Hello NPSO community, One of our colleagues, John Magee, asks a question and I am hoping some of you have suggestions for him. His question is below in blue; my response is in black. If you have strategies, please reply to the list so we can all learn from one another! Thanks so much! Jane
Hello Jane, hope all is going well for you. > Can you direct me toward any practices or strategies for locating dropouts in > the I-14 longitudinal study process, and/or for promoting school reengagement? > I have looked over some of the documents and round table discussions on the > NPSO site, but cannot find any references to successful strategies. Many > people say it is a problem that they need to address, but cannot yet point to > specific successes. > I know that some states/districts are actually using Face Book sites and > Twitter networks to locate dropouts, and we recently participated a Schools > Moving Up webinar on dropout reenrollment; but I am interested in specific > strategies and practices that are currently producing results. If you can > point me in the right direction I would really appreciate it. > Have a great holiday! > Thanks, > John > John D. Magee > Consultant, Office for Exceptional Children > Ohio Department of Education > 25 South Front St., Mail Stop 205 > Columbus, OH 43215 > Office: 614-728-1115 Cell: 937-430-9360 > email: john.ma...@ode.state.oh.us Jane¹s response: We have a 2007 product developed with NDPC-SD entitled ³Collecting Post-School Outcome Data: Strategies for Increasing Response Rates² that offers suggestions to connect with ³hard to reach students including dropouts². This is available on our website at http://www.psocenter.org/data_collection.html Scroll down to Procedures and there it is. Also, in conjunction with PACER we developed a series of Parent and Student fliers intended to be used while students are still in school to inform them about the coming PSO interviews/surveys, encouraging them to provide contact info and respond. These fliers and tips for their use are on our website: http://www.psocenter.org/data_collection.html Jane Falls, Coordinator National Post-School Outcomes Center 1268 University of Oregon Eugene, OR 97403-1268 541-346-0354 jafa...@uoregon.edu http://www.psocenter.org Learn about NPSO products, services and events plus connect other state experts! Subscribe to our NPSO list at http://www.psocenter.org/cofp.html#email > >
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