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Building for Sustainability
A Collaborative Coaching Model for Dropout Prevention
Georgia Department of Education's State Personnel Development Grant (SPDG) helping Georgia’s students with disabilities stay in school and graduate
Georgia Department of Education's State Personnel Development Grant (SPDG) helping Georgia’s students with disabilities stay in school and graduate
Georgia has…
• increased the Graduation Rate
• Graduation Coaches at HS & MS
• a GLRS network• a cadre of Parent
Mentors for Special Ed• a SPDG…. GraduateFirst!
Georgia’s Graduation Rate
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GraduateFirst GoalsGraduateFirst Goals
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GraduateFirst PartnersGraduateFirst Partners
National Dropout Prevention Center for SWD
GA Department of Education
GA Learning Resource Systems
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NDPC-SD Dropout PreventionNDPC-SD Dropout Prevention Intervention Framework Intervention Framework
• Data analysis
• Matching of needs to evidence-based strategies
• Development of plans and support for strategy implementation
• Monitoring of adult practices and student progress
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GraduateFirst
Family and Community Engagement
Belonging Relationships
Self-Determination
Georgia Department of Education's State Personnel Development Grant (SPDG)
2009
• GA DOE recommendations to specific districts based on data for ARRA
• Application Process • School’s Commitment
includes a designated Team Leader
• GraduateFirst Institute• Targeting Attendance,
Behavior, Academics, Building Relationships
• Vocabulary & Comprehension Strategies
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School Responsibilities
• Select a GraduateFIRST Team Leader (TL) who participates in monthly coach training
• Designate a team• Team participates in all
required trainings 5 days of training and 2 meetings per month
• Develop & implement plan based on data probe analysis
• TL collects & submits data
• Redeliver voc/comp strategies to appropriate staff members
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Guiding QuestionsGuiding Questions
• Data Sets?
• Target Populations?
• Local Policies?
• Evidence-Based Practices?
• Critical Checkpoints?
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Implement Plan & Collect Data
Understand the Research & Contextualize
Select Evidence-Based Strategies &
Embed Family Engagement
Analyze School Data
School TeamsSchool Teams
Step 1 Step 2
Step 3Step 4
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Fall 2009• Day 1 Research about
Dropout Prevention• Day 2 Overview of
Student Engagement Strategies
• Day 3 Data Probe & Analysis
• Day 4 Training based on target area selected
• Day 5 Implementation Support
Targeted AreasAcademic, Behavior, Attendance,
Building Relationships, Family Engagement
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Collaboration Coaches
Support Students to Prevent Dropout
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Roles of Collaboration Coaches
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The message is clear in Coffee County!
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Destination Graduation
• One of Georgia’s Graduation / Dropout Prevention Projects supported by the State Personnel Development Grant (SPDG)
• Coffee School System• Douglas, Georgia• 61.4% Graduation Rate for All Students in
2008• 16.4% Graduation Rate for SWD in 2008
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Dropout Rate Grades 9-12From Annual Report Card
2008-2009-First Year of Project
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2
4
6
8
10
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2005 2006 2007 2008
All
SWD
5.35.1
7.5
9.2
7.2
11.6
5.4
6.9
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Destination Graduation
• Areas Identified from Data Review and Addressed in Action Plans– Attendance– Achievement – Dropout
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Attendance
• District Pulse-Formative Assessment• Strategies/Activities
– Incentives for attendance– Mentoring
• Middle School-Fab 5• Freshman Campus-SAIL Teacher• High School-Check and Connect
