Success will not wait. If I delay, success will become wed to another and lost to me forever. This is the time. This is the place. I am the person. — Og Mandino

Dear Educator,

To businesses, success means money. To educators, success means student achievement. To those who have found fulfillment in their lives, success means balance. When we educators find balance, we get it all...money (not a lot, but enough), student achievement (with a constant quest for more), and a fulfilled life.

One thing I miss about the classroom is closure. One year ends, and you have a chance to start over with a new group of students, a new curriculum, a renewed vision.

And...one of the things I don't miss about the classroom is closure. Saying "good-bye" has never been my strong suit. I still think of students and colleagues (some of them you!) from many years ago and wonder how life is treating them.

In staff development, endings and beginnings seem to occur simultaneously. Come to think of it, that's not very different from the classroom. As we close one year out, we prepare for the next.

If you're looking for "second chances;" if you're planning to make next year your best yet; if you're still belaboring those test scores, join us for our Summer Institute. It will be the best yet...until this time next year!

See you this summer in sunny, wonderful Southern California.

Sharon Marshall Lockett, Director
SCORE... For College and Career
sharon@score-ed.com

Attend the Summer Institute: July 26 –August 2, 2006

Get on the Fast Track to student success! Learn all of SCORE's effective strategies at once. Bring your family on a working vacation in Southern California, half way between the beaches and Disneyland.

You receive 1) one each of all of SCORE's publications (see below); 2) six exciting, interactive days of in-service; 3) continental breakfast and lunch each day; 4) free evenings to enjoy the tourist and culinary delights of Southern California. Register now to receive our Early Bird Special Price.

SCORE 101: Adoption Workshop: July 26–28, 2006

• Re-think the way you do business with a focus on “What Works” for reaching high-risk students.
• Discover SCORE’s proven strategies for creating systemic change.
• Develop a customized program to accelerate the achievement of high-risk youth.
• Receive curricular materials to assure successful implementation.
• Leave with an Action Plan tailored to your site.

SCORE has helped us to focus the many facets of our educational program to provide a more concerted effort toward higher student achievement.  Classroom teachers are enthusiastic!
I am glad I found another way to touch the life of a child and help them develop into a great individual.  All children can and will learn–no exceptions!
I can’t wait to go back to school and get started.  I’m leaving the workshop with a “do-able” plan and look forward to the upcoming technical assistance.

Use SCORE to plan your reform with your site restructuring team. We can come to you!

Tell us what you need at http://www.score-ed.com/contact.htm

Study Skills: July 31–August 1, 2006

You will gain skills and resources to:

• Increase student retention
• Improve reading speed and comprehension
• Identify learning preferences
• Enhance student interest level
• Help students listen and ask effective questions
• Teach effective memory techniques
• Improve test scores

I left thinking I had a wonderful few days.  I got home and realized it had been a life-changing experience!
It’s very exciting to think about the students using these ideas not only for better grades, but for life experiences.
SCORE is a tool I can and will use.  Thank you.
SCORE is great.  I already see a difference in my students.
Well done in a productive balance.

Train your entire faculty! We can come to you.

Tell us what you need at http://www.score-ed.com/contact.htm

Crisis, Grief, and Loss...and How to Help Your Students Through It: August 2, 2006

Grief is a fact of our students' lives (not to mention our own!).

When they are grieving, the way they learn changes. That means we need to reach them differently.

Attend this SCORE workshop to learn:

• How to read the subtle signs of a student in crisis
  (you already recognize their "not-so-subtle" messages!)
• What to do about it, both in and out of the classroom
  (you may gain validation and ammunition!)
• Where to go to find help
  (help for them is also help for you...your job will be so much easier!)
• How to change your teaching content and methodology to accommodate crises
  (and we teachers are always looking for a new strategy!)

Do you have a student in mind? They're invited! Listen to what students say:

I learned that grief will not go away, and when you go through depression do something.
I learned to be responsible and make good decisions.
This week I know not to take my anger out on someone else and not to argue so much.
I think you should go over this every year because it can help other people like it helped me.
I think that if it wasn’t for me, my friend would’ve joined his mother on the other side.
(Student participant one year after training)

We can come to you! If you have more than 10 staff members to train, fill in the information on our contact form and we will send you a Training Options flyer, personalized to your site.

