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This training was developed by the Project 10: Transition Education Network, a special project funded by the Florida Department of Education, Division of Public Schools, Bureau of Exceptional Education and Student Services, through federal assistance under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), Part B.

Dropout Prevention for Students with Disabilities,

Part 2: Strategies for Improvement

2014

You can find a copy of this presentation at the Project 10 Transition Education Network’s website, www.project10.info

Going Green!

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Section 1: Graduation Success and Dropout Prevention Tools

Section 2: Check & Connect, State Professional Development Grant (SPDG)

Section 3: Florida’s Effective Practices

Topics

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Graduation Success and Dropout Prevention Tools

Section 1:

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Attendance Works

BoostAttendance Campaign

Early Warning System (EWS)

Everyone Graduates Center

GradNation Community Guidebook

Graduation Success and Dropout Prevention Tools

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Attendance Works

Attendance Works provides key strategies, tools and technical assistance, research, news, and webinars designed to improve attendance and reduce chronic absence• http://www.attendancew

orks.org/

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1. Calculating Chronic Absences

2. Attendance Messaging

3. Superintendents Call to Action

4. Campaign for Grade-Level Reading

Attendance Works Tools

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5. Attendance Presentations

6. Working with Parents – Bringing Attendance Home Toolkit

7. Working with Teens and Their Families

8. Schools

Attendance Works Tools, continued...

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9. Afterschool Providers

10. Early Education Providers

11. Healthcare Providers

12. School Districts

13. Leveraging Volunteers and National Service

Attendance Works Tools, continued…

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14. City Leaders

15. Workshops and Keynotes

16. Peer Learning Network

17. Technical Assistance

Attendance Works Tools, Conclusion

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BoostAttendance Campaign

BoostAttendance provides a calculator, tips for success, a Text2Track program for parents, and campaign materials – ALL FREE – designed to improve attendance

Visit www.boostup.orgfor more information

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“The reality is an absence is an absence, excused or not, and that child is not in that classroom benefiting from the instruction

on that day. We have to work in our community, with our schools and our

families to build a culture of attendance."

Ralph Smith, Executive Vice President,Annie E. Casey Foundation

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National High School Center

• EWS High School Tool

• EWS Middle Grades Tool

• EWS Implementation Guides

• EWS Community of Practice

• Self-Assessment Tool

http://www.betterhighschools.org/ews.asp

Early Warning System (EWS)

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Early Warning Systems, page 1

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Early Warning Systems, page 2

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District and School Self-Assessment Tool

The National High School Center’s self-assessment provides district and school personnel a tool to evaluate and develop areas of focus for improving district practices• http://www.betterhighschoo

ls.org/AssessmentTool/documents/EightElementsSelfAssessmentTool.pdf

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Self-Assessment: Areas of High School Improvement

1. Rigorous Curriculum and Instruction 2. Teacher Effectiveness and Professional Growth 3. Stakeholder Engagement 4. Organization and Structure 5. Assessment and Accountability 6. Student and Family Involvement 7. Effective Leadership 8. Sustainability

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Learning What It Takes ReportEveryone Graduates Center

Learning What it Takes ReportAn initial look at how schools are using early warning indicator data and collaborative response teams to keep all students on track to success

• http://new.every1graduates.org/learning-what-it-takes/

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Building Early Warning Systems to Identify Students with Disabilities at Risk for Dropping out of High School and Monitoring their Response to Intervention

http://www.ndpc-sd.org/dissemination/teleseminars.html

EWS, National Dropout Prevention Center – Students with Disabilities

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Grad Nation Community Guidebook

The Grad Nation Community Guidebook provides resources and tools to help community and schools raise graduation rates and better prepare young people for success

http://guidebook.americaspromise.org/

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Tool 1: What’s at Stake

Tool 2: 2013 Building a Grad Nation Annual Report Presentation

Tool 3: State and Community Profile

Tool 4: Graduation Rate Methods

Tool 5: Estimating Graduation Rates in Your Community

Tool 6: Dropout Profiles Related to Attendance, Credits, Credit Accumulation, Age, Withdrawal

Grad Nation Community Guidebook Tools

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Tool 7: Individual High School Dropout Transcript Analysis

Tool 8: School Performance Trends for Dropouts and/or Withdrawals with Unknown Destinations

