How it all began
Once upon a time, I was a coach and had some pretty good athletes. They were 7th grade athletes, and these guys were a little absent minded. These guys would do their classwork on some days and other days they would not. They were great students but a little absent minded.
As I thought about my athletes and the possibility of them failing at the sixth weeks, I decided to act. I got on my computer and created a crude spreadsheet that provided spaces for their schedule. Next to each one of their classes were two words (yes/no) that indicated that one or the other need to be circled. If one of my players did their work, the teacher simply circle the yes and initial it. If the student failed to do his work, then she would simply circle no. The athletes would then bring the sheets to athletics at the end of the day. The athletes would line up before entering the gym and I would check every sheet. If any “no” was circled, then they would not practice and work instead on their class assignment during the athletic period. Well, after 6 weeks of that I didn’t have any athlete fail. I thought maybe I was onto something. I did this the entire year and was successful in keeping student athletes eligible. I did create a bit of work for myself, but the outcome was well worth it.
Upon, taking the leadership role at the alternative campus I had my secretary recreate the same document. I figured if it helped keep students eligible at the 7th grade level it would help me hold my students at the high school accountable for their work. This time I created the document with the help of my campus team. The document took on a new look once I got it the individuals that were experts in creating spreadsheets. The document we created became the cornerstone of our success. The tool today is called the Student Accountability Record or SARS.
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