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Keeping Every Student on the Path to High School Graduation, College Readiness and Adult
Success
Investing in Innovation (i3) winner
Diplomas Now
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Data Supports• Easy access to student data on
the Early Warning Indicators• Benchmarks tied to national
and state standards• On-site facilitator to leverage
EWI data
Professional Development
Supports• Job-embedded coaching - Math
and English instructional coaches
• Professional learning community
• Professional development linked to grade/subject specific instructional practice Student Supports
Interventions to address early warning indicators of• Attendance• Behavior • Course Performance
Diplomas Now: Comprehensive Approach to School Improvement
Multi Tiered Response to Intervention Model• 10 to 15 City Year AmeriCorps
members: whole school and targeted academic and socio-emotional supports
• Communities In Schools on-site coordinator: case managed supports for highest need students
Shared Cohort
of students
Teacher Team
• Whole school attendance, positive behavior, college-going culture
• Strengthening student resiliency
Organizational Supports
• Inter-disciplinary and subject focused common planning time
• Bi-weekly EWI meetings• On-site school transformation
facilitator
Instructional Supports• Double dose math & English• Extra help labs• Common college preparatory
or high school readiness curricula
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Diplomas Now provides the range and intensity of supports required in the nation’s most challenged secondary schools
Core Function
Means and Methods
Whole School
• Structure, instruction teacher support and student support
• Track the Early Warning Indicators (Attendance, Behavior, Course Performance)
• Scheduling, staffing and budget supports
Targeted Supports
• Young adult AmeriCorps members to ”nag and nurture” students to success
• 8-15 full-time, full-day City Year Corps members serving as near-peer role models to mentor, tutor, provide behavior and attendance coaching and extended day learning
Intensive Supports
• School-based professional Site Coordinator• Targets the highest need students with intensive case
management and referral to outside agencies where needed.
• Brokered services through CIS partners DN High School or
Middle SchoolSchool Lead
• Provision of English and math coaches at each DN school
• Monthly implementation review with Diplomas Now team
Supporting all students to
graduation and college readiness
• Whole School Reform• City Year Corps
Members• Case Management
• Early Warning System
• On-site coordination
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Investing in Innovation (i3)• $30M federal grant + $6M match through generous
support of the PepsiCo foundation• 60 schools in 10+ districts reaching 57,000 students• Conduct randomized experimental study validating
the impact of the model, and focusing on the conditions necessary to:
Achieve 80% grad rates in high schools Reduce by 66% the number of students entering
high school below grade level
Diplomas Now- Investing in Innovation Fund Winner
1,700 Applicants 49 Grantees
“Cutting-edge ideas that will produce the next generation for reform.” - Secretary of Education
Arne Duncan
Chicago Public Schools, Detroit Public Schools, Los Angeles Unified School District, Miami-Dade Public Schools, Louisiana Recovery School District, School District of Philadelphia, New York City Department of Education, District of Columbia Public Schools, Seattle Public Schools, Partnership for Los Angeles Schools, Northeast Independent School District (TX), Richland County School District One (SC), Southwest Independent School District (TX) , San Antonio Independent School District (TX), Whitehall City School District (OH)
District Partners
State Departments of Education of Louisiana, South Carolina and New York, Union Park High Schools, Deloitte Consulting, School Loop, Pearson PreVent, the City of Philadelphia.
Other Partners
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Early Warning Indicator and Tiered Intervention
• On-Site Talent Development School Transformation Facilitator for EWI data and intervention management and analysis, teacher team facilitation, and intervention integration and support
• City Year team of 8 -18 corps members to provide school-wide and targeted interventions
• CIS On-site coordinator to provide case management and integrated student supports
School Organization
• Teacher teaming with common planning time for teacher teams to discuss EWI data and interventions
• Strong whole school elements including:– School-wide climate and attendance
initiatives– HS Readiness Curriculum– Extra-help courses– Instructional Coaches/Job-
Embedded Professional Development
– Extended Learning Time/School Day
Diplomas Now Partnership Model
Diplomas Now partners with schools to align school organization, human capital, professional development, curriculum enhancement and an early warning system to meet the needs of all students, increasing the effectiveness and capacity of schools to bolster student achievement and school success.
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Talent Development SecondaryFour Pillars & Core Components
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Freshman
Strategic Reading
ALFA LAB
Transition to Advanced
Mathematics
Freshman Seminar
Sophomore
Reading and Writing in
Your Career
Geometry Foundations
Career Academy Blended
Mathematics
JuniorCollege Prep Reading and
Writing
Algebra II Foundations
Career Academy Blended
Mathematics
Senior
Career Academy Blended
Mathematics
Talent Development High School Curriculum and Instruction
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ELA Math ScienceSocial
StudiesClimate
& Characte
rStudent Team Literature
Savvy Readers’ Lab
TD Writing Program
Hakim’s History of US
Everyday Math (district program)
Transition Math & Algebra
Math Acceleration Lab
FOSS & STC science support
Hakim’s Story of Science
District program support
High Five As & Bs Climate Program
Mastering the Middle Grades curriculum
Talent Development Middle School Curriculum and Instruction
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Goal: To coordinate and create interventions for students who are exhibiting early warning indicators and to closely monitor their progress so that students are successful.