– Groups at all schools-Family Connection Workers, Social Workers, Graduation Coaches
– Public posting of attendance data– Pyramids of Intervention for Attendance at each school– Target Groups identified at each school
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Formative Data AttendanceNumber of Students Out > 10 Days
1st Semester
2007-2008
1st Semester
2008-2009
End of Year
2007-2008
End of Year
2008-2009
CMS
152
CMS
77
CMS
430
CHFC
52
CHFC
16
CHFC
166
CHS
327
CHS
239
CHS
728
Achievement
• Formative Assessment– AIMSWeb– Benchmarks from Online Assessment System (for
instructional purposes, not collected for project)– Grades
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AIMSweb Winter and Spring Benchmark Score Comparison
• 6 teachers• 24 sections of sixth grade math• Students tested December 18th and April 18th • Results based on 3 months of instruction
(January, February, March)• 18 of the 24 sections-more than 50% of
students with matched scores showed improvement
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60
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90
Teacher1
Teacher2
Teacher3
Teacher4
Teacher5
Teacher6
% Improving
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Achievement Math-SWD
• Strategies/Activities– Strategies for Making AYP in Math-Paul Riccomini
• Summer Team Training • Shared Training Highlights• Two-day in system training from Riccomini
– Progress Monitoring-Middle School– Strategy Implementation-All Schools– South Georgia College Tutors– Saturday School-Coffee Middle School– Pyramid of Interventions-Academic
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Dropout
• Formative Assessment– Number of Student dropping out at Coffee High
School and Coffee Freshman Campus• Strategies/Activities
– Mentoring– Groups at all schools-Family Connection Workers,
Social Workers, Graduation Coaches– Pyramid of Intervention for Dropout– Training on Transition Planning for Students with
Disabilities
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Formative Data Dropout
9th Grade
10th Grade
11th Grade
12th Grade
Total
05-06 80 63 48 33 224
06-07 60 62 48 24 194
07-08 50 50 29 14 155
2008-2009 Formative Dropout Data
• First Semester Dropout Numbers
– Freshman Campus 9
– Coffee High School 62
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Intervention FrameworkWas it successful?
• YES-With the following– Awareness Training Sessions
on Dropout
– Team Building
– Coaching
– System and School support of
project
– Celebration of Success
Role of the Collaboration Coach
• Support the process-It Works!!• Keep teams focused on goals• Support formative and summative data
collection• Provide fidelity checks• Build relationships with school teams and
staff• Recognize success It Works!!!
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N.Gwinnet High & Lanier Middle Schools Share Success
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Your Favorite Teacher
• Get an image in your mind of your favorite teacher
• Choose an adjective which best describes the one characteristic which makes him or her your favorite
• Share this adjective with the person seated beside you
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Psychological EngagementAssociated with a wide-range of variables:• Problem behaviors and delinquency• Academic performance• Educational adjustment• Attendance• Accrual of credits• Level of educational attainment• Social competency• Persistence with school• Student perceptions of future opportunities open to them
(Christenson et al., in press)
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So…what difference did
an on-site collaboration coach
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Data Collection• Student Interviews
– SWD dropouts – At-risk high school SWD– At-risk middle school SWD
• Parent/Family Interviews of SWD dropouts• Consultations with local school faculty
– Special education administrators– General education administrators– Special education teachers– General education teachers
• Local school student information system data• Georgia Department of Education website data
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Data Utilization• Compiled the data
• Analyzed and triangulated the data– Demographics– Assessment– Processes
• Determined push/pull factors
