GraduateFIRST: A Framework for

General Supervision

Laura Brown, GraduateFIRST Faith Huff, GraduateFIRST Tammy Foster, Franklin County Schools Dianne Mire, Franklin County Schools Kelly Akin, Franklin County High Tammy Hart, Franklin County High

Presenters

Monitoring and Reviewing Data Aligning Resources

◦ Time and Structural◦ Personnel◦ Fiscal

Engaging the Right People Developing a Continuous Improvement

Process Providing Written Evidence

General Supervision

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Franklin County

•Focus School•GraduateFIRST Cohort School•125 Students with IEPs for the general curriculum•6 Special Education Teachers•4 Paraprofessionals•4 x4 Block

Franklin County High

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Georgia’s SPDGhelping students with disabilities stay in school and graduate

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GraduateFIRST Goalshelping Georgia’s students with disabilities stay in school and graduate

Increase graduation rate for students with disabilities who receive a general education diploma

Decrease the dropout rate for students with disabilities

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Behavior

Course Performance

Attendance

GraduateFIRST

Family and Community Engagement

Belonging Relationships

Self-Determination

Georgia Department of Education's State Personnel Development Grant (SPDG)

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Monitoring and Reviewing Data

Data RetreatSpring

Focus School Data Day October

Focus School ProcessMonthly

Franklin County High

DataDataDataDataData

Focus School Process

Co-teaching teams Review

Meet with all co-teaching teams monthly

Facilitated by SpEd Academic Coach

Collects data for all students

Reviews data for all students

Organized by teacher in a spreadsheet

Attendance (all classes)

Tardies (all classes) Behavior referrals ISS/OSS Total Credits Course Grades Progress Monitoring

Data ◦ Reading◦ Math

…and then…

Special EducationCase Managers

Recap with Recommendations

Focus Team meets with the SpEd Case Managers to review all of the students on their caseload

Changes in accommodations and support for SpEd students are addressed at least monthly

SpEd Academic Coach provides a Recap with Recommendations

Includes a percentage of how many FCHS students may be at-risk

Focused on outcomes for students and adults

Aligning Resources

Structural Personnel

Fiscal

All schools involved FCHS & FCMS meet monthly; Elem meet quarterly

District and school administrators participate

Protected time for staff to attend meetings

Implemented Strategic Scheduling

Time and Structural

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Strong Leaders RESA SIS GLRS Network Collaboration Coach Academic Coaches Teachers and staff Consultants

Align Personnel Resources

Co-teaching observations & feedback Specialized Instruction, GLRS course Learning series for paraprofessionals Math teachers certified in Special

Education Triage Test Preparation staff Behavior Interventionist

Personnel

Fiscal

SpEd Academic Coach Behavior

Interventionist Triage Test Preparation Co-teaching Consultant Student Success Center Kurzweil Program Dedicated Computers

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Developing a Continuous Improvement Process

Monitoring of data and student outcomes Adjusting short-term action plan Observing of teachers with feedback to co-

teaching teams Reflecting on practice Changing accommodations and support

Continuous Improvement

All schools, all classes, all teachers and staff

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Providing Written Evidence

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“With so many new procedures, practices, and interventions being implemented this year, monitoring the fidelity of implementation has been a challenge.”

Challenges

To improve graduation rates for your school, you can…

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…attend to the seeds of dropout

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