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Abdur-Rahman Taleb

Young Women's Leadership

Honors Algebra 1, Honors Geometry, OnRamps Statistics

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Kurk Gayle, Paschal HS, dual credit English, Honors English III

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It's so refreshing that you'd ask!

A handbook for dual credit instructors, for OnRamps instructors, for AP instructors, for ECHS instructors, with all the best practices and policies, something open where students, admin, and other teachers, and even parents could see might help us. (On my FWISD teacher web page, some of what dual credit is about is posted in one place for students, so they can point their parents to it [FERPA]; and TCCD has a fair dual credit handbook for students, that gets to policies and practices. Something like that for us teachers would be great.)

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For dual credit students, text options would be wonderful. While TCCD provides digital textbooks, these are not always the best ones for FWISD students in the courses.

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The high school culture leans towards various other CCMR options away from dual credit for students. The PSSS just shared the data with us from the past five years and the trend of lack of support for the dual credit option for students is evident.

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Krystal Price, Young Women's Leadership Academy, OnRamps Physics (and usually OR Chemistry)

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https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc30Aatj_ltSJTycpxKlDMC_J5HG91MCbhLjhNcqrHudLY1BQ/viewform

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Extra MacBook Chargers

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https://www.amazon.com/Noxtix-Self-Stick-Teachers-Adhesive-Bleed-Resistant/dp/B0B12X13S1/ref=sr_1_16_sspa?keywords=Sticky%2BPoster%2BPaper&qid=1699285637&sr=8-16-spons&sp_csd=d2lkZ2V0TmFtZT1zcF9tdGY&th=1, robert.scheer@fwisd.org

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Keith Byrd. Lots of dry erase markers, pencils please!

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Need ink cartridge for Lexmark printer in room will have to look up model number. Also need blue printer paper.

william.parker@fwisd.org

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Printer paper and ink for my printer in my room. The copiers are always broken

Laserjet HP 11X Q6511X

Natashia Peters

North Side High School

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Larger classrooms

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Jeanette Miller

South Hills High School

English 2 and OnRamps Rhetoric

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TCC Northwest has trouble adding students to the correct section and takes forever to answer questions or get anything done. They are horrible at communication

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OnRamps promotional materials to put around the hallway and Classroom.

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K Price:

Providing me with the materials to implement the course as intended. I have managed most of the basics but some of the bigger needs are:

OnRamps Physics:

https://www.flinnsci.com/products/technology/sensors/product-30130/ (in a perfect world, I would have 12 of these within 2 weeks)

OnRamps Chemistry:

New goggles

Another centrifuge (I bought one but need another): https://www.amazon.com/PRO-Electric-Laboratory-Centrifuge-Practice/dp/B0176D9QFS/ref=sr_1_2?c=ts&keywords=Lab+Centrifuges&qid=1699285536&s=industrial&sr=1-2&ts_id=317983011

Actually, here is the amazon wish list I was asked to make by my school: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/C545AQ7JNCN?ref_=wl_share

Let me use the required onramps training for flex hours. There are monthly virtual conferences that are required of us that are outside of school hours that we are not paid for.

I feel like the OnRamps people provide content, planning, and pacing support well.

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Micole Henry

Polytechnic HS

OnRamps Chemistry

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The biggest issue with OnRamps for my campus is the limitations for our course load with Rhetoric (We are limited to 3 sections and a max of 60 students). This means that we are all at least double prepped and on my campus it is with English 2 so a tested subject. This is something we hope to address in the future as we (my OR Rhetoric co-teacher Cara Earnest and I) are working to shift to DC but it is a challenge as far as testing days.

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Abby Owens

Carter-Riverside HS

Dual Credit English

OnRamps Rhetoric/English

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1. More PD options that are OnRamps specific.

2. Somehow prevent testing days from affecting OnRamps classtime.

3. Require High School Chemistry as a prerequisite to OnRamps Chemistry.

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Scaffolding for students who lack Algebra and Trigonometry skills needed for Physics 1.

