Dropout Prevention, Intervention,

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Dropout Prevention, Intervention, Recovery
Reducing DropoutsWhere Do You Start?

• Presenters
• Ruthie Johnson, Hollywood High School
• Mike Korich, Crenshaw High School

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Dropout Prevention,Intervention, Recovery

• Reducing Dropouts
• Where Do You Start?
• Cultivate a sense of purpose
• Assemble a school team
• Establish commit to a regular meeting time
• Identify local target populations
• Develop a planning strategy

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Cultivating a Sense Purpose

• Getting Passionate
• What Spurs You to Action?
• What led you to working with children in public
  education?
• Beliefs
• Experiences

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Cultivating a Sense Purpose

• Putting Action into Words
• What words or phrases do you use to motivate
  at-risk students?
• Just do it! Nike
• Do the right thing. Spike Lee
• Make it work, people. Tim Gunn

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Assembling a School Team

• Dropout Prevention,
• Intervention, Recovery Teams
• (Bul. 3720)
• Teams must include individuals whose knowledge
  and position avails them to support the
  school-wide effort in the above three areas
• Authority Who can mandate action?
• Leadership Who can spearhead the process?
• Expertise Who can implement the system?
• Access Who can leverage resources?

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Assembling a School Team

• Selecting Your Team Members

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Establishing Team Meetings

• Making THE Commitment
• Select a site that is large and central enough
  to house the meeting
• Choose a time that coordinates with other
  mandated meetings
• Set a tone of collaboration to forward the goal

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Identifying Target Groups

• Finding Your Target Population
• Dropout Lists
• Potential Dropout Students
• CAHSEE Fails
• 12th Grade Non-Graduates

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Identifying Target Groups

• Dropout Lists (Ref. 3919.0)
• Tan No Show List
• Students who completed 06-07 school year but
  failed to enroll for 07-08 year
• Salmon Leaver List
• Students who withdrew during the 07-08 school
  year for whom no records were requested
• Green No Show Matriculating List
• Potential 9th grade feeder school students who
  failed to enroll at your school for the 07-08
  year

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Identifying Target Groups

• Potential Dropout Students
• Determining factors derived from a regression
  analysis. The most significant predictor is the
  difference between a student's age and his/her
  grade level. Critical factors include
• Age/Grade level
• GPA
• Marks
• Attendance
• Work Habits/Us

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Identifying Target Groups

• CAHSEE Fails
• 10th, 11th, 12th grade students who have not
  passed either/both parts of the CAHSEE
• AB 347 Requires that any 12th grade student
  who failed the CAHSEE is entitled to an
  additional two consecutive years of ongoing
  academic support

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Identifying Target Groups

• 12th Grade Non-Graduates
• Students include, but are not limited to
• Those who are credit deficient
• Those who have not passed one/or both parts of
  the CAHSEE
• Those who are missing specific requirements,
  such as service learning
• Any combination of the above possibilities

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Developing a Planning Strategy

• Coordinating Support Strategies
• Prevention, Intervention, Recovery
• How does the school attack the twin goals of
  lowering dropout and raising graduation rates?
• Through a coordinated team effort that
  implements strategies that support the needs of
  the four (4) identified target groups

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Developing a Planning Strategy

• Continuum of Support
• Prevention
• Intervention
• Recovery

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Developing a Planning Strategy
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Developing a Planning Strategy

• Supports to Consider
• ELA/RLA Saturday classes
• CAHSEE Prep built into Master Schedule
• COST/RCT Meetings
• SST Meetings
• Community College Partnerships
• Freshmen Academies
• Classroom Presentations
• AB 1802 Conferences
• Welcome Wall (L.A. High)

• Credit Recovery Options
• Alternative Ed. Placements
• Bridge/Transitional summer programs (from 8th to
  9th or 12th to local Community Colleges
• AB 347 (e.g., Credit-Up program at Jordan High
  School)
• Parent meetings
• IGP meetings
• Peer Mediation Groups
• Attendance Bulletin (Bul. 1292)

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Closing Summary

• What did you accomplish today?
• The development of a sense of purpose
• The formation of a Dropout Prevention,
  Intervention, Recovery Team
• The establishment of commitment to a regular
  meeting time
• The classification of target populations
• The application of a planning strategy

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Final Thought

• Education is the most powerful weapon to
  change the world.
• Nelson Mandela