Strategic Plan

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Strategic Plan

• Goal 1.4 In comparison with other similar
  school district, District 11 will have the lowest
  dropout rate and the highest graduation rate in
  the state by 2008

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What is the Dropout Rate?

• The dropout rate is an annual rate reflecting the
  percentage of students who leave school during a
  single school year.
• It is calculated by dividing the number of
  dropouts by the number of students in the
  membership base.
• By a 1993 legislative mandate, expelled students
  are not included in the dropout rate.

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What is the Graduation Rate?

• The graduation rate is a cumulative or
  longitudinal rate which calculates the number of
  students who actually graduate as a percent of
  those who were in membership and could have
  graduated over a four year period.
• The membership base is adjusted to accommodate
  transfers in or out of the base.

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2003 Dropout Rate

• District 11 Dropout Rate 4.1
• State Dropout Rate2.4

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2003 Graduation Rate

• District 11 Graduation Rate67
• State Graduation Rate83.6

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Why Do Students Drop Out?

• It is common for a student to have multiple
  reasons for dropping out.
• According to the U.S. Department of Education
• Percentage of dropouts who reported the following
  various reasons for dropping out of school
  applied to them.

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School Related

• 51 Did not like school
• 35 Could not get along with teachers
• 20 Could not get along with students
• 15 Suspended too often
• 12 Did not feel safe
• 13 Expelled
• 23 Felt I didnt belong

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School Related

• 31 Could not keep up
• 39 Failing
• 13 Changed school, did not like new school

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Job Related

• 14 Could not work and go to school at the same
  time
• 15 Had to get a job
• 15 Found a job

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Family Related

• 9 Had to support family
• 13 Was Pregnant
• 14 Became a parent
• 13 Got married
• 8 Had to care for family member

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Other

• 2 Wanted to travel
• 14 Had friends who dropped out

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This is a National Problem

• We are part of it
• It is complex
• Research suggests--There is no one size fits
  all
• Research suggests a multifaceted approach

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Effective Strategies

• National Dropout Prevention Center
• Clemson University
• Clemson, South Carolina

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NDPC

• Identified 15 effective strategies that have the
  most positive impact on the dropout rate
• Four Categories
• School and Community Perspective
• Making the Most of Instruction
• Early Interventions
• Basic Core Strategies

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School and Community

• School-Community Collaboration
• Project Redirect
• Youth Assessment Center
• Boys and Girls Clubs
• McMaster Center
• Adventures in Learning

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School and Community

• Safe Learning Environments
• Crimestoppers (CSPD)
• Bullyproofing Curriculum
• School Resource Officers (CSPD)
• Boystown

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School and Community

• Systemic Renewal
• Continuing process of evaluating goals and
  objectives related to school policies, practices,
  and organizational structures
• Continuous Quality Improvement

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Making the Most of Instruction

• Professional Development
• Ruby Payne Training
• Dr. Jose Barerra/Multicultural Study with a focus
  on Hispanic youth
• Professional Learning Communities/Pyramid of
  Interventions

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Making the Most of Instruction

• Individualized instruction
• Individual Learning Plans (ILP)
• Differentiated Instruction

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Making the Most of Instruction

• Active Learning
• Teaching and learning strategies
• Multiple Intelligences Theory
• Learning Styles
• Cooperative Learning
• Project-Based Learning

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Making the Most of Instruction

• Educational Technology
• Bridge the Digital Divide
• Provide individualized instruction
• Proving effective for at-risk youth
• Prepare students for the workforce

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Making the Most of Instruction

• Career and Technical Education
• Business Education Courses
• Consumer and Family Studies Courses
• Industrial Technology Courses
• ACE and Business Internships

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Early Interventions

• Family Engagement
• Literacy nights
• Parent Connect (now includes phone)
• Youth Assessment Center

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Early Interventions

• Early Childhood Education
• Headstart Program
• Preschool Programs
• Full-day Kindergarten

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Early Interventions

• Early Literacy Development
• Tutoring before school, after, and summer
• Corrective Reading
• Guided Reading
• Battle of the Books
• Read 180

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Basic Core Strategies

• Mentoring/Tutoring
• Grandfriends
• Link Crew
• AFA Partnership w/ Cadets
• Each One Reach One
• Peer Counseling

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Basic Core Strategies

• Service Learning
• EPYCS
• School Clubs and Teams
• Project Redirect
• Research suggests this is particularly effective
  with middle school students

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Basic Core Strategies

• Alternative Schooling
• Tesla, Bijou, Palmer Night, Doherty Night,
  Digital School, Adult Ed., Spring Creek
• Lifeskills, Community Prep, Globe, CIVA,
  Roosevelt and Emerson-Edison
• New Directions

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Basic Core Strategies

• After-School Opportunities
• After school daycare/Adventure Club
• Boys and Girls Clubs
• After school intramural programs
• Athletics
• Homework Club
• School Clubs

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Showing Promise

• Student Support Services Coordinator
• Dropout prevention/Dropout recovery
• The Digital School
• Professional Learning Communities
• Pyramid of Interventions
• 9th Grade Summer Institute

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Next Steps

• Use the work of the National Dropout Prevention
  Center as a framework to develop a comprehensive
  K-12 dropout prevention/dropout recovery system.
• Continually research the work that is being
  accomplished on a local and national basis.

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Next Steps

• Build a system that enables us to identify,
  individually, students who are in danger of
  dropping out and design interventions that fit
  the needs of each.

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