KIPP: Arc of the Year > Rigor II > HS Academic Health
 
Rigor II Rigor II

HS Academic Health

January–March: Monitoring and Response to Data
Objective: Students know their “magic number” to meet their grade point average (GPA) goals after S1 is locked; systems and routines to maintain strong student organization and academic habits are updated or revamped
Teachers
High School Registrar/Data Leads
Academic Health Leads
Principals

Key for Progress Monitoring: 

  • Bold: One KIPP required – priority student outcome goals and measures, additional student outcome goals and measures, and actions

  • Regular: One KIPP required – additional goals and measures (not student outcomes)

  • Italics: strongly recommended 

High School Academic Health Progress Monitoring During Rigor II

 
Student Outcomes to MonitorActionsAdditional Measures to Monitor

  • In progress Q3 grade point average (GPA): X% of students in grades 9–12 with unweighted GPA of 3.0+


  • In progress and Final Q3 GPA: X% of students in grades 9–12 with unweighted GPA of 2.0+


  • In progress and Final Q3: X% of students with one or more course failure(s)
Use 9th-grade on-track meeting protocol to target specific students, teachers, and courses for next steps X% of teachers meeting gradebook fidelity goals

Teachers Will Know and Be Able to ...

Maintain and improve moves from Rigor I 

Build and Manage Systems: 

  • Revamp or improve (if needed) all student organization systems and routines at start of S2

Academic Health Leads Will Know and Be Able to ...

Build Community:

  • Plan and execute (with support of operations team) Q2 report card conferences for 9th-grade families at the beginning of Q3
  • Host honor roll and student improvement celebration for students and families from S1

Monitor Progress:

  • Audit student credit acquisition from S1
  • Plan interventions for off-track students at the end of S1 with 9th-grade team

High School Registrar/Data Leads Will Know and Be Able to ...

In addition to Rigor I skills and systems…


Build and Manage Systems:

  • Transcript audit S1 grades
  • Complete audit of stored grades to ensure accuracy of student transcripts at middle of year

Plan Strategically:

  • Launch project management structures for high school scheduling in partnership with school and regional stakeholders
  • Collect inputs needed for high school scheduling: calendar, bell schedule, teacher list, course catalog, student course requests, next year’s intended enrollment

Principals Will Know and Be Able to ...

Monitor Progress:

  • Audit student credit acquisition from S1 along with registrar and academic health lead

Build Community:

  • Meet with families of most off-track students (three or more course failures) during Q2/S1 report card conferences