Small Learning Communities at James Campbell High School

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Small Learning Communities at James Campbell
High School

• By Jiena Marquez

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An SLC is

• A school within a school
• Separate, autonomous
• Plans and runs its on program
• Has its own staff and students
• Has a separate budget
• Dewees, S. (1999). The School-within-a School
  Model. Clearinghouse on Rural Education and Small
  Schools Charleston WV.

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Rationale

• First year for JCHS to implement SLCs
• New for everyone (students and teachers)
• The effects of SLCs at JCHS. Does it work?

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School Context
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Focus of Research Project

• What kind of initiatives are taking place at
  JCHS?
• Compare initiatives and student performance
  results with other schools with SLCs in Hawaii

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Literature Review

• Dewees, S. (1999). The School-within-a School
  Model. Clearinghouse on Rural Education and Small
  Schools Charleston WV.
• Raywid, M. (1996). Downsizing Schools in Big
  Cities. Clearinghouse on Urban Education New
  York NY.
• Raywid, M. (1999). Current Literature on Small
  Schools. Clearinghouse on Rural Education and
  Small Schools Charleston WV.

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Research Methods

• Action research
• collecting data on progress of SLCs at JCHS and
  other schools
• Interviews

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Timeline

• Summer 2004 Obtain journals and article
  publications about Small Learning Communities
• Fall 2004 Find out what is being implemented at
  JCHS, compare it to other schools with SLCs, find
  a project, devise a plan of action.
• Spring 2004 Summarize data, analyze effects of
  SLCs
• Summer 2005 Have everything written out, be
  done with Plan-B!

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References

• Gail Awakuni (JCHS principal)
• Eileen Ayat (SLC evaluator)
• Mary Anne Raywid (Plan-B advisor)
• Jonathan Wang (external SLC evaluator)