Utilizing the Village: Using Early Warning Indicators and Interventions to Help Rural Students Succeed

October 12, 2012 from 1:30 pm-3:00 pm EDT

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AGENDA

- Introduction and Welcome

- Overview of Adobe Connect Virtual Meeting Room

- Advice for Developing a Responsive Early Warning System in Rural Communities -Dr. Robert Balfanz, Co-Director from the Everyone Graduates Center at John Hopkins University

- Overview of Tiered Interventions Approach

- Report Card Conferences: A Strategy for Community Involvement and Student Success - Featured Tier One Intervention - Dr. Joseph Barrow, Jr., Superintendent from Ware County, GA
       
- Teach Ahead: A Strategy to Support Struggling Students - Featured Tier Two Intervention - Mr. Mark Willoughby, Director of Schools from DeKalb County, TN

- Dropout Plans: A Strategy to Reengage Students Who Want to Leave School -  Featured Tier Three Intervention - Ms. Julie Turner, School Improvement Specialist from Dothan, AL

- Closing

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RESOURCES

GENERAL INFORMATION ON EARLY WARNING SYSTEMS

• Using Data to Keep All Students on Track to Graduation: Team Playbook, by Everyone Graduates Center 
• Using Data to Build Early Warning Systems Webinar Recording, by the U.S. Department of Education (Description of event, PowerPoint slide presentation, and transcript also available when you join the School Turnaround Learning Community)  
• Utilizing Early Warning System Data to Support Strategic Student Interventions Webinar Recording, by the U.S. Department of Education  (Description of event, PowerPoint slide presentation, and transcript also available when you join the School Turnaround Learning Community)
  

EARLY WARNING SYSTEMS TOOLS

• Early Warning System High School Tool, Early Warning System Middle School Tool, Early Warning System Implementation Guide, and Early Warning System Learning Community, by National High School Center 
• VEWS Tool, Implementation Guide, Technical Manual, and Excel Template, by Virginia Department of Education
  
• Grad Nation Guide Book, by America’s Promise
  

BACKGROUND INFORMATION ON INTERVENTIONS

• Learning What it Takes: An Initial Look at how Schools are using Early Warning Indicator Data and Collaborative Response Teams to Keep All Students on Track to Success, by Everyone Graduates Center 
• Beyond the Indicators: An Integrated Approach to School-Level Dropout Prevention, by Mid-Atlantic Equity Center
  
• Approaches to Dropout Prevention: Heading Early Warning Signs with Appropriate Interventions, by National High School Center
  
• Making the Move: Transition Strategies at CA Schools with High Graduation Rates, by CA Comprehensive Center at West Ed   

FACT SHEETS ON FEATURED INTERVENTIONS

• Ware County High School - Ware County, Georgia Community Report Card Conferences Fact Sheet
  
• Oberlin High School - Allen Parish, LA Response to Intervention/Enrichment Period Fact Sheet
  
• DeKalb County, TN Teach Ahead Program Fact Sheet
•  Dothan High School – Dothan, AL Dropout Counseling Plan Fact Sheet
  
• Case Study of Dothan, AL from Building a Grad Nation 2012, pages 58-60

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