BREAKTHROUGH SUCCESS COMMUNITY
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Change Package
Shifting students' life trajectories requires adults working together in new ways to build systems and structures dedicated to 9th grade success. See below for change ideas that impact each of the key drivers of 9th grade on-track!
Student-Centered Teaming
Student-Centered Teaming
Collaborative structures and routines that bring together the right people with the right data at the right time to take effective action for student success.
CHANGE IDEA GUIDES:
KidTalk - A data routine for 9th-grade teachers with common students to have asset-based conversations about supporting individual students with academic struggle in 1 or 2 areas.
On-The-Cusp Protocol - A data routine for teachers or on-track team members to discuss root causes and action steps to support a group of students who have 1-2 D/Fs and good attendance (“on the cusp” of passing all their classes).
Student List Protocol - A protocol designed to facilitate team conversations about a targeted group of students specifically chosen based on shared data characteristics.
Data Protocol Library - Choose from several protocols based on your team structure, discussion purpose, and time available.
Supportive Transition
Supportive Transition
Proactive supports that cultivate the relationships, confidence, and know-how 9th graders need to start high school strong.
CHANGE IDEA GUIDES:
Starting Strong Bundle - A combination of change ideas for the first marking period that together form a proactive strategy for ensuring incoming 9th graders experience strong relationships and academic success right from the start.
Summer Bridge High Quality Design - Coming soon
Early Assignment Recovery - Immediately after a student misses an important assignment early in a marking period, provide a new blank copy of the missing work with a personal note indicating your belief in the student’s abilities and willingness to provide support
Bridge Equitable Recruitment - Ensuring the students who need bridge the most actually get to benefit from it.
Empowering Relationships
Empowering Relationships
Strategic relationship-building that ensures every student feels known and cared for by adults, enabling academic engagement and growth.
CHANGE IDEA GUIDES:
BTSC Developmental Relationships Survey - A short survey administered 2x/year that asks students about the strength of their relationships with adults and if they have an adult they can go to for support on campus.
2x10 - A strategy to strengthen a relationship with one student by speaking with them for just two minutes a day for 10 consecutive days.
42Q - A routine for sharing relationships survey results back to students and dialoguing with students about what they need from their relationships with adults
Scheduling for Success
Scheduling for Success
Master schedules that prioritize 9th grade success through intentional student scheduling, staffing assignments, and collaboration time.
CHANGE IDEA GUIDES:
Master Schedule Bundle - Coming soon
Grading as Feedback
Grading as Feedback
Fair, motivating, and aligned grading practices that enable grades to be a learning tool for both student and teacher.
CHANGE IDEA GUIDES:
Grading Reflection & Alignment
Gradebook Review - A protocol for teacher teams to identify root causes of D and F grades, collaborate to analyze findings, and test changes in grading and classroom practices
Gradebook Review for Admin - A protocol for an administrator to run to support a teacher struggling with the root causes of Ds and Fs.
Gradebook Audit - A group of teachers or an administrator reviews gradebook settings to surface variation and work towards alignment.
Classroom Policies & Practices
Make-Up Day - Structured time in class for students to work on and submit incomplete or missing assignments without penalty
Retakes - A grading practice that allows students another opportunity to show their understanding after taking an assessment and receiving their results
0 - 4 Grading Scale - A grading scale that evaluates student performance with whole numbers from 0 to 4, offering greater precision and less subjectivity than the traditional 100-point scale
Eliminating Zeros - When students do not submit work, enter “incomplete” or “missing” in the gradebook rather than a zero
Minimum Grading - A grading practice where the lowest possible grade a student can receive on an assignment or assessment is set at a minimum of 50%
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