Okanagan Mission Secondary www'okm'sd23'bc'ca

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Okanagan Mission Secondarywww.okm.sd23.bc.ca

• Scott McLean Principal
• Michael Kormany Vice-Principal
• Jill Voros Vice Principal
• Brenda Kirsch Student Support Services
  Department Head

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Improving Completion Rates

• At OKM, we wanted to try and make a cultural
  shift within our school community.
• We believed that success for ALL students was
  possible through a collaborative process where
  teachers, support staff and parents worked
  together to hold students accountable for their
  learning.

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Discussion Question

• 1. Do we as a learning community believe that
• ALL students can be successful ?
• 2. Can we achieve a 100 School Completion
• target ?

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The Question

• We asked ourselves what would happen if we
  expected
• ALL students to perform at a level needed to be
  successful if we did NOT accept that some
  students would fail.

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How do we ensure that ALL students learn?
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• At OKM, we started to work on
• consistent and effective school wide system of
  intervention/prevention for
• under-supported students
• a Pyramid of Intervention

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Pyramid of Intervention

• At OKM, we are continuing to work on a model of
  prevention and progressive intervention for At
  Risk/Under-supported students

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Intervention Systems

• 3. Discuss what current intervention systems you
  currently have in place for at risk students.
• Could be at the classroom, department, school
  and/or district level.

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• In our model, the Intervention supports become
  more intensive as you move up the pyramid
• The last intervention is designed for the most
  At Risk learners

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Academic Intervention Program
School Based Resource Team
Classroom and Departmental Intervention Strategies
Skill Development Programs Dynamics English
Math 8 / Additional Math and Literacy Time HCE
9 / 1 to 1 Reading Leadership Students
Comprehensive Testing for Early Identification
Star Reading Math / Stanford Diagnostic Reading
Math Feeder School Data

• Increasing Comprehension and Engagement in the
  classroom through SMART Reading/Stepping Out/PGP
  Alignment/Student-Teacher Relationships /
  Assessment for Learning / Time for Teacher
  Collaboration

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Our ModelThe Academic Intervention Program
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• Over the last couple of years we have discovered
  that our interventions needed to be
• TIMELY We quickly identify students who are
  struggling by canvassing teachers at regular
  intervals (every 3 weeks)
• BASED ON ACCOUNTABILITY A plan that holds
  students accountable for learning by requiring
  them to access help as soon as they experience
  difficulty

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Discoveries Cont

• MANDATORY Students are directed by teachers to
  SBRT and, if necessary, by administration
• ADDITIONAL TIME Some students need additional
  time to meet curricular outcomes. Therefore, our
  program takes place after school.

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Candidates for AI

• Any students who are failing or at risk of
  failing
• Program Times
• Monday Friday
• 330 500 pm

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Clarifying Roles

• Program Coordinator
• Brenda Kirsch responsible for intakes and
  program operation (also works directly with
  students in AI)
• Teaching Staff
• Jodi Reed Science, Math, Humanities
• Andrea Fiechter Languages, Humanities, F.N.
  Support
• CEA
• Jeri Hickling Student Portfolio Management,
  Student Support

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Here is what we found to be some of the direct
benefits

• Increases individual student accountability
• Sends a school-wide message of accountability to
  all stakeholders (students, parents and staff)
• Decreases course failure rates
• Improve their organizational skills for students
• Provides support for teachers
• Increases student achievement and self esteem
• Students strive to complete work to gain back
  their free time

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• Academic Intervention Referral Form
• Students Name __________________________________
  Grade _____ Teacher ______________________
• Subject _____________________ Current Percent
  __________ Referral Date _______________________
  _
• Staple to the back of this form the students
  most recent Academic Progress Report

Check all or any of the steps you have followed
below

• I have collaborated with this students other
  teachers
• I have read through the students file
• The student is on an IEP and I have implemented
  the adaptations
• I have contacted the parents and discussed my
  concerns

? I have notified the Learning Assistance
Department or the SBRT of my concerns
Other ___________________________________________
__________________________ _______________________
__________________________________________________
__
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Student Support Action Plan

• School Based Resource Team meets to discuss each
  student who is still at risk and develops a
  specific individualized Action Plan

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Action Plan contd

• Dear Parent
• Below is an outline of the Action Plan that
  will be put in place in an effort to ensure your
  child achieves academic success. He/she is being
  directed to complete the following
• __________________ __________________
• __________________ __________________
• If you have any questions please contact the
  case manager _____________ at 764-4185.

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School results to date
(Based on approximately 975 students)
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Our new culture Students will be held
accountable for learning

• Students will be held accountable for learning
  and will not be allowed to passively take the
  path to failure
• Students with unique and difficult circumstances
  will have support wrapped around them to ensure
  success

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Accountability

• 4. Should students have a right to fail ?
• 5. What are the implications of mandatory
  interventions ?
• 6. What are the potential road blocks that must
  be addressed when looking to improve completion
  rates ?