Early involvement method for preparing elementary school students for secondary school

摘要

Elementary school students are introduced to secondary school in an early involvement program by enrolling in a secondary school class which meets before or after elementary school classes and which are taught by a secondary school instructor. The early involvement program is announced to prospective enrollees and their parents. Sign-up information is provided by the contributing elementary school. Early involvement students are identified and enrolled by the guidance and home room teachers. A written agreement to participate is signed by each student and his parents as well as by the home room teacher and contributing elementary and cooperating secondary school principals. Participating student effort and progress is monitored by the cooperating secondary school. A progress report is issued at high school term intervals for each student. No record of a student drop-out or failure is maintained and no penalty for non-attendance or non-achievement is imposed. Advanced standing credit toward secondary school classes is granted for those who successfully complete the early involvement program, with such credit posted in the records of the successful students upon secondary school enrollment. In the alternative, remedial high school credit for a prior elementary school failure may be granted to successful students where the participating students are evaluated using secondary school performance criteria for any remedial high school subject taken.