Educational Alternative Placement

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Educational Alternative Placement
Supporting Student Success
Matching Students with the Right Option

• Dropout Prevention, Intervention, and Recovery
  Conference
• 2008

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LAUSD Goal
Supporting Student Success

• High School Diploma
• College Prepared and Career Ready
• Comprehensive in-school support
• Appropriate placement
• The Guide to Educational Alternative Placements
  for At-Risk Students

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Guide to Educational Alternative Placements for
At-Risk Students
Supporting Student Success

• Designed to help you find the best match possible
• NOT designed to replace counseling and personal
  guidance

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Placement Partners
Supporting Student Success

• Student
• Parents
• School staff
• Deans, teachers, counselors, administrators
• Support staff
• DPA, PSA, PSW, school psychologist, case manager,
  probation officer, student advocate

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Placement Considerations
Supporting Student Success

• Student Profile
• Program Profile

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Student Considerations
Supporting Student Success

• Learning style
• Attendance patterns
• Support needs
• Commitment level
• Academic ability

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Program Considerations
Supporting Student Success

• Instructional mode
• Attendance requirements
• Support provided

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District Placement Options
Supporting Student Success

• Pregnant Minor Schools
• Community Day Schools
• Continuation Schools
• City of Angels School
• Alternative Education and Work Center Programs
• Division of Adult and Career Education Schools
• Carlson Home Instructional Program and Hospital
  School
• Charter Schools

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Carlson Home Instructional Program and Hospital
School
Supporting Student Success

• Objective
• Return to referring school after interim period
  of acute medical or psychiatric condition
• Uniqueness
• Continuity in instructional program during
  temporary disability
• Eligibility
• K-12
• Enrollment
• Referral only / call 818-509-8759

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Pregnant Minor Schools
Supporting Student Success

• Objective
• Return to referring school or high school
  diploma
• Uniqueness
• Parenting classes, multiple locations
• Eligibility
• Pregnant, grades 6-12
• Enrollment
• Call 323-563-6692 or 213-381-2823

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Community Day Schools
Supporting Student Success

• Objective
• Return to referring school or high school
  diploma
• Uniqueness
• Behavioral intervention, multiple locations
• Eligibility
• Grades K-12
• Enrollment
• Referral only / call 213-314-0600

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Continuation Schools
Supporting Student Success

• Objective
• High school diploma
• Uniqueness
• Small setting
• Eligibility
• Ages 16-18 (some exceptions)
• Enrollment
• Call 213-314-0600 for locations

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City of Angels School
Supporting Student Success

• Objective
• High school diploma
• Uniqueness
• Independent study, flexible schedule, community
  college collaboration, multiple locations
• Eligibility
• Grades K-12, basic reading ability
• Enrollment
• Call 213-745-1100

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Alternative Education and Work Center Program
(AEWC)
Supporting Student Success

• Objective
• High school diploma, career training, transition
  to college
• Uniqueness
• Independent study, flexible schedule, multiple
  locations
• Eligibility
• Ages 16-18, basic reading ability, out of school
• Enrollment
• Call 213-241-3154 for locations

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Division of Adult and Career Education Schools
Supporting Student Success

• Objective
• High school diploma, career training, ESL
• Uniqueness
• Instructional variety, open-entry, multiple
  locations
• Eligibility
• Ages 18
• Enrollment
• Call 213-241-3150 for locations

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ACTIVITY
Supporting Student Success

• SCENARIO 1
• Students Name Andrew
• Age 16
• Grade 9th grade demote
• Attendance Good, but OTd for social
  adjustment twice.
• Grades 2005-2007 grade 16 Fs and 3 Ds
• Additional information Mom wants student to be
  enrolled at City of Angels. Mom is angry and
  says that no one has done anything to help her
  child. There is no record of any behavioral
  interventions.
• AT YOUR TABLE--ROLE PLAY Someone be the mom,
  someone be Andrew, someone be the Dean, someone
  be the Counselor. To add to the fun, someone be
  the students DCFS worker.
• Observers Take notes on the process. What would
  you do differently?

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ACTIVITY
Supporting Student Success

• SCENARIO 2
• Students Name Mayra
• Age                      14
• Grade 9th
• Attendance                   1 full day
• Grades                          1 A, 2 Bs, 3 Cs
• Additional information Mayra is pregnant. She
  was advised by her counselor to disenroll and
  attend a school for pregnant teenagers. Mayra is
  sent home with check-out papers that day.
  Mayras mother calls you angry. She doesnt have
  a car and in turn cant take Mayra to her new
  school which is 10 miles away from her home.
• AT YOUR TABLE--DISCUSS
• How this situation could have been avoided
• What options Mayra has
• Where you would go from here with this situation

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Non-District Placement Options
Supporting Student Success
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Non-District Placement Options
Supporting Student Success

• Job Corps
• LA Conservation Corps
• LACC High School
• EcoAcademy High School
• Youth Opportunities High School, Watts
• Soledad Enrichment Action (SEA)
• Opportunities for Learning
• Options for Youth
• Community Colleges

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I found a place, now what?
Supporting Student Success

• Determine appropriate placement option
• Recommended Referral Checklist
• Verify enrollment
• Sample Enrollment Verification Form
• Follow-up
• Provide the student and the placement with the
  information of a point person at the school they
  can contact in case of questions or concerns.

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Local Resources
Supporting Student Success

• Create a Placement Resource Guide for your area
  (LD, cluster, school)
• Profile form (HS, MS)
• Sample Jordan HS Complex
• Sample LD map w/ options included

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Needs
Supporting Student Success

• Lack of Middle School Options
• Pregnant Minor
• Community Day School
• City of Angels

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Contact Information
Supporting Student Success

• Deborah Ribera, Dropout Prevention Advisor
• Dropout Prevention, Intervention, and Recovery
• dmr3919_at_lausd.net
• Swanzi Saunders, Coordinator
• Alternative Education and Work Center Programs
• swanzi.saunders_at_lausd.net
• Veronica Montes, Principal
• Garfield Community Adult School
• veronica.montes_at_lausd.net

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Supporting Student Success

• THANK YOU