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Supporting Student Success
Plans Through
Advisories/Enlisting Staff
Presented by
Neil Rinaldi
Principal
Ellington High School
[email protected]
Why am I Here?
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To present a practical high school application
model of a Capstone Project via advisories
To explain strategies that will help enlist staff
support with advisories/SSP/Capstone Projects
Credits
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Mrs. Judi Moeller – Guidance
Mrs. Ann Johnson – Science
Mr. Bill Prenetta – English
Mrs. Jan Arnone – Math
Ms. Beth Simmons – Social Studies
RHAM High School
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Scott Leslie
Dan Uriano (student target plan)
Jen Sansoucy (student target plan)
EHS Advisory Program
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Overarching Goal
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Personalization of a student’s education
Two Elements
Advisory
 Student Portfolio/Capstone Project
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Six “Must Do’s”
Enlisting Staff Support Must Do #1
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Include Teacher Union Representatives in the
planning process
Include Students
Enlisting Staff Support Must Do #2
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Develop a core committee
1 or 2 members for each grade level
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Mrs. Judi Moeller – Guidance
Mrs. Ann Johnson – Science
Mr. Bill Prenetta – English
Mrs. Jan Arnone – Math
Ms. Beth Simmons – Social Studies
Provide summer funding to develop the program
Enlisting Staff Support Must Do #3
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All activities have to be “canned”
Activities planned in advance of the school year
 Use of “shared” folders
 Offer “copying” services
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Enlisting Staff Support Must Do #4
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Link Capstone Project to the advisory
Makes sense, Advisors are overseeing the students
through 4 years of high school
 One teacher can effectively keep track of
capstone/portfolio documents
(assuming 10-12 student per advisory)
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Junior Example
 Senior Example
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Enlisting Staff Support Must Do #5
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Explicitly outline Advisors’ roll as facilitators
not evaluators in the capstone/portfolio process
They are facilitators in helping students keep their
paperwork organized
 The use checklists annually to keep students on track
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Checklist Example
Enlisting Staff Support Must Do #6
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Provide Professional Development
before implementation
Continue support annually
Encourage voluntary short after school meetings
Capstone Project
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The Capstone Experience is a culminating
activity that provides a way for students to
demonstrate the knowledge and skills they
acquired during their secondary school years of
education. It engages students in a
project/experience that focuses on an interest,
career path or academic pursuit that synthesizes
classroom study and real world perspective.
Capstone Project
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The Capstone Experience is a culminating
activity that provides a way for students to
demonstrate the knowledge and skills they
acquired during their secondary school years of
education. It engages students in a
project/experience that focuses on an interest,
career path or academic pursuit that synthesizes
classroom study and real world perspective.
Capstone Project continued
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High school students are asked to demonstrate
their ability to apply key knowledge and skills by
planning, completing and presenting a
culminating project linked to one or more area
of personal interest and the individual's Student
Success Plan.
Capstone Project continued
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High school students are asked to demonstrate
their ability to apply key knowledge and skills by
planning, completing and presenting a
culminating project linked to one or more area
of personal interest and the individual's Student
Success Plan.
Capstone Project continued
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The capstone experience may include an indepth project, reflective portfolio, community
service and/or internship. As part of the
experience, the student will demonstrate
research, communication and technology skills
including additional relevant 21st century skills.
Capstone Project continued
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The capstone experience may include an indepth project, reflective portfolio, community
service and/or internship. As part of the
experience, the student will demonstrate
research, communication and technology skills
including additional relevant 21st century skills.
Activities by Grade Level
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Freshman
Sophomore
Junior
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Portfolio Guide
Senior
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Portfolio Guide
Student Achievement Target Plans
(SATP)
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New initiative for this year
Could and should be part of a student success
plan
Helpful when dealing with Struggling Students
SATP Template
 Student #1
 Student #2
 Student #3
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Essential Advisory Program
Questions
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Can the goals of the program be identified by our staff?
Do the advisors have goals for their groups?
Can advisors easily and confidently implement the
activities they will use to reach our goals?
Are parents and students in support of an advisory
program?
Can we schedule time for our advisory?
Endnotes
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¹Carnegie Council on Adolescent Development. Turning Points:
Preparing American Youth for the 21st Century (Washington, DC:
Carnegie Corporation of New York, 1989), 40.
²Anthony W. Jackson and Gayle A. Davis. Turning Points 2000
(New York: Teachers College, Columbia University, 2000), 143.
³National Association of Secondary School Principals. Breaking
Ranks: Changing an American Institution (Reston, VA: National
Association of Secondary School Principals, 1996), vi.
4 Ibid., 31.
5 Ibid., 31.