• Finalized targeted list of at-risk SWD
• Identified research-based interventions for action plan
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Action Plan Components• Academic Engagement
• Behavioral Engagement
• Cognitive Engagement
• Psychological Engagement
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Academic
NGHS LMS
SPDG Project Initiatives Content Enhancement: MATH
Instructional Math Strategies
Supplemental Support: Mandatory Tutoring
Content Enhancement: MATH Content Enhancement: SCIENCE
Students Involved Target Group Target Group Target Group Target Group Target Group
Teachers Involved (1) SE Math teacher (3) SE Math teachers (5) Instructional Coaches (3) Math teachers (2) Science teachers
Lead Contact Curriculum AP Curriculum AP Interventions AP AP AP
Evaluation Tools Pre-Test Unit Test Benchmarks
EOCT
Pre-Test Unit Test Benchmarks
EOCT
4.5 week progress reports
Tutoring log
Benchmarks Class Grades
Quizzes Tests
Benchmarks Class Grades
Quizzes Tests
Fidelity of Implementation
Indicators
Content Enhancement Walk-Thru with
Collaboration Coach
GIT (Graduation Intervention Team):
Curriculum AP Sp Ed Dept Chair Graduation Coach
GIT (Graduation Intervention Team): Curriculum AP
Sp Ed Dept Chair Graduation Coach
Kansas Strategies Walk-thru Instrument with
Collaboration Coach
Kansas Strategies Walk-thru Instrument with
Collaboration Coach
Person Coaching the Intervention
Collaboration Coach Math Course Team Leader
Interventions AP Collaboration Coach Collaboration Coach
Family & Community Involvement
New math requirements info given at Freshman
Orientation
New math requirements info given at Freshman
Orientation
4.5 week progress reports Parents were provided new math requirements information
Parents were provided new math requirements information
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Behavioral
NGHS LMS
SPDG Project Initiatives Behavioral Pyramid of Interventions
Attendance Behavioral Pyramid of Interventions
Attendance
Students Involved Target Group Target Group Target Group Target Group
Teachers Involved Sp Ed Case Managers Teachers of Target SWD (6) teachers (6) teachers
Lead Contact (2) 9th Grade Discipline APs
School social worker AP AP
Evaluation Tools SASI referral roster SASI Absentee Rosters Stamp Accumulation; ISS/OSS referrals
Stamp Accumulation; Parent Contact Logs;
Daily & Weekly Attendance Reports
Fidelity of Implementation Indicators
GIT (Graduation Intervention Team): Curriculum AP
Sp Ed Dept Chair Graduation Coach
GIT (Graduation Intervention Team): Curriculum AP
Sp Ed Dept Chair Graduation Coach
Advisement Walk-thru Instrument with
counselors
Advisement Walk-thru Instrument with
counselors
Person Coaching the Intervention
Special Ed Dept Chair Graduation Coach AP AP
Family & Community Involvement
Parents were invited to 9th Grade Parent Night
Home contact protocol per # of absences
New Incentive Program given to parents (verbal &
written)
New Incentive Program given to parents (verbal & written)
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Cognitive NGHS LMS
SPDG Project Initiatives
Career Planning/ Transition Effective strategy instruction (notetaking & study skills)
Learning Personal Goals & Self-Advocacy
Effective strategy instruction (notetaking & study skills)
Students Involved Target Group Target Group Target Group Target Group
Teachers Involved Sp Ed Dept Chair Sp Ed Case Managers
Graduation Coach Career Specialist Counselors
Sp Ed Study Skills teacher Sp Ed Case Managers (7) teachers
Lead Contact Graduation CoachSp Ed Dept Chair AP AP
Evaluation Tools Survey completion (ID careers based on interests & skills) & Post-
secondary requirements
Agenda Books Checks Progress Reports
Benchmarks Pre-Tests Progress Reports CRCT
scores
Agenda Book Checks Progress Reports
Fidelity of Implementation Indicators
IEP Transition Plans & Data Collection Dates
GIT (Graduation Intervention Team): Curriculum AP
Sp Ed Dept Chair Graduation Coach
Study Skills teacher gradebook with Sp Ed Dept Chair checking
data collected
“Progress to Goals” Agenda Page by Grade Level Lead &
Sp Ed Teachers
Report of Missing Grades by Grade Level Lead & Sp Ed
Teachers
Person Coaching the Intervention
Graduation Coach Career Specialist
Sp Ed Dept Chair AP Co-Lead Special Ed Teacher
Family & Community Involvement
