Setting the Pace to Graduate
Parent Mentor Partnership
September 2013
Date
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DISCLAIMER:
The contents of the GraduateFIRST Implementation Manual were developed under a grant from
the US Department of Education, #H323A120020. However, those contents do no not
necessarily represent the policy of the US Department of Education and should not assume
endorsement by the Federal Government.
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Learning Targets
• I can identify vital behaviors related to
improving graduation rates and decreasing
dropout rates.
• I can support the efforts of school teams to
improve graduation rates and decrease
dropout rates.
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GraduateFIRST is a nationally
recognized initiative that utilizes
a data-driven intervention
framework to successfully
address barriers to graduation
for students with disabilities.
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GraduateFIRST Partners
• Funded by GA’s State Personnel
Development Grant (SPDG)
• Grant from Office of Special
Education Programs (OSEP)
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GraduateFIRST Partners
• National Dropout Prevention Center for
Students with Disabilities (NDPC-SD)
• GaDOE Division of Special Education
Services and Supports
• GaDOE School Improvement
• Georgia Learning Resources System
(GLRS)
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Today 90 schools across Georgia…
are participating in GraduateFIRST.
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GraduateFIRST
Organizational Structure
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GaDOE Design Team
GraduateFIRST staff
Regional Collaboration Coaches
School Teams
School-based GraduateFIRST Team Leaders
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GraduateFIRST
Organizational Structure
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GaDOE Design Team
GraduateFIRST staff
Regional Collaboration Coaches
School Teams
School-based GraduateFIRST Team Leaders
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GraduateFIRST
Common Core Components
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GraduateFIRST Common Core
Components
1. Establish an effective School Team
and identify the Team Leader
responsible for the implementation
of the School Action Plan
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GraduateFIRST Common Core
Components
2. Collect and analyze
data
3. Use data prioritize
areas of need and to
select and monitor a
target students
4. Use data to develop
School Action Plans
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GraduateFIRST Common Core
Components
5. Implement and
monitor School
Action Plan with
fidelity
6. Evaluate the
effectiveness of
School Action Plans
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Collaboration Coaches
• Trained by the NDPC-SD
• Focus on helping schools achieve
positive student outcomes especially
for a target group of students
• Use a blended model of coaching
including onsite coaching
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GraduateFIRST ABCs
Belonging
Attendance
Behavior
Relationships
Course
Performance
Self-Determination
Family and Community Engagement
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GraduateFIRST ABCs
• Focus on Attendance, Behavior, and
Course Performance
• Helping students develop a sense of
belonging, develop caring
relationships, and self-determination
• All of these dimensions are
underpinned by strong family and
community engagement
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GraduateFIRST &
Student Engagement
The GraduateFIRST model is based upon the
NDPC-SD framework and the multidimensional construct of student
engagement. Fostering student engagement
relies not only on the ABCs, but also a focus
on the dimensions of affective, cognitive, and
family engagement.
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Focus on Student Engagement
Affective Engagement
Academic Engagement
Behavioral Engagement
Cognitive Engagement
Family & Community Engagement
Sandra Christenson
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Focus on Student Engagement
Affective Engagement
Academic Engagement
Behavioral Engagement
Cognitive Engagement
Family & Community Engagement
Sandra Christenson
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Student Engagement
Affective
Engagement
• Developing caring
relationships with
adults
• Sense of School
connectedness
• School bonding
• Mentoring
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Focus on Student Engagement
Affective Engagement
Academic Engagement
Behavioral Engagement
Cognitive Engagement
Family & Community Engagement
Sandra Christenson
Check and Connect
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Student Engagement
• Cognitive
Engagement
• Students ‘
investment in the
learning
• Setting learning
goals
• Self-efficacy
• Self-determination
• Motivation
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Focus on Student Engagement
Affective Engagement
Academic Engagement
Behavioral Engagement
Cognitive Engagement
Family & Community Engagement
Sandra Christenson
Check and Connect
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Vital Behaviors to Improve
Graduation Rates
• Using the form provided, please select the
areas of the GraduateFIRST model that these
vital behaviors support.
• Identify all of the areas that apply.
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GraduateFIRST ABCs
Belonging
Attendance
Behavior
Relationships
Course
Performance
Self-Determination
Family and Community Engagement
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Best Performance Outcomes
For best performance
outcomes, address all
engagement areas for
your target group of
students.
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Attend
Engage
Invest
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GraduateFIRST
Fundamentals Modules
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www.graduatefirst fundamentals.org
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Fundamentals
• Start with the GraduateFIRST Overview
• Module 1: Implementing GraduateFIRST
• Module 2: Supporting Student Engagement
Data Day
• Module 3: Academic Engagement
• Module 4: Behavioral Engagement
• Module 5 Cognitive Engagement
• Module 6: Family & Community Engagement
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GraduateFIRST Assessment Tool
Mind
Georgia Department of Education's State
PersonnelDevelopment Grant (SPDG)
GraduateFIRST Assessment Tool
Charting
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Importance of Tracking the Data
• Choose a reasonable number of students
(10-12 students with disabilities)
• Contact families with the information on ABCs
• Review student survey results to check for a
sense of school connectedness, developing of
caring relationships with adults, and cognitive
engagement
• Follow-up with families monthly or by grading
periods
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Steps for Getting Started
• Discuss with your Special Education Director
• Contact the school’s GraduateFIRST Team
Leader or principal
• Discuss how you can support the school’s
efforts to increase graduation rates and
decrease dropout rates.
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