Site Visits

Site visits provide opportunities for EXCEL staff members and on-campus faculty to maintain contact with participating high school administrators, counselors, teachers, and students and to offer support to each participant. 

Procedures

• The site visitor contacts the high school teacher to set up a time for the visit and, if possible, a discussion before or after class.

• The site visitor prepares materials (syllabi, sample assignments and assessments, handouts) for the high school teacher.

• The high school teacher prepares samples to give to the site visitor (tests, lab reports, portfolios, class handouts, graded papers).

• The high school coordinator or the teacher informs the high school administration of the planned visit.

• The site visitor wears or carries identification and goes through the appropriate process of entering the school, registering at the main office, and wearing any designated visitor tag.

• The site visitor observes the class and participates in the discussion if appropriate.

• The high school teacher may choose to ask the site visitor to speak to the students or to answer questions.

• After the visit, either during a conference period or at a later date, the site visitor discusses with the teacher a number of items including student performance, instructional strategies, types of assessments, teacher questions or concerns, and recommendations.