Community members volunteer to allow job shadowing
Study skills strategies presented at Freshman Parent Night
Agenda goal setting page explained to parents at
Curriculum Night
Study Skills & Agenda Communication info explained
at Curriculum Night
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Psychological
NGHS LMS
SPDG Project Initiatives Mentoring/ Relationship Building School Connectedness: Peer Mentors
& Group Activities
Orientation: Expectation 101 Classes
Mentoring/ Relationship Building
Students Involved Target Group Target Group Target Group Target Group
Teachers Involved Sp Ed Case Managers Sp Ed Dept Chair Graduation Coach
Sp Ed Case Managers 9th grade advisors
Sp Ed Dept Chair Curriculum AP
Graduation Coach Athletic Director 9th grade teacher
(2) 9th grade APs
Special Ed Case Managers
Lead Contact Sp Ed Dept Chair Sp Ed Dept Chair Graduation Coach Sp Ed Dept Chair Curriculum AP
Graduation Coach Athletic Director 9th grade teacher
(2) 9th grade APs
AP
Evaluation Tools Record of Contacts Contact Logs Activity Sign-ins
Participant Questionnaire Stamp Accumulation Parent Contact Log
Student Agendas
Fidelity of Implementation Indicators
GIT (Graduation Intervention Team): Curriculum AP
Sp Ed Dept Chair Graduation Coach
GIT (Graduation Intervention Team): Curriculum AP
Sp Ed Dept Chair Graduation Coach
GIT (Graduation Intervention Team): Curriculum AP
Sp Ed Dept Chair Graduation Coach
Advisement Walk-thru Instrument by counselors
Person Coaching the Intervention
Sp Ed Dept Chair Graduation Coach
Upper class mentors spoke at Parent Night
Parent letters re group activities
Sp Ed Dept Chair Graduation Coach
Family & Community Involvement
Parents will be contacted twice a month by case managers
Freshman Mentors explained mentoring at 9th Grade Parent Night;
Parents receive letters about group activities
Parents contacted by phone & letter
Parents contacted once a month
Weekly grade reports Agenda book communication
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Mentoring, Monitoring, and Advocating• Teachers as Advisors• Incentive program• Expectations 101• Periodic team meetings• Professional learning• Weekly visits
– Classroom visits– Consultations
• Special education and general education administrators• Special education and general education teachers• Parents and other family members• Students
– Ongoing data collection 43
Student Name/Code Teacher/SubjectProgress Final Progress Final Progress Final Progress Final
0209-01 Flieger/Science 78 75 74 780209-02 Flieger/Science 81 74 77 700209-03 Flieger/Science 72 770209-04 Flieger/Science 70 72 73 660209-06 Lipps/Science 58 67 65 690209-06 Lins/Language Arts 68 84 87 880209-07 Lipps/Science 400209-07 Lins/Language Arts 720209-07 Lins/Math 41 850209-09 Lins/Language Arts 83 79 80 900209-10 Lipps/Science 85 74 73 770209-10 Hardin/Math 75 71 66 840209-10 Lins/Language Arts 65 70 73 830209-11 Lins/Language Arts 72 78 740209-13 Lins/Math 63 66 740209-14 Lins/Math 75 70 650209-16 Forster/Math 64 72 600209-17 Lins/Math 79 620209-18 Lins/Math 76 63 74 810209-19 Lins/Math 63 66 77 900209-20 Forster/Math 97 770209-21 Lins/Math 82 81 84 720209-22 Lins/Math 84 86 84 800209-23 Lins/Math 89 85 87 930209-24 Lins/Math 67 81 81 930209-30 Hardin/Math 85 870209-31 Lins/Math 49
SPDG Project Map: Academic EngagementFormative Data Collection Form
DateSystem School
1Q Grade 2QGrade
Gwinnett County Lanier Middle 26-Mar-09
3Q Grade 4Q Grade
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Student Name/Code Teacher/Subject Number of Grade Number of Office Referrals/ # of OSS # of ISS GradingAbsences Level Incidents Reports Full Day Period
0209-02 Murphy/Math 2 6 2 4 3Q0209-06 Lipps/Science 1 7 3Q0209-07 Lins/Math 2 7 1 10209-09 Lins/Math 7 7 1 5 3Q0209-10 Hardin/Math 6 7 1 3Q0209-12 Hardin/Math 7 7 3 6 3Q0209-16 Forster/Math 9 8 8 4 11 3Q0209-17 Lins/Math 1 8 7 8 13 3Q0209-19 Forster/Math 5 8 6 2 3 3Q0209-23 Lins/Math 9 8 3Q0209-25 Murphy/Math 7 60209-26 Murphy/Math 4 6 1 3 3Q0209-27 Murphy/Math 8 6 2 3 3Q0209-28 Peterson/Advisement 80209-30 Hardin/Math 1 7 3Q0209-31 Murphy/Math 8 7 11 3Q0209-32 Murphy/Math 1 8 2 1 1 3Q0209-33 Murphy/Math 3 8 3 9 3Q
26-Mar-09Date
SPDG Project Map: Behavioral EngagementBehavior Formative Data Collection Form
Note: Identify Grading Period (i.e. 1st Progress Report; 1st Semester, etc.)
