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• Guidance for Writing the FFY 2011 APR

  
  The National Dropout Prevention Center for Students with Disabilities (NDPC-SD) has developed guidance to aid states in preparing their Annual Performance Report for Indicators B-1 (Graduation Rate) and B-2 (Dropout Rate). Please do not hesitate to contact our staff for information about these indicators, or assistance in developing or reviewing your submission.
• Part B Indicators 1 and 2 Graduation and Dropout Rates
  
  

• Staying the Course Webinar

  
  Sustainability of Dropout Prevention Efforts in a Large Urban School District: Teaming, Action Planning, Implementation, Evaluation, and Celebration!
  This webinar will discusses the training and technical assistance provided to schools utilizing the NDPC-SD's Dropout Prevention Intervention Framework. The District's key strategies and protocols for developing and implementing action plans based on data analysis, monitoring and evaluating progress, and celebrating student and school successes are discussed.
Thursday, November 15, 2012 Time: 12:00 noon - 1:30 pm EST


• Slides, Transcript, and Video are Available

• Annual Performance Results

  
  NDPC-SD is pleased to announce the release of our summaries of the FFY 2010 Annual Performance Reports for OSEP Part B Indicator 1 (Graduation) and Indicator 2 (Dropout). The Center's reports summarize the data, calculations, and improvement activities for these indicators across all States and territories, as well as the District of Columbia and Bureau of Indian Education. They were included in the compilation of Indicator summaries distributed at the 2012 OSEP Mega Conference in Washington in August of 2012.
• Indicator 1 (Graduation)
• Indicator 2 (Dropout)

• Spotlight Brief Webinar

  
  The Regional Resource Center Program's (RRCP) Student Performance and Achievement (SPA) and Systems and Improvement Planning Priority (SIPP) Teams have developed the second in a series of Spotlight Briefs, this one focusing on Michigan's Integrated Behavior and Learning Support Initiative (MiBLSi), a statewide program that integrates reading interventions and PBIS to support schoolwide improvement in academic achievement and behavior.
• The Michigan Department of Education partnered with OSEP-funded centers, including the Technical Assistance Center for Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS) and the State Implementation and Scaling-up of Evidence-based Practices Center (SISEP), to develop this program. MiBLSi has resulted in an increase in the number of students scoring at grade level in reading assessments and a reduction in the numbers of discipline referrals and students requiring intensive reading supports.
  
• The SPA Spotlight Briefs are generated by a group of Technical Assistance and Dissemination (TA&D) Network collaborators, coordinated through the SPA Priority Team of the RRCP. The briefs highlight selected promising state and local-level practices that have been shown to impact OSEP Part B Indicators 1 and 2 (Graduation and Dropout Rates), 3 (Statewide Assessment), 13, and 14 (Secondary Transition and Post-School Outcomes).
  
  

• Transcript and audio recording now available: GraduateFIRST: The Dropout Prevention Destination

  
  Laura C. Brown, Ph.D.,Coordinator of Georgia's GraduateFIRST will present the Webinar on February 28th, from 12:00 noon until 1:30 pm EST. Participants will hear how schools have redesigned programs, adopted new practices, and implemented research-based strategies to become highly successful in preventing students with disabilities from dropping out.
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• Spotlight Brief about Georgia's GraduateFirst Program

  
  The Regional Resource Center Program's (RRCP) Student Performance and Achievement (SPA) Priority Team has developed an informational brief that addresses the state of Georgia's GraduateFirst program. The brief chronicles the program's development and provides an overview of its key components. The brief also describes NDPC-SD's Dropout Prevention Intervention Framework and discusses the role the Center played in shaping Georgia's statewide initiative.
  
• Spotlight Brief about Georgia's GraduateFirst Program
  The SPA Spotlight Briefs are generated by a group of Technical Assistance and Dissemination (TA&D) Network collaborators, coordinated through the SPA Priority Team of the RRCP. The briefs highlight selected promising state and local-level practices that have been shown to impact OSEP Part B Indicators 1 and 2 (Graduation and Dropout Rates), 3 (Statewide Assessment), 13, and 14 (Secondary Transition and Post-School Outcomes).

• Reentry Programs for Out-of-School Youth with Disabilities

  
  Due to the increased interest in recovering youth with disabilities who have dropped out of school, we have created a three part series of reports: "Reentry Programs for Out-of-School Youth with Disabilities." The information in these synthesis reports was collected from practicing administrators and teachers in reentry programs nationwide, and is designed to assist state departments of education, school districts, and community-based organizations interested in redesigning or initiating efforts to help youth with disabilities return to the education system and become successful school completers.
• Summary
• I. The Need for a Broad Range of Options
• II. Strategies for Locating and Reenrolling
• III. Characteristics of Reentry Programs



• 5th Annual Secondary Transition State Planning Institute
  Content Sessions and Presentations from the 2011 5th Annual Secondary Transition State Planning Institute

Video Center Highlight - May 20, 2011

Events

• 23rd ANNUAL NATIONAL DROPOUT PREVENTION NETWORK CONFERENCE
  October 9-12. "STAY--Systems Together Advancing Youth". Chicago, Illinois
• 2011 CCBD CONFERENCE
  September 22-24. "Looking Toward the Future, Building on the Past". New Orleans, Louisiana
• 16th DCDT INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
  October 13-15. Kansas City, Missouri