Dropout Prevention

BRIEF SUMMARY

Dropout prevention is an important part of our role in schools. 

KEY POINTS

• By every metric, high school graduates fare better than non-graduates in adult life.
• Proactive intervention is key and needs to begin early in a child’s academic career. Collaboration with students and parents is key.

SHARED WISDOM

• • Why do students drop out?
    • poor attendance- missing more than 20 days of school annually in grades 9-11
    • not doing homework
    • falling behind on credits
    • having an IEP
    •  ISTEP re-tester
    • not involved in school activities
    • on or been through Probation
    • In or been through Foster Care
    • Absence of active and/or strong parental guidance
    • no hope, no direction or vision beyond high school
    • have to work to support family
  • Grad Academy (students meet 1/2 day to get caught up with credits and 1/2 work based learning. In most cases students are low C40 or General Diploma.)
  • There are online credit recovery programs available. Sometimes a shortened or adjusted school day is an option.
  • JAG is too expensive for small, rural schools
  • We work with our local career center who does HSE classes if we get to that point and they work with a local place who provides support and money to pay for the test.

RESOURCES

• • National Dropout Prevention Center

CONTACT

• T TOPIC MANAGER

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• 1StopABCD on December 13, 2018 @ 15:22:26
• Mary on May 2, 2018 @ 18:25:07
• Heather on August 7, 2016 @ 19:24:33

This post was created by ABCD ContentManager on August 7, 2016.