A course designed to provide students with assistance in developing their study skills, with special emphasis on strengthening students’ proficiency in reading and writing.

An academic intervention Allows for math TAKS pullouts/tutorials Allows IPC pullouts/tutorials (max. 30 days per semester)

Each high school campus had a representative on the SAS curriculum design committee.

failed math or reading TAKS 1 st or 2 nd administration and/or failed one or more core content special education students in need of in class support ESL – beginning or intermediate

Unit 1Skills for Immediate Success Unit 2Survivor: High School Edition Unit 3Listening Unit 4Note Taking and Text Structure Unit 5aLearning Styles

Unit 5bReview Skills for Immediate Success and Continue Learning Styles Unit Unit 6Memory Unit 7Test Taking Unit 8Career Exploration and Research Unit 9Review for TEKS and Semester Exams

Monday = Vocabulary Development Tuesday = Reading Strategies Wednesday = AAS Unit Thursday = AAS Unit Friday = Guided Study Activities

CReating Independence through Student-owned Strategies designed to help all students read, write, and learn more effectively teaches students how to learn through content areas

Cornell Notes R.A.F.T. Selective Highlighting Think-Pair-Share Clock Partners Read and Say Power Notes Graphic Organizers Content Frames Vocabulary Mapping

used for each reading and vocabulary lesson specific strategies are identified at the beginning of the curriculum

Communication with math teachers, parents, & students Reduce 9 th grade Algebra I failure rate

Folder for each Algebra I teacher with SAS students for work in need of completion Tracking sheet for each student

Parent phone calls & s Paws for Praise notes home

Weekly student conferences 1 on 1 tutoring with math helping teacher Note-taking strategies PALS tutors

4 sections 2 SAS teachers 4 math partners Students split into Purple and Gold Students scheduled by house 3 pure, 1 satellite Technology: COWS 1 SAS/ESL

SAS teachers Plan co-curricular projects with IPC teachers Plan with math partners Small groups to IPC classes during SAS prior to tests

SAS has helped me a lot. It gives me additional time to get prepared for tests and go over work I do not understand. On top of that my grades are going up. –Victor Jenkins

… I have gotten a higher grade than I would have been able to if I weren’t in SAS. … Any time I do not have all of the things necessary for a project, my teacher always makes sure I get them and helps me to make sure I finish my project and get a good grade. I know that if It wasn’t for SAS I would have bad grades. –Bryan Guzman