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Improving Graduation Rates through Regional Career and Technical Education Centers

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A presentation from New Hampshire Department of Education,

Career Development Bureau and Office of High School Redesign.

Susan Randall & Virginia Irwinwith support from Paul K. Leather

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First Off, Resource Materials!

New Hampshire’s Vision for Redesign: Moving From High Schools to Learning Communities

Senate Bill 18: Raising the Compulsory Age of Public Education in NH from 16 to 18

CPPOSs

Individualized Learning Plan Model

Student Passports

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OUTLINE Follow the Child Initiative High School Redesign Minimum Standards

Local Board Policies Personalization for All Extended Learning Opportunities Competency Assessment and High

School Credits Alternative Education

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Follow The Child

Commissioner Lyonel Tracy’s initiative to follow the personal, social, physical and academic

needs of each NH student, pre-K through high school graduation.

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High School Redesign:

The following broad frameworks and initiatives are on-going to address students at risk of dropping out as a larger strategy to make NH High Schools more effective in addressing 21st Century learning needs:

New Hampshire’s Vision for Redesign: Moving from High Schools to Learning Communities

Apex II

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Statewide Literacy Plan & Statewide Numeracy Plan

Extended Learning Opportunities Time flexibility School Improvement Efforts

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Underlying Principles of New Hampshire’s Vision of HS Redesign Follow The Child, which is really

about the moral imperative to address each child’s needs in a personalized way, keeping good and accurate data regarding their progress

Students as Active Learners

Choices and Flexibility for Where and When Learning occurs

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Underlying Principles of New Hampshire’s Vision of HS Redesign cont.

Personalization

High Standards

Engagement & Active Learning

Empowered Educators

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The Process Before we get into the heart of the

presentation, let us show you how we are addressing the many issues associated with increasing the minimum age for compulsory education:

http://www.metacafe.com/watch/66347/cat_herding/

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NH’s Minimum Standards for School Approval

The Standards include a number of innovative and forward-thinking changes that support a competency-based and personalized high school – learning community system including:

greater flexibility in developing a school calendar based on hours, rather than days,

harnessing of local resources, encouraging schools to forge beyond current resources to partner with their wider community for the benefit of students,

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Minimum Standards cont.

distance learning and the use of technology in learning

personalized learning and personalized learning strategies to address the learning styles, strengths, interests, and needs of each student, based on local policy, and

extended learning opportunities for credit towards graduation upon demonstration of competency acquired,

transition from Carnegie unit-based grading to credit based on competency demonstration by the 2008-2009 school year.

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Deciding What to Assess Looking back at what students were

expected to have learned

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Looking ahead to how well they can extrapolate from what they have learned and apply their knowledge and skills in novel settings

For PISA, the OECD countries choose the latter

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Rigor/Relevance and Personalization

High Rigor/Relevance(College/Industry-normed performance

expectations)

High

Personalization

(individualized planning and student centered learning)

Low Rigor/Relevance(HS general ed classes)

Low

Personalization

(class structure, little differentiation)

Internship ~ Governor’s Office legislative affairs—(credit tied to competency attainment)

College Economics Class

Credit Recovery after school or Summer school class

Job/internship local store—no connection to class expectation

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Pyramid of Service Based on Need, (DuFour & DuFour)

Improving education for all kids: HS Redesign, APEX II, Raising the compulsory age of education, etc.

In-School Programs for kids at risk: Literacy Programs, dropout prevention, Special Education, etc.

Out-of-School Programs: Adult High School, GED

Prep., Off site Programs, etc.

Out of District

Placement

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Extended Learning Opportunities

A voluntary section of the State School Approval Rules

Allows students to earn credit towards graduation outside of traditional classrooms

Requires Qualified Educator Oversight Underpins the language of SB 18

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Reading, ‘Riting, & ‘Rithmatic! Statewide Literacy Plan

toolkit on adolescent literacy strategies to support school districts to focus on literacy across the academic disciplines.

Statewide Numeracy Plan to be developed this year in a process

parallel to the Literacy Plan completed last year.

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Time Flexibility The school approval rules also contain

a requirement that all high school courses be measured by the mastery of course level competencies as a means to earn credit towards graduation. This rule will allow schools and students to be more flexible with time regarding the completion of these courses.

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Time Flexibility cont.

This, in turn, will allow for the use of after school, out of school, and summer school programs and credit recovery efforts to support credit attainment for struggling students.

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School Improvement Efforts

The DOE is providing a variety of supports to schools in need of improvement, using both federal, state, and private resources, that will assist schools to implement ideas and strategies discussed in the High School Vision document. For example:

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Supports designed for schools and districts in corrective action

Response to Intervention (RTI) efforts and resources Transition Community of Practice (Special Ed and VR) A cadre of school improvement coaches in English

Language Arts and Mathematics have been contracted to provide direct, on-site assistance.

