iJAG Year One Overview

Katie AllisonAustin Hauser

What is iJAG?

iJAG = Iowa Jobs for America’s Graduates

Private National non-profit corporation established in 1999

94% of students graduate High School

24% are first generation of their families to graduate High School

Students grade point average increase .3 each year

Serving 2,800 students per year in 49 programs (35 schools)

17 communities

What is iJAG? Continued..

37 Core Competencies

Leadership Skills, team building activities, employability skills, service learning projects, and much more

PBL’s all work done are Project Based Learning. Students enjoy this because the majority of the skills we practice and/or work on in class are hands on and active

iJAG programs are classified for “credit” elective in school. The students will earn credit each year for being in iJAG.

iJAG is preparing Iowa’s young students to be more responsible, respectful, productive employees, customers, and citizens.

Want-Need-Benefit

Progress ReportsEach month we college data on the following:

1. How many days have our iJAG Students missed in the month2. The number of behavioral referrals the iJAG students have had3. The number of F’s each iJAG student has

Principal ReportsEach month we write a Principal Report. This includes an class update, progress report and comparisons, and photos from classroom activities.

ENDMS//Follow Up

Academic Remediation

Each week, we take one das as an ‘AR Day’. AR Day is used to work on missing or late assignments. A part of iJAG is getting out students on track to graduate, which we need passing grades for!

Fundraising!Each program is required to raise $350 for their program! The $350 raised goes back into the program; anything raised over $350 can be spent on things like iJAG shirts, end of year celebrations, college applications, etc.

MHS: Sold Mrs. Fields Cookies MMS: Chili Cookoff coming up!

Community Service: Each student in the iJAG Program is required to do at least 15 hours of community service throughout the year!

MHS: Food Drive/Trash Days MMS: ARL Volunteering

Miller Middle School

Specialist: Austin Hauser

Miller Middle School: Events

LDC -- Science Center in DSM, IA for class officers

Legislative Days -- State Capitol Building in DSM, IA

JAG Nation -- Camp Dodge in DSM, IA

Animal Rescue League

ACI Mechanical

Iowa Works

Sports Plus -- Sport Physical Therapy

Miller Middle School: PBL’s/Activities

Personalized License Plate Cup Stacking

Career Association Marshmallow Tower

Hired Not Fired Ballooniture

Diversity Penny Boat Challenge

Perspiration Meets Inspiration All About Me

Mission: Life Game Day Challenge

What’s Your Problem? Shark Tank Activity

Adulting 101 Future Ready Iowa

Miller Middle School: Statistics

1st Semester:

Students: 31

Referrals: 4.2

Attendance: 10.7

2nd Semester:

Students: 39

Referrals: TBD

Attendance: TBD

MHS 11/12 Program

Specialist: Katie Allison

High School Expectations

At the beginning of the year, we wrote our expectations as a class. We set expectations for what I expect from the student and what the student expects from the teacher. All students were required to sign out expectation board to ensure we all understood and were on the same page.

PBL’s

Career Association

Personalized Plates

Soft Skills PBL

Hired Not Fired

Mission: LIFE

Diversity Awareness

Financial Literacy

Resume/Cover Letter/Interviews

MHS Events:

LDC- Leadership Development Conference

Legislative Days

CDC- Career Development Conference

Employers:

Alliant Energy Murphy Towers US Bank

Iowa Works Brighton Homes Clemons

ACI Mechanical Care Initiatives

National Guard Jensen Group

2019-2020 School Year: What do we want to do differently?

- More employers! We are looking forward to welcoming more Marshalltown Employers!- Teacher/District Involvement.- Roster/Program Successes

Thank You!

ahauser@marshalltown.k12.ia.uskallison@marshaltown.k12.ia.us