2025 NAREN Wisconsin Conference

In this session we will provide an overview of support(s) that are offered at Kimberly HS to at-risk students, as well as share out our current math support and practices. The Success Lab at Kimberly High School encompasses a multitude of services for identified at-risk students. These services include: math and English support, credit recovery, GED Option 2 programming, school to work and academic labs. Within our supported math and English courses we offer a team-taught model. New this year at KHS is a math intervention system which prioritizes closing gaps in a 1:1 and/or small group setting.

Link To Google Slides Presentation

This presentation will highlight the range of alternative education programs offered at Oak Creek High School, showcasing how these innovative approaches cater to diverse student needs. From competency-based curricula that allow students to progress at their own pace to targeted credit recovery courses designed to help students catch up and stay on track, we will explore how these programs provide flexible, personalized pathways to success. Through these alternatives, Oak Creek High School is committed to ensuring every student has the opportunity to reach their full potential, regardless of their learning style or academic challenges.

In Wisconsin, 9.7% of high school students did not graduate with their cohort in the 2022 school year.  This presentation will start by giving an update for the Wisconsin GED Option #2 Program and then transition to explore the importance of alternative graduation pathways.  This will include a review of the policies and legal framework impacting students at risk.  Learn how local districts an create alternative pathways to high school diploma, leading to higher graduation rates and improved and more stable economic development for our students and communities.  
Presentation link:
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/11DaZdOrBzQrCtDeanooLv4ODtIPXqxP4/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=116673874959921550044&rtpof=true&sd=true

Through the lens of the brain-based Neurosequential Model in Education©, the presenters will focus on
the brain, systems and practices in education, and the ways we can - and do - plan to support ourselves
and our students in light of the stress and trauma showing up in our classrooms and spaces. With
consideration for the neurological and biological impacts of stress on function, regulation, skills, cognition,
memory and relational interactions, participants will be supported in connecting the material to their
role(s) in schools, and will leave with a better understanding of the ways one can help to build skills,
support regulation, and offset the negative impacts of stress and trauma.

With over 35 years in education as both an Administrator and Family Engagement coordinator for our district, I have passionately worked with students and families who struggle with school and school attendance.  Our session will focus on strategies we have implemented over the past 35 years as a district to engage students and families and improve their school experience.   The presentation will include strategies we have used but is also extremely audience engaged.  Students and Families first, always!!

Fishing for Success:  Our Alternative High School is in our second year offering courses that baits students' interest to increase attendance, engagement, and progress towards graduation through interdisciplinary, proficiency-based learning.  Examples will be shared for how we have designed, delivered, and funded these options, such as a Fishing focus where students make their own fishing poles, learn about marine life and the science of fishing.  Information about materials, lesson designs, and the ins-and-outs we've learned along the way for our "Flex Options"  will be shared that have hooked days of 100% attendance, positive behaviors, excellent engagement, and waiting lists.