Indiana Student Achievement Institute: Document 20
Orleans Jr-Sr High Sch
Incentive Rewards
Students will receive rewards each grading period for improvement in academic performance, standardized test scores, behavior, and attendance. The types of rewards and reward levels will be determined by the Incentive program advisory committee and they will be in charge of getting the rewards.
Impact Level: Low Impact
Energy Level: Low - continuation
Focus: General
Recreational Reading
Time will be provided for all students in grades 7-12 during the regular school day to engage in recreational reading.
Impact Level: Low Impact
Energy Level: Low - continuation
Focus: Specific
F. Encourage Rigorous Curriculum: Required and Additional Courses
We offer the classes required for students to earn a Core 40 or Honors Diploma. Opportunities for the Core 40 Technical Honors Diploma are offered through Vocational classes at BNL. We presently offer 1 English class, Electronics, French, Agribusiness, and Intro to Engineering Design and Government for college credit. We also offer AP Calculus, AP Music Theory and AP Art. Each Spring semester the students meet with the counselor individually to discuss their career plans and select classes for the new school year. A listing of classes is made available to the students, which shows which classes are college credit and/ or AP. All classes and course descriptions are published in the student handbook for students and parents to read. The sophomores students tour the Vocational School at BNL to get a first hand look at the classes available there. Some of our staff is willing to offer the opportunity to take the class at a time it is not scheduled or during their prep, if the student has a conflict and cannot enroll at the time the class meets.
Impact Level: High Impact - Inside
Energy Level: High
Focus: General
I. Focused Academic Area: Language Arts: Writing Across the Curriculum
Teachers will implement the Simple Six rubric in order to incorporate writing across the curriculum. The Simple Six is a rubric used to score the students' writing based on six areas. The areas are: Topic, Logical Order, Vocabulary, Sentence Pattern, Supporting Details, and Audience. Teachers will assign one writing assignment for each class taught per semester. In addition, junior high teachers will require students to incorporate the "question" as part of the answer and to write using complete sentences when answering literary response open-ended questions. Teachers of grades 9-12 are encouraged to do the same.
Impact Level: High Impact - Inside
Energy Level: High
Focus: Specific
U. Focused Student Group: Free / Reduced Lunch - Teacher Training
Teachers will receive training in instructional strategies on how to educate students of poverty. Teachers will implement strategies on a daily basis in the classroom.
Impact Level: High Impact - Inside
Energy Level: High
Focus: Specific
U. Focused Student Group: Free/Reduced Lunch - Peer Tutoring
Free/Reduced lunch students in grades 7-12 will be required to receive extra help if their grades fall to a D or lower. Free/Reduced lunch students while in study hall class during the school day will get the extra help from students enrolled in the peer tutoring course. Students will have the opportunity to sign-up to work with the the peer tutors during each study hall class period.
Impact Level: Low Impact
Energy Level: Low - continuation
Focus: Specific