Aldine I.S.D. Teacher Handbook - Aldine Independent School District

3. Promotional Summer School: Qualifying students will attend promotional summer
school for reading, math, science or social studies.
4. Extended Day/Week/Year: Students needing additional instruction can be served through
extended day/week/year. This initiative can be funded through various fund sources.
5. Optional Extended Year Program: OEY may serve children in grades 5-6.
a. The funds can be used for extended day or week for students who are at risk of
being retained.
b. The funds may be used for extended year for students who have been retained.
(The funds must not be used for students who have been promoted or placed.)
6. Accelerated Program for Kindergarten through 6 th Grade Children: Kindergarten
through 6 th grade students meeting program criteria (ITBS results, report card and STAAR
results in reading and math) will benefit from supplemental instructional opportunities.
7. Dyslexia
At any time that a student continues to struggle with one or more components of reading,
the individual school will collect additional information about the student. Schools will use
this information to evaluate the student’s academic progress and determine what actions are
needed to ensure the student’s improved academic performance. A 504 committee
determines the identification of dyslexia after reviewing all accumulated data including a
formal assessment. Students with dyslexia will be placed in Aldine's Multisensory
Academic Program for dyslexia intervention. Students will attend intervention in
accordance with Tier III/RtI recommendations and progress monitoring will occur weekly.
Upon completion of the dyslexia intervention program, students will be placed on monitor
status. Students who have been exited from dyslexia intervention will be monitored every
nine weeks for the first year and every semester thereafter through grade 12. Annual 504
meetings will occur between November and December each school year to ensure that
proper accommodation plans are in place to meet each individual dyslexic student's needs.
8. SNAPP Program: SNAPP (Students Need a Pat and a Push) is a program designed to
increase graduation rates for at-risk students. Through early identification, the SNAPP
program can reinforce successful and appropriate behavior. Students will be provided
support through individual, group, and peer counseling.
9. VISA Program: VISA (Volunteers In Schools in Aldine) is a program designed to involve
parents in school.
10. Gifted/Talented Program/Encounters: For students who have been identified as having
specific academic aptitude in mathematics, language arts, social studies and/or science are
provided special instruction. The lessons are differentiated and individualized.
A student who attends at least 90 percent of the program days of a program under this section and
who satisfies the requirements for promotion prescribed by Section 28.201 shall be promoted to the
next grade level at the beginning of the school year unless a parent of the student presents a written
request to the school principal that the student not be promoted to the next grade level.
TEC Sec. 28.201 Student Achievement
(a) A student may be promoted only on the basis of academic achievement or demonstrated
proficiency of the subject matter of the course or grade level.
(b) In measuring the academic achievement or proficiency of a student who is dyslexic, the student’s
potential for achievement of proficiency in the area must be considered. (Optional Extended Year
Program).
R. EXTENDED YEAR/ENRICHMENT
Each intermediate school will offer extended year for promotion needs and may offer:
Art enrichment, computer enrichment, science enrichment, etc., as needed, as well as,
Special language programs and,
Special Education Extended School Year (ESY) will be provided as a result of ARD
decision, usually at a centralized location.
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