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C1 SOT JAMAL 2929		(SOT JAMAL)
'... it was just like a blur to me because ...'	
POT UNDER SOT CG - WALDORF, MD         CHARLES COUNTY		(narrator track)
math seemed a mountain to jamal.	
SOT BACK UP FULL JAMAL		(sot jamal)
'because word problems sometimes I really don't understand...'	
			
JAMAL IN CLASSROOM SETTING		(narrator track)
but he's learning to cope.	
NAT FULL 2100 MANDIE		(NAT FULL MANDIE)
(Mandie) '... what's the smallest 'y' used? 	
		(Jamal) 'Negative 5...' 	
		(Mandie) 'And what's the largest 'y' used?' 	
		(Jamal) 'Nine'. 	
		(Mandie) 'Positive nine.'	
HOLDING JAMAL		(narrator track)
jamalscores on the high school assessements improve under the 	
SHOT OF MANDIE LOOKING @ HIM		watchful, pro-active and positive eyes of charles county.	
SOT MANDIE C1 5005-09CG - MANDIE FARREN         MATH RESOURCE TEACHER		(sot mandie farren)
'I travel around the the various schools and provide support to the teachers, to the Algebra team ...'	
MANDIE W/STUDENTS		(narrator track)
MANDIE FARREN SERVES AS MATH RESOURCE TEACHER.	
CUT OF MARY LEE & THEN BACKTIME NAT BELOW		mary lee sadler travels TOO, helping as  instructional specialist.	
NAT FULL STUDENT C1 946-48		(nat full student)
(Sadler) 'ok, what represents a failure? 	
		(Student) 'zero.' 	
		(Sadler) "Ok, so put a yes or ...'	
NAT FULL MARY LEE 950-51		(nat full mary lee sadler)
'ok, what about the next one?'	
SOT MARY LEE SADLER C1 4416-22CG - MARY LEE SADLER         INSTRUCTIONAL SPECIALIST		(sot mary lee sadler)
'... when students finally realize you've got the skills to do it, just take your time...'	
SOT MARY LEE SADLER		(sot mary lee sadler)
'it really bolsters their confidence.'	
NAT FULL 1226-30		(nat full - randell braithwaite)
'you're gonna calculate, and whaddya you want? now what are you gonna do?'	
HOLDING RANDELL & STUDENT		(narrator track)
classroom teacher randell braithwaite  appreciates the help.	
SOT RANDELL BRAITHWAITE C2 06-10CG - RANDELL BRAITHWAITE         TEACHER, WESTLAKE HS		(sot randell braithwaite)
'Well I think what Charles County does is they provide you with every opportunity to do your job...'	
 SADLER W/STUDENT		(narrator track)
charles county realizes a certain core of students Will NEED HELP ON the hsa's.	
		so instead of waiting, it institutes a range of options TO ATTACK THE PROBLEM HEAD-ON:	
		an all-out assault on low scores.	
		an array of data-driven instruction AIMS DIRECTLY at hsa problem areas.	
SOT CHRYSTAL BENSON C2 1050CG - CHRYSTAL BENSON          PRINCIPAL, WESTLAKE HS		(sot chrystal benson)
'Each quarter in our HSA courses, our students take an assessment and once the teachers receive the results, they analyze the data with the help of the instructional resource teacher and we adjust instruction from that point on.'	
HOLDING CHRYSTAL & THEN EXT. OF STUDENTS WALKING INTO BUILDING		(narrator track)
principal chrystal benson focuses a swat-team approach that reaches right down to individual students.	
HDQTRS, CHAS CO.		it comes straight from the top at charles county school headquarters.	
		assistant superintendent judy estep.	
SOT JUDY ESTEP CH2 2352(COVER ALL OF THIS)		(sot judy estep)
'we said, 'ok let's look at the data first. What does the data say regarding your students.'	
SOT JUDY ESTEP CH2 2410-21CG - JUDY ESTEP         ASS'T. SUP'T. OF INSTRUCTION,         CHARLES COUNTY(COVER BOTTOM W/STUDENTS)		(SOT JUDY ESTEP)
' ... what is working, what is not working, what changes we might need, what resources we might need, and we set about putting that in place and supporting schools in doing that. (COVER HERE) 'We um, moved from an afterschool program to a variety of extended learning opportunities and those learning opportunities were based on the availability of those students and the identified needs of those students. (BACK OUT TO JUDY) 'Not just providing something and hoping it would fit.' 	
HOLDING ESTEP A MOMENT & THEN SMILING CLIFF OR BACKTIME ...		(narrator track)
both estep and research director cliff eichel ... 	
SOT CLIFF EICHEL CH2 3002-07		(sot cliff eichel)
'We've noticed a buy-in by staff ...'	
