2012 Forum on Dropout Prevention and Student Engagement - Presentations

Addressing the Dropout Crisis: Colorado’s Progress to Date

• 5-year Trend in the State Dropout Rate (PPT) by Peter Fritz, Program Manager for the Colorado Graduation Pathways program at the Colorado Department of Education

Creating Collaborative Pathways to Graduation

• Career & Technical Education (PDF) by Lauren Jones, Career Guidance Trainer for Career and Technical Education with the Colorado Community College System

Credit Recovery Options

• Online and Blended Learning Options for Credit Recovery (PDF) by Judy Baurnschmidt, Director of Student Online Learning for Jefferson County Schools
• Credit Recovery Strategies Using an RtI Model (PDF) by John Super, President of AdvancePath Academics

Enhanced Counseling and Mentoring

• Using Advisory Programs to Promote Social Emotional Learning (PDF) by Jennifer Quintana, Counselor at Scott Carpenter Middle School in Westminster 50

Family and Community Involvement

• Family, School, & Community Partnering: Supporting School Success for Every Student (PPT) by Cathy Lines, Ph.D., RtI Consultant to the Colorado Department of Education and Cindy Dasher, Parent and Family Consultant for the Exceptional Student Services Unit at the Colorado Department of Education

  • Continuum Slide (PPT)

  • Partnering Notes Page (PPT)

  • Challenges and Solutions (DOC)

  • Multi-Tiered Partnering Slide (PPT)

  • Tiered Checklist Slide (PPT)

  • Sample Principal ICAP Home Letter (DOC)

  • Partnering Stories From the Field (DOC)

  • CDE Family - School Partnering Tiered Resources (DOC)

  • Family-School Partnering Research: Practice Executive Summary (DOC)

  • FSCP Training Flyer All Spring 2012 (PDF)

  • Online Family-School Partnering Course April 2012 Flyer (PDF)

  • Partnering with Families in School Engagement and Dropout Prevention (DOC)

Transition and Orientation Programs

• Vertical 8th to 9th Grade Transitions by Cori Canty-Woessner, Director of Counseling for Denver Public Schools and current President of the Colorado School Counselors’ Association.
• Ending Social Promotion: Ensuring College- and Career-Ready High School Graduates (PDF) by Lyn McCarty, Principal for the High School Preparatory Academy in Harrison School District 2