- A Tennessee Titan visit. A visit from a senator-smooching therapy dog.
- Hot nutritious breakfasts provided during the summer. Breakfasts and personalized interventions provided on Saturdays.
- Teaching students and parents the importance of consistent school attendance. Teaching athletes the importance of leadership, character, integrity and discipline.
This is a just a sample of the wide range of entries we have received for the Alabama’s Best Non-Instructional Practices Contest. Keep ’em coming! The deadline to enter is this Friday (October 17, 2014).
The Alabama’s Best Contest recognizes and awards best practices and innovations in the non-instructional departments of Alabama’s K-12 public schools. The winning entry will receive $3000. Two second place winners will receive $1000 each.
LEAN Frog and the Alabama Association of School Boards are recognizing Alabama school districts (or schools within a district) for the significant role non-instructional support services play in promoting student achievement. From Child Nutrition to Transportation to Student Services, non-instructional departments in public schools across Alabama are implementing creative, sustainable best practices. These best practices improve students’ well-being, help prepare them for successful futures, and encourage the involvement of school staff, parents and the local community. The entries we have received so far boast some impressive results:
- A 63% increase in high school breakfast participation rates
- Promotion of unity and shared responsibility
- A 5% increase in the number of students with perfect attendance
- Special Education students helped with motor skills
- Improved ACT test scores
- Dramatic decreases in detention
- Over 98,000 hot meals served to children 18 and under during the summer
- Reductions in truancy, discipline issues and tardiness
Does your school or school system have one or more innovative practices or creative solutions that deserve to be recognized? Review the