One Size Doesn't Fit All
Location
Navarro
Focused Area
Improving School Climate for Youth-At-Risk
Relevance to Focused Area
Traditional, comprehensive schools do not fit all students. Discussion of seven different educational enrollment options available to students in one district in order to provide students with an educational learning environment geared to helping them be comfortable at school.
Primary Strand
Academic Achievement & School Leadership
Relevance to Primary Strand
School can provide a different experience for students when teacher leaders and school administration undergo a mindset shift
Brief Program Description
Discussion of the seven different academic enrollment options that provide options for students to match their learning styles, to overcome barriers, and to prepare students for post-secondary plans.
Summary
Traditional, comprehensive schools do not fit all students. Discussion of seven different educational enrollment options available to students in one district in order to provide students with an educational learning environment geared to helping them be comfortable at school. Discussion of the seven different academic enrollment options that provide options for students to match their learning styles, to overcome barriers, and to prepare students for post-secondary plans. Participants will identify what already exists in their school systems upon which to build alternatives.
Evidence
The seven educational options exist inside four public school system charter schools. Collectively, the schools ended the 2016-17 academic year with a 94% success rate.
Format
Individual Presentation
Biographical Sketch
Dr. Lisa R. Peterson has been an educator for 25 years. A high school English teacher for 15 years, Dr. Peterson sought her administrative degree to help level the playing field for students traditionally-marginalized. Serving as the Coordinator of Charter School Development for the School District of Janesville, she seeks to provide alternative enrollment options for students who have not experienced success in a comprehensive, traditional school setting.
Start Date
10-27-2017 12:30 PM
End Date
10-27-2017 1:45 PM
Recommended Citation
Peterson, Lisa R., "One Size Doesn't Fit All" (2017). National Youth-At-Risk Conference, West (2015-2017). 23.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/nyar_vegas/2017/2017/23
One Size Doesn't Fit All
Navarro
Discussion of the seven different academic enrollment options that provide options for students to match their learning styles, to overcome barriers, and to prepare students for post-secondary plans.
