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Monroe Clark Middle School

School Counseling and Guidance Program

Classroom Guidance 6th Grade Study Skills

ASCA National Standard Academic Standard A

Students will acquire the attitudes, knowledge, and skills that contribute

to effective learning in school and across the life span.

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Student Competency

A:A1 Acquire Skills for Improving LearningA:A3 Achieve School Success

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What Did Students Receive? Counselor Generated Study Skills Curriculum(based on the student agenda)

Pre & Post Assessment

•How many? 357 6th Grade Students•When? October 20th-28th •How? Rotating Dyads in Core Classes

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What Did Students Receive? Lesson contained the following topics: –Identifying Relevant School Supplies–Describing Organization Skills

–Using a Planner–Making To Do Lists

–Identifying Homework Strategies–Group vs. Individual Work–Asking for Help–Time Management & Procrastination

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City Heights Educational Collaborative Goals For Monroe Clark Middle School

20% increase in positive report card marks in areas of homework completion, motivation and study skills

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Class of 2010 Class of 2011280

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6th Grade Math7th Grade Math6th Grade ELA7th Grade ELA

CST Scores

Source California Department or Education: Data Quest

What we DO we know?

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6th Graders: 359 7th Graders: 390 8th Graders: 380

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Students are Failing at Dangerous levels

Below a 2.0

Why Are We Teaching Organization and Homework Strategies?

Learning to plan effectively enhances students’ ability to make sense of their world and experience.

(Dewey, 1980; Gardner, 1983; Marzano, 2003; Vygotsky, 1978)

Students who complete and turn in homework do better in school.

(Cooper, Lindsay, Nye & Greathouse,1998)

Students who are exposed to variety of study strategies are higher achievers.

(Meneghetti, De Beni & Cornoldi, 2007)

What do Students Believe?I Believe it’s OK to wait to the last minute

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What do Students Believe?It’s important to have a plan to do homework

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What do Students KNOW?

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100% Students who Know Steps to be OnTRAC

Think, Record, Act, & Check

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What SKILL Did Students Learn?

Pre Post

• 58% Know all organization methods

• 29% Correct order of being onTrac

• 60% Know all organization methods

• 32% Correct order of being onTrac

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Who is helping?

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Could Identify 3 or more people in their life who can support them

Identify Support

Achievement Related DataStudents who wrote down assignments in planner.

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Class 1 Class 2 Class 3 Class 4 Class 5 Class 60

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RESULTS DATAStudents Homework Grades Increased 4%

Average Grades in Homework per Class

10% Increase!

From Progress Report 1 – Progress Report 2

Before Guidance Lessons2010 GPA’ s increased from XX to XX

After Guidance Lessons

2010 GPA’s increased from __ to __

Results (coming soon)

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GPA Growth From 2010-2011

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Our Goal…Improvement

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In Summary…

By obtaining the Knowledge, Attitudes, and Skills to study, Students are Achieving more!

Students are Writing Homework Assignments in their Agenda!

Guidance Curriculum presents successes and areas for growth for counselors!

Teachers, Counselors, and Students are contributing to success of the 6th grade!

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Limitations and Lessons Learned

Future lessons will not be scheduled on minimum day.

Revisions on assessment are needed (wording confusing for some students).

Although engagement and altitudes are high, curriculum needs connect to assessment.

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Next Steps

• Consult with stakeholders to link attitudes and skills learned and link them to GPA

• We are planning to continue implementing a part 2 focused on test taking.

• We will report on the long term impacts of guidance curriculum on the achievement.

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The school counseling program is contributing in a meaningful way to

the academic achievement of all students.

Thank you to all the 6th grade teachers for your support of the school counseling

program.

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