Tell us what you need at http://www.score-ed.com/contact.htm.

We teach SCORE students to find a balanced life. This summer, let's join them! For balanced living, take care to:

1. Honor our bodies: rest, exercise, eat healthy.
2. Develop our minds: read something besides student homework, attend a workshop.
3. Reconnect with our spirits: take the time to dream, set new goals, reassess our values.
4. Feel the full range of our emotions: laugh, cry, love.

May you have a summer extraordinair!

SCORE Kit

Our SCORE Kit is part of the Adoption Seminar and includes one each of our publications:

• Director's Guide, a notebook providing the management and planning tools for achieving systemic change
• Accelerating High-Risk Youth: A Leader's Guide, an overview of systemic change with a focus on acceleration strategies
• Staff Development Guide, a notebook providing the curriculum for training support staff: tutors, guidance technicians, motivational program staff
• How to Organize and Run an Effective Tutorial Program, a DVD assisting educators with management tools and possibilities for academic support
• Study Skills for Student Success, a teacher's resource guide for empowering students through study skills
• Study Skills Workbook, the student interaction pages that bring about their success
• Smarter, Not Harder!, SCORE's own personality study enabling students to build on their strengths and compensate for their weaknesses
• Strategies for Teachers to Improve the Performance of Language Minority Students, a guide to whole brain teaching
• Crisis, Grief, and Loss...and How to Help Your Students Through It, a guide to classroom teachers to help our grieving students succeed academically
• Introducing SCORE, a DVD providing an overview of the SCORE program, hosted by news anchor Rigo Chicon
• SCORE Class Teacher's Guide (a special gift to those who attend July 27–28), a notebook outlining lesson plans for each day of the week to ensure that every student succeeds

SCORE Celebrates 25 Years of Improving Student Achievement!

SCORE is a comprehensive systemic change program, validated for effectiveness by the United States Department of Education. SCORE provides in-services, technical assistance, and field-tested materials, all proven to result in increased student achievement. To request specific information related to your site, visit: http://www.score-ed.com/contact.htm

• SCORE is not a "packaged program;" rather, school teams design a custom implementation that meets the SCORE success criteria and allows local ownership.
• SCORE is successful in helping language minority and Title I students achieve university eligibility by the time they graduate from high school.
• SCORE empowers students through a variety of strategies, enabling them to adapt learning to their strengths and their teacher's presentation style.
• SCORE's Study Skills curriculum is unequalled, and should be made available to all students. SCORE's primary focus is grades 6–10, but it has been adapted to meet the needs of both older and younger students.
• SCORE's Guidance Curriculum, available only through the SCORE 101 workshop, empowers schools to meet accreditation criteria and empowers students to take personal responsibility for their learning.

What do Others Say?

While school reform is a hot topic of conversation, many educators have not implemented practical programs that can help students live up to their full potential. I strongly recommend SCORE for your school. This is too good a program not to give it to everyone!

Maeva K. Hutter
Title 1 Coordinator
Willard Intermediate School

I can't say enough about how SCORE has positively impacted our Indian Education program. The SCORE program builds pride back into our students by helping them see good points, bring out their strengths, and talk about what they do well while they achieve success in school. Students have recently commented that they wish all their classes were taught like the SCORE class, "school wouldn't be boring." This is the most comprehensive model of student assistance that I have ever used. Yokoke, thank you to the SCORE staff for all of the support that we receive in helping our American Indian students realize their dreams.

Michael Folsom. M. S.
Counselor, Indian Education
Huntington Beach Union High School District

The SCORE staff, eager to support you in your quest to improve academic performance, is always as near as your mouse click, fax, or phone number:

Educational Innovations/SCORE
30100 Town Center Drive
Suite O, PMB 379
Laguna Niguel, CA 92677
http://www.score-ed.com

949-363-6764 Voice/Fax

sharon@score-ed.com