Increasing graduation rates in students with IEPs

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Connie.martin@tennk12.net
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2. “The whole purpose of education is to turn
mirrors into windows.”
-Sydney J. Harris

3. Thanks for your interest!!
Connie Lindsey
Martin Jordan
 Special Education
 Service Plan
Teacher
Coordinator
 Camden Central
 Benton County
High School
Schools

4. I. Welcome to Camden CHS!!
II. Graduation Rate & How to Increase
III. Education2020
IV. Education2020 & Students with IEPs
V. Darrell Clark – Education2020 (the expert)

5. Our Location in West
Tennessee

6. Camden CHS is the receiving school to 2
middle schools in Benton County.
605 Students total at CHS
74 Students with IEPs (12%)
A high graduation rate is a MUST!!

8. Graduation Rate
91%
90%
89%
88%
87%
86%
85% Graduation Rate
84%
83%
82%
81%
2010 2011 2012 2013
(baseline) (baseline) (target) (target)

9.  Start at the junior high school in 7th – 8th
grades
› Track at risk students according to T-CAP
scores, poor attendance, and grades
› Weekly lessons in classrooms on career
choices, study skills, and more.
› MECA interest testing for 8th graders
GET STUDENTS EXCITED & INTERESTED!!

10.  Grades monitored every 6 weeks
› If low, placed on at risk list for the next 6-
weeks
 Check with teachers on any issues with
students
 Encourage students
› Never under estimate the power of candy!

11.  What we offer at Camden CHS:
› Summer school
› Credit recovery (Education2020)
› Tutoring all week- before & after school
 Currently developing a plan for first time
credit for students who will be 18 before
their senior year of high school.

13.  An interactive internet classroom
complete with lectures, homework
assignments, lab assessments, journal
activities, quizzes, and tests.
› Students listen on headphones and take
notes.
› Students work at their own pace.

14.  Gateway testing practice
› Put student in virtual classroom area (English
II, Algebra I, Biology I) for Gateway test they
need to pass
 Classroom activities
› Offers a different view on certain lessons
› Student progress can be monitored closely
 Grades
 Time spent on particular tasks
 Responses to questions

16.  Teachers can show a lecture/lesson on
smart board/projector and then students
can review the same lesson again when
they log in.
 Education2020 READS to the students using
the E-Reader function
 Teachers may go and view answers to
quizzes/tests so students can be guided in
the right direction when answering.
› Example: Algebra Credit Recovery when the
teacher does not know algebra

18. Thank you for your interest!
Questions??
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