COVER W/CLASSROOM 		(narrator track)
... credit superintendent james richmond for getting everyone on board. 	
SOT CLIFF EICHEL CH2 3015-23CG - CLIFF EICHEL         DIRECTOR, RESEARCH & ASSESSMENT         CHARLES COUNTY		(sot cliff eichel)
'We've become a community, we have embraced the idea that these tests are here to stay ...'	
HOLDING CLIFF & THEN CUT TO STUDENTS		(narrator track)
now eichel says, everyone pulls in the same direction.	
SOT CLIFF EICHEL CH2 3120-33		(sot cliff eichel)
'... it's a very simple process that we go through (gesturing) we have a VSC, we have pacing guides, the quarterly assessments are a normal 'dipping in an taking the temperature' of the students every nine weeks to see how our pacing is going ...'	
SOT CLIFF EICHEL CH2 3436-43(LET'S SEE CLIFF HERE)		(sot cliff eichel)
'... so that at the end of the first quarter, you look, you analyze, you move, at the end of the 2nd quarter you look, you analyze you move ...'	
STUDENTS		(narrator track)
the county makes all the information classroom-accessible, via computer and  a data warehouse.	
SOT CHRYSTAL BENSON CH2 2010-31 FULL SCREEN GRAPHIC          DATA WAREHOUSE (TITLE)          - STUDENT GRADES          - QUARTERLY ASSESSMENTS          - RACE & GENDER             (SUBGROUPS)          - TAILORED HELP    CHARLES COUNTY (LOWER THIRD)		(sot chrystal benson w/sound effex)
' ... and the data warehouse will allow us to look at a student's grades their quarterly assessments, race, gender, subgroups, and we are able then to look at what are the needs of these students, and we are able to tailor a plan that is unique for each and every student.'	
CLASSROOM AGAIN		(narrator track)
how exactly does one remedy the needs of each student?	
SOT MANDIE FARREN (COVER THIS ENTIRELY) C1 5055 APPROX.		(SOT MANDIE FARREN)
'Just getting that one-on-one attention is exactly what they need.'	
MORE MANDIE COVER		(narrator track)
first, OCCASIONAL extra help in the classroom allows individual attention.	
SOT MANDIE FARREN (COVER THIS ENTIRELY)		(sot mandie farren)
' ...  they feel comfortable to ask those questions, rather than a large setting...'	
HOLDING MANDIE		(narrator track)
instructors can pinpoint each student's area of need...	
NAT FULL JAMAL CH1 2104-06		(nat full jamal)
'but you'll flip flop that won't you?'	
AND BACK TO JAMAL SMILING		(narrator track)
jamal's flip flop in math started with afterschool tutoring.	
SOT JAMAL 3124-32		(sot jamal mason)
'I attended afterschool tutoring, Saturday school, but not Saturday school like punishment,. but like Saturday tutoring, and I went online to take a little standardized test... (tight oq)	
PUSH SPLIT SCREEN & CG'SPUSH JAMAL SCREEN LEFTGRAPHIC:      JAMAL MASON:                  - AFTERSCHOOL TUTORING                  - SATURDAY SCHOOL                  - ONLINE HSA'S 		(narrator track)
afterschool tutoring --	
		saturday school sessions --	
		and online hsa courses.	
		these are the options jamal used.	
		in doing so, he realized he could figure out word problems.	
SOT JAMAL C1 3341-47		(sot jamal mason)
'When you read through it and just really read and pay attention to what you're rea-in then you'll understand what they're askin' you and that helped me out better.'	
SOT JAMAL C1 3531-53		(sot jamal mason)
'we actually did questions that will be on the HSA's from past tests ...and we had a lotta BCR's in it, and that was good for me because as I say it helped me read through and get a better understanding...'	
SOT RANDELL BRAITHWAITE C1 5928-35		(SOT RANDELL BRAITHWAITE)
'It's such a big difference to see the students grow, especially Jamal because he came in with the idea 'I got this test, I know what' I'm doin'...'	
SOT RANDELL BRAITHWAITE C1 5943-57		(sot randell braithwaite)
(tight inq) ' ... now he sits and reads the question and thinks 'ok, what are they actually asking me to do, I know this information, I can do this, so his confidence is a lot higher ...'	
EXT. AGAIN		(narrator track)
here are other options charles county includes in its planning for the hsA'S:	
SOT MARY LEE SADLER C1 4812SPLIT SCREEN - PIC RIGHTGRAPHIC: OPTIONS FOR HELP:     - PULLOUT             (PICTURE        PROGRAM        SCREEN RIGHT)                   CHARLES COUNTY(DO THESE ONE AT A TIME)SOT MARY LEE SADLER 4812-22		(sot mary lee sadler)
'... we took students who were relatively close to passing HSA's on their first try and we pulled them out once or twice a week, did small tutoring sessions with them...'	
