"In order to be a successful student, one needs to see him/herself as a student first. I witness that happen through Organized Binder each day and with each new student who comes to camp." -Abbie Korman Stendahl SCHOOL PROFILE School: County and Community School | Northern California The school and students featured in the March 2016 Newsletter must remain anonymous for […]
The school and students featured in our March 2016 Newsletter must remain anonymous for student privacy and security, therefore we will not name the students who wrote the following letters. What we can tell you is these students are incarcerated and living in a residential County and Community School. Student 1: His teacher said this about him, "This is from an 11th […]
March 2016 NEWSLETTER Do You Believe Students Can Achieve? In this month's newsletter we are highlighting great work happening at an alternative education center in Northern California, so I thought it would be a good fit to tell you about a recent visit to a continuation school that has implemented Organized Binder. A significant number of […]
SCHOOL PROFILE School: Harbor High School | Santa Cruz | California Two years ago Harbor High School implemented Organized Binder:Teacher. The effort, lead by principal Dick Davis, has been the model of a faculty committing to a reform initiative. All of the teachers who have participated in Organized Binder have committed to trainings, follow-up sessions, and implementing the system […]
February 2016: Be Dependable To help your students succeed, employ a simple starting routine in which students can be successful—and continue using it every single day of the year! I am on my way to my English class during my senior year of high school. The classroom is at the back of the campus and the walk […]
At the end of the school year high school science teacher Jessica Magallanes asked her students to reflect on her course. She created this word cloud from their responses. Students clearly identified Organized Binder as one of the aspects of her class that helped them achieve. Thanks for sharing this with us Jessica! Keep up the great […]
January 2016 NEWSLETTER The Opportunity To Reteach A few years ago I was helping Helen, a teacher at an Organized Binder school, who was swamped by a very large exam she had to grade. I offered to help her record the scores and file some papers while she finished the grading. I overheard her talking to herself […]
SCHOOL PROFILE School: Sierra College | Rocklin | California Our most vulnerable graduates who go to college overwhelmingly attend community college. The Student Success Task Force for Community Colleges recently reported that "more than 70 percent of community college students who enter the system are under prepared to do college-level work with the majority being first generation college students, […]
In preparation Organized Binder Follow-Up #1 some high school teachers sent in feedback around how the system is impacting their classroom. Below is a few of those submissions: "OB is going very well. All of my students (160) now have three ring binders with the required OB sheets. This Advisory, students were allowed to used […]
SCHOOL PROFILE School: Ballou High School | Washington | District of Columbia Frank W. Ballou Senior High School offers a myriad of academic programs that allow students to explore and reach their maximum potential. These programs include Honors and AP courses, grade-level Academies, an Arts and Technology Academy for students with special needs and the 21st Century Community Learning […]
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