Teachers meet once
each week in their collaborative groups (Professional
Learning Communities, or PLCs) to discuss best practices,
lesson study, and to plan common formative assessments.
After evaluating their students’ achievement using
tools such as Data Director, teachers decide on a plan
for re-teaching in their classroom.
Some students need individualized help before or during
the lesson, and they would be candidates for Intervention
to keep up with the class. For instance, students reading
Hamlet were assigned to listen to the play on CD so
they could keep up with their reading. Others need help
after the unit to readdress foundational skills before
they move on. Still other students just need help with
their daily homework assignments.
Teachers assign students via Education Connect, which
asks for student ID numbers and instructions. Assignments
must be made by Thursday at 12:50, and materials are
due to the library at the end of the day on Thursday.
Education Connect then pulls the student names from
Aeries and sorts them onto rosters according to their
Guided Study room and period, or their free period.
Education Connect also keeps detailed statistics on
students assigned, such as number of times, content
areas, and overall improvement, and more. Education
Connect also prints Learning Logs and Evaluation sheets
for each student, with the name of the teacher who assigned
the student and the content area printed at the top.
In addition, it sends a notice to the counseling office
about who was assigned from a free period so that the
student can be notified on Friday to come for the following
week.
Education Connect alerts teachers if a student has
been assigned to more than one content area, or if they
must be assigned to after school tutoring due to a schedule
conflict.
The rosters are printed on Friday, and tutors are alerted
as to the different content areas to be addressed the
next week. They have time to look over materials and
find additional resources to help them. Tutors sign
up for stations.
On Monday morning, tutors pick up the rosters on clipboards
and go to the Guided Study rooms to pick up students.
One copy of the roster is left with the teacher. Tutors
take roll and bring students to the library, then direct
them to the appropriate station and get all materials
for them. Using small dry-erase boards, extra textbooks,
and manipulatives, they work through the materials provided
by the teachers. Every day students fill out a Learning
Log which asks them to reflect on their own progress.
On Friday, students may retest for grade recovery, or
they may simply be finishing a packet or typing an essay.
Tutors fill out an evaluation sheet to return to the
teacher indicating how the student performed during
the week.
Tutors collect all work and teachers help assemble packets
to return to teachers by Friday afternoon.
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