Information for parents and students for education awareness and college preparedness

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3. Welcome
This information contained on this CD is for you to
provide information to parents and students.
The information will help to adequately prepare you
to know what questions to ask of schools and
teachers.
You and your child will be equipped to plan for a
successful future toward graduation.
Included in this CD will be information, handouts for
print, website links, scholarship, and
college/university information.
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4. “There are only two lasting
bequests we can hope to give
our children. One of these is
roots, the other is wings.”
Hodding Carter
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5. Our Intent
Provide you with policy and law
Equip you to know what questions to ask about
your child’s learning and education
Know who to go to in school for help and
assistance with your child
Know the process for progress and report card
Know what additional programs are available for
you child
Prepare your child to be successful in High School
To be equipped for College
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6. What is the No Child Left Behind
Act (NCLB)?
Schools are held accountable for ensuring your child
learns and shows growth on performance assessments.
Schools have highly qualified teachers
Programs and support in place if students need additional
help.
Student Support Plans that identify specifics to help your
child be successful. These are used with all children for
high achieving and low performing.
Schools with high % of economically disadvantaged
(students from low income homes) are provided additional
money, resources, and support.
Parents are kept involved and communicated with on the
progress of their child’s learning.
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7. Parent, Family, Community
Involvement in Education
No greater significant factor in ensuring optimal
learning than is the Parent, Family, and Community
Be Actively Involved in your child’s education!
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8. It is never to late for involvement!
Parent, family and community involvement
correlates with higher academic performance and
school improvement.
Students tend to earn higher grades, attend
school regularly, stay in school longer, and enroll
in higher level programs and attend college when
they have the support of parents, families and
community.
Less drop outs, motivated students.
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9. North Carolina General Statute for Parental
Involvement Leave
95-28.3 Leave for parent involvement in schools
4 hours of leave per year to any employee who is a
parent, guardian, or person in charge of school-
aged child to attend school meetings
Employers need: notification of leave time and
date, may request verification, or give 48 hour
notice
Leave is unpaid
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10. Reviewing and requesting your
Child’s Records
Family Education Rights and Privacy Act
Gives legal parent/guardian rights to review their
students record
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11. “ Kids only have
one chance for
an education---
and we need to
have the
courage to
stand up for
them.”
Anne
Duncan
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12. What Questions should I ask about my child’s school
and learning?
What is it that my child needs to learn this
school year?
o Essential Curriculum- lists all objectives or topics your
child must learn.
o Learning Targets
How will I know if my child is successful with learning
these objectives?
o Teacher should provide examples of progress checks and
assessments on the essentials learned.
o Formative Assessments and Summative Assessments
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13. What Questions should I ask about my child’s school
and learning?
How will my child practice skills and what strategies are
being used in class to help with learning?
o Students should be given time to practice skills.
o A variety of strategies should be used because not all
students learn the same way.
o Skills and strategies should be modeled by the teacher to
help student understand.
o Time should be provided during the day and afterschool to
support your child.
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14. What strategies should be used?
Engaging
Time with partners or groups
Hands on
Movement
Technology based
Differentiated- Students given a choice
Connected to experience, environment, and
culture
Modeled! Modeled! Modeled!
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15. Who has answers to school
questions?
1. Teacher
2. Counselor
3. Student Assistance Program Director/SAP
4. Principal
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16. Who do I go to when my child is
having problems at school?
Teacher
Counselor
SAP
Principal or Designee
Central Office Support
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17. What should I know about progress reports and
report cards?
Progress Report –Report Card
Every 9wk- Student receive a Progress Report and
Report Card-See school District calendar
All assignments, quizzes, and tests should be listed
Question to ask:
How did you grade assignments?
What did my child learn?
What does my child still need to work on?
What opportunities will there be for my child to get
additional help?
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18. What if my child does not learn or is having
difficulty with learning information?
The teacher should have a classroom plan for
helping students.
The school should have an intervention in place
for students also.
Request to see what your child is doing in
tutoring, remediation before, during the day, or
after school.
If your child is currently not getting help and you
feel he or she needs it request additional help
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19. Student Support Plan- SSP
SSP is for students who scored at level 1 or 2 on reading or
math End of Grade or End of Course Assessment
4 Required meetings during the school year with parents
on students progress
The plan outlines students progress on assessments,
tutoring, or remediation.
The plan should include samples of student work and
progress data to show student progress.
Request to see the SSP and, as a parent, make sure to
include your input
You may request a plan be done with your child at anytime
you feel they may need additional help
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20. What if my child already knows
what is being taught?
How are you enriching the learning for my child?
What options does my child with completing
assignments?
The teacher should:
Have a different assignment or accelerated assignment
Allow the student to use technology or completing an
enrichment project
Provide opportunities for children to write and respond
by writing out their answers in clear constructed
sentences (part of new assessment requirements).
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21. How will I know as a parent how my
child is doing and how will I know what
to help them with nightly and weekly?
Ask the teacher about homework
assignments
Ask how the teacher will grade the
homework
Make sure to check and make the
homework is meaningful
Make sure the directions are clear and
the specific intention for learning is clear
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22. What Support Programs are
available for me and my child?
 K.L.A.S
 S.H.A.K.E
 S.A.G.E
 Dreambuilders-T.A.G.
