Did You Know

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Did You Know?

• Research shows that you can predict with 66
  accuracy whether a student in elementary school
  will drop out of high school

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because dropping out of school is a slow process
of disengagement for most students
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Did You Know?

• Students need adult role models

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because role models can identify academic and
personal challenges early and get students the
support they need
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Did You Know?

• Students need real-life experiences

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such as service learning projects
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and project-based learning
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smaller class sizes are important
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and giving individualized attention
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Did You Know?

• That you have parents who dont like you

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because they had a negative experience when they
were in school
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Did You Know?

• That if you dont get the parents on board

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it will make it more difficult for you to get
their children on board
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Did You Know?

• Research shows that parents engagement in their
  children's school lives results in multiple
  benefits to the students

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• Like

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improved school attendance
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improved classroom performance
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improved student behavior
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and improved emotional well-being
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Did You Know?

• That if we dont treat children with respect

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theyll never respect school
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and eventually, theyll be parents of your
future students
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Did You Know?

• That it is no longer just about academics

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its
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about
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the
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whole
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child
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which will improve their academics
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Did You Know?

• Out of 700 school districts in New York State

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only 300 made AYP
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Did You Know?

• Retention only works 30 of the time

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And thats for the first year
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Over 50 of students who are retained
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Can be retained the very next year
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So what can be done?
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Be reactive and proactive
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Response
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to
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Intervention
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Did you Know? That parents go through stages of
grief when they find out their child is a
struggling learner
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Like
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Denial
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Anger
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• Depression

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• Acceptance

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• Did you know?

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• The presenter standing in front of you is

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• An elementary school principal

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• An national education consultant

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• He also does education segments for WNYT (NBC
  affiliate in Albany)

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• And hes a Childrens Author

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• Big deal right?

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• He was retained in fourth grade

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• Struggled throughout school

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• Was a sub-sophomore

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• And graduated from high school ranked 262 out of
  266

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• Thats fourth from the bottom of the class

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• He also bounced around from three different
  community colleges

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• Dont worry

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• Hes qualified to be here

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• During this Teaching Struggling Learners
  Presentation

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• You will hear

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stories from the classroom
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Youll see a funny videoor three
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youre going to learn some classroom strategies
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building level interventions
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and district approaches
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from a struggling learners perspective
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Thank you for your time
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