TROOP

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What is TROOP?
For that matter what is a TROOPER?

TROOP Began

What is TROOP?

TR OOP
Transitional Looping
Our philosophy with TROOP is to give
identified struggling learners the
opportunity to begin High School with
success, transition with decreasing
support, and graduate in four years with
a post-high school plan.

TROOP Is
0 A Transitional Looping program centralized around a

hub English course that will focus on organization,

self-advocacy, and relationship building in tandem with
the curricular framework of the English curriculum.
0 TROOP will focus on scaffolding both academic and
student skills through the looped four year timeframe.
0 TROOP is a three stage process of transition:
middle school high school post-high school.
0 TROOP is teired, with diminishing in and out of class
support through the four year process, the goal of
which is independence.

The CORE of TROOP

Relationship Building
Transitional Goals/Skills
Differentiated
Instruction/Expectations
Academic Rigor

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What TROOP is NOT

0 A change in curriculum
0 A change in student course planning (except

changing Basic English into TROOP centric

English LC)
0 A structure where students cant be moved
up or out
0 A program that has cross curricular inclusion
all four years
0 A mediation program for behavioral issues
0 A special education class
0 A study skills class

Why is English the Hub of TROOP?

0 Strong Reading and Writing skills are integral cross-

curricular skills.
0 In our experience most students who struggle with
homework lack the skills needed to correctly and
completely communicate ideas to teachers to
demonstrate understanding.
0 Students take English all 4 years of high school.
0 The Center for Public Education reports that the three
highest pre-indicators of dropping out of high school are:
1. Lower Socio-Economic Status
2. Struggling in Math courses in Middle School
3. Struggling in English courses in Middle School
0 The English curriculum is fluid enough to allow for
modifications

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TROOP Curricular Map

8th Grade
Year

Freshman
Year

Sophomore
Year

Students will build a

Students will
system of
Students will
prepare for the
organization and self examine and explore
transition between
advocacy focused on
alternative high
middle and high
high school level
school level
school and build a
expectations and
education programs
transitional
establish a strong
with clear and
relationship with
set of high school
researched career
teacher/support and
reading and writing
goals in mind.
students/parents.
skills.
-Organization
-Self Advocacy
-English Curricular Skills
-Understanding of High
School expectations

-High school level

reading skills
-High school level
writing skills
-High school level
research skills
-Computer skills
-Organizational skills

-Self Assessment of
academic progress
credit watch
-Resume
building/portfolio
-Career searching
-Job searching

Junior Year

Senior Year

Students will
Students will
prepare for life
prepare to take the
outside of high
SAT by improving
school including post
their test taking
secondary education,
skills and examining
career options, and
post-secondary
independent life
options.
skills.
-SAT Reading Skills
-SAT Writing Skills
-SAT English Skills
-Support for other SAT
assessment subjects
-Test taking skills
-College search

-Independent Life Skills

-College application
and admission skills
essay writing,
application completion,
etc.
-College academic skills
writing, self
discipline, time
management
-Meeting with TROOP
-System of organization -Tour of OSTC (O-Tech) -SAT drill testing
-All students will
teacher and support on planner, phone
-Career Tech Ed course -SAT
complete the college
a weekly basis to build pictures
sit-ins and options
teacher/student/parent application process
relationship, identify
-Weekly parent contacts orientation (Athens)
test registration
-OCC VisitCOMPASS
deficiencies
-Quarterly parent
-Career exploration
orientation
test completion
-Introduction to extrameetings
-Interviewsthe
-Test taking drills
-Career Showcases
curricular High School
-Students learn how to process, mock
-Volunteering
-Volunteering
activities
use Edline for grade
interviews
Opportunity
Opportunity
-High School student
monitoring
-Career Matching
-Completion of virtual
-Job Shadowing
mentoring
-Study systemhow to -Basic job skills job,
college exploration
Opportunities
-High School sit-ins
study
permits, scheduling,
assist parents with
-Independent Life Skills
-Summer Bridging Day -Establish technology
review of underage
resources in college
banking, taxes,
tour of campus,
skills to study and
employment laws, etc. search
home-etc., budgeting,
schedule walk,
advocate
-Drivers training
-Senior Prep Night
manners, social
introduction to services -Establish
program orientation
intro to senior year and etiquette, etc.

How were
students
selected for
TROOP?

0 All students placed in Basic

English 9 (TROOP) were

placed there by middle
school counselors, special
education and English
teachers
0 Students were NOT moved
from Resource Classes into
TROOP English
0 All TROOP students and
their parents are consulted
about the program before
inclusion

Who is TROOP19?
And what have they accomplished?

0 41 Students were recommended for

Meet
TROOP19
The demographics
of this years TROOP
Students

TROOP/English Basic
0 17 are special education students
0 3 are ESL/ELD
0 6 have 504 Plans
0 All have been identified as struggling
English Language Arts students
0 Most have been identified as
struggling Math students

What have they accomplished?

Be ready to be amazed!

What comes next?

What is in store for your TROOPER?

TROOP Transition Calendar

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TROOP Scheduling Meetings

Attended middle school scheduling sessions with high/middle school
counselors to determine where students should be placed
Introduction to future TROOPERS and TROOP Teachers

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TROOP Introduction
Met with all students recommended for TROOP
Students Surveyed
Discussed high school expectations and concerns

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Parent Night
Parent/student informative, question and answer meeting concerning TROOP

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TROOPERS visit Athens

Meet High School Herosophomore mentor
Meet TROOPERS19
Take tour of Athens important places/people
Have lunch in cafeteria (highest level of student stress surveyed)

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Meet with TROOPERS at the middle schools

9th Grade English Curriculum

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Unit 1: Writing

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