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Developing School-Community Partnerships in Dropout Prevention and Increasing Graduation Rates. Brought to you by the The Wyoming State Board of Education The Wyoming Department of Education. Welcome Safety Check Cell phones… Breaks…as needed and lunch Personal Needs… Participation…
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Developing School-Community Partnerships in Dropout Prevention and Increasing Graduation Rates • Brought to you by the • The Wyoming State Board of Education • The Wyoming Department of Education
Welcome • Safety Check • Cell phones… • Breaks…as needed and lunch • Personal Needs… • Participation… • Restrooms… • Questions…
Today’s Topics • Information detailing the significance of the dropout rate at this time • Statistics describing the social, financial, and individual impacts of the state’s dropout rate • Descriptors of current Wy dropouts with disaggregated data • Developing school-community partnerships • Suggestions on using media to enhance your partnership • An understanding of how to access the Toolkit as a resource Takeaways… • The beginning of a strategic plan to design and create your initial steering committee • Some experience in using the on-line resources • Available agencies and state resources that can help
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From The Silent Epidemic… • The Silent Epidemic: Perspectives of High School Dropouts • A report by Civic Enterprises in association with Peter D. Hart Research Associates for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Marcy 2006
The Silent Epidemic: Perspectives of High School Dropouts • A report by Civic Enterprises in association with Peter D. Hart Research Associates for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Marcy 2006
The Silent Epidemic: Perspectives of High School Dropouts • A report by Civic Enterprises in association with Peter D. Hart Research Associates for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Marcy 2006
The Silent Epidemic: Perspectives of High School Dropouts • A report by Civic Enterprises in association with Peter D. Hart Research Associates for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Marcy 2006
Identifying Potential Dropouts: Key Lessons for Building an Early Warning Data System A Dual Agenda of High Standards and High Graduation Rates A white paper prepared for Staying the Course: High Standards and Improved Graduation Rates, a joint project of Achieve and Jobs for the Future, funded by Carnegie Corp. of New York June 2006
Identifying Potential Dropouts: Key Lessons for Building an Early Warning Data System A Dual Agenda of High Standards and High Graduation Rates A white paper prepared for Staying the Course: High Standards and Improved Graduation Rates, a joint project of Achieve and Jobs for the Future, funded by Carnegie Corp. of New York June 2006
1,155 2011 data gathered by Children’s Defense 25 E Street, NW Washington, DC 20001 (202)628‐8787 1(800)233‐1200 www.childrensdefense.org
Why should the community get involved in dropout prevention? National Dropout Prevention Center Clemsen University Dr. Jay Smink and Dr. William Schargel http://www.dropoutprevention.org/
Why should the community get involved in dropout prevention? National Dropout Prevention Center Clemsen University Dr. Jay Smink and Dr. William Schargel http://www.dropoutprevention.org/
Project Graduation Steps to Creating a School-Community Partnership to Address Dropout Prevention and to Increase Graduation Rates
Project Graduation Steps to Creating a School-Community Partnership to Address Dropout Prevention and to Increase Graduation Rates
Project Graduation Steps to Creating a School-Community Partnership to Address Dropout Prevention and to Increase Graduation Rates
Project Graduation Steps to Creating a School-Community Partnership to Address Dropout Prevention and to Increase Graduation Rates
Project Graduation Steps to Creating a School-Community Partnership to Address Dropout Prevention and to Increase Graduation Rates Let’s walk through a planning guide that is available through America’s Promise Alliance. Link to their site is on • www.wyomingdropoutprevention.org • An example is in your folder, “Louisiana’s Action Planning Worksheet” • (You can download a blank one from the website for your work when you assemble your organizing committee)
Project Graduation Steps to Creating a School-Community Partnership to Address Dropout Prevention and to Increase Graduation Rates • Ernie Over, Wyoming, Inc. • How to use the media to enhance your school-community partnership efforts
We know that… Communities that work together start with a shared responsibility for doing something about it. Teachers and educational officials can deal with this more effectively if the schools and the community work in tandem.
“It’s our problem and it deserves to be a priority concern.” Communities that work together have a shared awareness of the seriousness of this issue, a conviction that it is their problem, and that it is a serious matter both for individuals who drop out and for the community as a whole. LEARNING TO FINISH: The School Dropout Crisis www.learningtofinish.org