Communication

===//__Communication__: Teacher communicates with families via timely progress and status reports and when special circumstances arise. Teacher communicates regularly with student regarding progress towards standards. Teacher additionally communicates with community through a variety of means (school board, forums, newspapers, or professional articles).//===

On 12/12/11 the RtI Team (Cari Medd, Lesley Herschlag, Heather Manchester, Patrick Flynn, and myself) presented to the school board. The purpose of our presentation was to report what the RtI team has been working on for the past few years, as well as our future goals. With input from the team, Heather Manchester created a template for our presentation. I was responsible for reporting on D-PAtH.
 * Evidence One: School Board Presentation RtI**

Credit Recovery is an after school intervention used for 11th and 12th graders who are behind in credits or standards. Students work 3 days a week after school. Once a student has made up the credit(s) or the standard(s), she or he does not need to attend. Because Credit Recovery (CR) is not mandatory, it is hard to enforce attendance. The one thing that we do have is the ability to contact parents. Liz Yindra and I are both CR teachers and split the duties. I have taken on contacting parents. It is my responsibility to contact parents or guardians if a student has missed several days. I contact home on a weekly basis via emails and/or phone. I have included a screen shot of my contact log, names are blurred out to respect the students.
 * Evidence Two: Credit Recovery**

D-PAtH PR are different than the other PRHS students. As the Program Director, I have asked teachers to complete a progress report, that relies on comments. Since students work at their own pace, they do not receive typical grades. The receive a, NP- No Progress, LP- Limited Progress, and AP- Adequate Progress.
 * Evidence Three: D-PAtH progress reports**

Part of the expectation of D-PAtH is to communicate regularly with families especially when special circumstances arise. Throughout the course of the year, I have had many scenarios when I have had to do this.
 * Evidence Four: emails, meetings, cell phone**