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Back **Turn Around Your At-Risk Students/School Using a Hybrid Model (Aurora C)** //Troy Braley, Brady Exploration School//

//Participants will learn strategies on how to turn around at-risk students/schools based on a case study of a 400-student at risk high school. These strategies will range from changing the schedule using existing staffing to web-based programs that are successful or unsuccessful. Data will be shared of how students have gained 7 years reading in one semester, decrease discipline and dramatically increase student achievement and attendance.//

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Brady Exploration School "learn anywhere, anytime at an accelerated pace." Troy Braley troybraley@yahoo.com 303.552.8364 303.982.6722  303.982.6723 fax Principal 12 staff members 36 students per semester [|Presentation] Urban school border of Denver and lakewood Given $200,000 3 years ago 82 students Many adjudicated 63% attendance rate 1 out 4 involved in a fight 9 - 12 dropped out - nobody else wants these kids Beamz - disrupts laser to create sounds - costs $150 Breakthrough Coach - essential part of becoming a better leader //What's different?// //Flexible Student Schedules// //Academics// //Attendance and Discipline// //Who are Brady Students?// Students who //Student Demographics// 360 students -- grades 10-12 //Community Resources// Students get school credits for passing ACT tests 6 math teachers 4 social studies 4 english 4 science Getting netbooks with Verizon so that students can use computers at home if they don't have internet access All classes are asynchronous all students at different places in a course at any given time Curriculum Some FLVS Social Studies - designing own classes - available to anyone around the world in January 2011 Science - SPARK systems [|WiziQ] to do online synchronous teaching(cannot afford Elluminate) Funding: gets FTE from district but gets lots of grants - community involvement Creating a free medical clinic Needs infant care 100% teacher retention [|Bradyhs.org]: Available January 2011 for all free courses
 * All core classes are hybrid
 * Every student has a computer
 * Teachers work in teams
 * 2 teachers per classroom (research shows that 2 teachers together - Katy Haycock)
 * Weekly progress monitoring
 * Academic review board
 * Mandatory LifeSkills elective
 * Advisement schedule, STAR (Students and Teachers Achieving Results) period
 * Addresses academic, attendance and behavior with programs such as Check and Connect and Why Try
 * Students can choose from three sessions:
 * 8 AM - 12:35 PM Mon-Fri
 * 11 AM - 5:30 PM Mon - Thurs
 * 3:30 PM - 8:55 PM Mon - Thurs
 * GPA - 100% increase
 * Increase in course completion from 34% to 81%
 * 35 students tested out of reading in one semester
 * <span style="direction: ltr; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0in; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: middle;">Average student increased rate by 87.4%
 * <span style="direction: ltr; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0in; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: middle;">Discipline decreased by 67%
 * <span style="direction: ltr; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0in; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: middle;">Wish to graduate early (3 years instead of 4)
 * <span style="direction: ltr; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0in; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: middle;">Desire a schedule that works with their work, family commitments, sleep habits
 * <span style="direction: ltr; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0in; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: middle;">Found online school difficult to do without help; Brady teachers provide 1-on-1 tutoring
 * <span style="direction: ltr; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0in; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: middle;">Don't fall behind when they are sick; they can just pick up where they left off.
 * <span style="direction: ltr; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0in; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: middle;">63% Hispanic; 7% Native American; 4% Black: 26% White
 * <span style="direction: ltr; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0in; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: middle;">63 % mobility
 * <span style="direction: ltr; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0in; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: middle;">Monthly parent meetings
 * <span style="direction: ltr; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0.375in; margin-top: 0px; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: middle;">Parent resource classes
 * <span style="direction: ltr; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0in; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: middle;">GED prep
 * <span style="direction: ltr; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0in; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: middle;">The ROAD
 * <span style="direction: ltr; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0in; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: middle;">Indian Education

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