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Georgia’s SPDG helping students with disabilities stay in school and graduate

Georgia’s SPDG helping students with disabilities stay in school and graduate. GraduateFIRST Goals helping Georgia’s students with disabilities stay in school and graduate. Increase graduation rate for students with disabilities who receive a general education diploma

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Georgia’s SPDG helping students with disabilities stay in school and graduate

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  1. Georgia’s SPDG helping students with disabilities stay in school and graduate

  2. GraduateFIRST Goalshelping Georgia’s students with disabilities stay in school and graduate • Increase graduation rate for students with disabilities who receive a general education diploma • Decrease the dropout rate for students with disabilities

  3. Today 145 schools across Georgia… are participating in GraduateFIRST and over 4000 targeted students are being monitored.

  4. Scaling Up GraduateFIRST 200 participants attended the 2011 GraduateFIRST Institute

  5. Provide Levels of Support • State Design Team • Regional Support Network (GLRS) • Collaboration Coaches • Team Leaders • Administrators • School Teams • Engaged Families & Students

  6. Provide Levels of Support • State Design Team • Regional Support Network (GLRS) • Collaboration Coaches • Team Leaders • Administrators • School Teams • Engaged Families & Students

  7. Regional Collaboration Coaches Work with School-Based Team Leaders to help students with disabilities and their families navigate the maze of resources available ensuring access to the resources and support at the school and in the community

  8. Align State and Local Resources • Strong Leaders • Committed Schools • Graduation Coaches • GLRS Network • Collaboration Coaches • Parent Mentors • SPDG Funding

  9. ABC

  10. GraduateFIRST Georgia Department of Education's State Personnel Development Grant (SPDG) Belonging Relationships Self-Determination Family and Community Engagement

  11. Focus on Student Engagement • Academic Engagement • Behavioral Engagement • Cognitive Engagement • Affective Engagement • Family & Community Engagement

  12. How do schools impact student engagement?

  13. Academic Engagement • Most visible in classroom • Credits earned • Homework completion • Time on task • Frequently tracked by school personnel • Understand the classroom expectations • Get to know the personnel involved • Utilize the supports available (i.e., tutoring, homework help) Indicators Examples of strategies National Dropout Prevention Center for Students with Disabilities 2008

  14. GraduateFIRST Georgia Department of Education's State Personnel Development Grant (SPDG) Belonging Relationships Self-Determination Family and Community Engagement

  15. Gainesville High-Graduation Rates

  16. Gainesville High • Working student by student • Needed school-wide initiatives that are proactive • Aligned school efforts • Provided a direct reading support • Encore, ICU, CCU • Student Interviews • Counseling • Developed relationships with students • Positive Behavior Interventions & Support

  17. Behavioral Engagement • Attendance • Classroom participation • Extracurricular participation • Discipline Referrals • Physical & emotional well being • High risk behaviors • Positive behavior supports • Opportunities to interact with competent & caring adults • Develop individualized interest & strengths • Developing specific skills (i.e, problem solving) • Behavior contracts, rewards Indicators Examples of strategies National Dropout Prevention Center for Students with Disabilities 2008

  18. Banks County –Graduation Rate

  19. Banks County High • Developed teams • “Cinderella Project” • No new funds • Developed a sense of belonging • Developed a club for students at-risk

  20. Banks County Middle-Attendance

  21. Banks County Middle/Attendance Parent Involvement Local Community helped provide incentives End of the Year Celebration Attendance Contracts Home Visits Daily/weekly Contact Every absence triggered a response

  22. Affective Engagement • Emotionally involved • School bonding • Identification with school • Sense of belonging • School connectedness • School social support • Mentoring • Caring and supportive environment • Collaboration with peers • Increase participation in extracurricular activities • Match personal interests and goals Indicators Examples of strategies National Dropout Prevention Center for Students with Disabilities 2008

  23. Manchester High -Graduation

  24. Manchester High • Interviewed students • Created a sense of belonging at Manchester High • Family and Community Relationships • Developed relationships with students

  25. Stephens County High-Graduation Rate

  26. Cognitive Engagement • Relevance of school work to future aspirations • Strategy use • Learning & personal goals • Perceived ability • Self-regulation • Guidance in setting personal goals in courses • Monitoring progress • Focus on necessary steps to reach goals • Enhance personal belief in self through repeated contacts, goal setting, problem solving, and relationships Indicators Examples of strategies National Dropout Prevention Center for Students with Disabilities 2008

  27. Four Areas Integral to Engaging Students as Learners • Reliance on Extrinsic Reinforcement in Schools • Intrinsic motivation • Personal investment • Learning Success • Effort & persisting in the face of challenge • Self regulation toward a goal • Challenging oneself Sandra Christenson Check and Connect

  28. Teacher-Student Relationships • Academic press • Support to learn • Growth mindset –student conception of ability • I get smarter by working harder. • Effort is more important than natural ability for doing well in school. • I believe the brain is like a muscle that can be strengthened and developed with practice.

  29. Attend Engage Invest • Coming to class on time • Attending classes regularly • Working hard in class • Completing assignments • Getting passing grades Sandra Christenson Check and Connect

  30. We make a difference!

  31. GA’s Graduation Rate for Students with Disabilities

  32. Data Support the Process

  33. Data Support the Process

  34. Tools and Resources

  35. Fidelity of Implementation • Resources for evidence-based strategies • Video clips • Implementation Manual • Data Probe • Step-by-Step Process

  36. Assessment Tool Charting

  37. Video Training Series

  38. Bringing it together • Align resources • Working with partners • School Improvement • College & Career Ready Performance Index • International Center on Educational Leadership • Provide coaching • Develop based on contextual fit • Planet Literacy Course • Influencer Training • Tools & Resources • GA Success & Model sites GA Initiatives GraduateFIRST

  39. Attending to the seeds of dropout

  40. www.graduatefirst.org Laura Brown lbrown@pioneerresa.org Faith Huff fhuff@pioneerresa.org

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