Intervention+System

Intervention System

The intervention system has two major parts–the advocacy system and the assistance agreement system.

Traditional school rules are so deeply ingrained in our society that if often takes time for students to adjust to alternatives and to feel secure about their responsibilities. If they are not ready to manage the level of responsibility required to be successful in the program, an advocate intervention system has been developed to assure that students receive individual support while addressing personal development of these necessary skills

Students are assigned to advocate teachers who have them in class every day. The advocates orient new students to the program’s rules and expectations. They are available to assist all students with personal and academic issues that maybe hinder success. They monitor student progress via the point system.

There are three levels of assistance to which students may be assigned–advocate, staff and administrative.

At any time, the advocate or the student may refer the student to an assistance meeting. Parents/guardians are encouraged to join staff members at these meetings where issues affecting the student’s success will be discussed.

There is no real success without the possibility of failure. Therefore, students are allowed to fail up to a point. Nevertheless, they are expected to keep the totals within range of passing while they are learning to manage the new options and responsibilities.

Staff members meet weekly to review the point status and general progress of all students. When students allow their point totals to get too far behind, they are put on one of two assistance agreements. Assistance agreements are designed to keep students from getting further behind in the point system. If students do not respond affectively to assistance agreements, they will be put on an administrative assistance agreement which includes the possibility of termination from the program.

Students who can not or will not mange the program’s point system or the work/student component, in spite of appropriate interventions, are terminated for the remainder of the semester. This decision depends upon the student’s demonstrated level of commitment to his/her success.

Before being terminated, the student is guided toward the support necessary to bring their life back into focus. Terminated students may petition to return the following semester when they can demonstrate progress in the areas that led to their failure.

At the end of each semester, the Franklin staff meets with each student to review and discuss the student’s progress. Parents/guardians are encourages to attend these conferences.

Advocate Assistance The student’s advocate teacher monitors the student’s point status. The advocate teacher will meet with the student to discuss the reasons for being behind in points. The advocate teacher and the student may develop a plan to address the student difficulties and issues when: The student is 20 or more points below passing The student is failing two or more classes The student exhibits significant/repeated Safe School Obligation violations

The intent of the advocate assistance is to be a support for the student who must prioritize those behaviors required for success in the Franklin point system. The intent is also to negate the need to address unsuccessful behavior through the Administrative Assistance Agreement process, but advocate teachers may refer advocate students to the staff who may recommend a staff assistance agreement.

Staff Assistance The staff monitors the student’s point status and will offer to meet with the student to develop a staff assistance agreement when: The student’s advocate refers the student to staff assistance The student is 40 points or more below passing The student is failing three or more classes The student exhibits significant/repeated Safe School Obligation violations

Administration Assistance The team leader monitors the student’s point status and will put a student on an Administrative Assistance Agreement when the student’s points are 60 points or more below passing. Students who violate the terms of the agreement will meet with the principal, team leader and advocate to determine whether the student will remain in the program.