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Admin/counselors not adding students to OnRamps classes as they should. A list of 52 students were shared with admin, and I have 18.

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Them having fits over reordering things. Not getting told everything you need to do during orientation.

Getting kids to do their work.

Having to bridge between their activities and the homework myself.

Losing class time for PLI and to the Go Center.

Having to buy everything I need myself.

And the usual of thinking that Physics is the same as other sciences and not realizing the kids need Science AND Mathematic proficiency

Physics

Sammy Grimes

Polytech Physics

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PAPER! And lab materials for OnRamps Chemistry and Physics.

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Students in my onramps classes have never taken the high school equivalent so there are a lot of gaps to fill in.

Also, I think that many people (district, admin, etc) do not really understand what OR classes are.

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The jump students have to make from homework/lesson checks/quizzes to exams makes it very difficult to motivate students who are forced to take a math class their senior year and are struggling to understand the math to further their conceptual understanding is a point of frustration.

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Give us time to plan during PD days

Update us on important information/dates with plenty of notice

Let us know who to contact for things, because everyone downtown has changed and no one on campus knows who to contact

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Angel Smith, YMLA, Rhetoric and AP Lit

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Extension Cords, classroom Chromebooks for back up devices

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We need scheduling options. Some freshmen are ready for OnRamps Chem but many are not. The PEIMs code needs to be adjusted so that students can take high school chemistry, then OnRamps.

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Keith Byrd, Polytechnic high school, on-ramps statistics and precalculus

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As an OnRamps instructor, I don't have control over what I teach, just how I teach it. Therefore, adjusting pacing based on student understanding is difficult, if not impossible.

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Material for Labs and Demos

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Schedule. My students go to parties field trips. I hardly see my students

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Allowing students to continue in OnRamps classes after they have proven based on grades, attendance or behavior that they are not ready for the challenge. Their presence in the classroom can have a negative influence on other students who would otherwise be able to succeed.

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Dr Staci L Swiney. Polytechnic. On-ramps history

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Students not ready for the rigor and independent (Flipped Classroom) nature of OnRamps. (Physics)

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Kelsey Duff, Diamond Hill-Jarivs, OnRamps Statistics and Dual Credit College Algebra and Precalculus

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I’m the only DC teacher on my campus, and I’m not in contact with any other DC embedded instructors. Sometimes, I just don’t know if I’m on the right track or have the correct expectations.

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Lack of time to prep, additional district requirements that are taking away from class time, Students being ill prepared because of the "If they turn in work they need to pass, even if the document is basically blank" mentality

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Ismael Gomez U.S History Eastern Hills High School

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Not having access to the college canvas in on-ramps. The students having two canvas’ is overwhelming for everyone.

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Natashia Peters

North Side High School

OnRamps College Algebra/Algebra I

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PAPER!!!

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This district used to require students to attend dual credit…I think that sold be a requirement for on-ramps

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Time to plan and time to get everything done. Having shut downs for testing and not seeing OnRamps or Dual Credit kids and getting behind schedule

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Jennifer Hensley. Trimble tech. OnRamps.

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Amy Hehs, Rhetoric North Side High School

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Pat Anderson, PHS, OnRamps Chemistry

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David Williams, US History

North Side High

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Not enough time to prepare for classes

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Pacing, and not receiving feedback/data for student quizzes (History)

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Lack of understanding of what we do

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Robert Scheer, Pascahl HS, Physics/Science (OnRamps Physics 1)

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Chemistry: Getting the required materials and equipment for labs.

Micole Henry (micole.henry@fwisd.org)

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Expecting students who have not ever had homework to suddenly do massive amounts of homework.

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Constant abscesses in class

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The need for excessive scaffolding

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Need more prep time.

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Rebecca Clar, Diamond Hill-Jarvis, Rhetoric

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Lack of campus respect for instructional time.

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Example:

Meghan Self, TLC HS, English Dual Credit & English OnRamps.