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- 1. Maine’s Dropout Prevention Summit 2009 What we learned
- 2. The New 3 R's Promising Schools Where Everyone Matters
- 3. The Voice of Maine’s Youth Don’t call me a dropout
- 4. I am not… • A Deadbeat • A loser • Someone who doesn’t care about my future • Someone who is going no where I am a person
- 5. Am I still a deadbeat? • I want to make something of myself • I do have drive • I don’t want to be just a number • Now I know I am going to college • I have a picture with me in my cap and gown holding my son, in a few years we will take another picture- this time my son will be wearing the cap and gown
- 6. The next time you hear the word dropout • Think of the person • Think of the situation • Do what ever it takes
- 12. President Obama • “… It will be the goal of this administration to ensure that every child has access to complete and competitive education, from the day they are born to the day they begin a career. That is a promise we have to make to the children of America.”
- 13. Weaving the strands of the summit together • America’s Promise Alliance 5 Promises: 1. Caring Adults 2. Healthy Start 3. Safe Places in and after school 4. Opportunity to give back 5. Marketable Skills • Listen to our youth • Honor youth and families history • Avoid Labels • Connect the dots: Create a plan
- 14. Maine joined with 49 other states • To make school completion a priority. You are part of a national movement to give all students the opportunity to graduate from high school, ready for college and work • You made history!
- 31. Words from the Children’s Cabinet • Multiple Pathways • Drop the Jargon • Cross system data sharing • Focus on strengths and assets of our youth and their parents/caregivers • Identify barriers (policy and practices) getting in way of success • Keep pushing us—we will back you up when its possible
- 36. Summit Weaving • Exhibitors share supportive youth practices • Participants figure out what Maine has and what it needs • The Maine Dropout Prevention Plan is committed to paper.
- 51. Supportive youth practices in the exhibit area • Basic Core Strategies • School and Community • Early Interventions • Making the Most of Instruction
- 52. It even “snowed” in July Workgroups identified • Strengths • Needs • Opportunities • Worries • Top priorities for the state and communities to tackle
- 82. • Giving up on students is not a productive solution for anyone-Robert Balfanz • If we knew what to do to support our youth would we do it? The Outliers, Malcom Getwell Will we do it?
- 83. You answered the call Are you ready to do • Whatever it takes • To get to 90% Graduation rate
- 84. Next Steps • Go back to your community • Start conversations with youth, parents, teachers, agencies, businesses • Hold a summit to rally your community to support positive youth development • Use data to identify priorities • Develop an effective plan • Build strong partnerships to make lasting change happen
- 85. Thank You • For your passion • For your commitment • For having faith and patience when the evidence of success takes time to see