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Gain insights on implementing WV Graduation 20/20 framework to enhance student outcomes. Join sessions to discover strategies, set goals, and use data-driven decision-making tools for effective education. Engage with partners and access resources for student success.
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WV GRADUATION 20/20 Debbie Harless and Amber Stohr Office of Special Education Division of Teaching & Learning WV Capacity Building Institute 2019
Housekeeping • Overview of Agenda • Session evaluations • Logistics and locations • Professional conduct • Be kind, be curious, be courteous • Active participation and engagement • Computer speakers muted • Phones on silent or vibrate • Please step out of the room if you must take a call
Participant Objectives Participants will: • Understand the key fundamentals of WV GRADUATION 20/20. • Identify student/school needs to help decide what strategies and practices will be the best contextual fit rather than to prescribe a specific solution. • Discover the importance of all students graduating from high school with a world-class education, who are college- and career-ready. • Identify ways to improve the graduation rate annually with an ultimate goal of 90% of all students by the year 2020.
Participant Objectives continued • Increase knowledge/use of ZoomWV, ZoomWV-e, Schoology, and the WV Early Warning Information System to assist in data driven decision making. • Learn about WVDE and partner programs and resources to assist with implementing WV GRADUATION 20/20. • Gain practical experience by completing the Core Data Tool and the School Action Plan.
WV GRADUATION 20/20 Participating Counties SY 2019-2020 Hancock Hancock Brooke Ohio Marshall Monongalia Wetzel Morgan Pleas- Marion Berkeley Tyler ants Preston Mineral Jeff- Taylor erson Hampshire Dodd- Harrison ridge Wood Ritchie Grant Barbour Tucker Hardy Wirt Lewis Cal- Gilmer Jackson houn Upshur Randolph Mason Roane Braxton Pendleton Putnam Webster Clay Cabell Kanawha Nicholas Pocahontas Lincoln Wayne Boone Fayette Greenbrier Mingo Logan Raleigh Sum- Wyoming mers Monroe McDowell Mercer
The Participation Process • Schools will complete a memorandum of understanding (MOU), modeled on the WV School Improvement format. • Schools commit to following the process and procedures outlined in the WV GRADUATION 20/20 Implementation Manual.
WV GRADUATION 20/20 GOALS • Improve student literacy and numeracy achievement. • Increase number of students who graduate with a regular diploma. • Decrease number of students who drop out. • Increase attainment of better postsecondary outcomes.
Implementation Framework • Emphasize data driven decision making. • Implement research-based practices from National Dropout Prevention Center (NDPC) and the Collaboration for Effective Educator, Development, Accountability, and Reform (CEEDAR) Center (e.g., Dropout Prevention Intervention Framework, Transition, Check and Connect, PBIS, Mentoring). • Provide training, coaching, and resources to participating schools. • Analyze school data (attendance, graduation, dropout, course completion, discipline, etc.).
Implementation Framework (continued) • Identify target areas for intervention (school climate, attendance and truancy, behavior, academic content and instruction, family engagement, and student engagement, etc.). • Develop, implement, monitor, and evaluate School Action Plans. • Monitor and support at-risk students. • 107 Participating schools • 66 High Schools, 32 Middle Schools, 7 Elementary Schools in 37 counties (including 1 alternative high school and 1 alternative middle school).
School Leadership Team Members • School Team provides the leadership within the school for completing the project activities. • Suggested participants on the School Leadership Team: • Administrator • Point of Contact • Team Leader-School based person who attends all required meetings and trainings • Graduation Coach (if available) • Special Educator • Counselor, psychologist, social worker • County level Special Education staff (Special Ed. Director, coordinator, etc.) • Others as appropriate
School Leadership Team Members (cont.) • School Leadership Team requirements: • Utilize opportunities for professional learning • Monthly meetings to complete team activities • Follow-up opportunities and implementation meetings • Utilize school-wide data to identify and implement dropout prevention and transition strategies • Dedicated time for School Leadership Team Leader to convene meetings and complete project-related activities
Sign Up for Schoology Be sure to use an email that you check regularly • Go to http://www.schoology.com/ • Create an account • Select that you are registering as a teacher
Schoology Enrollment • Select Course at the Top of the Page • Go to My Courses on the Right-Hand Side of the Page • Select Join a Course on the Right-Hand Side of the Page • Enter the course code: HN6R-RVPC-WG7ZD
Schoology Course Homepage Top of Page – Select Courses and then Grad 2020 This will bring up the Grad 2020 Schoology Homepage • From there you can: • Submit your MOU, Monthly Logs, Action Plans, Core Data Tool • Submit Questions (Be mindful that all the course participants can see these) • View many useful resources
Other Useful Resources • Left hand side of the homepage From here you can: • View any updates for the course • View your gradebook to see what you have and have not submitted • Right hand side of the homepage From here you can: • See all upcoming assignment submission that are due
Submitting an Assignment • Open the corresponding folder From there you will: • Select the template and download it to your computer • Complete the form and ensure it is ready to be submitted for grading • Select the Assignment submission link you are planning to upload into • Upload/Attach the assignment to the link • Select “Submit Assignment”
ZoomWV, ZoomWV-e, and WV Early Warning Information System Brian Withrow and Susan Young Office of Data Analysis and Research Division of Support & Accountability WV Capacity Building Institute 2019
Focus Groups • 30 volunteers who have been part of WV GRADUATION 20/20 for at least one year • Structured Conversation • 4:00-4:30 • Share your point of view on WV GRADUATION 20/20 • Sign-up as you go to lunch
Digging into the Data • Work with your county and/or school colleagues to complete the Core Data Tool and School Action Plan Will dig data for bananas
Debbie Harless dlharless@k12.wv.us Amber Stohr astohr@k12.wv.us