Warrior+Academy+Initiatives

Implementing** || **New Ideas** || **What We Need** || //Opportunities to share content and ideas with teachers, and connect with 8th grade students// || 1. Met with some 8th gr. teachers/admin. for 2008-09 WA list || 1. Student Shadowing
 * **12 Best Practices for 9th Grade Sucess** || **Actively
 * 1. Collaborative **8th Grade Actions**

2. Meet with WA students/parents @ Rec Park for August Orientation

3. Covey and/or Ropes Course with 8th grade group before they get here

4. Make initial contact to incoming group before the end of the year || 1. Continued Guidance support in selection of appropriate selection of students. || //Intensive introduction time on what matters most; building solid info. and relationships.// || 1. AAA's
 * 2. Acheivement-Focused **Freshman Orientation**

2.Graduation Pics || 1. Ropes course very early on ||  || //Builds skills and shapes attitudes. Students hit the ground running.// ||  || 1. Identify Literacy Needs of students in program before school year ||  || //More kids, more variety.// ||  || 1. Connect with 8th grade students regarding fall sports || 1. Assign them a mentor to get them involved in activities || use of wiki's
 * 3. Academic/Affective **Summer Bridge**
 * 4. Aggressive **Freshman Fair** for Increasing Student Involvement.
 * 5. Portfolio/action plan **Student Led Conferences** || 1.SLC's || 1. Digitize Portfolios-possible

2. Incorporate into curriculum, orientation and ropes course || 1. Kelli Murphy would like to meet with us this summer about possibilities || //Mandatory support is given and monitored for success// || 1. After school tutoring program || 1. Mod 3 mentors utilized for tutoring during lunches
 * 6. System for **Automatic Tutoring**

2. Better usage of after school tutoring ||  || //Every student has one key teacher who checks on them closely and celebrates success// || 1. CORE
 * 7. Well-defined, fully implemented **Teachers as Advisors**

2. Communication with 1A students i.e. SLC letter 3. Student Mentor Program ||  || 1. Information about the future of Covey & CORE in our building so that we can adjust accordingly. || //Common planning and common area for increased communication// || 1. Team mtgs. /constant communication 2. File cabinet for student information recording. 3. Enter/Exit parent and student surveys 4. Integration of Curriculum || 1. Use of wiki for collaboration || 1. Increase communication with administration
 * 8. Distinct **Freshman Academy**

2. Training/Conferences for At-Risk Students

3. Workshop days throughout year

4. Summer Workshop time available including time for curriculum intergration

5. Opportunity for discussion of how to better implement CFF technology with the WA ||
 * 9. Behavioral and Instructional **Consistency** || 1. Communication on expectations during meeting time

2. Lunch Detentions with all WA teachers

3. WA dollars incentive system done semester 1 || 1. Possibility of a very big incentive field trip to some place such as the Grand Canyon. || 1. We need feedback on administrative actions taken with our students

2. Understanding from Admin. that we are building relationships with students and when we ask for discipline measures it needs to happen. || 2. Incentive Activites-auction, field trips, lunches... ||  || 1. Continued Intensive Guidance Support 2. 10th Grade Academy for selected students. || 2. Known Budget 3. Grant Writer || Type in the content of your new page here.
 * 10. Proactive **Freshman Teams** || 1. Weekly Progress Reports
 * 11. Customized **Support Class** || 1. No IEP students ||  ||   ||
 * 12. Student-centered, needs based **Staffing and Scheduling** ||  ||   || 1.Flexible Schedule