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Organize Your Teaching > Examples With Practice > See How It Works
In this sample homework set, both incorrect and correct answers are offered as ways to help students think about the problem-solving steps and strategies involved. Related Media and...
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Dropout Prevention > Learning Environment > See How It Works
Read about the Avanza and Spanish Language GED programs at Sleepy Hollow High School that serve the school's English as a Second Language (ESL) students. The program seeks to improve the academic...
This presentation introduces Big Rocks: core values, communication, wellness, non-academic barriers/services, building relationships and celebrating successes. Foxfire plans for, monitors, models,...
Dropout prevention team members created this plan to detail its activities to support students, such as visiting families and allowing students to recover credits. The multimedia presentation,...
A high school graduation coach uses this tracker to monitor the credit recovery progress of students coming back to school after dropping out. Watch the multimedia presentation, Students Want to...
This presentation describes a school's mandatory skills course for ninth graders. To learn more about the school's efforts to help students stay on track to graduate, watch the multimedia...
Students at one high school use this tutoring pass to record their compliance with tutoring sessions, required whenever one of their grades falls below passing. To learn more about the academic...
Dropout Prevention > Social/Behavior Programs > See How It Works
This presentation describes the Humanities Program at Sleepy Hollow. This program is a targeted intervention for struggling ninth- and tenth-grade students. The presentation describes the program,...
These two letters are used to inform parents that their son/daughter needs to participate in one of the school's social-emotional programs. These programs teach students strategies to strengthen...
This presentation outlines Foxfire's Pyramid of Success, the foundational principles upon which the school operates. The components include professional learning communities, parent engagement,...
Dropout Prevention > Rigorous/Relevant Instruction > See How It Works
This article from Tales of the Hollow, Sleepy Hollow High School's newsletter, describes the assistance offered to students in preparing for college. It shows some of the activities that schools...
Teachers at Foxfire Center for Student Success meet daily before school begins for professional learning time. The principal sets a focus for each week and asks that teachers use this form to...