System SchoolGwinnett County Lanier Middle
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School DateLanier Middle
Student Name/Code Teacher/Subject Days Parent Contact Admin Contact Agency/AttendAbsent Date Dates Referral
0209-01 Flieger/Science 50209-03 Flieger/Science 10209-04 Flieger/Science 13 02/19/09 02/19/090209-07 Lins/Math 20209-08 Lipps/Science0209-11 Lins/Language Arts 30209-12 Hardin/Math 7 02/27/08 02/27/080209-16 Forster/Math 9 02/04/09 02/04/090209-19 Forster/Math 5 02/12/09 02/12/090209-21 Lins/Math 22 03/03/09 03/03/090209-22 Lins/Math 15 11/18/09 11/18/090209-23 Lins/Math 90209-25 Murphy/Math 5 9/7/2008 9/7/20080209-29 Fogle/Language Arts 54 03/12/09 03/12/09 3/12/2009
System26-Mar-09
SPDG Project Map Behavioral Engagement Attendance Formative Data Collection Form
Gwinnett County
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System Gwinnett County School North Gwinnett High School Date 3/37/09
Student ID Social Worker Days Absent# of Student
Contacts# of Parent Contacts
# of Administrator Contacts
Agency or Attendance Referral
4556 - 03 Troy Hobbs 1 EXC 24556 - 05 Troy Hobbs 31 ABS, 1 EX 15 many attempts SSW repeated followup4556 - 07 Troy Hobbs 10 ABS, 14 EX 6 54556 - 12 Troy Hobbs 2 ABS, 2 EXC 2 14556 - 13 Troy Hobbs 16 ABS, 8 EX 7 44556 - 17 Troy Hobbs 6 ABS, 5 EXC 4 3
ABS = Absent EXC = Excused Absence
SPDG Project Map: Behavioral Engagement Attendance Formative Data Collection Form
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System Gwinnett County School North Gwinnett High School Date 3/27/09
SPDG Project Map: Cognitive Engagement Effective Strategies Formative Data Collection Form
Student ID Study Skills Teacher 4.5 9 13.5 Sem4556-06 Jonathan Wyman 11/14 11/21 12/5 12/12 12/19 1/9 1/16 1/23 2/6 2/13 2/20 2/27 3/6 3/13 3/20 3/27 82 814556-07 Jonathan Wyman 11/14 11/21 12/5 12/12 12/19 1/9 1/16 1/23 1/30 2/6 2/20 2/27 3/6 3/13 3/20 3/27 95 954556-08 Jonathan Wyman 11/14 11/21 12/5 12/12 12/19 1/9 1/16 1/23 1/30 2/6 2/13 2/20 2/27 3/6 3/13 3/20 3/27 72 744556-09 Jonathan Wyman 11/14 11/21 12/5 12/12 12/19 1/9 1/16 1/23 1/30 2/6 2/13 2/20 2/27 3/6 3/13 3/20 3/27 88 804556-13 Jonathan Wyman 1/9 1/16 2/6 2/13 With4556-17 Jonathan Wyman 11/14 11/21 12/5 12/12 12/19 1/9 1/23 1/30 2/6 2/13 2/20 2/27 3/6 3/13 3/20 3/27 50 48
Progress Reports represent grades in study skills class.Semester Grades are prior to final exams.The blanks are due to the student not being enrolled in the study skills class at that time.