CACES Competency Assessment Model - piloted with High Schools across the state.

Grant Application for pilot to support school districts in the use of Follow The Child Principles, ELOs, & Competency Assessment in alternative settings.

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Senate Bill 18 Compulsory Attendance raised from 16

to 18

Exemptions: Home Education GED Certificate Graduate

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Private School Waiver from Superintendent:

Alternative Learning Plan in place or Excused from school due to physical or

mental challenge, or Due to mutual agreement between parent

and school authorities

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Alternative Learning Plans

Age appropriate academic rigor May be made up of Extended Learning

Opportunities Developed by pupil, guidance

counselor, principal, and parent Approved by Superintendent May be appealed to the Local and

State Board of Education

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GED Option The New Hampshire Department of

Education has been approved as a GED Option State. This designation allows high schools to provide GED instruction to students who are at least one grade level behind their entering high school class and have at least an 8th grade reading level. Students in these programs would not have to drop out of school in order to take the GED test.

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$4.5 Million for Dropout Prevention * New Funding

Six Person State Dropout Prevention and Recovery Council oversees these monies

Districts were found to have a wide range of needs for at risk students.

Plan: To Create A REGIONAL, STATE-WIDE System of Dropout Prevention.

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Adult Ed RFP Twenty-three Adult High School Grants have been approved. This includes three new sites that will be in Sanborn Regional, Kennett, and Lisbon High Schools. ($500,000)

Special Education Adult HS funding Monies will be released based on numbers of students in Adult High Schools needing special services, based on dropouts who are/were coded Special Education. ($1.5 million)*

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Expanded Tuition & Transportation funding Amendments were made to Tuition and Transportation monies to expand the coverage of T&T to include not only Career & Technical Education programming, but also Adult High School and Alternative programs. Programs that would not be eligible for this funding are private and parochial schools. Students identified as at risk will now be able to attend Alternative Programs that allow for a variety of educational options that lead to graduation at regional centers, or at locations determined by the district. A guidance document on this expanded funding will be released shortly. ($900,000) *

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Alternative Education Grants

Three sources of funds: State Alternative - $2.1 million

(through6/09)*

WIA Title II Youth $1.6 million annually

State Dropout Funds - $350,000 annually

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Expand Alternative Education programs Purchase Plato credit recovery system Hire a District level dropout Prevention and Recovery

Consultant NH-JAG Additional CTE courses Expand coursework into afternoons and evenings Hire a PBIS/RENEW facilitator Expand theAdult Education Center Hire a Social Worker/Outreach Counselor

Schools that received funding are using their money to:

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Extended Learning Opportunities

A voluntary section of the State School Approval Rules

Allows students to earn credit towards graduation outside of traditional classrooms

Requires Qualified Educator Oversight Underpins the language of SB 18

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Longer Term Initiatives

Follow The Child Coordinator in every district Amend Truancy Laws State Diploma System Work with DHHS and Corrections services to

better support students at risk: Drug/Alcohol Abuse Community Mental Health Services DCYS Juvenile Justice Services including YDC

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Recommended Changed in Statutes and State Rules Strengthening Truancy law and rules

Currently being proposed as legislative study committee

Establish a State Diploma

Allow Foster Children to remain in school of residence through senior year

No wrong door policy with various DHHS programs and services

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Getting to 0%

We project out over 5 years the overall impact, and believe that with the expansion of Adult High School, GED Options and expanded Alternative Education Programs that over time, we will see the dropout rate decline to 0%.....with CAVEATS

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Continued funding of dropout programs.

More than one program may serve the same “at risk” student

Services need to be expanded to address the needs of younger students i.e. math, reading, alternative education and Career and Technical Education

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Links

Extended Learning Opportunities http://www.ed.state.nh.us/education/doe/organization/adultlearning/

SupportingStudentSuccessThroughExtendedLearningOpportunities.htm New Hampshire’s Vision for High School Redesign http://www.ed.state.nh.us/education/doe/organization/adultlearning/

Guidance/documents/NHDoE_Vision_ReportFINAL31207WebVersion.pdf New Hampshire Minimum Standards http://www.ed.state.nh.us/education/laws/Ed306.htm New Hampshire’s Literacy Plan http://www.ed.state.nh.us/education/doe/organization/curriculum/School

Improvement/literacy_action_plan.pdf Senate Bill 18 http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/legislation/2007/SB0018.html Senate Bill 18/Follow The Child Implementation Plan http://www.ed.state.nh.us/education/doe/organization/adultlearning/

SB18plan.pdf

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Something to think about…

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