I am very excited to see how our Online Credit Recovery and At-Risk program will impact our students this summer. As a district, we have received a grant in order to assist students who are struggling at both the middle school and high school levels. One part of the grant (170+ hours) is being used to pay for our two At-Risk instructors to make transitioning contacts with our incoming 4th and 9th graders (and their parents) and have been identified as needing assistance. Our instructors are setting appointment times up to meet individually with the parents and students to find out their needs, both academically and otherwise, in order to move towards successful decision making.
Another part of the grant is paying for 38 hours of my time in order to manage the Online Credit Recovery Program for the high school students through the use of Odysseyware, an online academic program. Our goal is that these students will be able to recovery credits lost (classes they have failed) in the core area by the end of July, and therefore make the upcoming school year less stressful to look forward to. This is the first year that this program has been offered, and because of the community grant, it is FREE to these students. We have had multiple student successes with our Credit Recovery Program over this past school year, and feel like this is another opportunity for us to meet the individual needs of our students.
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