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Proven Practices for Student Success
The Department of Elementary and Secondary Education and SuccessLink are collaborating in an effort to disseminate the best practices from schools across Missouri. This project solicits, recognizes, disseminates, and promotes exemplary and innovative practices which have been developed and successfully implemented in Missouri. All successful Proven Practice nominations will be posted to SuccessLink's centralized clearinghouse and web site. Each year, DESE and SuccessLink will identify and validate a smaller, select group of these nominations that represent the "Best of the Best". A $2,000 honorarium will be awarded to the educator(s) involved in establishing the practice, and SuccessLink will reimburse the district/building for pre-approved dissemination-related costs so the practice can be shared with other Missouri schools.
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2007 Proven Practice Winners:
Tiger Cub's Reading Program
Tiger Cub's Reading is a program for second grade students who are reading below grade level. They receive about 30 hours extra tutoring to raise their reading levels. Truman State University education interns, Dr. Donna Rhinesmith, Mrs. Eva O’Brien and Dr. Marilyn Koehler cooperate with parents and classroom teachers to improve reading.
Marathon Kids Club
Marathon Kids Club is a 26 week program that involves 3rd and 4th grade students at Clippard Elementary School in Cape Girardeau. Over the course of 26 weeks, students read 26 books, do 26 good deeds for others and run 26 miles. Good deeds and books are completed on their own. The miles are run during club meeting each week.
Character Council
Character Council is a class during third hour each day that consists of sixty 7th and 8th grade students. These Character Council students are responsible for planning and implementing the majority of the school’s activities, as well as teaching the weekly character education lessons to the entire student body. The students in this class come from a variety of backgrounds, but all share the same belief in the importance of Character Education.
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Past Proven Practice Winners
Three excellent programs were selected from a wide range of nominations for the 2007 Proven Practices Award. Nominations were received from across the state and the review panel carefully evaluated each before selected this years winners. Please click on the title for information about those winning programs.
Win $2,000 and be Recognized as a Proven Practices School!
Nominations are currently being accepted for the 2008 Proven Practice awards program. Any program that is at least 2 years old, has clear evidence of success in helping students and can be replicated by other schools are eligible for the award.
Don''t be timid, nominate your program today! Click on the title for more information and links.