PEPs


 * What is a Personal Education Plan or PEP? **

A Personal Education Plan (PEP) is a written plan that identifies interventions provided to individual students who are at risk of academic failure and not progressing toward promotion and graduation.


 * When are PEPs developed? **

PEP's are developed before or by the end of the first quarter for students needing them at the beginning of the school year. A PEP should be developed later in the school year if student performance indicates the need. Staff can work with a student for up to nine weeks before developing a PEP.

**Which students should have a PEP?**

PEP's are developed for students who have not met or who are not meeting the grade level promotion standards or graduation standards. Typically these are students who are:
 * promoted with intervention at the end of the school year.
 * not promoted to the next grade.
 * being considered for retention during the third quarter (grades k-8)

**How long does a PEP last?**

A PEP is a one-year plan that ends at the end of each school year.


 * School staff is responsible for: **
 * Identifying students needing a PEP
 * Developing, implementing, and reviewing the PEP
 * Notifying parents of the PEP
 * Providing a copy of the most current PEP to the parent


 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Things you will see in a PEP: **
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Basic Student Information **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;"> – Name, address, grade level, school, etc.
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Academic Indicators **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;"> – Assessments, grades, and other performance indicators that staff has used to identify the need for a PEP
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Specific Areas of Concern: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;"> Broad areas of instruction that the student is experiencing difficulty in, such as math, reading, science, or social studies.
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Common Core standards – **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;"> Goals that the student needs to master to achieve proficiency.
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Research Based Interventions - **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;"> Specific strategies that the teacher is implementing to support the student in attaining proficiency.
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Monitoring Progress – **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;"> Specific measures that will be monitored to see if the student is progressing


 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">How can parents help support the PEP ? **
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Check homework and sign HW agenda/contracts
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Make sure their child attends school regularly
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Attend parent/teacher conferences
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Monitor report cards, interim reports, and other papers that come from school
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Request conferences to get answers to questions they may have
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Work with their child at home (read daily, provide educational support through workbooks, educational websites, and extra practice)
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px;">Be involved in the implementation and ongoing review of the PEP.

Reminders *The teacher must write specific goals for their individual students. The goals set on the PEP must be specific for the child needs. For example, Jacob can only name 5/26 letters. By the end of the school year, Jacob will name 26/26 letters. Use your data! *The teacher needs to make sure to place all previous information on the form that shows how the student has grown academically in reading and math. * Treat the PEP as a fluid document. If you see that your student has mastered an area, then move to a new area of concern. * Each nine weeks, you MUST meet with the parents to review the growth of the student to the parent. This is a time to make changes to the PEP as well. Ask for parent input.