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Building for Sustainability. A Collaborative Coaching Model for Dropout Prevention. Georgia Department of Education's State Personnel Development Grant (SPDG) helping Georgia’s students with disabilities stay in school and graduate .
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Building for Sustainability A Collaborative Coaching Model for Dropout Prevention Georgia Department of Education's State Personnel Development Grant (SPDG) helping Georgia’s students with disabilities stay in school and graduate
Georgia Department of Education's State Personnel Development Grant (SPDG) helping Georgia’s students with disabilities stay in school and graduate
Georgia has… • increased the Graduation Rate • Graduation Coaches at HS & MS • a GLRS network • a cadre of Parent Mentors for Special Ed • a SPDG…. GraduateFirst! Georgia’s Graduation Rate
GraduateFirstPartners National Dropout Prevention Center for SWD GA Department of Education GA Learning Resource Systems 5
NDPC-SD Dropout Prevention Intervention Framework 6 • Data analysis • Matching of needs to evidence-based strategies • Development of plans and support for strategy implementation • Monitoring of adult practices and student progress
GraduateFirst Belonging Relationships Self-Determination Family and Community Engagement Georgia Department of Education's State Personnel Development Grant (SPDG)
2009 • GA DOE recommendations to specific districts based on data for ARRA • Application Process • School’s Commitment includes a designated Team Leader • GraduateFirst Institute • Targeting Attendance, Behavior, Academics, Building Relationships • Vocabulary & Comprehension Strategies
School Responsibilities • Select a GraduateFIRST Team Leader (TL) who participates in monthly coach training • Designate a team • Team participates in all required trainings 5 days of training and 2 meetings per month • Develop & implement plan based on data probe analysis • TL collects & submits data • Redeliver voc/comp strategies to appropriate staff members
Guiding Questions • Data Sets? • Target Populations? • Local Policies? • Evidence-Based Practices? • Critical Checkpoints?
School Teams Understand the Research & Contextualize Analyze School Data Step 1 Step 2 Step 4 Step 3 Select Evidence-Based Strategies & Embed Family Engagement Implement Plan & Collect Data 11
Fall 2009 • Day 1 Research about Dropout Prevention • Day 2 Overview of Student Engagement Strategies • Day 3 Data Probe & Analysis • Day 4 Training based on target area selected • Day 5 Implementation Support Targeted Areas Academic, Behavior, Attendance, Building Relationships, Family Engagement
Collaboration Coaches Support Students to Prevent Dropout
Destination Graduation • One of Georgia’s Graduation / Dropout Prevention Projects supported by the State Personnel Development Grant (SPDG) • Coffee School System • Douglas, Georgia • 61.4% Graduation Rate for All Students in 2008 • 16.4% Graduation Rate for SWD in 2008
Dropout Rate Grades 9-12From Annual Report Card 2008-2009-First Year of Project 11.6 9.2 7.5 7.2 6.9 5.3 5.4 5.1
Destination Graduation • Areas Identified from Data Review and Addressed in Action Plans • Attendance • Achievement • Dropout
Attendance • District Pulse-Formative Assessment • Strategies/Activities • Incentives for attendance • Mentoring • Middle School-Fab 5 • Freshman Campus-SAIL Teacher • High School-Check and Connect • Groups at all schools-Family Connection Workers, Social Workers, Graduation Coaches • Public posting of attendance data • Pyramids of Intervention for Attendance at each school • Target Groups identified at each school
Achievement • Formative Assessment • AIMSWeb • Benchmarks from Online Assessment System (for instructional purposes, not collected for project) • Grades
AIMSweb Winter and Spring Benchmark Score Comparison • 6 teachers • 24 sections of sixth grade math • Students tested December 18th and April 18th • Results based on 3 months of instruction (January, February, March) • 18 of the 24 sections-more than 50% of students with matched scores showed improvement
Achievement Math-SWD • Strategies/Activities • Strategies for Making AYP in Math-Paul Riccomini • Summer Team Training • Shared Training Highlights • Two-day in system training from Riccomini • Progress Monitoring-Middle School • Strategy Implementation-All Schools • South Georgia College Tutors • Saturday School-Coffee Middle School • Pyramid of Interventions-Academic
Dropout • Formative Assessment • Number of Student dropping out at Coffee High School and Coffee Freshman Campus • Strategies/Activities • Mentoring • Groups at all schools-Family Connection Workers, Social Workers, Graduation Coaches • Pyramid of Intervention for Dropout • Training on Transition Planning for Students with Disabilities
2008-2009 Formative Dropout Data • First Semester Dropout Numbers • Freshman Campus 9 • Coffee High School 62
Intervention FrameworkWas it successful? • YES-With the following • Awareness Training Sessions on Dropout • Team Building • Coaching • System and School support of project • Celebration of Success
Role of the Collaboration Coach • Support the process-It Works!! • Keep teams focused on goals • Support formative and summative data collection • Provide fidelity checks • Build relationships with school teams and staff • Recognize success It Works!!!
Your Favorite Teacher • Get an image in your mind of your favorite teacher • Choose an adjective which best describes the one characteristic which makes him or her your favorite • Share this adjective with the person seated beside you
Psychological Engagement Associated with a wide-range of variables: • Problem behaviors and delinquency • Academic performance • Educational adjustment • Attendance • Accrual of credits • Level of educational attainment • Social competency • Persistence with school • Student perceptions of future opportunities open to them (Christenson et al., in press)
Data Collection • Student Interviews • SWD dropouts • At-risk high school SWD • At-risk middle school SWD • Parent/Family Interviews of SWD dropouts • Consultations with local school faculty • Special education administrators • General education administrators • Special education teachers • General education teachers • Local school student information system data • Georgia Department of Education website data
Data Utilization • Compiled the data • Analyzed and triangulated the data • Demographics • Assessment • Processes • Determined push/pull factors • Finalized targeted list of at-risk SWD • Identified research-based interventions for action plan
Action Plan Components • Academic Engagement • Behavioral Engagement • Cognitive Engagement • Psychological Engagement
Mentoring, Monitoring, and Advocating • Teachers as Advisors • Incentive program • Expectations 101 • Periodic team meetings • Professional learning • Weekly visits • Classroom visits • Consultations • Special education and general education administrators • Special education and general education teachers • Parents and other family members • Students • Ongoing data collection