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CD2HS Session

March 21, 2012

+CD2HS Updates

•Policy memo regarding lack of clarity for ELLs and students on IEPs when it comes to the high school choice process

•Meeting with Mary Skipper re: CD2HS and admissions practices

•Seeking funding for 2013-2014 to continue this work. (Any ideas? Let us know! ☺ )

+Review of assignments

•Lesson plans – 4/4/13

•Policy memo – 5/16/13

•School plan memo – 5/2/13

•School visit notes – 4/4/13

+ School-Based Transition Plan- due 5/2

•With members of your school-based team, begin drafting the elements of your school-based transition plan.

•You should think about the audience for your work as being the administration, teachers, and student support staff at your school

•The powerpoint we shared is the minimum in terms of what your plan should entail. You can feel free to add or expand as you see fit.

•Your goal should be to present your plan to school-based administration before the end of this school year.

(30 minutes)

CD2HS School Transition Plan

Current State of Transition Work at the School

Strengths Areas for Growth

Rationale for Further Adjustments

Recommendations

•Routines and Structures that support appropriate stage-identity fit•Implementation of CD2HS curriculum•Student Support Practices that Support the Transition•*High School: Marketing and Recruitment Efforts

Routines and Structures

Define stage-environment fitIdentify routines and structures that hinder good fitPropose modifications to enhance fit

Implementation of CD2HS Curriculum

Lesson topicsTimelineStaff responsible

Student Support Practices That Support a Smoother Transition

Structure for utilizing EWI dataTier 2 and 3 interventionsStaff responsible

Resources Required

Next Steps

+Pair-Share

•Find another school at your grade level, and share your ideas thus far with them

•Write notes on what ideas you want to include in your plan

•(10 minutes)

+Breakout Groups

•Showcase

•Improving the Transition for ELLs

•Improving the Transition for students on IEPs

•Changing High School Admissions practices

•Differences between middle schools and high schools

+In your group(Information is in your group folder)

•Choose a facilitator, notetaker, and timekeeper

•Determine the next steps you want to see taken on this issue

•Identify the people you want to get into a room for a conversation on the issue

•Draft a policy memo that outlines the current state of the problem, proposed solutions, and requests a meeting with pertinent parties to begin moving forward on solutions.

•Due: 5/16

+High School Admissions Practices:Current state and problems

Issues to consider:

Look at the school-specific applications and issues in the memo in the folders.

Look at the proposed solution outlined in the memo. Should we change anything? How should changes be implemented?

+Rationale for changing these practices

+Share out from Groups

•Share your next steps with the group as a whole

•(15 minutes)