How to Achieve AYP & MoreHow to Achieve AYP & More

Transition and High School Reform

InitiativesJay Engeln: National Association of Secondary School Principals

Tina Greco: Transition Coordinator, New Hampshire VR

Linda Maitrejean: Project Director. WI Transition Initiative

Things Have Changed…

The education pipeline loses young people at many points along the path.

For every 10 who start H.S.

Fewer than 7 will get a diploma in 4 years

4 will enroll in college the fall semester after graduation

Fewer than 2 will complete a 2 or 4 year degree within 150% of the required time.

A Resource Being Wasted

Greene & Winters 2005

29 % Dropout of High School

34 % Graduate from High

School College-Ready

37 % Graduate from High School

Not College-Ready

What happens to entering 9th grade students four years later?

The challenge is before us, and we have the

opportunity to shape the future…

…working together to effect positive change that benefits the future of all

students.

Connect & Succeed

How do you unite people that care deeply about the

issues and people that want to improve present

practice?

When the world is flat...

Whatever can be done, it will be done. Thomas Friedman

The future belongs to those who believe

in the beauty of their dreams.

Eleanor Roosevelt

There is one thing worse than not being able to see.

Being able to see, but having no vision.

Helen Keller

Vision without funding is just a hallucination.

Henry Ford

Barriers to Change…

Connect & Succeed

How do you unite people that care deeply about the

issues and people that want to improve present

practice?

RigorRelevancy

RelationshipsReform & Resources

(including RtI)

Breakthrough Schools

Breaking Ranks II

Breaking Ranks in the Middle

RtI and R.S.V.P.

Ensuring a range of options and programs for all students.

How to Achieve AYP and More!How to Achieve AYP and More!

International Center for Leadership in Education

2007 Symposium

Redesign Initiatives

Positive Implications for Students in Transition

Programs

Key Issues• Universal design beneficial for all students

– Both content and instruction important

• Successful transition through access to high quality education for all students

• Emphasis shifts from job placement to a focus on providing students with skills sought after as qualified workers

• Nurturing vs. enabling

• Accountability and using multiple data sources to focus energies on improvement

Key Ideas• Cannot do transition in isolation

• Business needs qualified workers – get kids qualified!

• Transition begins when students enter the educational setting.

• Meeting the needs of all students benefits special education students

• Changing expectations and culture (attitudes) important

Key Challenges

• Change cultural understanding of student needs

• Maximize student results to better prepare then for challenges of the future

• Connect indicators to activities that produce results

Linda Maitrejean, Project DirectorWisconsin Statewide Transition Initiative

• High School Task Force (2006)• International Center for

Leadership in Education (Bill Daggett)

• Implementation Examples

Wisconsin Statewide Transition Initiative

• Creation of statewide website– High School Redesign

• Learning Community involving Special Education and General Education

Tina Greco, Transition CoordinatorNew Hampshire Vocational Rehabilitation

• New Hampshire Vision for School Reform– Graduation Age

– Seat Time vs. Competency

– Personalized Learning

• Business Roundtable

What is your vision for…

In the context of successful transition and building

for the future…

…how schools in your state will connect to students, staff, community and the world?

Communication…

What is your vision for…

…how schools in your state will enable students to work with each other, their teachers, their community and their world?

Collaboration…

…the kind of academic rigor, information, resources and experiences your students will need to be successful?

Content…

What is your vision for…

What is your vision for…

…how assessment can personalize learning?

Assessment / Evaluation…

What is your vision for…

…how schools in your state can be centers for exploration and innovation?

Creativity…

ACCOMPLISHMENT WILL PROVE TO BE A

JOURNEY, NOT A DESTINATION.

Dwight D. Eisenhower

The bend in the road is not the end

of the road,

unless you fail to make the turn.

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Reflections!

Questions?

Discussion.

Materials

Contact Jay Engeln at engelnj@principals.org for

permission to download copies of A How-To Guide for

School/Business Partnerships and/or other related materials.

…and how do you do all of this without being overwhelmed?