REPORTS TO THE BOARD

TEAM Report

To:  Michael Green

From:  Phil Pearson

Date:  January 17, 2024

Re:  TEAM Board Report

School Improvement Plan

Woodland School District’s mission statement establishes a focus on producing graduates who are
prepared to enter our society as well equipped citizens. Often, however, seniors approach their final
months of high school with no clear idea of what to do next. That’s as true at TEAM High School as
at WHS. One of TEAM’s school improvement goals is as follows:

Student agency suffers when students do not see the connection between present activities (school
work) and future activities (post-secondary plans). This is especially true for traditionally underserved
populations who are often over represented in ALE settings like TEAM. To address this critical need,
TEAM high school will increase the rate of students who leave high school with a well-defined
post-secondary pathway from current baseline to 100% by the end of 2025.
As a part of their High School and Beyond Plan, TEAM high school students will be taking a career
interest survey. This has been standard practice for a while, but these data have not been used
recently at TEAM other than to tick a box. Now that we are able to devote dedicated counselor time
to TEAM, our plan is to initiate exit “what’s your next step” meetings in the model of student-led
conferences with our graduating TEAM students. Going into next year (all things being the same)
our plan is to extend that post secondary planning into the earlier years.

Recognition

For those board directors who are not aware, TEAM has a very robust system for tracking students
who start to fall behind and communicating with those families. Every week, a progress report goes
separately to the student and to all family contacts we have on file, and students themselves
complete weekly check-ins. Starting with the first week a student falls behind, separate reports go
out weekly. When a student is placed on an Academic Contract (the final step), TEAM staff make
direct telephone calls. By the time ALE law requires us to start looking at an alternate, non-TEAM
placement, TEAM students and families have received over 40 separate contacts spread out over a
minimum of 10 weeks. This robust procedure is part of the reason that TEAM has a strong record in
getting students to graduation.

Upcoming Events

TEAM staff will be attending the WALA conference in February. It will be a great opportunity for team
members to work together, plan for the present, and dream for the future.