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Setting the Pace to Graduate

Setting the Pace to Graduate. Parent Mentor Partnership September 2013. Learning Targets. I can identify vital behaviors related to improving graduation rates and decreasing dropout rates. I can support the efforts of school teams to improve graduation rates and decrease dropout rates.

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Setting the Pace to Graduate

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  1. Setting the Pace to Graduate Parent Mentor Partnership September 2013

  2. Learning Targets • I can identify vital behaviors related to improving graduation rates and decreasing dropout rates. • I can support the efforts of school teams to improve graduation rates and decrease dropout rates.

  3. GraduateFIRST is a nationally recognized initiative that utilizes a data-driven intervention framework to successfully address barriers to graduation for students with disabilities.

  4. GraduateFIRST Partners • Funded by GA’s State Personnel Development Grant (SPDG) • Grant from Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP)

  5. GraduateFIRST Partners • National Dropout Prevention Center for Students with Disabilities (NDPC-SD) • GaDOE Division of Special Education Services and Supports • GaDOE School Improvement • Georgia Learning Resources System (GLRS)

  6. Today 90 schools across Georgia… are participating in GraduateFIRST.

  7. GraduateFIRST Organizational Structure • GaDOE Design Team • GraduateFIRST staff • Regional Collaboration Coaches • School Teams • School-based GraduateFIRST Team Leaders

  8. GraduateFIRST Organizational Structure • GaDOE Design Team • GraduateFIRST staff • Regional Collaboration Coaches • School Teams • School-based GraduateFIRST Team Leaders

  9. GraduateFIRSTCommon Core Components

  10. GraduateFIRST Common Core Components 1. Establish an effective School Team and identify the Team Leader responsible for the implementation of the School Action Plan

  11. GraduateFIRST Common Core Components 2. Collect and analyze data 3. Use data prioritize areas of need and to select and monitor a target students 4. Use data to develop School Action Plans

  12. GraduateFIRST Common Core Components 5. Implement and monitor School Action Plan with fidelity 6. Evaluate the effectiveness of School Action Plans

  13. Collaboration Coaches • Trained by the NDPC-SD • Focus on helping schools achieve positive student outcomes especially for a target group of students • Use a blended model of coaching including onsite coaching

  14. GraduateFIRST ABCs Belonging Relationships Self-Determination Family and Community Engagement

  15. GraduateFIRST ABCs • Focus on Attendance, Behavior, and Course Performance • Helping students develop a sense of belonging, develop caring relationships, and self-determination • All of these dimensions are underpinned by strong family and community engagement

  16. GraduateFIRST & Student Engagement The GraduateFIRST model is based upon the NDPC-SD framework and the multi-dimensional construct of student engagement. Fostering student engagement relies not only on the ABCs, but also a focus on the dimensions of affective, cognitive, and family engagement.

  17. Focus on Student Engagement • Affective Engagement • Academic Engagement • Behavioral Engagement • Cognitive Engagement • Family & Community Engagement Sandra Christenson Check and Connect

  18. Focus on Student Engagement • Affective Engagement • Academic Engagement • Behavioral Engagement • Cognitive Engagement • Family & Community Engagement Sandra Christenson Check and Connect

  19. Student Engagement • Affective Engagement • Developing caring relationships with adults • Sense of School connectedness • School bonding • Mentoring Sandra Christenson Check and Connect

  20. Focus on Student Engagement • Affective Engagement • Academic Engagement • Behavioral Engagement • Cognitive Engagement • Family & Community Engagement Attendance Sandra Christenson Check and Connect

  21. Student Engagement • Cognitive Engagement • Students ‘ investment in the learning • Setting learning goals • Self-efficacy • Self-determination • Motivation Sandra Christenson Check and Connect

  22. Focus on Student Engagement • Affective Engagement • Academic Engagement • Behavioral Engagement • Cognitive Engagement • Family & Community Engagement Sandra Christenson Check and Connect

  23. Vital Behaviors to Improve Graduation Rates • Using the form provided, please select the areas of the GraduateFIRST model that these vital behaviors support. • Identify all of the areas that apply.

  24. GraduateFIRST ABCs Belonging Relationships Self-Determination Family and Community Engagement

  25. Best Performance Outcomes For best performance outcomes, address all engagement areas for your target group of students.

  26. Attend Engage Invest Sandra Christenson Check and Connect

  27. GraduateFIRST Fundamentals Modules

  28. www.graduatefirst fundamentals.org

  29. Fundamentals • Start with the GraduateFIRST Overview • Module 1: Implementing GraduateFIRST • Module 2: Supporting Student Engagement Data Day • Module 3: Academic Engagement • Module 4: Behavioral Engagement • Module 5 Cognitive Engagement • Module 6: Family & Community Engagement

  30. Georgia Department of Education's State PersonnelDevelopment Grant (SPDG) GraduateFIRST Assessment Tool Mind

  31. GraduateFIRST Assessment Tool Charting

  32. Importance of Tracking the Data • Choose a reasonable number of students (10-12 students with disabilities) • Contact families with the information on ABCs • Review student survey results to check for a sense of school connectedness, developing of caring relationships with adults, and cognitive engagement • Follow-up with families monthly or by grading periods

  33. Steps for Getting Started • Discuss with your Special Education Director • Contact the school’s GraduateFIRST Team Leader or principal • Discuss how you can support the school’s efforts to increase graduation rates and decrease dropout rates.

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