Our Goal
The ultimate goal the National Dropout Prevention Center for Students with Disabilities is to provide high quality, evidence-based technical assistance to help states build and implement sustainable programs and best practices that will yield positive results in dropout prevention, reentry, and school completion for students with disabilities. NDPC-SD has the following four interrelated goals, which captures its overarching purpose and supports the Center's mandate.
- Goal 1: Increase the awareness of policymakers, administrators, and practitioners about dropout prevention, reentry, and school completion.
- Goal 2: Increase the number of states that set and meet reasonable and rigorous performance targets for State Performance Plan (SPP) Indicators 1 and 2.
- Goal 3: Help State Education Agencies (SEAs) and Local Education Agencies (LEAs) develop and improve data systems to track students at risk of dropping out.
- Goal 4: Help SEAs and LEAs implement and evaluate effective, comprehensive school-completion models, practices, and systems for students with disabilities.
What's New
FREE February Webinar: GraduateFIRST, the Dropout Prevention Destination
Laura C. Brown, Ph.D.,Coordinator of Georgia's GraduateFIRST will present the Webinar on February 28th, from 12:00 noon until 1:30 pm EST. Participants will hear how schools have redesigned programs, adopted new practices, and implemented research-based strategies to become highly successful in preventing students with disabilities from dropping out.
Registration Link - Flyer
Annual Performance Results
NDPC-SD is pleased to announce the release of our summaries of the FFY 2009 Annual Performance Reports for OSEP Part B Indicator 1 (Graduation) and Indicator 2 (Dropout). The Center's reports summarize the data, calculations, and improvement activities for these indicators across all States and territories, as well as the District of Columbia and Bureau of Indian Education. They were included in the compilation of Indicator summaries distributed at the 2011 OSEP Mega Conference in Washington in August of 2011.
Reentry Programs for Out-of-School Youth with Disabilities
Due to the increased interest in recovering youth with disabilities who have dropped out of school, we have created a three part series of reports: "Reentry Programs for Out-of-School Youth with Disabilities." The information in these synthesis reports was collected from practicing administrators and teachers in reentry programs nationwide, and is designed to assist state departments of education, school districts, and community-based organizations interested in redesigning or initiating efforts to help youth with disabilities return to the education system and become successful school completers.- Summary
- I. The Need for a Broad Range of Options
- II. Strategies for Locating and Reenrolling
- III. Characteristics of Reentry Programs
- 5th Annual Secondary Transition State Planning Institute
Content Sessions and Presentations from the 2011 5th Annual Secondary Transition State Planning Institute
Video Center Highlight - May 20, 2011
Click here to see this interview with Loujeania Bost, Sandra Covington Smith and Matt Klare and learn more about the great work the Dropout Prevention Center is doing in selected states and at the national level.
Events
- 23rd ANNUAL NATIONAL DROPOUT PREVENTION NETWORK CONFERENCE
October 9-12. "STAY--Systems Together Advancing Youth". Chicago, Illinois - 2011 CCBD CONFERENCE
September 22-24. "Looking Toward the Future, Building on the Past". New Orleans, Louisiana - 16th DCDT INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
October 13-15. Kansas City, Missouri
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National Dropout Prevention Center for Students with
Disabilities
209 Martin Street
Clemson, SC 29631-1555
Toll Free: 866-745-5641
TDD: 866-212-2775
Fax: 864-656-0136
Email: NDPCSD-L@clemson.edu