Dropout summit presentation

DEWD – Dropout Early

Warning Database

October 16, 2009

Colorado Dropout Summit

2008 Board of Education Charge:

Reduce the Dropout Rate

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Board of

Education

Members

Studied four years of graduates and dropouts

AttendanceBehaviorCourse Failure

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DEWD

is part of

TAAT

Aligns Specific

Interventions for

Each Risk Tier

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Attendance:Individual student attendance

plans;Success Academy (middle to

high school transition support);Saturday School.

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Behavior:The Link (alternative to

expulsion);Character education;Saturday School.

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Course Failure:Credit Recovery;Online Learning;Work Keys;Alternative High School;Tutoring.

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Strategic Initiative:

Develop and

implement a multi-

tiered dropout

prevention plan.

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