Tool 9: Attendance Survey

Tool 10: Surveys About Students’ Classroom and School Experiences

Tool 11: Policy Audit

Grad Nation Community Guidebook Tools

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Tool 12: College and Career Ready

Tool 13: Comprehensive Community Solutions

Tool 14: Asset Mapping for Individuals and Organizations

Tool 15: Key Data for an “Early Warning System”

Tool 16: Community Representatives Chart

Grad Nation Community Guidebook Tools

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Florida’s Check & ConnectState Professional Development

Grant (SPDG)

Section 2:

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Florida’s Check & Connect

Check & Connect is a model of sustained intervention for promoting students’ engagement at school and with learning

Implemented by a trained mentor• Checks on students

• Connects with students

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Demonstrated outcomes of Check & Connect include:

Increased attendance, persistence in school, accrual of credits and school completion rates

Decreased truancy, tardiness, behavioral referrals and dropout rates

Check & Connect Outcomes

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Check & Connect Core Elements

1. Mentor

2. Check

3. Connect

4. Engaging with family

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Florida Check & Connect, 2013-14

Levy• Williston High, Williston

Middle

Hendry• Labelle Middle, Labelle

High, Clewiston Middle, Clewiston High

Polk• Tenoroc High, Crystal Lake

Middle

Pinellas• Northeast High, Dixie

Hollins High, Meadowlawn Middle, Pinellas Park Middle

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Charlotte• Punta Gorda Middle, Port

Charlotte Middle, Murdock Middle, Port Charlotte High, Charlotte High

Dade• Norland Middle, Riveria Middle,

Norland High, Southwest High

DeSoto• DeSoto Middle, DeSoto High

Gadsden• West Gadsden High, East

Gadsden High, James Quincy Middle, Carter ParamoreAcademy

Florida Check & Connect, 2014-15

Hillsborough• Pierce Middle, Sligh

Middle, Leto High, Middleton High

Jefferson• Jefferson Middle/High

Okeechobee• Okeechobee High,

Okeechobee Freshman Campus

Taylor• Taylor Middle, Taylor High,

Taylor Alternative School

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Check & Connect flyer• http://checkandconnect.umn.edu/docs/CheckandConnectFl

yer.pdf Introductory video

• http://checkandconnect.umn.edu/model/overview_register.html

Effective Dropout Preventions in A Practice Brief for Educators• http://www.ndpc-

sd.org/documents/Practice_Guides/CBI_Practice_Brief.pdf

Check & Connect Resources

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Lael Engstrom, Check & Connect Project Manager, at University of South Florida St. Petersburg (USFSP), Project 10 Office lengstrom@mail.usf.edu

Peg Sullivan, Co-Director SPDG, at Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) msulliva@fgcu.edu

Florida’s Check & Connect Contacts

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Florida’s Effective Practices

Section 3:

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Florida’s Effective Practices corresponding with:• IDEA Transition Indicators

• National Dropout Prevention Center/Network (NDPC/N) Strategies

• Institute of Educational Sciences (IES) Recommendations

Florida’s Effective Practices

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IDEA Transition Indicators

The four transition indicators are: Graduation Rate (Indicator 1)

Dropout Rate (Indicator 2)

Secondary Transition IEPs (Indicator 13)

Postschool Outcomes (Indicator 14)

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National Dropout Prevention Center/Network Strategies

The 15 NDPC/N dropout prevention strategies are:1. Systemic renewal2. School-community

collaboration3. Safe learning environments4. Family engagement5. Early childhood education6. Early literacy development7. Mentoring/tutoring

8. Service-learning

9. Alternative schooling

10. After-school opportunities

11. Professional development

12. Active learning

13. Educational technology

14. Individualized instruction

15. Career/Technical Ed

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Institute of Educational Sciences (IES) Recommendations

The six IES dropout prevention recommendations are:

1. Utilize data systems

2. Assign adult advocates

3. Provide academic support and enrichment

4. Implement behavior and social skills programs

5. Personalize learning environment and instruction

6. Provide rigorous and relevant instruction

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Both in FL and Nationally, our students with disabilities are:

Comparable on types of risk factors, reasons for dropping out, & responsiveness to evidence-based practices

NOT comparable on graduation or dropout rates !

More work to be done …

Evidence-based resources available!

Summary

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Questions or Comments?

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Presenter Contact Information

(RTR Name)

Project 10: Transition Education Network

Region ( ) Transition Representative

Email:

Office:

Updated October 2014

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