Ellington Student Success Plan

Supporting Student Success
Plans Through
Advisories/Enlisting Staff
for CREC
Presented by
Neil Rinaldi
Principal
Ellington High School
[email protected]
Why am I Here?
 To present a practical high school application
model of a Capstone Project via advisories
 To highlight critical components of developing
an advisory program
First Things First - Credits
 Mrs. Judi Moeller – Guidance
 Mrs. Ann Johnson – Science
 Mr. Bill Prenetta – English
 Mrs. Jan Arnone – Math
 Ms. Beth Simmons – Social Studies
 RHAM High School
 Scott Leslie
 Dan Uriano (student target plan)
 Jen Sansoucy (student target plan)
EHS Advisory Program
 Overarching Goals
 Establish a forum for academic, college and career coaching,
and advising that cuts across subject areas. (Core Components
of CSDE Effective SSP)
 Provide an ideal setting to promote Social, Emotional and
Physical Development (personalization) (Core Components of
CSDE Effective SSP).
 Provide multiple opportunities between healthy student
development and academic success. (NEASC)
 Help ensure that all young people have at least one adult who
knows them well. (NEASC)
 Assist students in achieving our school-wide expectations for
student learning by developing a student portfolio
EHS Advisory Program
 Two Elements
 Advisory
 Student Portfolio/Capstone Project
 Six “Must Do’s”

Enlisting Staff Support Must Do #1
 Include Teacher Union Representatives in the
planning process
 Include Students
 Develop a core committee
 1 or 2 members for each grade level
 Mrs. Judi Moeller – Guidance
 Mrs. Ann Johnson – Science
 Mr. Bill Prenetta – English
 Mrs. Jan Arnone – Math
 Ms. Beth Simmons – Social Studies
 Provide continued summer funding to develop
the program
 All activities have to be “canned”
 Activities planned in advance of the school year
 Use of “shared” folders
 Offer “copying” services

 Link Capstone Project (Portfolio)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)
 Junior Example
 Senior Example
 Explicitly outline Advisors’ roll as facilitators
not evaluators in the capstone/portfolio process
 They are facilitators in helping students keep their
paperwork organized
 Use checklists annually to keep students on track
 Checklist Example
 Provide Professional Development
before implementation
 Continue support annually
 Encourage voluntary short after school meetings
Capstone Project
 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
 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
 The capstone experience may include an in-
depth 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
 Freshman
 Sophomore
 Junior
 Portfolio Guide
 Senior
 Portfolio Guide
Portfolio Interview
Student Achievement Target Plans
(SATP)
 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
Essential Advisory Program
Questions
 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
 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.

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 Six “Must Do’s”

 Offer “copying” services

 ¹Carnegie Council on Adolescent Development. Turning Points:

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