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Non-Academic Barriers to School Success

Non-Academic Barriers to School Success. Capital Region ESD 113 Student Support Team January 22, 2014. Overview. Why schools should care about non-academic barriers Table Discussions Systems of Care Framework Partnerships Table Discussions.

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Non-Academic Barriers to School Success

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  1. Non-Academic Barriers to School Success Capital Region ESD 113 Student Support Team January 22, 2014

  2. Overview • Why schools should care about non-academic barriers • Table Discussions • Systems of Care Framework • Partnerships • Table Discussions My Partner For Learning Solutions

  3. Why Schools Should Care About Non-Academic Barriers Homelessness • Because non-academic barriers are highly correlated to academic failure. Cutuli, J., Et. Al, (2012) Academic Achievement Trajectories of Homeless and Highly Mobile Students My Partner For Learning Solutions

  4. Why Schools Should Care About Non-Academic Barriers Chemical Dependency Bachman, J., O’Malley, P.., (2007) The Education-Drug Use Connection My Partner For Learning Solutions

  5. Why Schools Should Care About Non-Academic Barriers Malnutrition Aubery, (2012), The detrimental effect of malnutrition on school achievement My Partner For Learning Solutions

  6. Why Schools Should Care About Non-Academic Barriers Health Risk Behaviors Dilley, J., (2007) School-based Health Interventions and Academic Achievement My Partner For Learning Solutions

  7. Why Schools Should Care About Non-Academic Barriers Dilley, J., (2007) School-based Health Interventions and Academic Achievement My Partner For Learning Solutions

  8. Why Schools Should Care About Non-Academic Barriers Children dealing with adverse childhood experiences ■are two-and-one-half times more likely to fail a grade; ■ score lower on standardized achievement test scores; ■ have more receptive or expressive language difficulties; ■ are suspended or expelled more often; and, ■ are designated to special education more frequently My Partner For Learning Solutions

  9. Why Schools Should Care About Non-Academic Barriers My Partner For Learning Solutions

  10. Have we forgotten about… My Partner For Learning Solutions

  11. Table Discussions • http://tinyurl.com/ky49opp • What non-academic issues have the greatest impact in your school community? • What resources are you currently accessing to help mitigate these issues? My Partner For Learning Solutions

  12. Proposed System of Care • Resources, strategies, and practices that: • provide academic, physical, social, emotional, and intellectual supports, which - • enable all pupils to have an equal opportunity for success at school, by - • directly addressing barriers to learning and teaching, and • re-engaging disconnected students. My Partner For Learning Solutions

  13. Proposed System of Care No barriers Instructional Component Classroom Teaching + Enrichment Activity I = Motivationally ready and able Desired Outcomes (High Expectations & Accountability) II = Not very motivated/ Lacking prerequisite skills/different rates & styles/ minor vulnerabilities III = Avoidant/ very deficient in capabilities Barriers To Learning, Development, Teaching My Partner For Learning Solutions

  14. Proposed System of Care Marginalized and fragmented in policy and practice My Partner For Learning Solutions

  15. Proposed System of Care My Partner For Learning Solutions

  16. Proposed System of Care My Partner For Learning Solutions

  17. Proposed System of Care System of Prevention - All Students Promoting learning & Healthy Development plus Prevention of Problems as necessary System of Early Intervention - Some Students Intervening as early after onset of problems as is feasible as necessary as necessary System of Care - Few Students Specialized assistance for those with severe, pervasive, or chronic problems My Partner For Learning Solutions

  18. Proposed System of Care My Partner For Learning Solutions

  19. Proposed Systems of Care Framework My Partner For Learning Solutions

  20. Community-Based Resources DSHS Children’s Admin. Housing & Food Asst. PublicHealth Tribal Nations Faith- Based Juvenile Justice Wrap-Around Services Linked to All Schools From the Cradle High School Diploma & Beyond High School Pre -K Primary Intermediate MS/JHS ESD-Provided Supports ESD Student Support Case Managers in All Districts Readi- ness to Learn Youth Work- force Behav- ioral Health Bldg. Bridges Title 1D Head Start Nurse Corps Extended Day/Yr.

  21. Thurston Thrives • Overview: New and more focused partnerships must be created between schools and their communities … • … to build youth resilience & help them overcome barriers through an expanded system of learning supports, • …and to build youth engagement through additional opportunities for active & relevant learning in multiple pathways. My Partner For Learning Solutions

  22. Example State Agency Partner • Tina Burrell • Recovery Youth Services Program Director • Division of Behavioral Health & Recovery (DSHS) My Partner For Learning Solutions

  23. Example County Agency Partner • Don Sloma • Executive Director • Thurston County Public Health & Social Services My Partner For Learning Solutions

  24. Education & Health – A Two-Way Street “You cannot educate an unhealthy child and you cannot keep an uneducated child healthy.” - Dr. M. Jocelyn Elders, MD, Former US Surgeon General My Partner For Learning Solutions

  25. From Education: It Matters More to Health Than Ever Before, Center on Society and Health, Virginia Commonwealth University, 2014.

  26. From Education: It Matters More to Health Than Ever Before, Center on Society and Health, Virginia Commonwealth University, 2014.

  27. Statewide Changes in Drug Use Total treatment admission trends ages 18-29 First time in treatment, heroin primary drug

  28. 82% of Thurston Treatment is State Funded ASA= Alcohol and substance abuse funding GF-S= General fund, state VRDE= Violence Reduction and Drug Enforcement Account PSEA= Public Safety and Education Account

  29. What does this mean for Thurston Treatment? • Alternatives Youth Program—Closed • Behavioral Health Resources • Co-Occurring Adult & Youth Services—Closed • Providence St. Peter CDC • Shelton—Closed • Belfair—Closed • Centralia—Closed • Capital Region ESD 113 True North • Mason—Open • Thurston—Open Source: SCOPE-WA, Thurston County Public Health & Social Services Chemical Dependency Program

  30. A few ways we are working to address the entire pyramid: -Treatment Infrastructure (Reimbursement Rates, Detox, Methadone, Inpatient) Thurston County Intensive Case Management Thurston Thrives Action Teams on Clinical Care & Behavioral Health, and Housing Thurston County Home Consortium Thurston Thrives Action Teams on Child Development/Resilience Thurston Thrives Action Teams on Economic Development and Education Pacific Mountain Workforce Development Council

  31. Example State Agency Partner • David Schaffert • President/CEO • Thurston Chamber of Commerce My Partner For Learning Solutions

  32. Table Discussion • http://tinyurl.com/ky49opp • In order to foster & sustain community partnerships to address barriers to student success, what supports (from the ESD and from others) would be helpful? My Partner For Learning Solutions

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