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From Low Student Engagement to High Achievement

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From Low Student Engagement to High Achievement

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GMS has made a complete turn around in the past two years. Scores are higher than ever! We could not have done this alone! Thanks to all the many stakeholders that have helped us!

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GMS's leadership team reviewed data to determine the most pressing goals. Through the use of several survey's of stakeholders, we found that student engagement was low and that many students and teachers didn't feel they had time to remediate students. The following goals were set based from the collection of this data.

1.  Increase student engagement

2. Remediate students on standards they struggle with

3. Recruit community partners to assist in our success

Based on these goals, we developed the Overtime for Success Tutoring Program using community partners and volunteers to provide remediation to students.

These goals also helped us understand we could utilize the community in volunteer support as much as possible as funds were limited. Consideration for other grants in the future was discussed.

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A research report from NAESP author Nancy Protheroe states "Academically oriented after-school programs can be an effective way to provide extra help to students who need it" p. 34).

With this in mind the following programs were developed for student success and named "Overtime for Success".

After-School tutoring

In-School Tutoring

In Class Reading/Math Volunteers

The full research report can be viewed
below.

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All pertinent School Board Policies were followed when developing community partnerships for student success. We thought it was necessary to comply with these policies to protect students and volunteers. The following policies were of most importance.

File : KK - SCHOOL VISITORS
File: KMA - RELATIONS WITH PARENT ORGANIZATIONS
File: KA - GOALS FOR SCHOOL-COMMUNITY RELATIONS

These policies can be found in the County Web-based Policy Manual located at www.pcs.k12.va.us

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We want our volunteers and community to know what a huge impact the volunteer program has had on our school. Therefore, we plan to continue to use our media outlets such as the local newspaper and social media to inform the community of our ongoing success. Press release information will also be given to the various community organizations that assisted in our success to be read at their chapter or business meetings.

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Many thanks to the following organizations that helped us reach our success.

Area Churches

Eastern Star/Masonic Lodge

Local Library

Boys and Girls Club

Local Restaurants

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Moore, E., Bagin, D., & Gallagher, D. (2016). The school and community relations (11th ed.). Boston, MA: Pearson.

Protheroe, N. (2006). Successful after-school programs. Retrieved from https://www.naesp.org/sites/default/files/resources/2/Principal/2006/M-Jp34.pdf

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Moore, Bagin, and Gallagher (2016) state "One way of involving the community is in educational planning and goal setting for schools" (p. 131). To do this, we set out on a mission to recruit concerned individuals in our school community. We used the following techniques to alert the community that we needed their support and participation.

Newspaper articles/reports

Flyers around the town

Mailings to area churches and civic organizations

We let the community know we wanted and needed their help and we invited them to a PTO meeting where our vision, goals, and needs were expressed. This lead to many people wanting to volunteer to help our students reach their highest achievement.

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