Freshman On Track Handbook

The CPS Department of Graduation Pathways in the Office of Student Support Services developed the Freshmen On-Track Handbook as a guide for educators (principals, counselors, teachers, etc) and administrators to use in developing strategies and tactics to improve the Freshmen On-Track (FOT) rate at their schools. Many of the topics in this handbook may be exclusive to Chicago Public Schools (CPS), but many of the ideas and strategies can be applied globally and used by non-CPS educators. This book is a collection of the promising practices that the six lab schools from the Freshmen On-Track Lab Action Research Project found that gave positive results.

The Handbook will provide you with ideas on how you can develop your Freshmen On-Track Strategic Plan; collect, use and share quantitative and qualitative freshmen data; design 8-9th grade articulation activities, develop and track student interventions; 30 pages of examples and templates that you can customize to fit your individual school's needs; and other promising practices that will help to improve your FOT rate.