Video Packages

FIVE-PART VIDEO COURSE ON REPLACING THE GENERAL TRACK

Simply renaming low-level courses does not mean that a school has raised expectations for all students or that teachers have changed what and how students are taught. In fact, most schools are somewhere along the way in the journey toward changing school and classroom practices to raise student performance. This HSTW video course will help your school begin or renew its efforts to set high standards in all classes and to communicate that high school studies count. Originally produced as a satellite course, Replacing the General Track is a five-part series of 60- and 90-minute programs that contain many examples from exemplary HSTW sites. The programs can be used in full or in segments for professional development activities, workshops on specific topics, planning sessions, and school and community meetings. Volume discounts are not available on these items.

Replacing the General Track Programs - The five videos may be purchased separately. Each program is accompanied by readings, participant handouts and suggested group activities.

Program 1: Replacing the General Track Overview  
SREB Senior Vice President Gene Bottoms identifies the need for high schools to change and charts a vision of what it means to replace the general track with a demanding program of academic and career studies. This program identifies time-tested steps that schools can use to get started. (96V13);  1996;   $150

Program 2: Creating a High-performance High School: Case Studies  
Teachers, school and community leaders, parents, and students at North Laurel High School in Kentucky and at Sussex Technical High School in Delaware describe the changes they have made in school, classroom and guidance practices; share how-to strategies and lessons learned; and identify the kind of support that made their efforts possible. (96V14);  1996;   $150

Program 3: Outstanding Practices in Replacing the General Track
This program profiles outstanding practices that have resulted in students completing more demanding programs of study. These practices include curriculum changes, instructional practices, school and community approaches to raising performance standards, guidance and advisement strategies, and extra-help programs. (96V15);  1996;   $150

Program 4: Creating a High-performance High School: Case Studies 
Teachers, school and community leaders, parents, and students at Hoke County High School in North Carolina and Walhalla High School in South Carolina describe the changes they have made in school, classroom and guidance practices; share how-to strategies and lessons learned; and identify the kind of support that made their efforts possible. (96V16);  1996;   $150

Program 5: Critical Elements in Replacing the General Track
Educators identify the critical elements for success and ways to begin the journey toward creating a high-performance high school. (96V17);  1996;   $150

Replacing the General Track Video Package
This package includes the five program videos. (96V12); 1996; $250

THREE-PART VIDEO COURSE WITH GUIDES ON INTEGRATED LEARNING

Integrating Vocational and Academic Education Video Packages (96V02); 1996; $250

Includes three videos on

• Exploring Integration
• Planning Integrated Learning Approaches
• Integrated Mathematics to Advance the Performance of Career-bound Students

and two guides

• Integrating Vocational and Academic Education Facilitator Guide: This 143-page guide prepares facilitators to use the videos in helping teams plan integrated learning activities. It contains group facilitation tips, background readings in integrated learning, a planning framework, promotional materials, presentation aids, video program summaries and scripts, instructions and resources for 15 group activities and once copy of a participant guide.
• Integrating Vocational and Academic Education Participant Guide Set: This 144-page workbook maximizes participant learning and involvement. It contains group-activity resource pages, background reading s and examples of integrated learning activities. Each package includes 20 participant guides.

Any part of this package may be purchased separately.

Integrating Vocational and academic Education Facilitator Guide (96V03); 1996; $26

Integrating Vocational and Academic Education Participants Guide Set
Sold in sets of 20 only. (96V05); 1996; $120

Integrating Vocational and Academic Education Videotape Set
Set of three 90-minute tapes (96V05); 1996; $200

If purchase separately:

• Exploring Integration (96V06); 1996; $150
• Planning Integrated Learning Approaches (96V07); 1996; $150
• Integrating Mathematics to Advance the Performance of Career-bound Students (96V08); 1996; $150

TO ORDER: Contact the SREB publication orders department at (404) 875-9211, Ext. 236, or e-mail publications@sreb.org.