The Facts:

• Seniors must pass all portions of the exit-level TAKS in order to be eligible  for graduation and participate in graduation exercises.
• Seniors must meet all credit requirements in order to graduate.

Goals:

 Objectives:

• Monitor senior progress on a weekly basis
• Identify at-risk indicators for each senior and assign appropriate interventions
• Promote a sense of urgency for all stakeholders
• Address TAKS and credit issues in a collaborative manner

 At-Risk Factors:

• Not passing one or more portions of TAKS
• Lack of interest/effort/motivation
• Failing grades
• High rates of absence and/or truancy
• Teen parent
• Special Education status
• English Language Acquisition status
• History of discipline
• Inconsistencies in teaching/learning protocols

• Each senior counselor will develop and regularly maintain a senior class spreadsheet containing their status toward at-risk indicators
• Senior counselors maintain regular contact with teachers and students
  
• Senior counselors and administrators will maintain regular contact with students and monitor at-risk indicators
• Assistant principal and/or principal will meet with the senior counselors every week to discuss the progress of each senior and prescribe appropriate interventions.

• Seniors may be called
• Parents may be contacted
• Teachers may be contacted
• Appropriate interventions will be assigned or modified
  

• These Progressive tiers of Intervention are placed on a graphic or "Pyramid of Interventions for Seniors" for easy visual identification of tiers.

• Increased student success rates as determined by passing percentages and GPA's
• All seniors will pass all portions of TAKS and graduate on time
• All seniors will meet credit requirements and graduate on time
• Decreased percentages of  truancy, absenteeism, discipline referrals in seniors