Accessing School

by Burke, Jim

• ISBN13: 9780325007373
• ISBN10: 0325007373
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-07-01
• Publisher: Heinemann

Summary

How can we make the tools and habits of academic literacy available to every student? Jim Burke answered this question by creating ACCESS-a program he began five years ago for struggling students at Burlingame High School, in which 70 percent of incoming ninth graders go on to college. In ACCESSing School, Burke examines academic success initiatives around the country, identifying their key components, then detailing how their practices apply to ACCESS so that you can adapt its principles to meet your school's unique needs.

Author Biography

Jim Burke teaches English at Burlingame High School in California

Table of Contents

Foreword	vii
Acknowledgments	xi
Prologue: ACCESSing School	xiii
Introduction---The Traits of Effective Academic Success Programs	1	(16)
High Performance High School Initiative: Improving High Schools from the Inside Out	9	(8)
ACCESS---A Program Overview	17	(44)
What Is ACCESS?	21	(13)
Who Is in ACCESS---And How Did They Get There?	34	(13)
What We Do in ACCESS, When We Do It, and Why: A Brief Overview	47	(14)
Curriculum	61	(52)
What We Do: A Day in the Class	61	(10)
Why We Do What We Do: Revisiting the Research	71	(5)
The Academic Essentials: An Overview	76	(1)
What We Do: Samples of Curriculum	77	(36)
Opportunities	113	(39)
College Visits	114	(7)
Guest Speakers	121	(8)
Toastmasters International Youth Leadership Program	129	(7)
Job Shadowing	136	(2)
Reading Buddies	138	(8)
Other Opportunities	146	(3)
Making the Most of High School	149	(3)
Students	152	(22)
Accelerated Students	154	(5)
Steady Progression	159	(3)
Variable Progression	162	(7)
No Progression	169	(5)
Teachers	174	(21)
Roles and Responsibilities	178	(12)
The Home Connection: Parents	190	(3)
Conclusion	193	(2)
Epilogue	195	(2)
Works Cited	197	(3)
Index	200