CARE Model

Tool 8.1 CARE Model: Planning Tool
Identify Concerns (look to the future)
(Assign points to concerns from 1 to 3 in the order of the most important issues to consider.)
1. Low passing rate of freshmen in core classes
2. Ninth grade students are not doing their work; this will affect them negatively as they move to more advanced classes in 11th and 12th grade because they will not have the prerequisite knowledge for those classes

Identify Affirmations (look to the present)
(Assign points to affirmations from 1 to 3 in the order of the most important issues to consider.)
1. Teachers are generally available for tutoring sessions before school, after school, and at lunch
2. Roo-Roundup, which is a one-day orientation program for new students

SMART Recommendations (look to the future):
(Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Relevant, Timely)
(Assign points to recommendations from 1 to 3 in the order of the most important recommendations to implement.)

1.   The reduction of the failure rate in each core content class of English, Biology, and Algebra by 10% within a two-year period
2.  By January 2012, create study halls designed to target the academic needs of 9th graders
3.  By the summer of 2012, provide a summer program to introduce incoming freshmen to the high school experience

EVALUATE – Specifically and Often
(Identify the best ways to evaluate the implemented recommendations.)

1. Use data-collection methods of survey and interview to determine which
strategies were the most helpful to the ninth graders who became successful
2. Weekly grade checks for the students involved in the program