February Break Credit Recovery- Southbridge High School: Nurse

Overall vision for February Break Academy:

• Credit recovery classes will be offered for English, History, Math, Science, Spanish & ESL.
• FYI, there are two groups of students attending: Grade Recovery (students who failed a class with a grade between 51-59 in first semester) and Attendance Recovery (students who exceeded allowed absences in our attendance-for-credit policy)
• Grade Recovery students can boost their grades in up to 4 subjects.  They must attend all 4 days and take a test on the last day, and earn an overall grade of “Pass” from their instructor to obtain a 5 point bonus to their grade in a course for Semester
• Attendance Recovery students can excuse one full day of Absence per day they attend.  Credit Recovery students do not necessarily need to attend all 4 days - e.g. a student who only needs to excuse one period or one day of absence could attend a single day to move those absences to excused.

Other information:

• There will be a February Break Academy Coordinator who will review plans and expectations with all the teachers before February break, and who will be on-site every day to supervise the academy.
• There will also be a high school administrator on site daily for support.
• This will be the basic daily schedule:

9:00 - Staff report, prepare classrooms & materials to be ready to receive students.

9:15 - Student arrival.  Students can pick up breakfast from the cafeteria and eat it in the classroom.

9:30 - 10:15 - 1st Period*

10:20 - 11:05 - 2nd Period*

11:10 - 11:55 - 3rd Period*

12:00 - 12:45 - 4th Period*

12:45 - 1:15 - Lunch & dismissal - students transition to the cafeteria at the end of 4th period.    Students will have lunch & then dismiss from the cafeteria.

• Maintains comprehensive school health records.
• Collaborates with school administrators and personnel in promoting a healthful school
  environment.
• Develops an individualized health care plan for students with specific health needs and makes
  appropriate changes as needed. Coordinates this plan with other providers in the school system.
• Provides medically prescribed interventions, including medication administration.
• Provides routine nursing care and first-aid to students and staff.
• Establishes a process to identify students at risk for physical and psychosocial problems,
  communicates health needs to other school personnel, as appropriate; and establishes a referral
  system using both internal and community resources; collaborates with Guidance on health
  issues related to school attendance.
• Nurse will report to the School Principal and/or Director of SEL. 

• Must have a valid license to practice as a registered nurse in the state of Massachusetts
• (M.G.L. c. 71, s. 53).
• Hold a minimum of a baccalaureate degree in nursing from a college or university program innursing from a college or university program in nursing accredited by the National League for Nursing. (unless grand fathered by D.O.E.).
• Meet the requirements for licensure as developed by the Massachusetts Department of Education.
• Maintain certification in Cardiopulmonary resuscitation and AED training from a recognized provider (i.e. American Red Cross, American Heart) and obtain a certification in First Aid.
• RN/LPN and must hold a minimum of LPN certificate.