homework completion, motivation and study skills Hatching Results® (2010)

CST Scores Source California Department or Education: Data Quest

What we DO we know? Hatching Results® (2010) 6 th Graders: 3597 th Graders: 3908 th Graders: 380

Why Are We Teaching Organization and Homework Strategies? Learning to plan effectively enhances students’ ability to make sense of their world and experience. ( Dewey, 1980; Gardner, 1983; Marzano, 2003; Vygotsky, 1978) Students who complete and turn in homework do better in school. (Cooper, Lindsay, Nye & Greathouse,1998) Students who are exposed to variety of study strategies are higher achievers. (Meneghetti, De Beni & Cornoldi, 2007)

What do Students Believe? I Believe it’s OK to wait to the last minute Hatching Results® (2010)

What do Students Believe? It’s important to have a plan to do homework Hatching Results® (2010)

What do Students KNOW? Hatching Results® (2010)

What SKILL Did Students Learn? Pre Post 58% Know all organization methods 29% Correct order of being onTrac 60% Know all organization methods 32% Correct order of being onTrac Hatching Results® (2010)

Who is helping? Hatching Results® (2010)

Achievement Related Data Students who wrote down assignments in planner. Hatching Results® (2010)

RESULTS DATA Students Homework Grades Increased 4% Average Grades in Homework per Class 10% Increase!

From Progress Report 1 – Progress Report 2 Before Guidance Lessons 2010 GPA’ s increased from XX to XX After Guidance Lessons 2010 GPA’s increased from __ to __ Results (coming soon) Hatching Results® (2010)

GPA Growth From Hatching Results® (2010)

Our Goal…Improvement Hatching Results® (2010)

In Summary… By obtaining the Knowledge, Attitudes, and Skills to study, Students are Achieving more! Students are Writing Homework Assignments in their Agenda! Guidance Curriculum presents successes and areas for growth for counselors! Teachers, Counselors, and Students are contributing to success of the 6 th grade! Hatching Results® (2010)

Limitations and Lessons Learned Future lessons will not be scheduled on minimum day. Revisions on assessment are needed (wording confusing for some students). Although engagement and altitudes are high, curriculum needs connect to assessment. Hatching Results® (2010)

Next Steps Consult with stakeholders to link attitudes and skills learned and link them to GPA We are planning to continue implementing a part 2 focused on test taking. We will report on the long term impacts of guidance curriculum on the achievement. Hatching Results® (2010)

The school counseling program is contributing in a meaningful way to the academic achievement of all students. Thank you to all the 6 th grade teachers for your support of the school counseling program. Hatching Results® (2010)

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