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Graduation coaching logic model: proactive identification, individualized student plans, and data-driven monitoring within a constructivist socio-cultural framework

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Description

The graduation coaching logic model is a case-management-based intervention adapted from health care and social services, in which a coach "developing/monitoring/modifying an educational development plan" meets weekly with at-risk students, arranges tutoring, liaises between school and home, and monitors academic progress at least weekly. Grounded in constructivist and socio-cultural theory, coaches help students "co-construct viewpoints from which they can understand how their personal world and their educational world intersect." The model was implemented in a rural high school with data-driven classification dashboards, real-time gradebook access, and an Activity Reporting System supporting formative and summative evaluation.

Design Implications

Context

Requirements

  • A dedicated graduation coach (half-time in this study) with access to electronic gradebook and confidential student records
  • Cooperation from students and parental involvement and support
  • Referral programs and support services for individual students

Constraints

  • Coaching is a resource and staff intensive process
  • Coaching may not be the right support service for all students; students not responding within a reasonable period may be removed from the caseload
  • Graduation coaching may not be enough to help students overcome academic problems because of the complexity of personal and behavioral problems

Target Learners

  • at-risk 9th-grade high school students in rural settings

Learning Goals

  • improve core-course academic performance
  • promote student retention and progression to graduation

Claims

Examples

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Key Sources

  • Zeller, P. J., Carpenter, S., Lacefield, W. E., & Applegate, E. B. (2013). Graduation coaching in a rural district school. GEAR UP Learning Centers, Western Michigan University. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED555555
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title Graduation coaching logic model: proactive identification, individualized student plans, and data-driven monitoring within a constructivist socio-cultural framework
description The graduation coaching logic model is a case-management-based intervention adapted from health care and social services, in which a coach "developing/monitoring/modifying an educational development plan" meets weekly...
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