To make learning more accessible for all students. The ultimate goal is to get all of the 10th grade students to pass the FAST test. By giving them direct access to anchor charts, literature portfolios, and writing portfolios; the students will feel comfortable taking accountability for their learning while meeting the gains needed to pass their FAST test for graduation and learn life long skills.
The students will be able to create portfolios that give them direct access to the knowledge required to pass their FAST test and succeed throughout their future.
The benefits for this grant are limitless. This will give the students the confidence to pass their State Test with a score required for graduation. This will also ensure that students have a resource that they can take with them to use throughout their post-secondary lives.
In my teaching career, the one thing I have found to work the best is that students have a resource that they can turn to. One place where they know that they will get all the information they need. Those are the literary and writing portfolios. These organized portfolios have allowed students to have a place they can go, whether they are with the teacher or not, where they can get all the information they need to succeed. In a world of misinformation and learned helplessness this creates a world of growth and self dependence. These portfolios are created as we continue to go through the units and test prep. Anytime a new standard or skill is introduced the students are able to utilize the created anchor charts and the breakdown of the standard to have an exemplar of what is needed for success. At the end of the year, the students will leave with 2 folders that have a multitude of resources that will benefit them far beyond high school. When utilized in the past, 96% of students made enough gains to pass the, then, FSA test to meet the graduation requirement. Those students who I run into after graduation, have expressed that even in college, they use these to help them get a grasp on what they need to do to be successful on their assignments. Ultimately, the student success and confidence is astronomical when these are utilized.
