Will your students be college ready Carolyn Mendiola

Will your students be college ready? Carolyn Mendiola 1

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All students must be college ready by the time they graduate high school. • Pass all sections of the TSI • Meet exemption criteria for TSI • Take a College Readiness Course and earn a C or better Requirements of HB 5 3

• New State Accountability System measures campuses on Post-Secondary Readiness of their students • Districts receive distinctions only on Index 1 (meeting standards) and on Index 4 Post Secondary Readiness • Districts and Campuses Distinction Designations under Post-Secondary Readiness • Percent at STAAR Postsecondary Readiness Standard • Four-Year Longitudinal Graduation Rate • Four-Year Longitudinal Graduation RHSP/DAP • College-Ready Graduates • Advanced/Dual Enrollment Course Completion • SAT/ACT Participation • SAT/Performance • AP/IB Examination Performance: Any Subject Index 4: Post-Secondary Readiness 4

The Sharyland Advanced Academic Academy 125 incoming freshmen 4 Core Teachers and 1 Elective teacher 8 Accelerated Block classes - 90 minutes (4 per term) 1 Year long Traditional Course – 50 minutes Makeup 5

FALL SEMESTER SPRING SEMESTER 1 st block – Math 1 st block - Science 2 nd block - ELA 2 nd block - Social Studies 3 rd – PE or Equivalent 3 rd block – Elective 4 th – College Transition 5 th - Elective 5 th block- Elective Sample Student Schedule 6

Eco-Dis At-Risk Sp Ed/504 Migrant LEP 61% 22. 5% 4% 2% 6% Student Demographics 7

• One teacher was paid over the summer to create the curriculum which included the Year At a Glance, Weekly Lesson Plans, Power. Points, Assessments, etc. • 18 weeks utilizing Achieve College Success by Raymond Gerson, Teen Leadership Skills/Curriculum, TSI Preparation • 18 weeks utilizing Achieve Career Success, The 6 Most Important Decisions You’ll Ever Make: A Guide for Teens by Sean Covey, TSI Preparation https: //eduphoria. sharylandisd. org/eduphoria_webcontrols/Login. asp x? Return. Url=%2 feduphoria_webcontrols%2 f. Applications. aspx Curriculum 8

One ELA teacher tutored in lab during 4 th period. Teachers rotated taking their students once a week to the lab for TSI tutoring/practice. TSI Prep Materials: • My Foundations Lab • Cambridge Study Materials Lab Rotation/TSI Prep Materials 9

• TSI Reading 1 st attempt in October – 68/125 passed (54%) • December resulted in giving the TSI Writing to those who passed the Reading and the rest of the students retested in Reading • Fall Semester: Resulted in 70% of the students being college ready • TSI Reading Results by May: • 108 passed Reading • 92 passed Writing • 19 passed Math Results 10

• As principal of a comprehensive 5 A high school, I will be implementing a College Transition Course for all 10 th grade students. Students opting to not enroll, must have a signed letter from their parents. • We will follow the same curriculum, the same TSI Prep and the same expectations. Next steps… 11

Carolyn Mendiola Sharyland High School 956 -580 -5300 ext. 1206 cmendiola@sharylandisd. org Contact information 12