Agenda Book Checks Progress Reports
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System Gwinnett County School North Gwinnett High School Date 3/27/09
SPDG Project Map: Cognitive Engagement Transition Formative Data Collection Form
Student IDSurvey - Adult
Name & DateIndividual Consultation -
Secondary Options Professional Contact4556 - 01 Matt Garner 2/4/09 Gina Vines 2/11/094556 - 02 Matt Garner 1/28/09 Gina Vines 2/4/094556 - 03 Joy Crowe 2/2/09 Corban Cofer 2/9/094556 - 04 Erin White 1/28/09 Corban Cofer 2/4/094556 - 05 Traye Moore 2/11/09 Corban Cofer 2/18/094556 - 06 Tamika Barnes 1/28/09 Corban Cofer 2/4/094556 - 07 Dale McLaren 1/26/09 Corban Cofer 2/2/094556 - 08 Francia Tolbert 1/26/09 Kristin Rios 2/2/094556 - 09 Dale McLaren 1/26/09 Kristin Rios 2/2/094556 - 10 Leah Blurton 1/26/09 Kristin Rios 2/2/094556 - 11 Phil Daniel 2/2/09 Kristin Rios 2/9/094556 - 12 Tamika Barnes 1/28/09 Teresa Perez 2/4/094556 - 13 Jason Johnson 2/2/09 Teresa Perez 2/9/094556 - 14 Dale McLaren 1/26/09 Teresa Perez 2/2/094556 - 15 Shelly Boehm 2/4/09 Teresa Perez 2/11/094556 - 16 Pam Hackett 1/28/09 Kim Gear 2/4/094556 - 17 Brenda Dent 1/26/09 Kim Gear 2/2/09
Transition Questionnaire is completed at annual IEP meeting.49
Student ID Student Mentor4556 - 01 CA 3-Mar 5-Mar 10-Mar 12-Mar 17-Mar 19-Mar 24-Mar 26-Mar4556 - 02 CC4556 - 03 NT 3-Mar 5-Mar 10-Mar 12-Mar 17-Mar 19-Mar 24-Mar 26-Mar4556 - 04 BB 3-Mar 5-Mar 10-Mar 12-Mar 17-Mar 19-Mar 24-Mar 26-Mar4556 - 05 DM 3-Mar 5-Mar 10-Mar 12-Mar 17-Mar 19-Mar 24-Mar 26-Mar4556 - 06 AK 3-Mar 5-Mar 10-Mar 12-Mar 17-Mar 19-Mar 24-Mar 26-Mar4556 - 07 KP 3-Mar 5-Mar 10-Mar 12-Mar 17-Mar 19-Mar 24-Mar 26-Mar4556 - 08 EL 3-Mar 5-Mar 10-Mar 12-Mar 17-Mar 19-Mar 24-Mar 26-Mar4556 - 09 JR 3-Mar 5-Mar 10-Mar 12-Mar 17-Mar 19-Mar 24-Mar 26-Mar4556 - 10 NT 3-Mar 5-Mar 10-Mar 12-Mar 17-Mar 19-Mar 24-Mar 26-Mar4556 - 11 KO 3-Mar 5-Mar 10-Mar 12-Mar 17-Mar 19-Mar 24-Mar 26-Mar4556 - 12 MR 3-Mar 5-Mar 10-Mar 12-Mar 17-Mar 19-Mar 24-Mar 26-Mar4556 - 13 DJ4556 - 14 BL 3-Mar 5-Mar 10-Mar 12-Mar 17-Mar 19-Mar 24-Mar 26-Mar4556 - 15 AY 3-Mar 5-Mar 10-Mar 12-Mar 17-Mar 19-Mar 24-Mar 26-Mar4556 - 16 AM 3-Mar 5-Mar 10-Mar 12-Mar 17-Mar 19-Mar 24-Mar 26-Mar4556 - 17 JK 3-Mar 5-Mar 10-Mar 12-Mar 17-Mar 19-Mar 24-Mar 26-Mar
System Gwinnett County School North Gwinnett High School Date 03/27/09
SPDG Project Map: Psychological Engagement Mentoring Formative Data Collection Form
Mentoring Contacts
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Attending to the seeds of dropout
• Elementary school special education lead teachers and administrators
• Elementary school special education teachers (K – 5)
• Parents of rising 6th grade special education students
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GA SPDG Collaboration Coaches
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Building for Sustainability:A Collaborative Coaching Model for Dropout
Prevention
• Laura C. Brown, GA SPDG Coordinator [email protected]
• Faith Huff, SPDG State Collaboration [email protected]
• Fran Bay, Metro East Collaboration Coach [email protected]
• Paulette Taylor, South Central Collaboration Coach [email protected]
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