Back on Track!
Back on Track was established to meet the mission of the district by better serving middle school students who don't fit the traditional mold due to continuously low/complacent performance or inappropriate behavior. The program was designed to:- Keep more students in school
- Decrease the achievement gap
- Utilize community involvement
- Create a sense of self-worth and academic success
Curriculum
A program developed for students who didn’t fit the traditional mold by continuously having low/no performance or behaving inappropriately. The program was designed to:
- Keep more students in school
- Decrease the achievement gap
- Utilize community involvement
- Create a sense of self-worth and academic success
Program Goals
The program was designed to coincide with the district’s mission to provide an appropriate education and learning environment which will effectively meet the needs of its students; help its students accomplish educational goals which are signification, durable, and transferable. The program is designed to:
- Improve scores in Math and English Language Arts
- Decrease the # of suspensions
- Decrease the # of expulsions
- Improve skills to earn a HS diploma
Entrance/Exit Criteria & Process
- Academic interventions are exhausted.
- Application is completed by parent, student, school. Committee meets to determine eligibility.
- Interview is conducted with student & parent to determine need(s) and acceptance into the program.
- Individual Service Plan is completed to determine goals.
- Student completes the program and returns to the traditional setting (9wk, semester, year).
Program Structure
- Serves grades 6-8
- Monroe-Gregg School calendar
- 3+ hours daily
- 1/15 teacher/student ratio
- Computer generated curriculum
- Teacher driven curriculum
Parent Involvement
- Parent consent on the application
- Parent and Student interview for acceptance into the program
- Daily or weekly updates on student progress Setting goals for student success
- Invitation to celebrate benchmarks