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The New Start Program
- Students who enter the New Start program typically enter with low test scores
- New start students have attended summer school to receive additional help in preparing for the English I curriculum
- The New Start students will complete the TOAL (Test of Adolescent and Adult Language)
Directed Study Tutorial Class
- Consistent contact with students
- Support for English I; Algebra, Algebra E or Geometry; ILS or Biology; other classes
- Research and discussion of study strategies, organizational skills, and test taking techniques
- Provide one-on-one tutoring and discussion of goal setting and success
- Alternate testing environment
- One-on-one consultation for strategies or techniques
- Organization skills implemented and evaluated on individual basis
- Additional assessment opportunities for those students who may need information
Support for Teachers
- Available to work with teachers to design evaluations that allow students to demonstrate their knowledge
- Process assessment reports from outside sources that will be teacher-friendly
- Provide alternate instruction to students who have not been able to understand the material
- Available to work in classes to assist students individually or in small groups coinciding with instruction
- Provide a distraction-free environment for testing or additional time for testing
Support for Parents
- On-going communication with parents of New Start students
- Contact for parents of other students with learning needs
- Liaison for parents and teachers or parents and resource specialists and teachers
- Provide information to parents about documentation requirements for accommodations for standardized testing