Did You Know?
90% of K-12 superintendents agree student engagement is a very important measure of school effectiveness (over standardized testing)*
Experts agree student engagement is vital to the success of the educational process. With engagement at an all-time low across the nation, the need for real-time quantifiable data is imperative to better assess student participation inside and outside the classroom. With accurate data, schools can make informed decisions that fuel better outcomes within the school and community.
Passport For Good
The easiest way to identify, recognize and celebrate student engagement in the community.
For the first time ever educators are empowered with real-time meaningful data to provide better student outcomes!
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With Better Insight, Everyone Benefits
Passport for good provides the tools necessary to measure the impact student engagement has within the school and community. With better insight, everyone benefits.
How Districts and Schools Benefit
- Provides greater visibility into student engagement, thereby allowing intervention with disengaged students to happen more quickly.
- Drives better student outcomes by providing more diverse and inclusive opportunities for ALL students to contribute, learn, and find purpose.
- Allows resources to be better allocated into activities and programs that students actually enjoy.
- Streamlines the administrative tasks of recording service hours by eliminating the use of paper forms.
- Empowers districts and schools with the data needed to better qualify and meet the requirements for additional grants and funding.
How Students Benefit
- Students feel more recognized as often overlooked activities are finally given the chance to be recorded and celebrated by the school community.
- Creates opportunities for inclusion. Students have the ability to connect and pursue areas of interest with like-minded peers.
- Provides equitable opportunities. Students are celebrated for their unique accomplishments and successes.
- Captures “whole student” data illustrating students’ value to the community through extracurricular activities, employment skills, and civic readiness.
- Provides students with a verified nonacademic transcript, focusing on their strengths and contributions, to use for college applications, scholarships, and career pursuits.
How the Community Benefits
- Drives civic engagement within the community.
- Improves mental health and wellness.
- Provides equitable opportunities. Students are celebrated for their unique accomplishments and successes.
- Raises awareness and motivation to act on community needs.
- Creates an enthusiasm for volunteerism which leads to lifelong non-profit and community involvement.
Why Student Engagement Matters
Now more than ever, student engagement matters. As students embark on their post-pandemic school journey, engagement levels are at an all-time low. Educators have been almost entirely focused on health, safety, and keeping students connected through remote learning, and as a result, community service, extracurricular activities, and career development have become harder to administer. The impact? A disengaged student body.
What does a disengaged student look like?
- Low achievement
- Poor attendance
- Boredom
- Alienation
- Increased risk of dropping out
By not addressing the issues of student engagement, students are left feeling unmotivated and unrecognized. Educators feel less empowered and as a result, inequity prevails. Without change, the cycle continues.
Student Engagement Fuels Student Success
Traditionally, engagement has been measured by academic progress (i.e. grades, test scores, report cards, etc). While it’s important to measure the academic success of a student, focusing solely on academics misses the mark on the social & emotional impact of a student’s scholastic journey which is becoming an increasingly important metric of the whole child educational experience.
According to a 2018 Gallup Study, “Engaged students are 2.5 times more likely to say that they get excellent grades and do well in school, and they are 4.5 times more likely to be hopeful about the future than their actively disengaged peers.” Academic performance is directly impacted by student engagement both in and out of the classroom. Student engagement fuels a successful educational journey from the classroom and beyond.
One Platform. Infinite Impact
Now more than ever, student engagement matters. As students embark on their post-pandemic school journey, engagement levels are at an all-time low. Educators have been almost entirely focused on health, safety, and keeping students connected through remote learning, and as a result, community service, extracurricular activities, and career development have become harder to administer. The impact? A disengaged student body.
What an Engaged Student Looks Like:
- Self-motivated and goal-driven
- Curious and interested
- High attendance rates
- Positive academic performance
- Passionate about future college and career endeavors.
Are you Ready to Make a Change? Find Out How Your School Can Reap the Benefits of Student Engagement and Improve Student Outcome.
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People Are Saying
“Passport For Good has brought us out of the dark ages by providing students with a paperless way to capture their engagement. We are now measuring activity outside of the classroom that previously wasn’t measurable.”
Michael Klugman
Principal, Bethlehem Central School District
“Passport for Good is a game changer by giving students a positive way to document their service experience and to reflect on the impact they are making. Its use will promote the value of learning outside the classroom and will provide schools with data they have never had before so that they can make a greater impact on our communities.”
Kaweeda G. Adams
Superintendent of Schools, City School District of Albany
“Passport For Good took our digital portfolio idea and turned it into a new, student-friendly component called the P.A.S.S. Module (Projects Activities and Skills). This new feature allows students to capture and showcase their projects and activities in a digital portfolio while identifying critical skills being utilized each day.”
Michael Siebert
Haverling High School Principal
“Passport for Good is aligned with our mission to develop a student body of citizens who are part of a bigger community. It provides schools with easy monitoring of service requirements, and new data to show the value and impact of student services, and to better address community need.”
Jody Monroe
Superintendent of Schools, Bethlehem Central
“As an educator, I value how Passport for Good helps support the mission of my school district to inspire students to “…exhibit strength of character and contribute positively to a global society.” It has offered our students and their families a way to record contributions and participation in activities and community service in a way that celebrates achievements and motivates goal setting. Students remain engaged due to the transparency of these cumulative records. They gain a sense of pride as they see their service hours grow, representing their willingness to give back to their communities selflessly. As a parent, I can see how this platform can potentially offer families a clear mode of communication between home and school to encourage community involvement that fosters a child’s interests, school engagement, and well-being.”
Claudia Rudnet
Mineola High School Teacher / Oyster Bay PTSA Co-President
* Superintendents Say Engagement, Hope Best Measures of Success: Gallup.com | Gallup’s 2018 Survey of K-12 School District Superintendents