2023-24 HONORS POLICY COMPLIANCE DOCUMENTATION COVER PAGE

6-12 ENRICHED/HONORS TEACHERS

In compliance with SCS Policy 5005 on Advanced Courses and TN State Board of Education Rule § 0520-01-
03-.05, please complete the form below to provide a snapshot of how you provide academic acceleration
and enrichment in your honors course.
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Teacher’s Name:
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School:
9-12 Honors
Grade/Honors Course:
1st Semester Documentation
Semester:

Would you like additional support in meeting the honors compliance requirements? Yes No

Honors Framework Components addressed this semester:

(A minimum of five components must be addressed in your activities/tasks each semester.)
Extended reading assignments that connect with specified curriculum
Research-based writing assignments that address and extend the course curriculum
Projects that apply course curriculum to relevant or real-world situations
Open-ended investigations in which the student selects the questions and designs the research
Writing assignments that demonstrate a variety of modes, purposes, and styles
Integration of appropriate technology into the course of study
Deeper exploration of the culture, values, and history of the discipline
Extensive opportunities for problem-solving experiences through imagination, critical analysis, and application
Job shadowing experiences with presentations which connect class study to the world of work (CTE only)

Instructional Tasks/Activities:

How do your honors-level instructional activities demonstrate that your course exceeds the content standards and
learning expectations for Tennessee?
They require students to incorporate concepts, discipline-specific methods, and processes from two or more
disciplines to address the complex nature of an issue/problem.
They require students to apply in-depth knowledge in complex, open-ended, and real-world concepts.
They require increased cognition and quality of work leading to new or more advanced connections, knowledge,
and understandings.
They require increased writing complexity that demands that students articulate issues, problems, nuances,
implications, etc. through elaborated communication.

Other:

Instructional Strategies/Methodologies:
What instructional strategies/methodologies did you employ in order to differentiate pace, breadth, depth, and/or
complexity for your honors students?
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Student Artifact:
(Attach student product and task instructions.)

What standards are connected to this task?

Describe the cognitive level of the student product submitted (Refer to Bloom’s or DOK level).

Which 2-3 honors framework components are exemplified in this task?

How does the student product exceed the expectations delineated in the traditional curriculum?

Percentage Points for Honors Courses

In accordance with TN’s Uniform Grading Policy 3.301 and SCS Policy 5005, I affirm that I am aware of the addition
of three (3) percentage points to each grade used to calculate the semester average for all honors students, which
includes the final quarter averages (6-12 honors/enriched classes) as well as the semester exam (where applicable).

Type or sign your name below.

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