SOT 4648 (SEE ABOVE) MARY LEE               OPTIONS FOR HELP:     - ELEMENTARY            (PICTURE        ALGEBRA 2          SCREEN RIGHT)                CHARLES COUNTY		(sot mary lee sadler)
'... another program that was offered was called independent practice, there was an EA2 class which is Elementary Algebra 2, the first semester had to do with prepping for the HSA, the second semester is prepping students for an Algebra 2 curriculum...'	
CLASSROOM TEACHER		(narrator track)
yet another option was flexibility in regard to tutoring sessions.	
CUBE WIPE SOT RANDELL C2 137-43(SLIDE PIC SCREEN LEFT)               OPTIONS FOR HELP:     (PICTURE          - FLEXIBLE SCREEN LEFT)           TUTORING             CHARLES COUNTY		(sot randell braithwaite)
'... providing different opportunties for students, the morning, during the day, in the afternoon ... '	
SOT RANDELL C2 156-02           OPTIONS FOR HELP:     (PICTURE          - SATURDAY SESSIONSSCREEN LEFT)            (4 DAYS, 3 HRS. EACH)             CHARLES COUNTY		(sot randell braithwaite)
' ... and the Saturday sessions, that's wonderful that, it's amazing to say the three hours we spent with the kids went by so quickly ...'	
MORE CLASSROOM		(NARRATOR TRACK)
PRINCIPAL BENSON SAYS a 'breakfast buddies' program grows in popularity, while the 'afterschool academy' remains a big draw.	
CUBE WIPE SOT CHRYSTAL BENSON C2 611-20               OPTIONS FOR HELP:     (PICTURE           AFTERSCHOOL   SCREEN LEFT)        ACADEMY		(sot chrystal benson)
' ... at Westlake we hold the Afterschool Academy two days a week with over a hundred students to attend each day...'	
SOT CRYSTAL BENSON C2 654-47              OPTIONS FOR HELP:     (PICTURE           BREAKFAST   SCREEN LEFT)        BUDDIES		(SOT CRYSTAL BENSON)
'... and our Algebra team does Breakfast Buddies so for those students who can't come afterschool, they come at 6:45 in the morning...'	
SOT CHRYSTAL BENSON C2 801-10                OPTIONS FOR HELP:     (PICTURE           MOCK   SCREEN LEFT)       HSA		(sot crystal benson)
'We also have in March of each year the mock HSA exam. And the mock HSA exam is administered just like the exam in May.'	
NAT FULL MANDIE IN CLASSROOM		(nat full mandie)
'if you flip to the next page...'	
HOLDING MANDIE VIDEO		(narrator track)
STUDENTS ALSO LEARN TEST TAKING STRATEGIES ... 	
SOT MANDIE 5222-27		(SOT MANDIE FARREN)
'they go 'I don't know how to answer this.' They now have been trained, 'just move on, don't worry that you can't figure out that part of the problem, just keep going...'	
MORE CLASSROOM		(narrator track)
and constant exposure to hsa-style questions works.	
SOT MARY LEE SADLER C1 4355-06		(sot mary lee sadler)
'when students are exposed to the questions often and repeatedly, they have a tendency to build up their self confidence... '	
CLASSROOM W/MANDIE		(narrator track)
through all of this, teachers too get help, with techniques and best practices.	
SOT MANDIE FARREN C1 5635-42		(sot mandie farren)
'We're all sharing among each other and there's lots of communication going on between the high schools, where are you in the curriculum, how did you teach this?...	
MORE KIDS		(narrator track)
the county spreads those best practices throughout the system.	
SOT C1 4920 APPROX.		(sot mary lee sadler)
'I think that probably was the greatest impact we had, was being able to go around and really provide the assistance and support ...'	
SOT JUDY ESTEP C2 2907		(sot judy estep)
'... we have worked very closely with the school principals and theior instruction teams...'	
SOT CHRYSTAL BENSON C2 1557-03		(sot chrystal benson)
'... when our students are successful, we are successful.'	
 BACKTIME JAMAL		(narrator track)
as for jamal...	
HOLDING CLASSROOM		(music under softly)
	
SOT JAMAL 3017-21SLO MO SMILING SHOT OF JAMAL AND HOLD THRU END		(sot jamal)
'... math I got my help in, I'm ready to take the test again and I'm ready to pass it.'	
HOLDING JAMAL		(narrator track)
and that's what it's all about.	
		this is msde tv.	
FADE TO CREDITS		(music full & fade)