 Gear Up
 Counselors
 Piedmont Mediation
 Crossroad Behavior
 SAT/ACT Prep Courses online and in school
 CFNC.org
 SCAN (At risk students)
 Teen Health
 I-Care, Inc.
 Mentoring Program
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23. Additional Questions to ask:
What are your classroom rules and expectations?
What are the classroom consequences?
What plan do you have in place for helping my
child with his or her behavior?
What additional ways can I help and support you
in the classroom?
What strategies or intervention have you tried to
help reinforce positive behavior or celebrate their
success?
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24. Things to Consider When Planning
for Your Child’s Future
Talk with your child about their career. What do they
want to do when they graduate high school? College?
In Middle School take Adv. Language Arts, Pre-
Algebra and Algebra Courses.
Get your child connected in clubs: Robotics, Spanish,
Band/Music.
What extra Curricular, Church or Organizational
Youth Groups is your child a part of?
Provide Structure Homework, Reading Time for your
child. Turn off the TV and put up the Wii and
electronics. Intentional Reading or Study time.
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25. 8 Grade Planning For High School
th
Choose a Career Pathyway- College Bound, Career
Tech., Work after High School.
Choose what courses to take. Don’t take all EOC
courses in one semester. Spread EOC courses apart.
Maintain at least a A-B average in all subjects. C is ok
but need a good strong GPA for college to secure
Scholarships.
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26. Check with Free Online Sources for information
on planning for career and college
College Foundation, Inc.
www.mycollegeguide.org
www.collegeboard.com
www.collegenet.com
www.collegeview.com
www.ed.gov/thinkcollege
www.campuscareercenter.com
www.careerbuilder.com
www.myfuture.com
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27. Yearly High School Planning
Guide
High School Planning Checklist in Documents on the
CD for printing.
9th Grade Freshmen Year is Planning with Guidance
Counselor possible Career Choices and researching
Colleges. Create a binder or folder of all College
information and research
10th Grade Sophomore Year take practice SAT, ACT.
Continue Planning with focus on College/Career
Bound Courses
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28. Yearly High School Planning
Guide
11th Grade Junior Year – Take SAT or ACT. Recommend
ACT much easier and more colleges are accepting ACT
scores. Should begin to narrow college lists and career
choice. Complete Student Profile, Work Resumes,
Teacher Recommendations, and begin to request
information from colleges and universities. Tour
College Campuses. Consider taking Adv. Courses, and
other courses that are college preresquites.
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29. Yearly High School Planning Guide
12th Grade Senior Year –
Take or Retake SAT/ACT.
Request unofficial transcript check Graduation
Pathway and make sure on track to meet graduation.
Meet and work with Counselor on this.
 Attend additional college fairs, college nights, and
visit colleges and universities. Choose 2-3 more
Colleges/Universities and complete the Application
process.
 Continue to update student profile, teacher
recommendations/references. Identify extra
curricular, clubs, and involvement in the community,
with youth groups, and anyNAACP
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30. If seeking Reserve Armed
Forces
See the counselor on your High School Campus
See also the teacher or person in charge of the JROTC
program at your school.
Same process all the way through High School, just
additional Armed Forces requirements.
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31. College Admission Factors:
Courses Taken (strength of program)
GPA/Grades
Rank in Class
Standardized Test Results (SAT, ACT)
Counselor/Teacher Recommendations
Activities outside School and Classroom and Special
talents
Application questions and Essay
Geographic Location
Personal Interview
Behavior History, Ethnicity, Alumni Relationship,
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32. Websites for College Standardized Testing
Support
www.collegeboard.com
www.freevocabulary.com
www.act.org www.sparknotes.com
www.princetonereview.com www.powerprep.com
www.onlinetestprep.com
www.kaplan.com
www.learningcompany.com
www.petersons.com
www.ets.org/toefl
www.apcentral.collegeboard.com
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33. Touring College Campuses
If you know someone on campus try to arrange to stay
with them on campus and get dorm experience.
Attend a class or two get a fill for college classroom
and professors.
Visit the admissions office and your possible
career/major department
Attend a sporting event
Take a tour of campus and ask questions of others
who attend college there.
Visit food courts/cafeteria, and check out surrounding
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34. Financial Aid Application:
Completing the FASFA
Go to FASFA website, www.fasfa.ed.gov or go to your
Counselor and complete the FASFA application.
If you go online complete the PIN application process.
This PIN will allow you to access your application and
account at anytime.
The application will require you to have a Social
Security #, yours and/or your parents, Federal Income
Tax records, and additional family income
information. This information must be accurate and
correct to speed up the process of you obtaining
monies. This information should be completed before
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35. Reviewing and Completing
Scholarships for College
Take the Scholarship list and choose 3 scholarship
links and review the requirements. See if you qualify
for any of these scholarships.
Bookmark the links on your computer, download and
save the scholarship applications.
Complete the scholarship applications for the ones
you found.
Take the time and review additional scholarships and
try to apply for the ones you think you have a chance
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36. College Expense Planning
Things to Consider:
Tuition
Books
Fees
Housing
Food
Clothing and Personal Needs
Laundry and Dry Cleaning
Cell phone/Computer/Car/Insurance/Credit Card
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38. For
Contact Information
Statesville NAACP Education
Committee
Marlene Bryan Scott
Email
marlene.bryansmith@yahoo.com
Phone Number
704-253-3188
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