setting the pace to graduate
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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. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Setting the Pace to Graduate
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Parent Mentor PartnershipSeptember 2013
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DISCLAIMER:
The contents of the GraduateFIRST Implementation Manual were developed under a grant from the US Department of Education, #H323A120020. However, those contents do no not necessarily represent the policy of the US Department of Education and should not assume endorsement by the Federal Government.
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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GraduateFIRST is a nationally recognized initiative that utilizes a data-driven intervention framework to successfully address barriers to graduation for students with disabilities.
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GraduateFIRST Partners
• Funded by GA’s State Personnel Development Grant (SPDG)
• Grant from Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP)
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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)
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are participating in GraduateFIRST.
Today 90 schools across 90 schools across Georgia…Georgia…
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GraduateFIRST Organizational Structure
• GaDOE Design Team• GraduateFIRST staff• Regional Collaboration Coaches• School Teams• School-based GraduateFIRST Team Leaders
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GraduateFIRST Organizational Structure
• GaDOE Design Team• GraduateFIRST staff• Regional Collaboration Coaches• School Teams• School-based GraduateFIRST Team Leaders
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GraduateFIRSTCommon Core Components
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GraduateFIRST Common Core Components
1. Establish an effective School Team and identify the Team Leader responsible for the implementation of the School Action Plan
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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
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GraduateFIRST Common Core Components
5. Implement and monitor School Action Plan with fidelity
6. Evaluate the effectiveness of School Action Plans
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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
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GraduateFIRST ABCs
Family and Community Engagement
Belonging Relationships
Self-Determination
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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
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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.
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Affective EngagementAcademic EngagementBehavioral EngagementCognitive EngagementFamily & Community Engagement
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Focus on Student Engagement
Sandra ChristensonCheck and Connect
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Affective EngagementAcademic EngagementBehavioral EngagementCognitive EngagementFamily & Community Engagement
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Focus on Student Engagement
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Student Engagement
Affective Engagement
• Developing caring relationships with adults
• Sense of School connectedness
• School bonding• Mentoring
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Sandra ChristensonCheck and Connect
Affective EngagementAcademic EngagementBehavioral Engagement Cognitive EngagementFamily & Community Engagement
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Focus on Student Engagement
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Attendance
Student Engagement
• Cognitive Engagement
• Students ‘ investment in the learning
• Setting learning goals
• Self-efficacy• Self-determination• Motivation
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Affective EngagementAcademic EngagementBehavioral EngagementCognitive EngagementFamily & Community Engagement
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Focus on Student Engagement
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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.
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GraduateFIRST ABCs
Family and Community Engagement
Belonging Relationships
Self-Determination
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For best performance outcomes, address all engagement areas for your target group of
students.
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Best Performance Best Performance OutcomesOutcomes
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Attend Engage Invest
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GraduateFIRSTGraduateFIRSTFundamentals ModulesFundamentals Modules
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www.graduatefirst fundamentals.org
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
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Georgia Department of Education's State PersonnelDevelopment Grant (SPDG)
GraduateFIRST Assessment Tool
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GraduateFIRST Assessment Tool Charting
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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
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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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