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HS Academic Health

March–Early May
Objective: Lead targeted interventions to close gaps and get students on-track before the end of the year; drive toward strong 8th- to 9th-grade continuation  
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 Strong Finish

 
Student Outcomes to MonitorActionsAdditional Measures to Monitor

  • In progress Q4 grade point average (GPA): X% of students in grades 9–12 with unweighted GPA of 3.0+


  • In progress Q4 GPA: X% of students in grades 9–12 with unweighted GPA of 2.0+


  • In progress Q4: 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 ...

Monitor Progress:

  • Share anticipated summer school/credit recovery needs based on S1 and Q3 data

Build Community:

  • Communicate consistently with families about student progress in Q4 and the year overall (on-track and off-track students)

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

Build Community:

  • Plan and execute (with support of operations team) Q3 report card conferences for 9th-grade families at the beginning of Q4
  • Host Q3 honor roll and student improvement celebration for students and families
  • Work alongside Operations team to plan and host 8th grade visit day/welcome event

Monitor Progress:

  • Progress monitor and update interventions for students identified as off-track at the end of S1

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

Plan Strategically:

  • Registrar: Plan and execute an event to share next school year’s course options and scheduling information

Build and Manage Systems:

  • Centrally store grades (Q3/Q4/T2/T3/S2/Y1)

Plan Strategically:

  • Continue project management structures for high school scheduling with school and regional stakeholders
  • With school and regional stakeholders, continue to collect inputs needed for high school scheduling—calendar, bell schedule, teacher list, course catalog, student course requests, next year’s intended enrollment—and start entering these into the SIS
  • Start building schedule for next school year in SIS

Principals Will Know and Be Able to ...

Monitor Progress:

  • Meet with families of most off-track students (three or more course failures) during Q3 report card conferences
  • Work with director of operations, academic health lead, and registrar to anticipate initial credit recovery and scheduling needs