9th Grade Initiative

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Whats going on in Louisiana?
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Welcome

• Goals and Objectives
• To review end of year procedures
• To share progress of redesign activities

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You cant teach kids you dont know.
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Focus Area 1 Successful Transition to High School

• Teaming
• Freshman Academy
• Advisory
• Mentoring
• Other Transition Activities

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Focus Area 2 Early Dropout Detection and
Interventions

• Purpose
• To identify students who exhibit characteristics
  of dropping out and actively work with these
  students to prevent them from dropping out and
  increase their chance of completing high school

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Focus Area 3 Academic Catch-up

• Implementation of new or expanded programs to
  provide accelerated and extended instruction for
  students that enter high school behind in reading
  and/or math, using research-based strategies and
  curriculum materials.
• Catch-up programs in reading must use a
  curriculum from the State-approved list of
  reading curricula for struggling adolescent
  readers.

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Focus Area 4 -- Literacy
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Focus 5 Remediation and Grade Recovery

• Innovative, yet proven, remediation and grade
  recovery programs which support the on-time
  promotion of students to 10th grade and allow
  students to stay on track with their age-level
  peers.

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Focus Area 6 Educational and Career Planning

• Freshman Transition Skills Course
• LA ePortal

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Focus Area 7 Parental Involvement

• Programs and activities to increase 9th grade
  parental communication and involvement in ways
  which lead to improved student engagement and
  performance.

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End of Year Requirements

• End of Year Report
• Continuation of Funding Application
• Budget Revisions

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Due Dates

• End of Year Report
• 400 p.m. Friday, June 12, 2009

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1. Focus Areas

• Which of the following Focus Areas did your
  school address during 2008-09?
• _____ 1. Successful Transitions to High School
• _____ 2. Early Dropout Detection Intervention
• _____ 3. Academic Catch-up
• _____ 4. Literacy Skills
• _____ 5. Remediation Credit Recovery
• _____ 6. Education Career Planning
• _____ 7. Parental Involvement

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2. Timeline

• Attach the original timeline from your approved
  grant application.
• Attach your final timeline.
• Describe each activity completed this year
  organized by focus area.
• Similar activities can be consolidated in the
  description.
• Include both planning and implementation
  activities.

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Timeline (Continued)

• Be sure to address each activity on the timeline
• any consultants used
• the nature and scope of the services they
  provided
• how their work helped support your 9th grade
  redesign efforts
• all budget items should be addressed

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Timeline Should Include

• any conferences attended, the individuals
  attending such conferences, and what was learned
  that was useful
• any visits made to model schools, the
  individuals participating in these visitations,
  and what was learned that has been beneficial to
  the planning or implementation of specific
  redesign strategies
• any curriculum materials purchased, and the
  student audience with which these materials are
  being used.

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Sample Timeline
Target Date Activity Description Person(s) Responsible Check if completed Check if modified Focus Area


Please provide an explanation of any
modifications to your original timeline.
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3. LA ePortal Usage

• Describe
• how LA ePortal has been used with 9th grade
  students
• the purposes for which students have used the LA
  ePortal
• the frequency and duration of their usage
• whether this usage has been voluntary or required
  (as part of a class, advisory program, etc.)

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4. Progress toward Project Goals

• 9th-10th Grade Promotion Rate
• 9th Grade Dropout Rate
• 9th Grade Attendance Rate
• 9th Grade Students Failing One or More Core
  Courses
• 9th Grade Students Suspended
• 9th Grade Students Expelled
• 9th Grade Students Scoring Basic or Above on iLEAP

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5. Reflections on 2008-09

• Comment on the greatest challenges and successes
  of your 9th Grade Redesign Initiative in 2008-09.
• Feel free to include
• anecdotal information
• quantitative data to supplement that included in
  the chart
• a subjective assessment of your project and how
  it has impacted faculty, students, and parents.

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Budget Revision Information

• A revision is NOT necessary if changes are made
  within an object code.
• The deadline for budget revisions is June 1,
  2009.
• http//www.louisianaschools.net/lde/finance/1001.h
  tml

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Continuation Application

• Check box format PLUS
• Explain how this will look at your school.
• Justify budget expenditures, including
  professional development and travel, which
  support this focus area.
• Timeline
• Budget
• Due by 400 p.m. Friday, June 12, 2009

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Webinar

• For schools applying for continuation of funding
• Review of application
• Review of budget guidelines
• Review of new components/requirements
• Contact your regional HSR Coordinator for
  assistance
• Tentative Date Wednesday, May 27 at 1000 am