Programs
In Check & Connect, the “Check” component refers to the process where mentors systematically monitor student performance variables (e.g., absences, tardies, behavioral referrals, grades), while the “Connect” component refers to mentors providing personalized, timely interventions to help students solve problems, build skills, and enhance competence. Student Engagement Coaches work with caseloads of students and families for at least two years, functioning as liaisons between home and school and striving to build constructive family-school relationships.
Contact Information
- Taffy Fletcher, MSW
Lead Student Engagement Coach - 678.676.9003
The Title IV, Part A Student Support and Academic Enrichment (SSAE) programs are federally funded programs designed to improve students’ academic achievement by increasing DCSD’s capacity to:
- Provide all students with access to a well-rounded education;
- Improve school conditions for student learning; and
- Improve the use of technology in order to improve the academic achievement and digital literacy of all students.
This includes ensuring the implementation of district-wide prevention efforts that promote a drug and violence free environment as well as assisting with the integration of whole child-centered support programs and trauma-informed care efforts and services in support of the district’s strategic plan for school improvement.