Cheryl Benefield Family Engagement Coordinator/Parent Mentor, - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Cheryl Benefield Family Engagement Coordinator/Parent Mentor, Haralson County Schools Lisa Smith Counselor, Haralson County Middle School

 Rural West Georgia  Illiteracy Rate 30.4% / College Degree 11.0%  Poverty Rate 20.4%  67% Free Reduced  94% Caucasian  20% Special Ed.  Needs Improvement Year 7  Four principals between 2004 & 2009  UNDER STATE DIRECTION! 

 Collaborative Leadership & Culture  A-Team  Leadership Team  Comprehensive Instructional Supervision/Collaboration  Established Consistent Classroom Expectations  Rituals & Routines  Academic Policy  Discipline  Thinking Maps  GraduateFIRST  Professional Learning Community  Established a Comprehensive RTI System  Parent Mentor position

What Happened Next?

Reading 2.1% points (89.4%) SWD 8.6% points (62.3%) Math 2.2% points (80.7%) SWD 6.2% points (40.8%)

Reading 1.8% points (91.2%) SWD 10% points (71.3%) Math 2% points (82.7%) SWD 30.1% points (70.9%)

Discipline Two-year reduction of 49% .

Parents

 Student-Led Conferences  Parental Contact Logs  Student Newspaper  Developed a Business Partnership with Honda-Lock  LIPT

 Initiated in 2011-2012  Implemented under the direction of the GaDOE Parent Mentor Partnership & SPDG Graduate First.  Included business people, clergy, support agency representatives, community members and parents.  Recruited parents of students considered “at - risk” or from traditionally marginalized populations.

 Coming Home Tours  Counselor Road Shows  HCMS FACEBOOK  TWITTER  Support for Club 52 (Transitions)  Skype Conferencing  RebelWORKS!  Dress for Success

 iGraduate!  Eighth grade SWD and students at risk and/or from traditionally marginalized populations  GraduateFIRST  Look for trends – attendance, course failures, ISS/OSS  Geographic location – attendance clusters  Parental involvement/Family Engagement  Graduation Rate/Dropout Rate

Data Monitored for EACH GRADELEVEL in EVERY SUBJECT Reading grade 6 - 94.6% meeting/exceeding - SWD - 95%   Reading grade 7 - 94.3% meeting/exceeding - SWD - 84%  Reading grade 8 – 97.3% meeting/exceeding – SWD – 87% ELA grade 6 – 89.1% meeting/exceeding – SWD 76%  ELA grade 7 – 90.7% meeting/exceeding – SWD 54%  ELA grade 8 – 92.5% meeting/exceeding – SWD 76%   Math grade 6 – 78.2% meeting/exceeding – SWD 58% Math grade 7 – 89.6% meeting/exceeding – SWD 75%  Math grade 8 – 69.8% meeting/exceeding – SWD %   Grade 7 SWD SCIENCE - 73% meeting/exceeding  Grade 7 SCIENCE - 73.1% exceeding. Grade 6 SOCIAL STUDIES - 75% exceeding.  Grade 7 SOCIAL STUDIES – 76.4% exceeding.  Grade 8 SOCIAL STUDIES – 72.7% exceeding. 

Discipline Reduced Another 25%

 MECA, Student Transition Questionnaire, and GCIS  RebelWORKS!  Dress for Success  The Tassel's Worth the Hassle!  Lunch on the Lawn  Honor’s Day  Transition/Resource Fair

 RebelWORKS!  Volunteerism  Dress for Success  C.A.F.E. Partnership with High School  GraduateFIRST – eighth and ninth grade  Changing our hats  Every student, every seat, every day!

STILL WAITING……… 32% Reduction in discipline. 74% Four-Year Discipline Reduction

Cheryl Benefield and Lisa Smith cheryl.benefield@haralson.k12.ga.us lisa.smith@haralson.k12.ga.us Check Out Haralson County Middle School On FACEBOOK!