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 * Objective 22: Community Partnership**

student achievement. || High School involves retired teachers providing tutoring and remediation for students in need of improvement during the school day. The retired teachers may provide tutoring up to 10 hours per week. This program is convenient for the students because the tutors are able to work with the student's schedule, which creates flexibility. If students are enrolled in a study hall and they would like to receive tutoring they have that option, instead of arriving before or staying after school. The partnership is beneficial to the retirees because they are compensated at $22/hour. This money helps teachers live a bit more comfortably in retirement.
 * Date || Time started || Time ended || Number of hours || Description of activities ||
 * 04/04/12 || 4:00 || 10:00 || 6.0 || Compiled information on the community partnership. ||
 * 04/05/12 || 4:00 || 10:00 || 6.0 || Created a reflective statement on how to work with the community partnership to enhance
 * Reflections and learning |||||||| Schools will have a much better chance of obtaining student achievement if they can create a strong bond between the students and the community. By engaging students and the community, both parties involved can achieve much more success. The community partnership that takes place at Abingdon

The partnership between Abingdon High School and retired teachers has been very successful. It has helped several students succeed in mathematics and English that might not have succeeded otherwise.The tutoring that is provided by the retirees focuses on both class work and SOL testing. The goal is to help students earn their high school diploma.

Adding more hours and subjects to the tutoring program would enhance student achievement. Currently, retired teachers may only work a maximum of 10 hours per week. If the amount of tutoring hours was raised to 15 or 20 this would create more opportunities for students to spend time receiving help. English and Mathematics are the only subjects available for remediation. It would be beneficial to add social studies and science tutors to the program. There are several students who struggle in science and social studies who could use the additional one on one instruction. Hosting a luncheon or dinner for the retired teachers who provided the tutoring would also enhance the partnership. This would be conducted in the school cafeteria and the students that received remediation could serve the teachers food to show their appreciation. Feeding the retired teachers would create a stronger bond with Abingdon High School and could result in more retirees signing up to help. ||
 * Reading(s) |||||||| Strike, K. A. (2007). //Ethical leadership in schools: Creating community in an environment of accountability//. Thousand Oaks: Corwin Press. ||