Identifying School/Academic Alerts

• Attendance concerns: misses 4 or more school days a month
• Achieving at Level 1 or 2 on 50% of the report card
• The Learning Skills section of the report card shows “Needs Improvement” in more than 2 areas
• Little progress in the acquisition of literacy and numeracy skills
• Little or no growth shown in reading (i.e., significant discrepancy between oral, written, and reading abilities
• Struggling with English as a second language
• No understanding of their own learning style and therefore unable to self-advocate
• Referrals made to the school’s student success team and/or special education team
• Student fails to show progress despite in-school support
• Low scores on standardized testing
• Out-of-school suspensions
• Referrals to the board support teams

• Attendance concerns: misses 4 or more school days a month
• Below grade level in literacy and numeracy
• Lack of engagement in classroom activities
• Non-participant in school life
• Poor oral and written communication
• School transience
• Underachieving, given abilities
• Low scores on standardized testing
• Struggling with English as a second language

Secondary credits:

• Student does not have 8 credits at the end of Grade 9
• Student does not have 16 credits by age 16
• Student does not have 24 credits by the end of Grade 11