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Early Decision Making Early Help & Early Warning Signs . Leisa Gallagher Director, Reaching & Teaching Struggling Learners Coordinator, Superintendent’s Dropout Challenge. 3 2 1 Grounding Activity. 3 things your building has done to add relevance to students’ educational plan - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Early Decision MakingEarly Help &Early Warning Signs
Leisa GallagherDirector, Reaching & Teaching Struggling LearnersCoordinator, Superintendent’s Dropout Challenge
+3 2 1 Grounding Activity
3 things your building has done to add relevance to students’ educational plan
2 non-academic data sources that your buildings use to help students stay on track
1 miracle story about a student who beat the odds and had a positive post-secondary outcome
+As a group, can you determine:
The 3rd , 8th, and 11th grade proficiency level for youth with IEPs in math? In literacy?
What is the state cohort dropout rate for all students? And the cohort rate for youth with IEPs?
+The previous metrics beg for a cluster of data that describes the whole child-Early Warning SignsAt the state level, how many days of instruction were lost to suspension/expulsion decisions?
At the local level, how do we operationalize behavior? Office Disciplinary Referrals (ODRs)
+These questions cluster into three areas, the ABCs, called the Early Warning Signs A-Attendance-measured differently at the elementary and secondary level
B-Behavior-measured in Office Disciplinary Referrals-ODRs
C-Course Proficiency-measured in grade points, failure, and curriculum benchmark scores
+The EWSs are as predictive and reliable for youth with IEPs as they are for their peers 10 days of absence in 30- 80% likelihood of failure to
dropout
2 days absence in September 65% likelihood to be chronically absent
1 fail in core course in first marking period in 9th grade-80% likelihood of failure not to graduate in 4 years
Retention due to behavior in middle school, risk of dropping out
GPA below 1.2 in first marking period of 9th grade, 80% risk of not graduating in 4 years
+Deepest risk of Dropping Out
Two grade levels below proficiency in 6th grade
Children with an emotional impairment
Children of color, living in generational poverty with an emotional impairment
+GPA, Course Fails, and Attendance Reveal….
Recent research available at National High School Center indicates:
With 90% accuracy we can predict a freshman will graduate in four years based on the early warning signs.
With 80% accuracy, we can predict which freshman will take more than 4 years or will dropout.
+Early Warning Signs of Dropout:
Attendance-80/85/90%, absent 10 days in first 30 days of school
Behavior-0-1/2/3 office disciplinary referrals (ODRs)
Course Proficiency- fail in core course in first marking period, 2 fails in two courses
+Within a cradle to career framework, focus on middle schools…. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/educ
ation/dropout-nation/middle-school-moment/
+Let’s look at the Early Warning Sign Tool for Middle and High SchoolCustomizable
Holds Interventions and Risks
Works for an individual, for a group, and for a grade level of students
Free for everyone
+IES Practice Guide Recommendations (within and Response to Intervention framework)
Use of Longitudinal Data
Support for Social and Emotional Skills
Use of Adult Advocate
Personalized Learning Environment and Instruction
Academic Supports and Enhancements
Rigor and Relevance (Career and College Readiness)
+As you watched the Frontline clip, list practices you noticed
1. Use of an adult advocate
2. Use of longitudinal data-attendance, behavior, course proficiency
3. Use of academic supports and enhancements
4. Use of social and emotional supports
5. Use of rigorous and relevant curriculum (career and college ready)
6. Use of personalized learning strategies
+Let’s look at the Early Warning Sign Tool for Middle and High SchoolCustomizable
Holds Interventions and Risks
Works for an individual, for a group, and for a grade level of students
Free for everyone
+Falling off track in 9th grade….
4 reasons youth drop out of school
1. Attraction to risk: drugs, criminal behavior & violence
2. Academic frustration
3. Bureaucratic organization of the school
4. Lifestyle reasons: teen pregnancy, employment to support the family
+The organizational design is an area within our sphere of influence:
Deep Leadership• Organizational
Design• 21st Century
Learners/Workforce Development
Deep Support-• Advising and
Guidance• Mentoring and
Coaching
Deep Experience• Curriculum• Technology
Deep Learning- • Student Voice• Assessment for
Learning• Learning to Learn
+NHSC recommended practices to support Youth with IEPs
Family Engagement
Community Engagement
Tiered Approaches
Tutoring as an academic support
+NHSC recommended practices to support Youth with IEPs
Advisories and team teaching
Small learning communities and personalization
Partnerships between high schools and feeder schools
9th grade transition programs
+NHSC recommended practices to support Youth with IEPs
Achievement in core courses
Career and college readiness
Content recovery courses
Support for students with IEPs outside of school
+Take a look the outcomes….
What observations do you have about exit data?
+Resources
IES Practice Guide: Dropout Prevention
http://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/pdf/practice_guides/dp_pg_090308.pdf
Middle School Early Warning Sign System
http://www.betterhighschools.org/EWS_middle.asp
High School Early Warning Sign System
http://www.betterhighschools.org/EWS_tool.asp
+Contact Information
Leisa Gallagher
Coordinator, Superintendent’s Dropout Challenge MDE
Director of Reaching and Teaching Struggling Learners, MDE-OSE
E-mail [email protected]
Work phone 517-908-3921
Cell phone preferred 616-446-6115