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Dropout Prevention More Than Just Academics

Dropout Prevention More Than Just Academics. One districts approach to teach to the Whole Child Academically & Emotionally. Midland ISD Rates. Midland ISD Rates. Midland ISD Rates. How we got there. Program Support. Campus Level Intervention (tutorials, Study Islands, etc..)

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Dropout Prevention More Than Just Academics

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  1. Dropout PreventionMore Than Just Academics One districts approach to teach to the Whole Child Academically & Emotionally.

  2. Midland ISD Rates

  3. Midland ISD Rates

  4. Midland ISD Rates

  5. How we got there

  6. Program Support • Campus Level Intervention (tutorials, Study Islands, etc..) • Mentor/Life Coach Program • Collegiate Coach – works with off-track students by cohort • Home Visits • Credit Recovery Program • A+ / Virtual courses • Night School 4:00pm-9:00pm Mon - Thurs • Academic Grad Plans • Conference & Maintained • Grades 6th-12th

  7. Student Data Driven Process • Monitor and Track student data • Student Data Tracking • 5th – 12th On-Track Status • Enrolled students • Combined cohorts • Cohort Status Tracking • Enrolled and withdrawn students • Report per cohort

  8. Outreach • Community Forums • Recovery Walk • Student Success Summit • Community Business/Agency Presentations • Relationship with the Court System • Parent Support Sessions • Campus Student Relationship

  9. Spreading AwarenessBut still not targeting the root…

  10. Grief & Student Stress

  11. 5th grade Surveyed

  12. A New Avenue The Whole Child: A New Direction in Education United Way Community Initiative Grant

  13. Collaborative Team • Midland Independent School District • Office of Accountability • Office of Dropout Prevention • Education Foundation • Rays of Hope, Children’s Grief Center • Communities in Schools of the Permian Basin • United Way of Midland

  14. Action Plan • Train ALL staff • Recognize indicators in regards to grief issues • Identify the needs of grieving students • Learn how to utilize appropriate coping tools. • Organize Grief Support meetings for students • Committed family assistance • Provide our shadowed students with a face they can rely on

  15. So the Hiding can

  16. Learn to Laugh Again Student Grief Sessions Meet twice a month during lunch No Lectures….Just Voice Time.

  17. Action Taken • Rays of Hope – A local Non-profit agency partnered with our district to help the discussion of grief become accepted. • Trained every campus. • Provided tools & resources • Training continues for new staff and refresher training for the counseling staff. • Provided added support during crisis situations • Provide added ways to incorporate the discussion of grief in the set curriculum • Campus Presentations to students – In the works.

  18. Action Taken • Communities In Schools • Continued support with Student Assistance • Work with the “Most” At=Risk • Organized Challenge Day at one High School Campus • Participate in Student Grief Group sessions • Introduced and Expanded XY Zone Program to the high schools

  19. Action Taken • Midland ISD • Flexible Scheduling • Collegiate Coach positions to assist counselors with the “Most” At-Risk students • Credit Recovery Program at no charge and available at night. • Available scheduling opportunities with outside agencies to provide training/support. • Introduced a new position – A Crisis Counselor

  20. Action Taken • Midland ISD • Dropout Prevention Fast Fwd Presentations • Be A Hero Be A Graduate 5thGrade • Discuss how an increasing number of students in schools across America are struggling to stay in school. • Share the understanding of the troublesome life lived by pre-teens today Few have a dream, surviving today is all Teen Parents Poverty Friends with the “Shoulda” attitude Gangs and Violence • Fulfilling their self fulfilling prophecies • Proving discouraging entities wrong • Making your family and YOURSELF PROUD • Recognizing they are in control of their future • Understanding how they handle their life today, can impact their future • Knowing they can always press Fast Forward in their mind to see what their future may be but can never rewind • Emphasis on the power of their VOICE and to use it when they need help

  21. Action Taken • Midland ISD • Dropout Prevention Fast Fwd Presentations • Learn to Laugh Again 6thGrade • Discuss how students struggle to focus in school due to the emotional baggage they do not know how to manage. • Share the understanding of Cultural challenges Ancestry beliefs Being brushed aside Drama Queen & King labels • Understanding that they are not alone with the issues they are dealing with • Knowing when they need help to reach out to a TRUSTING adult • Recognizing the power of their VOICE not only to help themselves but others • Emphasis on the "bystander" witnessing bullying - to stand up and get help when they see someone in trouble

  22. Action Taken • Midland ISD • Learn to Laugh Again Student Grief Groups • Twice month during lunch • Time for Adult and Peer support • Counselors, Collegiate Coaches, CIS, Dropout Prevention Coordinator and Youth pastors involved • Not a set curriculum, just a time to be heard • Follow-up with parents • Referrals to medical professionals as needed • Emphasizing the point that they are never alone. • Proving Caring individuals exist, they just need to find the one that fits best for them.

  23. Fast Fwd Presentations Teacher Survey

  24. Learn to Laugh Again Grief Groups Student Survey • 100% of the students liked the group • Students expressed the following • They had a place to be heard • They could express themselves better • They could speak without people passing judgment • They felt discussions were relatable • They could express emotions freely • They were taken seriously • They felt important

  25. Emotional Impact Cons • Though we know a students emotions impact their everyday, it is hard to reflect with certainty in data such as: • Test scores • Attendance • Discipline • Credit Attainment • Dropout Status • Etc…

  26. Emotional Impact Pros • We can see change in the individual student which then reflects in their everyday life such as: • Healing scars • Speaking / Making Friends • Walking with their head up • Pulling hair away from eyes • Reaching out more • Less confrontational • Staying Alive

  27. We still look at the data knowing their Individual Emotional Growth has played a huge part in their Academics.

  28. Class 2018 Data

  29. Class 2018 Data

  30. Class 2018 Data

  31. Midland Independent School DistrictMidland Texas Deborah A. Acosta Dropout Prevention / Recovery & At-Risk Coordinator daacosta@midlandisd.net 432-689-1980

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