High Schools That Work

HSTW  Support Class Guide

SREB has created a Support Class Guide for 7-9 graders to help middle school and high school leaders implement such a class.  A support class is a class for students in grades seven through nine who are not getting the preparation they need to take and succeed in high-level academic courses in high school.
Introduction Section 3, Support Class Design Section 4, Chapter 5, Goal Setting and Planning
Section 1, Why Create a Support Class? Section 4, Chapter 1, Creating Relationships that Build Academic Success Section 4, Chapter 6, Accessing Resources for Extra Help
Section 2, Chapter 1, Role of School Leaders Section 4 Overview, Reading and Writing Across the Curriculum Section 4, Chapter 7, Putting it All Together
Section 2, Chapter 2, Finding and Preparing Faculty to Teach  Section 4, Chapter 2, Learning to Study, Manage and Get Organized Section 5, Final, Assessment, Evaluation, and Revision
Section 2, Chapter 3, Target Audience-How to Enroll Students and Connect with Families  Section 4, Chapter 3, Reading and Writing Across the Curriculum Section 5, Surveys
Section 2, Chapter 4 Scheduling the Support Class Section 4, Chapter 4 Mathematics Across the Curriculum Section 6, Resources
The Literacy Guide For Reading from SREB:
Chapter 1, Why We Need An Across the Curriculum Emphasis on Literacy Chapter 2, Why Students Don't Read Chapter 3, Launching Your School's Literacy Campaign
Chapter 4, Getting Students to Read More Chapter 5, Weekly Writing Chapter 6, Research Writing
Chapter 7, Reading and Writing Enhances Learning in All Classes Chapter 8, Honor's English for All Students Chapter 9, Extra Support for Struggling Readers

OTHER RESOURCES

SEDL SEIR-TEC SREB and SEIR*TEC