Mike Kelley Jarred Jagger Andy DudleyPortia Naze Frankfort High School

Mike Kelley Jarred Jagger Andy DudleyPortia Naze Frankfort High School

Frankfort, Indiana

Frankfort High School

Trimester System Increased number of credit opportunities Flexibility in scheduling A 6 th period for various uses –Small group Instruction –Remediation –Test or lab make-up time –ECA & GQE Exam preparation time

Meeting the Needs of our Students ***Scheduling***

Scheduling Options For Freshmen Geometry Algebra XY Full Year Algebra Full Year Algebra Co-Taught Full Year Algebra Resource

Course Content Are we preparing our students to succeed?

Course Curriculum Reevaluated 8 th grades standards ~What should they already know? State Standards ECA Content Vocabulary

Structured Vocabulary  Review state list of important words for algebra I  Decide as a department on words requiring a higher level of importance  Create chart to organize words, textbook sections, definitions, and pictures/examples  Integrate time to complete chart and discuss terms into daily lessons

Department Planning Standards are divided into 4-week increments and a test is given every 4 weeks Each test covers several standards

Student Success Process The lowest standard in re-taught for one week during mini lessons Students are quizzed at the end of the week on only the standard that has been re-taught

Mastery learning Students much achieve 80% mastery on a standard in order to master it Students are grouped by mastery or non-mastery on each standard

Student Success Process Students who still have not achieved mastery during mini lessons are required to stay for 6 th period during the next week During 6 th period, we can do one-on-one work and try different methods of teaching to help the students learn the material

No permission to forget Students are not allowed to forget old standards because the tests are cumulative The same standard can be addressed in more than one SSP cycle

SSP is a school-wide effort Our administration supports us in saying that SSP 6 th period trumps all other 6 th period assignments Our faculty is united in this idea, which stresses to our students the importance of Algebra

SSP helps our students Students are motivated to do well on SSP quizzes so that they won’t be required to attend 6 th period Students can see their own progress by graphing their percentage on each standard

How SSP relates to ECA Emphasis is placed on core standards SSP assessments use the same vocabulary as the ECA It helps us identify the areas that our students need to work on, and we can fill in those gaps

6 th Period = ECA Preparation ECA Wednesdays & The 20-Day Plan

ECA Wednesdays All teachers assigned to a group of students Met every Wednesday to work on skill remediation and reinforcement Materials provided to the teachers Student volunteers

20-Day Plan 5 weeks prior to the test we increased the meeting time to 4 days a week. Application of skills Practice tests Gridded Response

Benefits Parent Communication School wide effort 775 minutes (approximately 13 hours)‏ Carried over to English ECA preparation.

What do we do with our scores? Students who pass go on to Geometry Students who fail are placed in 1 trimester of mathlab for remediation, then move on the Geometry for 2 nd and 3 rd trimesters

Math Lab Remediation  Placed students in class as a result of failing score on algebra I ECA  Created course calendar to provide daily guide for curriculum  Created possible curriculum related to calendar with each unit approximately one week in length  Created waiver packet tests over 10 of the most relevant ECA topics (ex. Systems of equations and solving quadratics)

Math Lab (Continued)  Required minimum score of 80% to pass waiver packets  Allowed students to revise waiver packets during bonus period to improve score  Stored waiver packets in individual binders for each student  Recorded waiver packet passing results in spreadsheet for each class

Benefits of Mathlab Students earn 1 credit Students get intensive ECA remediation Trimester schedule allows scheduling flexibility so that students stay on track