10-18-13+Agenda

Agenda for 10-18-13

1. Follow up about Tardy auto calls 2. Discuss actual interventions and incentives from the Johns Hopkins University info. 3. PLAN/ACT data and bottom 30% discussion. 4. 31A options? 5. Other

What did we decide:
 * Attendance Interventions:
 * Weekly Average Attendance is reported by grade level
 * Daily Auto Calls
 * Students who are swept will use script with the EPC supervisor and make immediate parent contact
 * After 5 absences Guidance will make a contact and log into Student Visits
 * After 10 absences Admin will meet with parents/students and send letter home
 * After 15 absences Truancy will be filed
 * We want Incentives!
 * Ask the staff to brainstorm realistic incentives for students
 * Quarterly grade level incentives for average attendance rates and Students that have never been swept or less than __ tardies...
 * Wii Tournaments: Gift card to overall winners
 * Food
 * HW pass (I struggle....)
 * A graph/thermometer will show grade level in the lead during the quarter
 * Leap Frog Award--for improved attendance: Frequency?
 * Perfect Attendance Recognition
 * Focus on PLAN data for Bottom 30...those students that are below benchmark in all 4 core areas, still need further discussion
 * Academic Performance
 * Bring list of students with 1 or more Es alpha by grade
 * Bring list of students with 2 or more Es alpha by grade
 * What is realistic/doable?
 * Use a spreadsheet to monitor performance, attendance and interventions: http://www.betterhighschools.org/EWSTool.aspx *check with Sarah, is this document useable for us?
 * Freshman Focus--Teacher Thumbs Up and Thumbs Down on 10/24
 * Danette will bring copies of info of interventions that she shared
 * Great site--bring what you think may work: http://www.interventioncentral.org

Please bring ideas of any and all interventions to the meeting on 10/25 at 1:30.