Colorado Dropout Summit Page
The Colorado Dropout Summit for School District Leaders was held October 2009
at
Arvada High School. The purpose of the summit was to enhance, advance and
accelerate district efforts to increase graduation rates, recover dropouts, and
engage students.
It was generously sponsored by America’s Promise Alliance and State Farm
Insurance. It was co-convened by The Office of Governor Bill Ritter, Jr.,
Colorado Department of Education, and the Colorado Graduates Initiative:
Colorado Children's Campaign, Colorado Youth for a Change, The National Center
for School Engagement.
Videos
The link below will take you to the website for America’s Promise Alliance. Here you can view a variety of videos including the video shown at the Summit and highlights from Colorado’s Dropout Summit.http://www.americaspromise.org/Resources/Videos/The-Work-of-the-Alliance.aspx
Workshops
• Comprehensive Planning Approach - Boulder Valley School District• Building Level Policy & Practice Review and Interventions- Office of Dropout Prevention and Recovery- Jefferson County Schools
• DEWD – Dropout Early Warning Database – Adams 14
• A Report on Gender and the Dropout Problem in Colorado Schools – National Center for School Engagement and Johns Hopkins University
• REBOUND - Aurora Public Schools’ Alternative Programs
Handouts
• Agenda• Integrated Systems Improvement for Dropout Prevention & Retrieval
• Colorado Dropouts
• Graduation Supports Action Planning Matrix
• House Bill 09-1243
• Join the Prevention Network at CDE
• National Center for School Engagement - Policy and Practice Assessment
• Colorado Department of Education - Prevention Initiatives Dropout Prevention and Student Engagement
• Student Graduation Supports Assessment
Articles
• Reframing School Dropout as a Public Health Issue• The Children We Left Behind Are Dropping Out of School: Making the Case for Using Title I Federal Stimulus Funds for Dropout Prevention and Recovery
• The Consequences of Dropping Out of High School