Early Warning Indicator Meetings
Interv
enti
onsUpd
ated
data
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Diplomas Now Results: Continuing ProgressAttendance Behavior Course Performance# of Students Failing
Math and English# of Off-track students
in Attendance*
47% decrease
June 2010
# of
Stu
dent
s
78% decrease
76% decrease
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40
80
# of
Stu
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s
June 2011 June 2010 June 2011 June 2010 June 20110
40
80
EnglishMath
65% decrease
# of Off-track students in Behavior**
0
100
200
# of
Stu
dent
s
Diplomas Now ResultsPhiladelphia, PA
*Off-track in attendance defined as students with below 80% attendance. ** Off-track in behavior defined as 3 or more negative behavior comments in a marking period.
Below are the results Diplomas Now was able to achieve in partnership with four high poverty schools in Philadelphia during the 2010-11 school year. Aggregate results shown for Feltonville, Cooke and Marshall middle schools and Overbrook high school.
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Key aspects of national i3 initiative
Identify some of the most promising school improvement initiativesProvide support for them to scale up nationallyResearch their effectiveness using the most rigorous methodologies available
Document lessons learned about implementation during the scale-up process
Publicize study results to influence national and state policy
National Evaluation: Overview
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Study will compare student outcomes in schools that implement DN to student outcomes in schools that do not.
Assignment to these groups is accomplished through randomization. Eligible schools are assigned DN or Non-DN status via a lottery:
- DN schools implement the DN model- Non-DN schools pursue any other school reform
initiatives
National Evaluation: Research Design
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For both middle and high schools:• All Diplomas Now core staffing elements (Talent Development school transformation facilitator,
team of City Year corps members, Communities In Schools on-site coordinator)• Staffing model that supports interdisciplinary teacher teams with common planning
time during the professional day (both in interdisciplinary team and vertical subject-area professional learning communities)
• College preparatory/high school readiness (middle grades) evidence based core academic curricula in math, language arts, science, and social studies
• Full-time, school-based ELA and Math coaches • Evidence-based accelerated learning extra-help classes in math and English for all
students who need them. • School success courses - Freshmen Seminar (HS), Mastering Middle Grades (MS)• School wide attendance, positive behavior and school climate and culture programs• Extended day programs• At least bi-weekly EWI Meetings attended by teacher teams, and DN partners / student support
staff• Appropriate access to student information systems to facilitate creation of Early Warning
Indicator and benchmark assessments reports• Johns Hopkins School-Family-Community (NNPS) program• Diplomas Now partners participation on school leadership team, sign off on school schedule
, Diplomas Now model is central to school improvement plan• A monthly implementation review meeting with district leadership
For high schools only:• 4x4 block schedule (Four extended learning periods or four periods and one enrichment,
elective period)• Small learning communities with dedicated administrators and counselors (9th Grade Academy
and 2 or more thematic academies for grades 10-12)
Diplomas Now Required Components
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Talent Development Organizational Reforms
Small Learning Communities Teacher Teams Early Warning Indicator Meetings Common Planning Time 4x4 Block Schedule (high school) Extend Time Literacy & Numeracy
Courses (middle school) Climate Twilight School (high school) Distributive Leadership
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Communities In Schools.
The Communities In Schools Model & Diplomas Now:
• Provide annual school- and student-level plans for delivery of prevention and intervention services.
• Utilize school-based case manager concept to ensure appropriate delivery of prevention and intervention services.
• Broker services through CIS partners
Who
We
Are:The Mission of
Communities in Schools is to
surround students with a community of
support, empowering them
to stay in school and achieve in life.
Wha
t We
Do:
Through a school-based coordinator,
CIS connects students and their families to critical
community resources tailored to
local needs.
Why
It M
atte
rs:Independent
evaluation has demonstrated
that CIS:Lowers dropout rates, increases graduation rates
& improves student
achievementABC/
Focus List
Students
Student Supports
STUDENT OUTCOMES
Improved AttendanceImproved Behavior
Improved Academic /Course Performance
= Grade Promotion/Stay In Schools/Graduation
Rates
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Classroom Support
Targeted Support
Whole School
Prevention• Critical mass of people
power• Diverse “near peer” role
models and tutors• Full-time and extended
day• Idealistic culture/energy • Real-time response to
need
• Enable differentiated instruction• Reinforced classroom learning
• For hundreds of students in school
• Academic and socio-emotional
• School climate, attendance, positive behavior and enrichment programs
• Family engagement
Tiers of Impact Corps Member Assets
Improved student Attendance, Behavior and Course Performance: English & MathImproved on-time grade progression
Student mindset and skills for school achievement and civic participation
City Year’s Whole School Whole Child model
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District Partnership • Create Framework for Partnership• Align DN model to District Vision and Strategy for Turnaround Schools• Establish Initial Financial Framework (Costs, Revenue Streams)• Sign letter of intent for I3 study
Awareness/Discovery for School Leadership • Awareness presentations and discussions around alignment of model to
school’s mission and vision• Discussions with MDRC about the I3 study and lottery process• Review of baseline data• Follow-up conversations with school leadership and other critical
stakeholders (including school visits)
Initial Implementation Planning• Partner school staff awareness and joint planning• School schedule and staffing analysis• Curriculum alignment• Data collection and information gathering
Commitment • Final revisions and sign-off on budget• Finalize letter of intent with school names• MDRC conducts lottery
Diplomas Now Partnership Process
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EWI SPREADSHEET TRACKER